Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-22


, calf to drink by itself is to allow j
to get rather hungry, and then offe,
it warm milk direct from the COW
1t is very seldom necessary to allow
a calf to suck a finger when teachin
it to drink.
If the cows udder is hot and eaked
she should be MIXED frequently AT in.
~tervals of not longer than two hours
and the udder gently massaged so q,
to reduce the inflammation. The udde
should not be MIXED entirely dry
but only enough at a time to keen II
from becoming too hard. Milk fever
is not %infrequent at such times. and
requires special treatment. Every
dairyman with high grade cows should
have a thorough understanding of this
trouble, and be ready to treat II inn
~mediately. There are splendid bull
letins published by nearly all the Ex-
pertinent stations and the department
of agriculture on this subject, and any
dairyman not having such information
should secure it at once.
After the COW has recovered her
normal condition the feed should be
gradually increased ds&lEKhe full limit
of profitable feeding is reached. II is
advisable to push a COW to her utmost
possible limit for the first three
months. This is so important that it
will often pay to feed the COW more
than she will pay for in milk. for the
reason that the decrease will be grad
ual from the highest peak reached.
That is, a COW that is pushed to a
high yield during the first part Of
her milking ueriod viii maintain a
high yield for a much longer time
than a cow not so treated.
Cows will give milk without anv Of
these careful attentions, but it must be
admitted that the COW that is forced
to rustic her own feed and drink ice
water will not produce profitably.
1t is the lack of many of these details
in caring for a COW hat results in the
average yield being less than one
third of that produced by the good
dairy COW properly handled.
Best Conditions for Milk Production
Anyone who has MIXED cows must
that the best and richest
flows of milk are produced in the ear
Hest part of the summer, when the
pastures are in the best possible con-
dition and the water conditions are
favorable, At that time every
COW, no matter what her breeding
and form, nor what has been her prev
Ious treatment, gives a good guam
tity of milk, and the best cows make
highest records. If we could
maintain this condition the year round
here would be no trouble in securing
satisfactory results from the average
COW. Feed and surroundings
hat make every COW do her best are
Exactly what every dairyman should
ny to secure.
In June the COW has appetizing,
.ucculent feed, rich in milk producing
materials; the temperature is mild,
ure air and water are abundant,
'hich makes the surroundings COM
in every respect. The object
Z the dairyman should be to initiate
conditions throughout the year.
Composition of the Feeds
A careful study of the factors that :
md to make the dairy COW do her b
est has shown that the combination
2 feeds is fundamental. In all feeds
lere are three classes of substances
hich must be combined in certain II
-oportions to secure the best results. ct
hese are known as protein, carbo- CT
and fat. It
Protein includes the parts of feeds di
at contain nitrogen. 1t is essential in
the composition of milk, blood, =
uscle, bone and nerve tissue, and is
.ssolutely indispensable for no other
bstance "a take its place. Protein
ay be broken down and take the n;
ace of carbohydrates and fat. but hr
ither carbohydrates nor fat can
Ike the place of protein.
The carbohydrates include the fibre
feeds7sugars, starch and similar @.
distances. They furnish heat. ener- =
and fat to the body. WI
The fats include all oily and fatty ~
distances of feeds and is used TO ia
oduce heat, energy and fat to the
dy. One pound of fat contains as
lch heat producing material as 2.2
unds Of protein and carbohydrates.
1t must be re%memberer that only a
TT of the feed is digestible. The Va
st is wasted so far as the cow is 10,
ncerned. For instance, when a COW he
fed 100 pounds of alfalfa hay. she in
yests 10 pounds of protein. 81 co,
unds of carbohydrates and / 1-2 br,
unds of fat. Alfalfa contains more NJ,
nutrients thar any other
feeds. 1t is the digestible
trients that must be considered in
feeds, in planning a ration. In
stigations have shown that a COW -
ighing 1000 pounds should have for ~,
good milk producing ration, feeds WI
2 IL pounds of digestible ~
otein, II 1-2 pounds of digestible !,
-bohydrates, and o. pounds of fat.
properly combine feeds for best ",
iults it is necessary to have a table 49,
ing the digestible nutrients of u.;i
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