Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1912 — DAIPY NOTES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DAIPY NOTES

The way to absolutely know what a cow is doing is to weigh and test The feed and feeding la the first important point in successful dairying, v The heifer calf la a cow in the making. Handle and feed her accordingly. Remember that the cold rain Is for the cow to stand than dry | cold weather. The last two years have emphasized strongly the importance rs sjjage. » Care should be taken that the cow does not have to wade through filth in the barnyard. To obtain a maximum supply of milk, small pastures, allowing frequent changes of feed, should be pro>,vlded. ■ .. . - .. - * r A cow testing association should consist of 25 or 26 herds, containing not Jean than 400 cows and better 500 or 600. * From being a winter feed for dairy - cows silage is coming to be an all-year-round feed for all kinds of stock. The best dairy cow is the one that will convert the forage raised on the farm Into the greatest amount of butter fat * That cows like a change of feed Is .hown by the way they will eat rotten hay, pull out old straw from the sheds, etc. When cows are running on pasture the manure is not lost, for grass lands need the fertilizer quite as much as some other fields. In selecting dairy cattle it. is always difficult to judge accurately with the ?ye. The real test must be the weigh scales and the Babcock teeter. When filth gets Into milk or cream ♦here are Innumerable germs introduced, which if left to develop, at proper temperature multiply very rap ftt*,