| Show ABOUT DAIRY PRODUCTS EXAMINING I 1 NTO INTO THE DAIRY COWS under tile Au spleen of anele hask lite iho united stuff states agricultural lleen hern going Ille hind tile Ite or of our milk cows cowl farmers bulletin no llo 3 21 of the united stat agricultural department contains colne experiments in cow keeping which I 1 every fa bariner riner and crt man ought to study the point is this lit in these times when the condi conditions conditto tio n 3 of life ife crowd us na hardeland har harder derand and harder in america ameret I 1 CI we must hange change n our methods to rue meet et them it applies particularly to the keeper of if cows in this way no lie must study each individual in cow and see fee whether sho pays her way or not if not get rid of lier her quickly and procure etli others rs that do only thus can the man mail who depends depend ou on dairy products for his bin living keep his hed heakin above water for instance a good cow gives from 5 to pounds of milk it a year in 11 iowa the baigier dairy state of the union the an biage cow gi es but pounds annually A good butter cow 0 ought ait to 3 beld to pounds a year the average yield of tile thu vermont cow cov is only potion pounds do of the lie new yolk Y aik state cow still le leus lets us than that this liw has gorie gone on oil year after year and yet tw the dahy nien are blaming bla ruing everybody lie than theniel ves for their bad ba 1 luck inck a as they call it while the hie ariee of oc cow feed lias has been gradually going up for years the average dai iyman lias has goul gone on keeping his old fashio fashioned neol scrub cows hig pig glody if they give 91 ve si I 1 largo large quantity well and good gond it f not lot it is all the same providence lii liis ilas s seen fit to afflict the dairyman with a run of bad luck dail luck IULI in this ease case 19 is simply asinine stupidity pure anil am simple examine your cows hy by in individual weigh nuil and tet the milk ui af elicit each see fee how much lite food of each costs still ami weed out the lie abi ones onea it is tile only way tile government bulletin cief from the tion the ie port of nil an extensive experiment in fit feed nag ing dairy cows to ascertain tile thu value of each each iu individual our iet bleiders le iders ders ought to evcic word of it we v reprint the following these havo ix been cn made with melvia cows and hao over lie hie cars grade ferbey ATt biro devon dur lain and dutch and dutli cows cos sicre ud thoy i pro becu bcd for or I 1 lie cri veri it a fe fid until idil ren fill luciow it five vo or six quarts nuart alion hen they T ere nicil to tho the rif p fit riol 1 I 0 duration if of the ilia experiment nath vw flit mcl each tow ow aried A from GI to WJ days ha my fuld fodder cr cot coi it ii corn s I 1 inge green crops ro ants ta aini ri brait brail ILIA other grabill arc avre ii used lil l il 1 I tic daily ral galinn inn per ier head con cois l itce ted tit of ril gh teen tn tit pounds of dry fodder or its 10 of grcia fodder train from tax and ton 0 ocic ile liala to nine and chive r po coundi lindi of grain careful nc count anno iwen en kept of athe abo history of f nu allu nuin in vicrot calas lc period 0 Is anil a I 1 kind of fodder 3 avid of milk che competition co of feed tik d mill and manure cost coat of cow nod and feed and values of milk and abo following is A I 1 of the linan caal belor of of the on s tuo the milk was to chan cd n t I 1 lie bald for it at al the ere alio tile in inki uuro broil lice I 1 ii ly by assuming that of tho the total amount of foud food 20 0 o pir cent bo be sold vilh A ith tile AW lugii 1110 I 1 ha be t 0 pur per cent saved a manure inn nure file inoyo ablo low cow lail Itou Klit for borew S red fed arsi 1 da das and then sold for SN S N cost coa al tile ot nt 1 l 1 i aci W bo be that tho the total rath rash outlay wili SIC iga 11 tile in brought augut catl i it al ilia cien nien ilie manure nt n t to bo north M finnk int ini lite total value consumed SN 1 41 total irli outlay ot of li i from rein ains suzn ns As net et ittin it for feed consumed 1 tile wi tainted alne of tho the mancie abu liu altum in caulis of estinia ted valno ol of tit inure it re 11 is sect in for file tile ti lie corts cow s abo nil return wis 41 and tho it in d in el sars of tile MUM of OLO alio manure oni y cia 11 with ilia leat co rom i lie ellit cn li for cow and eted exceeds exceed I file ulue mine of I 1 ito enill it nil into nure hy by in of ollar lar tt thorl orl alio llio for feid tins na the value of I 1 liu file nian tire ito iho I 1 otil toss loss nn inq sit ai that ii to y allow ini for the value of tile iho the I 1 if t nit M i lilt lib I 1 ito teclo bohy 0 o s varied aiom h a 11 11 eala af t kia low or sa s1 ila or if abo of ir the manure ho bu left out oia of amount fruin it a gain ut of fisit to A IA I lr A of k sus it i it alIc that tile tor or loss did ant tic depend tind upon ither alio bleed or tile vt of the lecaine period 1 ahto tie most profitable cow and the least ifasi but one no ere lol of lie anic breed of the two most table rohs cons anc no ns as fell fed for resl dial and the mothr for forona onla 27 das bilas ahn bt out deiy clear iv 1 in those ona la is that in such wi LS flit the value of the pola gove f r lie lilmont it in dhuy cattle 14 salich would Pr paa pair fur ir gool ones widely in product |