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STABLE-FEEDING OF COWS. 
A paper has been received upon stable-feeding and its effect upon milk pro- 
duction, written by Dr. Rhode-Eldena, of the Royal Academy of Agriculture in 
Prussia. A translation has been made, from which the following statement is 
condensed, showing the result of actual feeding fora series of years. The num- 
ber of cows, aggregate quantity, average per cow, and maximum yield of the 
‘ best cow, are given for each year : 
PASTURING. 
Year. No. of cows. | Milk, quarts.| Average. | Maximum. 
PSS ee hee ens Se pels SR coiled 67 100, 000 1, 493 2,408 
US As tao acqc se ne te eee ee oc pateee ss 63 100, 000 1, 587% 2,375 
ESS Se eee ae eens tere be 70 96, 945 1, 385 PAB} 
iG ae tS eS ad ae 57 79, 727 1, 400 2, 180 
CE ae ERE: Bees Ty ERT Fy 7: AT 73,724 1, 569 | 2, 287 
ISSSi Mite cece ses eee eR eee Re eee eee 49 83, 291 1,700 | 2,591 ¢ 
1859 2 ews cot cicn cece select ccm csae see 40 77, 634 1, 941 2,938 
} | 
STABLE-FEEDING. 
Year. | No. of cows. Milk, quarts.| Average. | Maximum. 
SHOR Bessie de ass eee ates ce eos cee 29 79, 766 2,750 4, 030 
ICES. GSO Seer eae Eee erere Bee 37 115, 963 3, 134 3, 830 
LERD DES Sa Rie ES AES See eS 38 111, 310 2,930 4,150 
fags ee be REE eR OS 36 129, 600 3, 600 4, 800 
SRS RO 7s RTE TS Ka ea 36 126,223 3,784 5, 092 
MED ce teins hs )s.2 <5 see ceteo sisieys oo same 36 Ge | 140, G00 3, 900 5, 000 
RSGOE capes Ne cee ee oet che onc <9 ae ee 30 39, 300 4, 000 5,110 
Manner of feeding —During the winter season the animals are fed with 
clover hay, &c., and roots, sometimes potatoes, while in summer they are sup- 
plied with green clover, cut vetches, and often seradella (newly introduced for 
green fodder) in the fall. In addition oil cake and from eight to ten pounds of 
rye bran are administered. Mr. Hermann writes on this subject : 
“In fhe winter, when I had scarcely any dried clover, and when my roots 
were all gone, I fed to my flock 400 pounds of rye bran and 50 pounds of cake 
daily, with hay morning and evening. Before this I gave 10 pounds of po- 
tatoes, 300 pounds bran, and 50 pounds of cake, the yield of milk being the 
same—that is to say, 100 pounds of bran is equal to 10 pounds of potatoes. I 
always use bran and other materials in their dry state, as being more digestible 
than when wetted and mixed.. When mixed with hay or straw such quantities 
are devoured by the animals that the bowels are stuffed too full, and thus calves 
are thrown dead sometimes. This opinion has been sustained by experience, 
though, thinking that water is not so quickly available in the secretion of milk, 
I now give the rye bran in a wet state, as the quantity of milk is of great im- 
portance. The annual expense for bran and cake amounts to $30 per cow; 
quite a large sum, but not too high for cows averaging 3,784 quarts of milk, 
which, at two cents per quart, amounts to $75 78, leaving a balance of $45 78 
in favor of the cow, paying not alone for board and attendance, but also pro- 
ducing stores of most valuable manure.’ 
Mr. H. reached these results by eee uty improving his stock and gradually 
