1904. 
TIIH RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
887 
MANCHESTER'S FEEDING NOTES. 
We are milking three cows and are feeding 
new corn and fodder. Since we took them off 
pasture the cream has failed to become but¬ 
ter. When churned a foamy substance forms 
on top. While they were on pasture we made 
excellent butter, but since we brought them 
in we cannot make butter, and cannot 
drink the milk, as it has a very peculiar and 
offensive odor. Not any of the cow's will be 
fresh before next Summer. The same thing 
was true last year at this time. We would 
thank you very much if you would tell us 
your opinion of this matter, as we fail to 
find any reason for it. c. l. si. b. 
Wyoming, Del. 
From your description I would think 
you were feeding frosted corn fodder, 
which would affect the flavor of the milk 
and might bother you in the churning. 
I would suggest that you feed hay or 
some other coarse, fodder part of the time 
to replace all corn. Are your cows salted 
regularly? Cream frequently refuses to 
churn when cows get no salt, and we have 
seen a handful thrown in the churn make 
butter come when before it apparently re¬ 
fused to churn. We should hardly expect 
to get best results from cows when meal 
and corn fodder alone were fed. Add 
some bran and gluten feed to your corn 
and feed hay once a day. 1 think this 
would end your troubles, though all strip¬ 
pers sometimes give cream hard to churn; 
however, yours are not yet strippers. 
I have good silage, hay and cornstalks, 
with which I am feeding one-half gluten and 
one-half ground oats upon soaked sprouts. 
Thinking that I have plenty of good feed, and 
knowing that I have a good herd of cows, I 
am not entirely satisfied with results. Would 
you vary the grain ration, and how would 
you feed, i. e., what the first thing in morn¬ 
ing and at what time? When hay and when 
stalks? Should the silage, sprouts and grain 
be fed all at once? I have had my cows off 
feed on the silage twice already this season, 
which I cannot understand, as it is very 
n j ce . SI’BSCItlBEK. 
New York. 
If you have plenty of silage, and wish to 
feed the same twice a day, I would sug¬ 
gest that right after milking you give them 
what silage they will eat up clean, and 
half the daily grain ration put on top of 
the silage. Perhaps you are feeding all 
cows the same amount of silage, which 
causes some to get off their feed. Some 
cows will handle 40 pounds at a time, 
while others eat only 20 to 25 pounds. 
Lots of cow troubles are caused by trying 
to feed all cows alike, whereas they have 
greatly varying capacities. About two 
hours after they have finished their early 
meal would give them a feed of hay one 
day and cut corn fodder the next, keeping 
up this regular order, only giving them 
what they will eat up reasonably clean of 
the coarse fodder. Let them rest now 
until after night milking, then give second 
feed of silage, with their grain ration on 
top of same. If you wish to feed silage 
only once daily give cut corn fodder in 
morning after milking and the grain has 
been fed (that is, grain first), then later, 
not over two hours, a ration of hay, and 
the silage and grain at night as before. If 
you must feed sprouts mix them with the 
silage 12 hours before feeding, but unless 
we could buy them “dog cheap" would 
drop them; also the oats unless we raised 
them. A mixture of two parts coarse bran, 
two parts gluten feed and one part cotton¬ 
seed meal, feeding an average of from six 
to eight pounds per cow, depending upon 
their size and capacity, will give you a 
good ration of grain and ought not to 
cost too heavy. They should have a good, 
long rest between the second morning 
feeding and niwht milking, and the barn 
should be kept quiet as possible, that they 
may rest contented, as they are really 
working hard and should not be disturbed. 
As soon as you see a cow off her feed 
take out of her manger all in it and offer 
a sparing amount next time, increasing as 
you see her needs. It takes a cow about 
twice as long to recover from these spells 
when the food that is now repulsive to her 
is left in the manger. By the way, you 
ought not to have cows off their feed; 
study their different capacities and adjust 
your feeding to them. This is not so dif¬ 
ficult as it may seem, and it pays to keep 
them going right along in the even tenor 
of their way without these “off-feed” 
breaks. When making up your grain mix¬ 
ture add about two pounds of salt to every 
100 pounds of grain. 
I would like> your advice regarding the ra¬ 
tion I am feeding my cows. I am in the 
dairy business. I give per cow seven pounds 
bran and gluten mixed, 40 pounds silage and 
hay, and corn fodder and oat straw in 
plenty. Do you approve of feeding oat 
straw? My cows eat it very well. 
Greenwich, Conn. e. p. 
You are feeding a good ration, but 
would rather use three parts of gluten to 
two of bran, and what is better yet, use 
one part cotton-seed meal in place of one 
of the gluten feed. We would divide the 
silage into two feeds, putting the grain 
upon the silage. After they had eaten the 
silage I would in the morning give what 
hay they would eat clean, and at night the 
oat straw. We have found good oat straw 
a fair feed, worth about half (or a little 
more) as much as good Timothy hay. You 
can use corn fodder half of the time in 
place of the straw, but have some regular 
order and stick to it. 
II. G. MANCHESTER. 
CURVED GUTTERS. 
In this locality, where farmers know a 
thing or two, when making cement stable 
floors for cows, instead of shaping the gut¬ 
ters a straight-sided drop on each side, 
they curve the outer side, as shown in 
the lines above. They are much easier 
cleaned, and not so likely to catch one’s 
foot in stepping. w. t. s. 
MUSIC BY A HORSE. 
Next Spring I intend to build a horse 
barn for one family horse. The horse is 
not used much, and paws considerably nights, 
which makes it very disagreeable for near 
neighbors, of which there are many. At 
present t keep him in a box stall with plank 
floor over a cellar, which is as resonant as 
the sounding board to a fiddle. I think some¬ 
thing is wrong with the horse but as he is 
not used much when he gets hungry he makes 
his presence known. I have thought of a 
dirt floor, but that seems out of the question 
as it will get very foul. Would not a cement 
or asphalt floor be better? f. h. 
Ludlow, Vt. 
A dirt floor will be best. By using clay 
and ramming it down hard you ought to 
make a suitable floor. Give it grade enough 
to drain. Of course it must be well bedded 
with straw, leaves or sawdust. If you keep 
plenty of fresh bedding under the horse he 
will tie clean. A cement floor will also re¬ 
quire plenty of bedding, but the horse will 
not play tlie piano quite so loudly with his 
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