Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-22

The spreading quality Of butter lisa
strong factor in increasing 81 de-
creasing - consumption. No one likes
soft and oily butter, o do they like
it 50 hard that it cannot be spread on
at all. There are cases on record
where dairymen in the. winter have
had their orders doubled from private
that which produced hard, crumbly
butter. to feed which made. butter
that would spread WE'LL This is q
matter which q great many should
give more careful consideration.
1t will be found that a feed which
produces a, desirable quality of butter
will also produce the highest yield of
milk. =
The dairy COW should always be fed
after milking, and e before. or
while milking. There are often doors
from the feed. or dust. that may be
absorbed by the milk. and this will
while milking. There have at times
been complaints from feeding Of 81
laRe. and other rather strong odored
feeds. In nearly every case it has
been learned that h oub was
due to the presence of these feeds IN
the barn while milking, and not to
the feeding Of them to the cows.
There may be a little trouble IN
getting cows trained so that they
will milk ~contentedly without feed,
but the fact is that they will give
more milk after they are properly 80
trained.
The COWS should have clean, whole
some feed. The dairyman who gets
the fancy prices for butter sold to pri-
vate customers, gives his cows only
feed that that is clean enough to put
on his own table. Spoiled or rotten
feeds faint the milk and butter.
The following are a number Of ra-
tons which will fit local conditions.
The figures indicate pounds. Each
ration is a tw%enty-four hour e for
Ia 1000 pound cow in full milk. II
the cow is fed twice a day, one-half
Of the ration should be fed each feed.
1-Alfalfa rs, corn fodder 8. or
millet hay s.
2-Alfalfa 20. corn Z, or barley 8.
3-Alfalfa 20. fodder corn is.
Alfalfa Is, cor ensilage 20, corn
4. bran 3. @
6-Alfalfa 10, millet 10, corn 8,
bran 8. oats 3.
6-Alfalfa 5. ensilage 40, corn 3.
oats 3. c]ottonseed meal i, linseed
meal Gold process) 2.
Corn fodder Is. prairie hay 8.
oats 4. oil meal 3. c~ottonseed meal 2.
S-Corn fodder is. oat straw 10,
bran 4 1-2. linseed meal 20. p.) 5,
cottonseed meal 2. @
9-Millet hay Is, corn ensilage Is.
bran ] IL. Chicago gluten meal 2,
cottonseed meal 2 1-2.
10-Prairie hay 20, bran, 8, cotton
iseed meal 2 IL.
| 1l-Prairie hay 20, oats 3 1-2, bran
4. slinseed meal 70. p.) l., cottonseed
meal 2. Us
12-Timothy 10. clover 10. corn 4,
bran 2. linseed meal 20. p.) 8 IL.
1s-Ensilage 20, alfalfa 20, corn s
or barley 3.
14-Oats straw 10, wheat straw 10,
mangels 8. bran 6, Chicago gluten
meal 2, co%ttonseed meal 2 1-2.
These rations are all figured from
the table in Farmers Bulletins No.
~: showing the digestible nutrients in
the different feeds. BY the use OF
this table a. ration may be combined
from any other feeds.
Every dairyman should be familiar
with these tables, and use them.
Farmers Bulletin No. %, Department
of Agriculture, Washington, d. c.,
gives valuable information on this
subject. and should be carefully stud
led. Also Bulletin No. 743. Feeding
Of Dairy Cows, should be carefully
read.
The importance OF knowing what
the cows are producing and how to
know will be discussed in a succeeding
article.