EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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Fig. 217. Duchess DeKol Korndyke, a holstein cow owned by the Bmhlagaard Dairy, 



Marquette. 



when necessary. Where possible, a pasture should be kept near tlie 

 barn for late fall and early spring feeding, as it will shorten the winter 

 feeding materially. It is always necessary to see that there is plenty 

 of water and salt where the stock can reach it conveniently at all times. 

 During the fly season, the stock should be sprayed with a good fly re- 

 pellant at least twice a day. There are many good fly sprays on the 

 market. A home-made spray that will be found efifective, is the fol- 

 lowing: 12 oz. crude carbolic acid, 12 oz. turpentine, 12 oz. oil of tar, 

 12 oz. tannin, made up to 5 gallons with kerosene. 



WINTER PEED AND CARE. 



The soil of the Upper Peninsula can produce in abundance, all the 

 feeds, with the exception of cotton seed and oil meals, that are neces 

 sary for the most economical production of dairy products. 



In order to get the largest and most economical milk production, 

 the feed must have palatability, variety, bulk, succulence and be well 

 balanced. The cow must relish a food or she will not eat enough to give 

 maximum production. 



A mixture of grains is better than any single one, also two or three 

 forms of roughage is preferable to one. 



One of the ways of imitating early summer couditions when cows 

 do their best, is to supply a succulent feed in the winter ration, such 

 as silage or root crops. On farms where too few cows are kept to pay 



