The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-02-02


quite = -tfrcrent proposition. az the
dairy animal has no layer Of fat like
lie beef animal TO Keep her warm.
For this reason. good barns should
be supplied whatever dairy cows are
to be kept. A dairy animal does more
work than practically any other ami.
NAL on the farm and one cannot AZ.
ford to have her food going 10 pro.
duco heat TO keep her warm under
adverse conditions A good. warm
comfortable stable should be sup.
piled The dairy COW IL factory
which uses large amount of rough
feed. works II over, and gives milk
the concentrated product. II then.
the animal IL supplied with good raw
products. large amount Of milk can
be manufactured Straw and poor hay
cannot make enough energy TO much
more than keep up the body heat Of
tho animal. and OF course there would
be no excess from which TO make milk
Dairy cows should have liberal al
lowAnce Of good alfalfa. and should
be fed I'm connection some grain and
roots. Ground barley. bran. or rolled
oats can be used TO supply the grain
The bran IL a protein feed and does
not balance the alfalfa nearly ms well
as the barley. yet II In liked by
the cows and Ia generally n part OF
every dairy ration. IL has been
found, however. that not more than
three pounds can be fed per day with
alfalfa with any degree OF proht
The dairymcn at Richmond found
that they could bring In corn and
feed II with bran and alfalfa 20 n
pront Carloads are purchased every
year and good results seem to be oh.
tanned where the cost In not over
ti.2O per hundred. II some roots.
such ns mangels. could be added to
tho dairy ration. II would help mater.
Tally. ms aucculents Of this kind are
needed by the dairy cows Keep the
dairy COW comfortable. give her all
that she can eat Of good feed. and II
the In the right kind Of animal, she
will return you very good profit for
your trouble,
In the raising Of horses In the west.
We lose sight quite often Of the fact
that colts n allowed 10 run down and
get In poor shape never make big
horsea Size sells ON the market and
every hundred pounds over fourteen
hundred Ia generally worth about s2b.
At s25 n hundred. horse flesh can be
produced by the farmer at n great
proat Feed the colts well. giving
III, draft younRatera some grain such
as oats or bran during the winter and
supplying them good pasture or range
during the summer. II this In done,
You might lust az well be selling 1. 600
and 200 mound horses nj four yeart
old instead OF marketing the LOO
pound Kind. In feeding your work
horses. too much alfalfa IL generally
fed, for Il Ia very platable, and the
horaes learn TO gorge Themselves on
IL About one and n fourth pounds
OF hay and three fourths 10 one mound
OF grain for every hundred pounds
live weight of your horse will be
nraetically nil that IA needed In
acme aectIona alfalfa 4, NOT liked as
A horse feed. yet in practically nil er.
perimenta Il has been proven supe.
rior. pound for pound. 20 timothy,
when fed to work horses Oats ia
tho Idenl grain for borses hut bran
can be fed 10 advantage. and where
bran ia cheaper than oats. one.half
Of the grain ration can be sun.
pIIed nv this Feed most Of your hay
AT night 40 that the bulky food will
be digested before the horse goes TO
work Give some hay in the mornIngs
and but very little nj noon.
Feeding lambs In going TO be a
prontable business in the west. and
alfalfa hay makes n very good rough.
age for them. Along with this. wheat.
ont. or barley make very prontable
feeda In experimenta conducted Mt
the Utah Experiment station. lambs
made the most profitable gains when
| ,hat Ia only about half ma