The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-11-02

that We nave NlnlAou ~ Ae'''t
about f2o miles ny rig % by rail be"
sides considerable distance covered on
foot
Farm crops in general are about al
put away. Though most OF the farm
ers are careful In storing the potatoes
vet we fear that some must be carefully
cared for or there will be considerable
lossee through decay, because of poor
ventilated OF damp storage.
The weather has been very favorable
to plcwing and good acreage is being
broken for spring crops. In many
cases however the equipment for
breaking has been inadequate and poor
seed beds will be the result unless ex-
traordinary precautions are taken be-
fore seeding time. On the other hand
have noted several farmers, WHO have
been exceptionally thorough in this
work
Some conditions have been studied
more closely. certain suggestions fol.
lowed mp, and we have thus been able
10 make good progress toward the ends
sought.
An illustration of this was ia the Sc
curing Of added assurance of co opera
tlon in the organizing OF live stock
assn. and laying plans for the future
development Of stock in that commun-
ity
Interest in the horse breeders ass N.
Is growing and we hope to be able 20
give more OF the details later.
Outlines for more economical feeding
operations have been suggested TO sew
eral, while others have been put into
use IL must lie remember however,
that the same methods of feeding will
not apply 20 each farmers require
ments as available feeds. equipment
character Of stock and management
viii differ from farm to farm. Let us
consider the following illustration.
The owner of this herd had COWS
practically dry. others producing mod
erately and still others fresh. The ra.
ton used was = oats, i peas aud
timothy hay. A few tons OF oats straw
was also available His main grain
ieed was oats and timothy hay.
10 order to feed most prottiably these
animals must be fed differently rang
ing FROM maintenance ration which
might be- coarse cheap foods, TO one
largely concentrates for the heavy pro
ducers The owner. however only had
oats. peas and timothy hay, and the
question OF course is: in what proper
lions should they be used will they
furnish the material for a good milk
flow, and will the animal machine use
them economically or waste certain
proportions
We can most emphatically state that
under the conditions the animals were
not doing their best upon this ration.
~ was expensive, large quantities
wasted by the animal and the milk
would contain more digestible mn
trients il given in proper amounts to
the feed eaten than the feeds contain
I'd. The latter condition is an impos
sibility hence, the feeding was wrong
and the milk low would deminish to
such point as the animal could adjust
herself 70, according to the feed. BY
actual trials We know that IL takes GER
tain amounts Of food ellen ents TO pro-
dnce given quantities Of meat. or milk. |
The amounts of food elements in |
parts oats and ! part peas allowing for
the ordinary ration of hay, would be |
entirely unsuited 10 the milk produc- |
tion The animal would not get near.
" enough 81 the proteid foods from
which TO produce the required milk
flow.
II the ration ted in this case WAS
changed 20 3 parts peas, part oats and |
10 lbs hay. 10 would more nearly an I
swer the requirements placed upon the
animals, as she would lie receiving |
material from which milk is made |
The proper ratio of food elements in
these feeds for a production of 10 lbs
milk at milking would be 10 ~ as
shown by actual feeding trials.
A ground ration Of 2 pounds peas. |
pounds oats, 10 pounds tim. hay as be-
ing fed gives a ratio OF 10 which is
far from right.
One OF pounds peas. pounds oats
plus hay equals ratio of TO S.5
One Of $ pounds peas. pounds oats
plus hay equals ratio Of i77
II will be- seen that too many peas
are required in this so that IL is i'm
practical. This mans timothy hay is
ssusing the trouble in supplying the
animals.
Now
y pounds oats, 2 pounds peas. Is
pounds clover hay, pounds oats straw