The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-03
PRODUCE FOOD TO
FEED FAMILY COW
No Reason Why Cow Owner Should
Buy q Pound Of Concentrated
Material.

In discussing this very important
matter, would like TO bring 10 the no.
tice Of the family COW owner the de-
STABILITY OF producing ali the Feed
necessary to feed the COW in con-
eentrates, forage and pasture for fan.
winter and early spring months
There IS no reason why any owner OF
q family COW should buy a pound of
concentrate material. provided he has
land Of his own on which to grow such.
Bran, shorts and cottonseed meal
produced IN other sections and bought
BY the COW owners reduces the profits
or milk production, and homo grown
products serve the purpose equally as
we'll as material brought in.
For the purpose Of utilizing home
grown material he should provide him =
self with a small grinding mill, also
feed cutter and a root slicer. The cost
Of these three implements should not
exceed $4,000 to 100000. ard man
with a couple Of cows will save this
amount In the course OF one year
from the use OF these implements.
It has been found by practical exper-
fence that 20 pounds OF corn in the ear
without the shuck and so pounds Of
NeIvet beans IN the hull ground TO-
wether gives dairy feed equal to-
any concentration that one can buy.
These should be ground together to the
texture OF coarse bran, and should be
fed to the COW along with some rough
age. such as corn stoYer cut by the
feed cutter into one-haff inch lengths
and aIso some green material such as
rape.
The sliclng machine can be used
very profitably In the sllcing Of beets,
turnips, mangeis, rutabagas. etc, that
ran be cut very successfully and fed
q the cow, as the COW resembles the
@uman In some respects, In that Il
fixes q variety in its feed and does
best when this variety is provided
Now Is the best time to consider the
Eorovlding or the COW with green wlntr
pasture. and we recommend rape as
zone Of these. Plant the Dwarf Essex
variety about the last week in Sep
TENDER IN rows about 80 inches or Less
apart. so as to allow cultivation Of
the crop. Along about Thanksgiving
make another planting. There should
be at least an acre provided for every
head you intend. feeding Then in the
middle Of October plant oats and rye
broadcast, and during IN winter II
these crops should show signs Of low
vitality a little top dressing Of. nitrate
OF soda will help them along.
These crops should also be cuisi-
waited after every heavy rain during
the winter months and so should !
rape.
Rape planted the end Of September
win be ready for cutting by the middle
OF December, or perhaps earlier. all ac-
cordlng to season.
Mangei wurzels. beets, rutabagas,
turnips and carrots should all be
planted late in September or early IN
october. These root crops, while not
high ii milk producing material
as a tonic. and little OF them should
be ia the feed Of every animal that
- 5sd.
No concentrated material should be
fed alone. 1t should always be spin
l,Ied on some roughage, either silase'
corn stover. sliced beets. mangels %
zane cut in the feed cutter, as this
"a e. the animal an opportunity OF
chewing its cud, which is 80 necessary
10 ret best results.
In preparing corn slower It Eopid
always be cut to iced ahead, ana wneh
cutting should b. sprinkled with water
~ which salt hes been applied a; inc
,ate 81 about teespoonful to every 10
quarts. The mos ;ening Of this material
I. aLes It more II satable and diGestibie
10 the animal.
All the bovine tribe should be FED
some rough feed to enable them TO
raninate, or chew the cud. Il concen-
trates are fed alone this passes through
the animals third stomach and VIII
not work over gain by the animal with
the result that considerable amount OF
the nutrition obtained BY Illumination
is lost.
owing to our climate and soil con-
d,tiona in Florida the family COW VIII
rive excellent results where properly
handled. GOOD comfortable quarters
ahould be provided for Il. and II
should be MIXED regularly and sys-
teuatlcaily. and care OF the animals
comfort should be seen to. II this Is
done, investment made in the pur-
chase or this animal viii be one Of the
most profitable the farmer or rural
dwoiler can make.