Show i FEEDIXG FOR MILK All feed that the cow can b induced to I eat and that she will turn Into milk is clear profit but all that she consumes I that is used to maintain her physical condition con-dition is an outlay I is evident that the I profit of keeping a cow depends upon the excess in proportion of the feed that she j consumes and turns into milk over what Ii required to maintain her physical condition con-dition says the St Louis Republic I I dlZVhll Si si i While liberal feeding is always necessary r neces-sary to make the most out of a dairy cow i saT points must not be overlooked One is that It la of no advantage to feed her I more than sne can eat up clean and digest di-gest The Other is that her ration must i he of a milkproducing kind We may feed a cow all the straw and corn she can eat and yet she will fall considerably I short of giving all the milk of which she would be capable i a milkmaking ration I were supplied It is important in the selection of a cow for the dairy that one should b picked out that has a natural tendency toward converting the larger part of her food into in-to milk rather than into fat or flesh To do this the cow must b kept in a good tbntty condition be made comfortable in jf j every way be fed and watered regularly fin f-in order to reduce her maintenance ration as much as possible One important item in the reducing of the cost of production is to lessen as much as possible the cost of keeping the cow As the more comfortable com-fortable she is kept the less food will b required to keep her thrifty A cow whose tendency is to convert her surplus food into milk will hardly get fat at least so long as she is giving a good flow of milk but she ca be thrifty There is a considerable difference In the physical condition of a cow kept thin from 1 ad A 1 fl r nt i food milking and one thin for want of proper I is certain that i a cow gives a liberal quantity of milk that she must bet sup pied with the materials in the shape of good feed from which to manufacture i She must be a hearty eater with good digestive di-gestive powers so that she can eat a considerable con-siderable quantity of foou and convert it into milk Her ration must be n mllkproducmgr one Under the various conditions In which cows are kept it is difficult if not impossible to make up n ration that will always be beSt The cost must be considered consid-ered and the ration supplied largely determines de-termines the cost A good portion of the food should b that produced on the farm Wheat bran middlings and oil meal can often be brought to use with the matert als produced on the farm but nearly or quite everything else that goes to makeup make-up the cows feed should be grown on the farm and thh admits of quite a variety To get the best possible results the CDW must naturally b a good milker Her ration ra-tion must be a good milkproducing ono and must be liberal in quantity ana then if she is made comfortable in other respects res-pects a full flow can b secured |