Show kf EIM aw T T ir TRIE j I 1 E amk WARM DRINKING WATER FOR COW specialist favors tank heator heater at arid id windbreak milk cows should drink about four gallons of water for each gallon of milk produced but will not drink sufficient lelent water if it Is cold or it if they ore are compelled to go into the cold wind to got the water advises john 0 to toliver deputy state dairy commissioner commissio fier nl al tile colorado agricultural college A tank heater to warm drinking water and a windbreak to protect the tank rank and vicinity litY so the 1110 cow will not be exposed to the cold winds of winter while drinking ore are recommended toliver states a cow naturally drinks na as little cold water as aa possible und will not pro produce dutte nearly lis as much milk ns slie blie would if them the water were warm warin about 15 to 20 ile degrees grees above freezing point cows will stand with thai alie lr backs lumped and after drinking ice fee apter their hair Is rough and stands on end duo due to the contraction of the skin ta Toiro p produce duce milk economically the rows cows ration should consist largely of df the llie more bulky el cheaper leaper foods the deputy eplum commissioner I 1 s stoner states these too foods Is require considerable moisture in the process of digestion and therefore large quantities of water are essen tint A tank heater can be purchased for 10 or oc 10 arid and i will soon cookbe be paid tor for by increased milk production heat ers era that t will burn elther cither wood coal or c oke may ile be obtained Difference in quality of mixed dairy feeds by A it AlEn niLL dairy balry specialist connecticut experiment station whether the dairyman dul tryman shall mix tits hla own feeds ar or buy ready mixed rations failone la Is still nn an important question before itts it ts Is finitely decided tho the dalry inan should ask himself these questions 1 are the feeds lie ho enn buy bui as asgood good ns are contained in tile ready mixed rations 2 Is lait isit it possible aible to secure n continuous supply of a large variety of ingredients gre dents 3 canup can tile ingredients be mixed as us as th eyare ara la in they c mal S yn beable able tg ralz a ton oil at hit IC ss money oua ali ain fia cewill he will have have to commercial mixture but when all alf things are considered there may not pot be the advantage that formerly existed the last ew years haag witnessed a wonderful change in fit the quality of mixed feeds offered ld for sale this improvement of quality ans ns removed ono one of the reasons for home mixing it also means means flint better feeds tire are being used in our commercial rations low quality feeds ore are still on tile the market and many mag of these ind their way Qs as separ separate fite ingredients to re tall full dealers when a dairyman buys feeds for home bl iNing lie should shoud ile bo ure sure 8 of quality or tits Ms supposed sav ingon the ton price prIc emay may prove a loss tit at ahe pall 1 proper winter feed for a fall calving heifer what feed should lie be given ghen dairy heffers heifers in order to winter them satisfactorily facto rily for fall n when legume liay hay rind and corn are available toy tny and silage at will anti anil two pounds dally daily ot of cm cern cane or 1 kahr groin b when alien legume liay but no silage Is available legume hay at will ant and two pounds of grain per day c when corn silage but no legume liay Is avni available hibi esi e si silage inge at will some dry roughage gb as hay or fodder and two or ahr ce pounds of a grain mixture consisting of one part of some high protein feed as cottonseed meal linseed meat meal or gluten fod fd and ore ole vart part of corn oats or bran d when neither corn silage ilage or legume liay hay are available buy legume tiny hay peed feed one half legume hay one halt half roughage and two of a mixture of two parts corn and one part high protean fc feed ad unclean utensils traced to filthy dish cloths claths the dish cloth may ile he justly charged with being responsible for a lot of tle unclean utensils ll now being used to handle milk and cream dish cloths claths fall to reach the enicks and ore are prone to lodge they fall to cut grease and dirt rind and it Is elmost impossible to keep them in n sweet sanitary condition it if you are n clotet user ay dwash nn nud wash your dalry dairy utensils the modern modem way with a good brush soy beans favored the comparatively high prices elih h tire anro being liked for cotton seed meat and linseed clinical and alp lysa jar ze marage rap of soy nrc are fe adling dairymen to cob consider sider the uw use of soy benig as a protein supplement in ili the dairy ration during the winter conducted at 7 the erpf clment station in which ground around soy beans were compared com with linseed showed that the ground beans beani produced prodoc ed frota 2 to 4 per cent more milk thlin than equal weight of al lineal |