The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-01-19
OPEN MEETING 0E
MEDF0RD GRANGE
ONE OF THOSE SANDWICH AND COFFEE
MEETINGS WHICH INTEREST EVERY
ONE WITH A GOOD STOMACH.

The Medford Grange will hold an
0nan meeting a. thR Grange Hall at
Medford, On Wednesday night, Janu-
arv 24 Installation Df officers aHld
talks BY M r. Walsh, Esq, by, the
County Agent and others Will be some
0f the features of tha meeting Tha
subjects EOE discussion Will be along
nkhaM iimnam mnf -& hAAa 6@mmnfifa needs AmAhnh
as The Best Time TO Sow Clover
and Planning the Farm Garden" The
most interesting part of the entertain
ment To the men, however, will be the
sandwiches and coffee Come early
and get the egg sandwich. The pub
Lie is invited
Everybody knows that cows give
most milk when on pasture lin early
summer. Maintaining the year round,
~ near ss possible, the conditions
that exist at that time must b. the
thing to do, then, to get the most
milk. These conditions seem to BE-:
1. An abundance of palatable food.
2. "a balanced ration. 3. Succulent
feed A. Moderate temperature ~
Comfortable surroundings.
II. an abundance of palatable food
is necessary because an ordinary COW
uses 30 to- so per cent OF all the food
she eats to- maintain her body q cow
giving over 271s gallons OF 5 per cent
milk per day uses only from 40 To DO
per cent In other words dairy COW
getting an abundance of palatable
food uses half to- maintain her weight
and the other half to produce milk.
Getting three-fourths of all she will
eat of palatable food she uses half to
maintain her body and One-fOurth to
produce milk. Getting half of the
amount she can consume she gets
just enough to- keep her but if she III
a good dairy COW she will use some Of
iii To produce little milk and cOnSe-
quentlE fall Off in weight. q dairy
COW should take on some weight be-
fore calTing. After that her weight
should remain practically the same.
! While this IL true or the real dairy
cow who uses all her food above her
body needs for producing milk, IL does
not apply strictly tO the COW that has
not sufficient dairy capacity to use
all her food above that needed to
maintain her body for milk produc-
ton, and that that she can not use for
milk production is used to- produce
fat. This type Of COW should be fed
enough to keep her even i'm weight
and to produce all the milk she can
but not enough To fatten her. "a herd
of COWS can not b. economically fed
BY feeding all the same amount. Each
COW must BE- studied and fed accord
ing to her needs. When all cows re-
ceiVe the same grain ration, close OBJ
will show that the light
mixers eat less roughness than the
heavy ones. This means that the
light producers are getting too much
grain and not eating enough cheap
feeds and that the heavy mixers are
trying to eat enough roughness to
supply the nutrients necessary for
milk production. Cows should have
iii the roughness they will eat and in
addition enough grain, corn, bran,
Oh linseed meal, ETC., to
supply the nutrients necessary for the
amount OF milk they. are producing.
This amount can b. calculated by use
1f feed analysis and feeding stand
ards However, the following rules
are a general guide for practical feed
ng:
1. Feed all the roughness the cows
will eat up clean I
2 Feed one pound of grain per
lay for each pound Of butter fat pro-
luced per week, OF one pound OF grain
laily for each three pounds of milk
Produced daily.
3. Feed Ill the cows will take with
nut gaining weight.
Rule 2 applies only when good
-oughness such a. corn silage, clover, N
;owpeas, or alfalfa hay is used. LII
,Orn fodder or timothy hay is fed con-
;iderably more grain must be given
han the rule specifies. One pound
grain for three pounds milk will not \
work on all cases lit II too much
grain for cow giving large quantity n
If milk of low fat content, like most