GOOD AND POOR FEEDING.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 29 July 1922, Page 3

GOOD AND POOR FEEDING.

I It has frequently been stated that il ! J dairy cows are kept they should be ' well cared for and well fed. It is a J mistake for anyone to think the dairy cow can be fed sparingly and a profit made from Ker. If a farmer has too many cows, or if he desires to decrease milk production, it is better to sell some of the cows and feed liberally those he keeps. On this point Hoard's Dairyman says:— ! A few years ago the Cornell Station attempted to show the difference in production of a herd of cows well fed and a herd fed sparingly. A record was kept for a year of the undernourished herd on a farm, and then at the end of this time the same herd was taken to Cornell Station and fed liberally for two years. At the end of that time it was returned to the farm again, where it received the same system of feeding and care as before it was taken to Cornell Station. On the insufficient system of feeding the i cows produced on an 'average for the two years 56681b of milk, containing 244.41b fat. Under the system of feeding at Cornell Station the cows averaged 80601b milk, containing 369.421b fat. The increased milk production through good feed and care amounted to 42 per cent, and 51 per cent, in the quantity of milk and fat respectively. This shows what can be accomplished by feeding well, and points out clearly that if cows are to be kept they, should receive an adequate quantity of feed and good care. It is too expensive and it is uneconomical to care for cows, ! house them, and market their product, \ and then fail to give them all tbe feed they need to produce milk to full capacity and keep them in good physical ' condition.'' :