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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 68

Notes on Feeding

Notes on Feeding.

In a severe drought, when no rain has fallen for many weeks, it has been found that more milk is required to the pound of cheese—say, 13lb. instead of 10lb. The cows shrink in the solids of the milk, showing a certain amount of succulence is required in the grass to keep the right amount of solids in the milk. Bran is the best remedy. About two to four quarts daily should be given in summer.

The food should be moistened with hot water—not made wet—twenty-four hours before feeding.

It is found that on a sandy loam red-clover as feed has a tendency to make a dry cheese, whilst white-clover has the reverse. Of course turnips and suchlike taint milk.

The cow should be kept up and fed regularly when dry, and never allowed to get out of condition.

A cow should have Jib. of salt daily, and granulated is altogether better than lump. This acts as a preservative in the first instance, and also helps to keep up the full flow of milk. Numerous tests prove conclusively that salt has a direct effect on the yield of milk.