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Show V , , . A cow has a peculiarly sensitive and delicate organization. Regularity should be the keynote of every ;successful dairy system. Make a study of foods, and feed a balaucec ration. This will save waste. When nut, in the milk and cured, the oat and j-ea;hay is most palatable and nutritious. A good dairy cow should lhave all the feed "i-he will eat and .digest, and keep in good .health. Success! ul dairying depends entirely entire-ly on right methods in breeding, feeding feed-ing and management. The dairymen .who are not successful success-ful do not apply ordinary business principles to their calling. Success in dairy farming depends not only on good stock, but also on good common sense work. Stir the cream twice a day, using along-handled spoon which will reach to the bottom of the cr.eam jar. With good cows, good food, good stables, all profits can be wiped out by an ignorant or cruel stable man. There may be occasional bad luck in the dairy business, but it almost invariably in-variably follows bad management An exposed or an abused cow will give less milk, and that milk of a poorer quality, than one well cared for. It is a. well known fact that tha cow that makes the largest profit is given the best care and most comfortable com-fortable shelter. Heifers require a larger amount of feed for the production of a certain amount of milk than do older cows. They have to grow. The man with the hammer really is engaged in a process of slow suicide. sui-cide. And it isn't a happy death he Is treating himself to, either. The demands of a cow are imperative. impera-tive. The dairyman who consults his own convenience, and disregards the comfort of bis dairy herd, suffers loss. |
