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Show REGULAR FEEDING FOR COWS Createst Degree of Contentment in Herd Can Only Be Secured by Strictest Regularity. It is of great importance that strict regularity should be observed, both in feeding and in milking, in order to se-cure se-cure the greatest degree of contentment content-ment in the herd. First give the grain mixture, and milk the cows while they are eating it. This routine Is recommended recom-mended because, with some cows, the milk comes more freely while they are eating that portion of their ration which has the most relish. Cured roughage should be fed after milking because It fills the air in the tarn with dust. Succulent feed, like silage and roots, should also be fed otter milking, because of the odor that St gives. Feeding twice a day will tiring better returns than more frequent fre-quent and wasteful feeding. Give half the concentrates and half the roughage in the morning and half in the evening. eve-ning. In the winter they should be allowed Dual-Purpose Cow. to spend the day in the stall, and for two or three hours about midday they should not be disturbed. Turning them out into the yard, or giving them access ac-cess to a strawstack or field of corn stalks, will cause them to shrink in milk, no matter how much or how well they may be fed in the morning and evening. No more feed should be given them than they will eat up. The mangers man-gers should be absolutely clean ' and free from any feed during the day and night. |
