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Show DAIRYING IN DENMARK i ""THE aim of the r.ml.h Oirmer I to keep the largest number of cfliclenl cows possible pos-sible on a given area, a cow to two und one-half one-half acres or less. Enough young stock Is raised to kee p the herd supplied with cows. Prom their feeding of cake and meal and the stall fecdini; of green crops an immense amount of manure of tine quality Is made, and with their careful method- e..f husbanding husband-ing the- solids in a covered manure pit and the liquids In a cistern and applying in small inutilities at fnejuent Inte-rvals during the rotation Ihe producing power of their land ! lncrealng from year to year. Moth the I'anlf'h red cow and the black and w hite tow of Julia 8ro distinctively dairy cows and I tood producers. The developments of the bierds to such a high degree in Ivvcnly-llv e years has been due to the farmers' skill, Intelligence and common te-ns.- in rejecting and bre-.-Jlng for milk j'roduction alone. The price of cows Is JSn to $ JO. Only the best heifers are raised, and with the recrd of the dam and the qualities qual-ities "C Ihe sire- known their selection Is comparatively com-paratively simple. The cows are.- treated with kindness and every effort is mail..' i,j have them comfortable.- at all tlm s. On many farms the cows are r. gnlarly groomed. The soiling crops used are rye, rmts and I pea-;, i.als and ve-uh, and clover and rass. Tli.se are hauled to th.- I.aruvud l.-d c;reen, or pastured off by tethering ihe covja along the edge. In some sections of small farms all the land is under cultivation. In the cool European countries the fr.lllntc season of the crop i much . -tiger. 1 ' c .vs are seldom turned to pasture In IViim'ii k. hul tethered by no-ans of a ha'.i - jn the b'-ad and a rope or chain twelve to I wen refect re-fect long, which Is attached to a ten-Inch pin driven Into the ground. The cows are moved live limes a daj, fro,,, three to six f,.,.t. depending upon the amount of fe c-.' Thus the crops are grazed off. ,-vcn w hen to r thr.e feet high, without waste f-oia I tramping. This t-t the liane's chief point of j economy In summer fee,). Prac tlcal.'v n taln is fed while cowa are on gra.v-. A few I I dairymen feed a little oil cake to their best mllke rs. Water Is hauled twice a day lo the tethered crivs Muny smajl dairymen take tin- cows to the stable to he miik.-d three- times a d.iv. Tlo y are Kiabh-.l all winter, fed all the straw. th.-y will cat, and on the average four pouneli o nay. fortv to 0i) pounds of rools umlV about six pounds of pro In per elay, conslstlni,-.,1" conslstlni,-.,1" oil take, bran, barley and oats. An even How of milk Is required the year around, and most of the cows fresh. -n from September to May. Professor Wilbur Eraser No man cot, ip to hlm-. lf until he knows (hat lie belongs to Ulx world. |