Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16
THE MAN BEHIND THE COW.
II Successful. He Will Always BE a
Man Who Thinks.

A man to make money in dairying
must be a man who thinks. 1t is
astonishing how many men are keep
ing dairying cows instead of the cows
keeping them, because the men do
not think. 1t is a common thing to
see a man with a herd of 10 or Is
COWS where two or three are heavy
mixers and some are so beefy that
they do not give enough milk to pay
for the labor of milking and mar
keting the products. The heavy,
profitable mixers have the distinct
dairy type the COWS that do not pay
expenses are built on the beef type
and the rest of the herd is a mix
ture OF forms. The man milks these
cows twice a day, seven days in the
week, and yet has never thought
enough to notice what shape of body,
form of udder, depth of hips or arch
of flank the COWS have that pay best,
and OF those that yield least.
The money-making dairyman
thinks out in winter the plans for
planting that will give him the crops
that will produce the largest yield
of milk and butter fat when fed the
next winter, He studies each COW
in his herd and notices the shape of
every part of her body and compares
the difference in form in their rela-
ton to the milk yield. He not only
finds what forms indicate a profit
able COW, but why.
A man to make money in dairying
must be a good feeder He must
OF va ann1a Food onh Of LIND thaf
will produce much milk. Generous
men often give plenty of feed, but
of the kind that fattens. Some men
lose all the profits by keeping 10
COWS on the feed that would make
five yield well. The most money is
made where each COW is watched and
fed individually, to force her to do
her best. A thinking dairyman finds
COW whose feed is forcing her to
give so much milk that she is becom-
ing weak. He changes the ration to
make it more fattening. The COW
beside her may be getting too fleshy
under the generous feeding. Some
| fattening material is cut out of her
ration and milk-forcing feed put in
/ it's place. Much money can be made
by catering in this way to the indi-
vidual needs of each COW. 1t does
not cost money or time, but does re-
quire persistent watchfulness and
good judgment
The money-making dairyman
learns to know cows-their likes and
dislikes, their needs and what is
hurtful to them. A COW that gives
a large yield is always notional and
has many petty whims about the way
she wants her feed arranged, and the
manner in which she wants her milk
er to treat her. An increase in yield
is often secured by humoring these
whims. The health of the COW must
dairyman came to me to find out
what was the matter. His cows were
of the best dairy type, they had good
care and plenty of feed, yet the cows
were not yielding well and were all
out of condition. His ration had
sufficient milk-producing material
in it to produce a heavy yield, but
every one of the feeds used was con-
stipating.
The man who makes money from
COWS loves them. He makes a pet OF
every COW and thereby increases his
bank account. He furnishes shelter
in winter and shade in summer; he
provides water and salt and doe
everything in his power to make the
cows comfortable and contented.-
Exchange.