Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-12-04
DAIRY CONVENTION
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| Will grain CIoP, 4No. d SloV0I Two
cuttings. No. mixed hay
The growing of a clover or legum-
nous crop one year in or 4 is the
basis of all good farming and is one
of the main factors in maintaining
fertility and prosperity on the farm.
The address Of w. J. Gillett, of
| Rosendale, upon Feeding Dairy
Cows, bristled with good points, a
few Of the salient ones being: 1t
should begin in their infancy. The
couplet of Pope might almost be
paraphrased to read:
'Tis education forms the milk COW
Just as the calf is bent, the cows
inclined.
| Skim milk, the speaker aVerred,
makes as good and more economical
growth. He would feed well, even
outside the period of lactation. No
danger, during that short time, of
destroying a cows inherited predis-
position to the milk purpose, by keep
| ing her in decent flesh Consult the
| constituent elements, protein and
carbohydrates but in case of want
of unanimity in science, as to chem
istry of her food, follow Madame
| Cow, rather even than some be-spec-
tacled college professor; for palata-
bility enters into the question, and
she knows better what her food
tastes like No hard and fast rule"
for the ratio of weight of feed to be
given for a given weight of milk
yield. There should be variety, but
a regular basis of feed should be
maintained which in his practice
was, equal parts of bran, gluten and
oil-meal. Size is desirable, especial
ly as individual COWS do not eat ac-
cordingly. What they do need, and
SO much else, must be determined by
the judgment and tact of the man
behind the cow" When feeding oil
meal and cotton-seed meal we are
transferring the fertility of the West
and South to Wisconsin. Pasture is
our most expensive food, since one
acre of corn, weighing 10 to 80 TONS
would feed a cow or years, in
| the form of silage. 1t was the speak
er's judgment that potatoes fed to
dairy COWS would make a return of
l25 cents a bushel.
| Col r. A. Wilkinson, of Lake FL
mo, Mimi, who had happily been as
signed the subject of Development
of a Stockman", sketched graphical
| ly early stock experience in his state,
under conditions which he thought
correspondent to those here. A pure
bred animal calls for a pure-bred
breeder, and one should not Jump
into" the business, but grow into it.
Any single standard breed, but no
double one for him, for after paying
| about $4,000 for the knowledge, he
learned that a dual purpose COW was
only synonym for dual purpose
failure. A fine tribute was paid by
| the Colonel to dairying, which, he de-
clared, was the solution of the prob
lem of keeping the children on the
farm, as it would develop man, a
neighborhood or a state.
In answering the question what
Constitutes Good Dairy Cow" F. H.
Scribner's idea was that she should
be chosen, as the wife of the Vicar
| of Wakefie1d' chose her dress, ''for
qualities that wear well''-for what
she can do rather than for facial ex-
preston, which don't command a
very good price on the market The
points of a good COW included her
general conformation, temperament
persistency and disposition. These,
| the same as her constitution, were
to be told largely by her looks. Wide
nostril means respiration capacity
that is, vigor. Strong, muscular jaw
that she can eat a lot of roughage,
which is the cheapest feed. Clean-cut
neck-we don't want too much flesh
put on, but if skinny, she is not
strong constitutionally. Deep body
shows storage capacity. A COW with
a soft udder is likely to be persist
ent. This quality as well as DISPOSE
ton, are transmitted, but the first
two may be developed by the imam
| behind the cow
/ In opening his address upon "Silos
and Silage", w. j. Dougan, of Beloit,
commended residents here for their
courage in making homes in a new
country He considered the climate
ideal and the market good and avail
able. It's near possibilities, however,
he regarded as almost exhaustibly
greater, on account OF the great pop
ulation that would be drawn to Du-
luth to work the manganese iron
mines, the greatest in the world.