This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ...food is all they require, and in winter hay and roots, unless they are severely worked. There are few conditions under which a healthy bull requires artificial food. As a rule, calving takes place between January and May, but it is worth the while of the dairy farmer to consider whether it will not pay ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ...food is all they require, and in winter hay and roots, unless they are severely worked. There are few conditions under which a healthy bull requires artificial food. As a rule, calving takes place between January and May, but it is worth the while of the dairy farmer to consider whether it will not pay him better to calve some or all of his cows in October and November. Winter milk will frequently pay ten-pence a gallon, where summer milk pays only sixpence. The question resolves itself more into the facilities which a man possesses, and he can work oat for himself the relative cost of his summer and winter feeding. If, by producing winter milk, after allowing sufficient margin for the extra cost of feeding, he can make more money, it would be wise to do so, one reason being that summer production is gradually getting too extensive, especially as regards milk-selling. Cows for calving should not be milked within at least six weeks of calving, and where there is any suspicion of milk fever, they are better turned upon poor pasture and their rations reduced by degrees. A fullfleshed cow should always be carefully watched, and there is no better plan than to administer good doses of Epsom salts two and four days respectively before the day of calving. Ordinary Jerseys are seldom troubled with milk fever or calving complaints, and may get 2 lbs. of bran daily right up to calving, after which their ration will be increased. Cotton-cake is one of the most valuable of milk-producing foods, and may be given on pasture at the rate of from 2 lbs. to 4 lbs. per cow through the summer, with advantage to the animal as well as to the land. In breeding, it will be found a good practice to put heifers to the bull at 18 to 24 months, although with the...
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