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wants of each individual cow and feed accordingly. I am 

 satisfied that it pays to feed grain to cows and am at pres- 

 ent using for a regular winter ration, two quarts shorts, 

 and two quarts linseed meal per cow, supplemented with 

 one peck mangel beets and all the English hay that will 

 be eaten up clean. The silo has come to stay, but if a 

 a farmer feeds nothing but ensilage he will be disappointed. 

 There is no more propriety in feeding ensilage exclusively 

 in winter than there is of feeding nothing but green corn 

 in summer. Don't be deceived in regard to the value of 

 ensilage, remember that it is nothing more nor less than 

 corn fodder well preserved. To properly use ensilage it 

 must be as an article of partial diet. It furnishes green 

 succulent food at a season of the year when nothing else 

 can be had. Fed in connection with hay and grain, and 

 in small quantities, it not only promotes the flow of milk, 

 but increases the appetite, and adds largely to the comfort 

 and thrift of the animals. 



In feeding hay always feed a small quantity at a time. 

 When this is eaten feed again. Remember that cows like 

 a change of food as well as men. It is a good practice to 

 put a small handful of salt in the grain once a day. The 

 more water a cow drinks the more milk she will give. 

 Cows should be milked regularly by the same man in the 

 same order. Regularity of hour in commencing the milk- 

 ing of the herd is an advantage in securing the best re- 

 sults. Card and brush the cows every day. keep them 

 clean. After you once commence to do this, the improved 

 appearance of your herd will cause you to keep up the 

 practice. 



In closing let me again remind you to be kind to all 

 animals and always treat them as you would wish to be 

 treated were you in their place and they in yours. 



