FEEDING DAIRY CATTLE IQI 



During the Second Winter. The calves will now 

 be far along, and some of them will have been bred. 

 The roughage food will be of a character similar to 

 what it was the first winter. The same liberality in 

 feeding is to be followed and the grain supply is to 

 be more than before. Ground oats, wheat bran and 

 linseed oil meal will now be more largely fed, be- 

 cause these are all good as building materials and 

 stand high as carriers of mineral substances. 



If corn is expensive or limited in quantity, it can 

 be dropped from the grain mixture altogether. 

 Silage is excellent, so are roots, and if either is avail- 

 able, a limited amount, say 10 to 15 pounds, should 

 be given daily. Fed in this manner dairy calves will 

 enter their work stalls as well-equipped milk pro- 

 ducers, possessed of strong constitutions, rugged 

 physiques and vitality equal to long service and 

 much profit to their owners. 



STABLE MANAGEMENT 



Salt and Water. Cows should have salt, either 

 added to their rations or furnished in lump form 

 where it can be taken at will. In the latter way 

 they may take too much. If added to the feed, from 

 a half ounce to an ounce and a half should be fur- 

 nished daily to each cow. Cows do not need to have 

 water kept before them continuously, summer or 

 winter. They need a liberal supply at all seasons, 

 however; and ice water is not good, since they often 

 will drink really less than they need'. If comforta- 

 bly stabled in the winter, natural water, even if cold, 

 will be satisfactory. 



