Show FAMILY COW AS FOOD PRODUCER one good animal will keep fam lly hy of five supplied with dairy products RIGHT FEED AND ATTENTION permanent pasture of best grass available should be provided profitable feeding requires require knowledge of the cow one good dairy cow property properly fed will supply all the milk that Is needed by the hie average family A cow producing on the average of two gallons of milk each day will supply s a family of live with one gallon of whole milk which is about three glasses for each portion and there will be enough milk left to make one halt pound of butter but ter dally suu klent for the family such u family cow will also furnish approximately three of a pound of cottage cheese which is a most p plo la tuble meat substitute when it la Is tiro prop erly made As a ment and builder it Is fully equal lit in tile humal diet to meat pound for pound then there will be about three quarts of buttermilk and whey which can I 1 e used for nad ad making tho the fe fc of a dairy cow should bo gover governed nua by tile tho cows capacity to produce milk owners of dalry daily herds who have kept a dally daily record of ench ti ws production have av found chilt blome cows cos respond to ra fin Ine increased reused pillow lowance ance of fee feed and return a good ou on it while others tire arc ili limited it 11 milk capacity and overfeeding over feeding them s 4 u profitable n table profitable feeding re lahres Itil ris n R knowledge of 0 tile cow con as well veil a q of tile the values of feeds d A parro permanent finont pasture of from one w p two acris acres of the best grass avail bocale should be provided for the family bw if possible some shade and fresh leecan water tire lire udys ahi a desirable in 0 PC e pasture or winter feeding tile the I 1 lifted states department of agrical ire gives tho the following general rules 1 ender most circumstances the W should lie be fed all the roughage lingo I 1 int at site she will cut up clean adjusting t to 10 lalji gruen ration to the milk prodoc on only when wn the ow cow londs to beit mo me should the ot 0 in ug liage bo be restricted 2 A grala mIx mixture titre should be fed in tile lie proportion of one pound to ench cacti tl ree pints or pounds of milk produced deuced dally daily by b the cow except lit in the ase of it cow a flow of il 1 pounds or inore lien ien the ration car lie be one pound to each three and ota one hilf or four pounds of milk an ali even hotter botter rule Is one gouid of grain each il a iny ly for every pound c cf butterfat prod iced by tile the cow during tilt the weak wea 3 feed till nil the cow will hlll respond ild to in ill milk production when 1011 she begins to tf put on flesh cut clown the alie grain feed Balan balanced ceil rations vor for the he roost most profitable illk alk prodie aldi alan the cow must annii lie fe fed d a i balanced balan Led raglon tit at the cheapest then pest price auch ciuch rution ration can ie be provided by 14 balanced ration Is dinenna the combination of such a proportion of nutrients and in it quitu quantities titles its m the eov cow requires require 4 to main maintain lain her lit bodily funt functions lons tin and its as aw v call in ill tile the of inick these ire as protein nai fats protein Is one of tho the principal constituents of milij fats anti and carbohydrates pert oira iauch the samo functions that 1 U aa produce cinray rand hent baid in kite he of a ration nillon tire lire wm vu ally classed together it if the cow Is 81 given on n ration nn an excess of Pl ement nt the excess is blattle to ho he wita tet hence the fini of it a billat iced rii tion I 1 conn colin cm stover timothy toy millet nay liay prairie hay buy haya from fromi i the lie common grasses strabo of the various cereals and cottonseed li ciulla tills iriny any hll it be classed na as low in protein content while alle legume hays bays buell as alfalfa tile the clovers clo verB cowpens coppens cow pens wy toy bodall and oat and pen pea are arc classed us as hogt gt high in protein compounding a grain mixture A few simple rules for making up it grain mixture are given briefly below 1 slake make up tip the mixture to fit the available with roughage entirely of tile the low protein eanis too thol groin grain should contain approximately from 18 to 2 22 per cent of protein while with exclusively high protean lingo the grain ration need contain only about 13 to 10 per cent 2 select grains that furnish the ahe various constituents especially pro coln at the least cost using home grown grains it possible 8 be sure buro that tho the mixture Is light and bulky 4 the mixture should bo be palatable 5 see that tho the groin has hnz the proper physiological effect upon the cow the family cow should be provided wi with th a dry well lighted stall which should be cleaned dally daily every two or three weeks it Is a good practice to scatter slaked lime about the 11 floor of the stall which alil aid in keeping tho the place dry and prevent t the lid crowth of bt harmful germs gerins tile the sanit should be kept well veil bedded with straw sn sawdust W or other such material that will absorb tile the moisture and make the cow comfortable the cows cowa comfort should always be kept forcin foremost ost in the aulm vi v the owner as aa it Is an old aid coln creased milk yields |