The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-07-06
Profitable Dairying in Northern Wisconsin

! be substituted for ground corn in
any of the above mixtures.
Provide enough winter feed for at
least 200 days. For a thousand
pound COW it will take approximate
/ ly the following amount of feed:
5000 lbs. or 11s tons of hay, APP
proximately / acre.
!, 8 tons of roots, approximately u
| to 1-3 of an acre.
1000 to 1000 lbs. of grain mix
lures.
| Reduce Feed Bills -
Save buying the hay and roots
by clearing enough land to- grow
them. If one can grow grains like
corn, barley and oats, it will be so
much the betetr; otherwise it will
pay to buy what is necessary to
make a good mixture.
Do not try to get along without
these feeds. Put forth an honest
effort to produce them and you will
be pleased with the returns from
| them. 1t is wasteful of feed and
money tosfeed Incomplete rations.
! <Cow-horn turnips make a good
crop for new land and fall feeding
Disk or spring-tooth the land and
sow late in the season at the rate
of / pound of seed an acre. Good
results have been secured by seed
ing even after the middle of July.
Rutabages, mangels, and other var
ieties of roots may also be grown to
good advantage. Store roots where
they will not freeze and feed them
daily in a sliced or chopped condi-
ton. A pit or cellar can be easily
made in which to store roots.
Feed Sufficient Hay
Feed approximately Is pounds of
hay daily when pasture is not in sea-
son. See that cows clean it all
up and do not waste any. In addi-
ton to the hay, feed approximately
80 pounds of roots and one pound of
grain for each three to four pounds of
milk produced, which can be fed over
/ the roots. Provide salt in box
where the COW can get to it as she
wants it.
Water the COW twice or three times
daily. giving her water in the winter
time that is not colder than that
from deep well. Do not let her
have ice water. 1t takes lots of
water to make milk. Do not over
look the matter of watering the COW
Regularly
Keep the cow and the stable clean.
Be especially careful to keep the
milk clean and away from bad odors,
which will insure your liking the
Emilk. bettr and giving better price
for milk, cream or butter which is
sold.
Protect From Cold
Do not turn the cow out during
cold days for a longer time than she
seems to enjoy it. Do not let her
become chilled, Blanket her if
necessary.
Take out the window of the stable
and replace it with gunnysack or
muslin screen during the summer
time. If the cow cannot have plenty
Of shade it will pay to put her in
the stable during the hottest part
Of the day. This will also protect
| her from flies during the bad fy-time
season.
At Calving Time
/ Try to have the COW freshen or
produce a calf once a year. Breed
her to good purebred bull 70 to 80
days after she has freshened. Two
hundred eighty-two days later she
will be due to produce calf. Give
her six to eight weeks rest before
calving time by having her dry during
this period.
Dry the COW off by milking her only
every other time fora few days and
then every other day for two. days,
frightening the intervals until there
ARE practically no. strippings. Re-
| duce the feed during the dry-off,
period which will help to get her
dry. I.
After she is dry if she is in thin.
condition it will pay to feed her four
| to six pounds or more Of grain daily
| to improve her conditions
When she makes up large udder
and shows signs. of producing her
calf, feed her only light ration so
that her bowels will be in laxative
condition and she has no tendency to
be in feverish condition.
See that she produces her calf
where it is perfectly clean and free
from any filth and where she can lick
and dry the calf Immediately after it,
lis born.
If the calf is produced in winter,