| Show DAHY facas SELF fad COWS SHOW NO GAINS self fer illig dairy avs so that they cot got all the lie iraln buy hay and illie pili e they ed increased tie amount aud and cost of feed enten eaten by the cow cows without w effing their milk intuition ui to an experiment I 1 y dr tv U U 13 beens beene ai as restant chief in d dalry alry cattle feeding at the tile college of airi agriculture culture of 1111 illinois results Ite of the testa tests hive just been ed la in a new bulletin lit eri ments lu la belt self I 1 ceding if dairy cowa cows wilh wl kh the colage now dow baa has ready for free distribution to in 16 ter bersted sted carsons cows ii ed ID in the were only of moderate ni dairy ability und and it Is Pos slite atut self feeding croie roe hatful alli prod utin cows although this point to be provid doctor nu lens ens said tin biting cons to feeds containing hl alli h tubes of protein seemie to d di priss milk production since fattening cuttle cattle and swine usually gala gain fabler when feaby the telf self feeder method thin when hen baud haud fed it wa tl olgat that adry LOWS los might produce more tilak u ilk if given free access constantly to several dif ferent kind kinds of feeds blixt t different cow cows were kept in box tails stalls containing n feider having sev eral dl erent hopper con part apartments ments Suo illes lies of grains and mill by prod acts were provided constantly in the compartment compartments and hay and ane sila p in other larger feed hat that a cow night might select as much of one or sev eral feeds at any line ime she he chose the cows were viere gradually accustomed to the method at the beginning durin during a two to three week period surprising as it muy may seem to those aho ho have found that cows become III thresh overeating no harmful e suits were apparent in these cowa cows even though self fed the year round more feed than nieces necessary nry was con darned however to nuking the cost it j feed greater than when the cows were hand fed the cows colls laid on ad thus the amoun IP leid ted i a e a ara to maintain them TI tie e mett merld i it I 1 ro e I 1 ireful useful in ing tie relitha 1 of dl 11 fer ter ent elit feed anh n nore ore of nf some faedo was than thou nf of oti oil ere ers ond and in cases caps the ration consisted of only one or two feels een khonh four or more other fatels fie Is nere pres ent in tie stall A greater was as eaten nhen the feels vere of than when they were ere mixed cows cols abbel er decided preference ter certain feed and these often ex tendel over long po tod greater feed consumption wa secured when careful atten aln was vins ghen glen to catering entering to the co cow s alleq not t two cows had the same preference for all feed amount of water needed for average milk milic yield the amount of water required to produce milk will defend dot end to a large degree upon the cow the kenil kind of 1 eed leed girn her and the amount of ormill milk the Is producing size weather conditions whether it js Is hot or cold rainy or arv land and many other thines which may arle arise to increase or decrease th of so ro it would no be wise ise to say what bat we would allow the cow whether ani ni 30 pounds of water vister per dav dar or CO pou etc bi t I 1 it t would be hipply to glie t c cows os free ranee range to pure fresi i ter and they will tile vile care of tie te a i aunt needed I 1 fakles of minnesota t d I 1 7 that a it cov pro I 1 11 I 1 ng jig 1 27 7 lounds I 1 of milk per day i roii 77 pounds of water the same i when dry drieu only 15 1011 1 out ds do per day anoil er co cow prodoc in our mer pound pounds of milk per day i id ld during tl it e test tet period an a average i t W 34 pounds of wit water ter the story of these figures shows that the water require requirement nent Is about SS 25 pounds of water per 1 lound aund of billt no 0 o doubt thi this Is 18 a fair average katurah natural M methods ghods upset t in teaching young calf in dairy farmin farming because of tl e alue nine of whole all u and butter fat tie tl e dairyman dal rymon ul ets the natural meth I 1 which the calf would follow in feeding and Pepa the calf fion ion the cow fon airth I 1 or the first few days the alf calf Is 13 left with ohp th cow CONA because of the of the milk which puts the cairs dige tive HI in rood working order most dairymen leae leave the calf with its moth er for 48 hours unless tre tte calf Is weak then hen it 1 Is best to allow it to remain linger longer the longer it te e calf remain remal ns with lith the cow however the herder it Is 1 to tach it to drink conical type cooler the bo so culled called conical type of milk cooler Is used u ed to a considerable extent on farms this tipe of cooler Is made and sold for a comparatively low price and when hen proper properly used ip V efficient effi clent tl TI e conical part of the cooler Is hoi hot low chloi allows a it space prace for ice fee and water the rec reedier elier which set sets or u top of the conical part of the cooler contains conti ilni a cunil er of small boles holes b allow tt tte e milk to cow over ane conical surface lelii cooled by li it liter althin |
