Show parr I 1 I 1 jet 3 jo DRY COW FEEDING IS BIG PROBLEM condition of individual animal governs ration stations Ilat lons and feeding practices suitable for dry cows depend somewhat on the condition of such cows nt the ile close of their lactation periods voil lis in it the process of selection and breeding I 1 it a great many cows are so persistent in producing large quantities of milk that it Is practically ally impossible to keep them in good flesh during the entire lactation period this means that they are in poor condition at the close of tile the lactation period practical dalry dairymen men are agreed that such cows must have form six to eight weeks of rest following each lactation it if they are to produce large quantities of milk year after year the feeding of such cows cowa during the dry period should be such as to enable on able them to regain the losses sustained in the previous ions lactation and before the onset of the demands of the succeeding lactation the same principle of management I 1 recommended for cows not capably of producing as much but in less degree says hoards dairyman Dalrym nn no special ration Is needed for dry rows cows As in making rations for cows in milk the roughage to he fed Is the basis on which to compound grain mixtures the condition of the individual cows governs the amount of grain to be fed the needs of dry arv cows on good pasture are very ve ry easily ensil F met by a n simple mixture composed of SOO pounds ground corn or ground barley or hominy feed pounds ground oats pounds bran and aw pounds linseed moal meal or cottonseed men meal or a mixed feed contal containing nIng 30 per cent of digestible protein in winter feeding with silage and alfalfa hay available tile the addition of 60 pounds of the high protein feed to the mixture given Is satisfactory for silage and other legume hay add pounds more of one of the high protein feeds silage tind and mixed hay should have the protein content of the grain mixture still further increased by the addition of 75 pounds high protein feed to the amount given for silage and legume hay the total amount being pounds replace broken windows before blustery season before the blustery weather arid and fall rains set in all broken windows in the cow stable should be replaced A little time and a trifling outlay for glass and putty may be the mentis beam 4 of preventing an outbreak of garget in the herd during the winter inflammation in the udder Is often caused by exposure to drafts this may develop and encourage garget a contagious disease which it if not checked may spread to other members of tile the herd cutting milk production sharply ply it may also cause the loss of quarters of adders udders which become badly infected two or three years ago I 1 visited a herd where a splendid cow was suffering from garget her stall was located near a window and a few days before she freshened one of tho window panes had been broken brohen A cold cast wind blow in on the cow all night with tile the result that a little swelling developed in the udder and some thick mill milk came front from two quarters a few days litter later garget set in and after some time one quarter ceased to yield any milk and tile the other was not normal the next time this cow freshened she was solo sold for beef tills this was an exorbitant price to pay for less than one square foot of glass silo for one cow plan now in vogue in japan what would our american farmers think of equipping their forms farms so that each cow would hav bavo lier her own silo in japan they dont quite do this but many farmes barme s keeping one or two cows have a silo the department of agriculture of japan reported in 1025 i silos of less than five tons each now a cow needs about four tons of silage per year so these less kimn five ton silos could be clasi classified fled as individual silos or one cow silo another thing of interest concerning the silos of japan Is the fact that the vines of sweet potatoes come next to corn in material used for 1119 all kinds of green succulent forage and material mat erInI grown on tile the farm are arc cut up and put into the silo where it 1 Is preserved and fed out during the winter season silos are mik ing rapid progress in japan according to the report ond are being widely used by the stock keepers soy beans and corn soy beans alone do not make a satisfactory is stage it Is best to combine them with corn in the proportion of two or three to one that Is two or three londs loads of corn to one of soy beans it Is also best to mix the tac ns as they are blown into the silo than to put in a layer of beans and then a layer of corn mixing in this way you should be able to get a satisfactory silage soy beans intended tor for silage should be cut before the beuna in aho e ys |