Show VINTER WINTER FEEDING FOR DAIRY COWS hardest working animal on farm needs best ration the milking cow Is the hardest working animal on the tarm farm a act fact which explains the importance of good feeding tor for dairy c cows A cow giving 35 pounds of milk a day produces in to that milk what Is known as 10 4 cherms ot of energy to produce the same ame 1 number of cherms in the form of reful work a team of two 1600 1500 pound horses would have to work steadily tor for eight hours As the only way a cow can obtain energy to put into her milk Is through the feed she eats her feed must be highly nutritious and fel in sufficient quantities so that her body requirements as well as her lull full needs tor for max icum milk production are met the successful dairy farmer bases his win ter er feeding program on an abundance of df legume roughage such as alfalfa or ather legume hay and corn silage so go hat that he may be sure to have these hages available next winter he Is already making his plans tor for a sub creage in alfalfa or one of he the other legumes for hay this spring an acre for each chiv in milk will grow enough alfalfa bay hay to keep these cows well supplied with the very best dry roughage from att etc fall to early spring the growing of about one acre and a half of bf the other legumes will be required to keep a milking cow well supplied with hay during the same period now Is the time to plan for or next winter in winter feeding hay Is usually fed at the rate of 1 to 1 pounds tor for each pounds the cow weighs ballage Is generally fed at the rate ot of to pounds for each pounds of the animal s weight grain should always be fed according to the cow a milk pro the larger breeds such as the brown owls and lot 1101 stein are fed one pound ol 01 grain to each 3 to 4 pounds of milk produced dally the smaller breeds as the and jerseys are usually fed grain at the rate of 0 I 1 pound to each 3 pounds of milk produced dally many dairymen overlook water supply in winter the average dairyman overlooks the frater supply for his cows during the winter months and in doing so he overlooks a nice profit and lowers the production of his cows ahe dairy cow will drink pounds of water dally it if it Is located where she can get it at least twice dally and it Is not too cold A fresh cow will drink three or dr four times as much as a stripper or dry cow in cold winter weather a cow will not drink that much water if turned out but once a day and she has to walk to a pond or tank to drink furthermore when a large amount of cold water is drunk in cold weather it must be raised to the body ten en pera ture of the cow and to do this the cow burns the feed nutrients nu which were intended to produce milk and maintain her body small slender silos A are re now coming into style it if there was any such thing as styles in silo building it would be ap ate to say that the slender figure in silos Is coming into style the tend ency seems to be toward less eter and more height and if a large amount of silage Is needed to build iriv tw small ones rather than one silo of great diameter fight right ten and twelve foot silos are each year becoming more common these small structures make a silo a practical investment for herds of ten or more dairy cows or for two or ethree three loads of beef steers ten cows for example will eat about two inches of silage per day from an eight foot illo and about one and one third inches from a silo ten feet in diameter cow stanchions should be properly adjusted the stanchions should be so adjust ed that the cows deposit their droppings in the gutter and not on the platform clean dustless bedding should be provided dally the flanks of the cows should be clipped to keep the hair short so that the cows may be easily cleaned with a stiff brush brushing should be done as often as possible diseased cows should be e isolated from the healthy ones A constant inspection should be main tallied to locate new diseases every dairyman should make it a point to become acquainted with common cow Jail ments milk from diseased cattle should never be sold dipping for lice lice cause great annoyance to calves and may seriously retard growth if present in large numbers they are difficult to control but about the most satisfactory treatment tr Is dipping or va cashing shing with ith a coal tar dip dir s solution tl TI is method cannot be used during cold but sh aid ald be used the first warm still spring day in a week or ten days the treatment should ie e ie cited to get the young lice nil h ch eh hive have hitched hatched out in the mean IT e |