. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . In the meantime the cowshould be given all the clover or alfalfa hay she willconsume. The Abusive Treatment of the Milch Cow aPositive Source of Loss.—Every animal is capableof doing its best when the conditions are most fa- I02 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. vorable for quietness and contentment. All harshtreatment results in a waste of nervous energy atthe expense of food. In the case of the milch cowgentleness in handling is still more important, inas-much as milk secretion is a part of maternity inanimals, and anything in the wayof unkindnesst
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . In the meantime the cowshould be given all the clover or alfalfa hay she willconsume. The Abusive Treatment of the Milch Cow aPositive Source of Loss.—Every animal is capableof doing its best when the conditions are most fa- I02 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. vorable for quietness and contentment. All harshtreatment results in a waste of nervous energy atthe expense of food. In the case of the milch cowgentleness in handling is still more important, inas-much as milk secretion is a part of maternity inanimals, and anything in the wayof unkindnesstends to suppress this instinct, lessening the flowof milk accordingly. If the cow is well treated shewill feel kindly toward her attendant, and at leastone condition will be favorable for maximum pro-duction. If a cow acts mean there is always somecause for it—either she inherits a nervous disposi-tion and for that reason must be dealt with pa-tiently, or she has been made suspicious by hav-ing had, at some time in her life, unkind Dairy Cows in Pasture. CHAPTER X. REARING CALVES ON SKIM MILK. Whole Milk Costly.—In farming sections wheredairy cows are kept for butter making, it is custom-ary to raise calves on skim milk. This ma} be milkfrom which the cream has risen and has beenskimmed in the usual way, or it may be milk fromwhich the cream has been extracted by the use ofthe separator. While the butter fat may be re-moved more perfectly by the use of the separator,leaving the milk obtained by this process less richthan the gravity milk, there is after all so little dif-ference in the food value of the two kinds thatwhatever is said concerning the feeding of one willapply also to the other. In view of the fact that whole milk is the naturaland most perfect food for young animals and thatfresh skim milk only differs from whole milk inthat it contains but little or no fat, it would seemthat, were it possible to substitute some less ex-pensive but equally digest
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