. Biggle cow book;. Cow. [from old catalog]. 124 BIGGLE COW BOOK. If there is room to pasture the cow, so much the better. Otherwise an amazing amount of succulent fodder can be produced on a few square rods of ground, and cut as required. Always grow roots, such as mangels and sugar beets. Pumpkins are excellent. Cabbages, turnips and such things may be fed in mod- eration, after milking. No one has any right to allow stock to run at large. INo one is obliged to "fence stock out of, or off their lands. Every one is liable for all damages their animals do, if allowed to run at large, or f
. Biggle cow book;. Cow. [from old catalog]. 124 BIGGLE COW BOOK. If there is room to pasture the cow, so much the better. Otherwise an amazing amount of succulent fodder can be produced on a few square rods of ground, and cut as required. Always grow roots, such as mangels and sugar beets. Pumpkins are excellent. Cabbages, turnips and such things may be fed in mod- eration, after milking. No one has any right to allow stock to run at large. INo one is obliged to "fence stock out of, or off their lands. Every one is liable for all damages their animals do, if allowed to run at large, or for trespass upon others' 1 a n d s. Animals must be guard- ed or fenced in upon their owner's lands. This is common law. In New York State road fences are being taken up, and the grounds about dwellings are not enclosed. This saws money and adds to the appearance of the farms. A cow consumes of good hay (or its equivalent) about 3 per cent, of her live weight daily ; or, in other terms, the ration should include say 2 pounds of coarse, bulky food (hay, fodder, etc. ) and i pound of grain per day per ioo pounds of weight of cow. I would use twice as much bran as corn meal (by weight) in making up a ration for a cow in milk. ()f course the corn meal would be necessary in larger proportion in fattening an animal. The family cow varies a good deal in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, W. Atkinson co.
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