The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-07
Livestock and Dai1v


to About Care Of Farmers Feeders
we expect to save by giving the COW
only one-half Of the feed she needs.
Proper Feed
Properly to feed the COW, her feed
should be weighed, for all feeds do
not weigh the same. A gallon meas.
ure Of one kind Of feed may weigh
pounds, while the same measure Of an.
other kind Of feed will weigh s pounds.
If the COWS stand in row OF rows in
the barn, the process Of feeding can be
done easily and quickly by using some
sort Of feeding cart such as in Fig. 2.
This cart can be pushed along in front
Of the cows, and by a simple arrange
ment for hanging the scales, the feed for
each cow can be weighed, and the feed
ing operation performed in few min
utes.
One great fault with rations com
monty fed to dairy cows is that there
are no succulent feeds given, such as
silage, kale, turnips, mangels, sugar
beets, or other green feeds. A succu-
lent feed in the ration helps to keep
the digestive organs in better condi-
tion, increases the appetite Of the ami
NAL, and stimulates the milk flow. In
feeding a dairy herd, it must be remem-
bered that every COW is a different in.
dividual and that all cows cannot be
fed alike any more than can a group
Of men or boys. The dairyman must
watch his herd and try to feed each
COW to the best advantage. Some cows
can have their rations increased and
will gain in their flow Of milk, while
others will only lay on fat and the
extra feed is lost. OF course . COW
sholud be kept in good working con.
dition but there is no advantage in
fattening the dairy COW while she is
giving milk.
Care Of the Cow.
In feeding and milking strict regu-
larity should be observed, for the COW
is creature Of habit. If the feeding
or milking is delayed, the process Of
milk manufacture is interrupted and
the flow lessened. The work should be
done in such way that the COW will
get the greatest possible satisfaction
from the semi-daily events.
The frolics that the COW INDUCED in
when calf almost cease when she be-
comes milk producer, the exercise she
gets in going to and from the pasture
being enough for her. Running the
cow, or causing her unnecessary ex-
citement, should at all times be pre-
vented. For the winter season, the cows
should have a sheltered place such as
a shed in which to exercise.
Cows giving milk need q large
amount of fresh, pure water each day,
because the milk itself contains great
deal Of water and large amounts are
used in digesting the feeds eaten. Cows
as rule will drink from 60 to 80
pounds Of water each day, while some
of the worlds record cows have drunk
27o pounds in a day, as shown by ac.
tual weight. The best supply Of water
comes from deep well or from
spring. Ponds into which drainage
comes from various sources are not sat
isfactory, because Of the dangers Of
disease, and also because the COW, on
account Of disrelish will not drink as
much as she should.
Care Whom Dry.
Cows as rule will consume quite
an amount Of salt and should have
abount an ounce each day. It may be
fed with the feed, or rock salt may be
placed where the COW can use it as
her appetite calls for it. One expert.
ment carried on at the Wisconsin Ag.
ricultural college where salt was mot
fed, showed that the cows soon began
to lose their vitality, their hair be.
came rough, and finally they broke
down.
During the eight or ten weeks that
cows 60 dry, their food should be
chiefly roughage. A daily allowance
Of two pounds Of bran or oats or q
mixture of 2 parts each of bran and
oats, and one part Of oil meal, makes