Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-13
SOUTH PARIS MAINE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 49, 1917


fail . made. When the cold davs And
nleoo come they should b not Wins
out on the cold ground, q this usually
cues down on the milk flow. and cause
serious udder trouble, especially Will
high producing cows vhoae mill
macninery is being urged to the limit.
40 sne summer or early fall, when
cows are running on good pasture OF
after grass, and very likely receiving ,
supplement Of green corn, Il is compara.
lively easy to keep an animal mp 10 hen
nigh standard OF production, but the
moment the herd becomes shut in for
tho winter the real test of Q good dairy
man presents itself, and ho is confronted
with the problem Of supplying such care
ana feeds - will make up.for the great
cnange from natural TO more or less
artificial conditions. II the herd has
been getting along all GUNNER on . poor
dry pasture, where little has been oh.
tanned excepting exercise, and little
grain has been fed, then the problem Of
Increasing production after the cows
are stabbed, or even keeping them up to
their summer standard, is greatly In.
creased.
Right hero is shown the lesson that
after cows freshen In the spring they
must be gradually brought up to their
highest production and held there until
such time "a 1t becomes necessary for
them to 60 dry. II through poor sum-
mer feeding any decrease occurs, that
decrease will continue until the next
freshening period. With cows freshen-
ing In the fall, circumstances are some
what different. Given proper winter
care cows calving In the fall can be hold
up TO their normal production.
One must supply, ut this season OF
year, conditions ~ near like summer ~
possible. Give plenty OF air, and have
suficisntly large number OF windows to
admit large amounts Of sunshine.
Banish the manure cellar and manure
sbed, and construct q manure pit 30 feet
or thereabou,s from the. tie-up. II the
walls are not already neat and clean,
give them good cleaning and apply
whitewash. This will make the stable
brighter, and moro sanitary, to say
nothing of tho added degree of pleasure
from working amid such surroundings.
WHAT TO FEED.
Winter feeding requires considerable
study and application. To supply the
nutritious feeds, furnished BY the
pasture in summer, We must turn to
silsge, or 10 the event that We have no
silage, then the same thing can be OBJ
tanned by the use of beet pulp. For
roughage, let us hope that oil are sup
piled with good quality Of hay carry
ing . fair proportion of clover. All
clover would be better. With the two
above feeds We can maintain animals and
supply q email amount of nourishment
for the manufacture OF milk, but In
order to make the cows pay . profit We
must feed grain. To supply this is ex-
pensive, nevertheless it must be done,
and In doing 20 buy those grains which
will supply the proper amount OF nutri-
ton st the least cost. With two or
three different rstions In mind, 60 to
the grain dealers and 6nd out which can
be procured for the least outlay. This
NAV vary from month to month, a. the
prices of different grains change.
AZ to the proper time to feed the
different parts Of days ration, there
are many minds, but ono which gives
is carried out as follows:
The grain is fed first, which causes the
COWS to stand we'll up near their cribs,
giving the opportunity to clean the
cutters before milking. After cleaning
the cutters, do the milking, then follow
With silage. or beet pulp, and this In
turn 10 followed with half the days
allowance of hay. By feeding the silage
or beet pulp. and bay after milkieg.
there 10 no danger from odor OF the
silage or dust from the hay affecting tho
milk.
Contrary to common practice, NO hay ys
fed At noon, a 1t 10 desirable to have the
tie-up kept perfectly quiet and undis-
turbed during the middle OF tho day:
During the afternoon allow the cows oil
the water they wish, but in cold weather
this should have the chill removed.
Literally supplied with properly
balanced ration, and given the above
care, the herd will do . good winters
work and come ont In the spring IN
excellent sbspe.-W. n. GREY, YORK
County, In New England Homestead.