. Agriculture for southern schools. t meal .Cowpeas (seed)Soy beans (seed)Cowpea haySoy-bean hay .Red-clover hayAlfalfa hay . .Crimson-clover hayGrass hay (mixed)Oat hay ....Timothy hay . .Corn stover . .Kafir-corn stover .Cotton-seed hullsCorn silage. .Cows milk . .Skimmed milk (grav-ity) ....Linseed meal (new)Pumpkins . .Oat straw . .Wheat straw . Lbs. 9° Lbs. S-3 S-9 4-3
. Agriculture for southern schools. t meal .Cowpeas (seed)Soy beans (seed)Cowpea haySoy-bean hay .Red-clover hayAlfalfa hay . .Crimson-clover hayGrass hay (mixed)Oat hay ....Timothy hay . .Corn stover . .Kafir-corn stover .Cotton-seed hullsCorn silage. .Cows milk . .Skimmed milk (grav-ity) ....Linseed meal (new)Pumpkins . .Oat straw . .Wheat straw . Lbs. 9° Lbs. S-3 S-9 4-3 1-7 2-3 • 3-6 Lbs. • 37 37 47 S-S 7-9 I3-S 3-93-9 3-83-6 193 37 17 6-3 93-0 322. SECTION LXI. THE PRODUCTION AND CAREOF MILK Cows of the same breed differ greatly in the amount and richness of their milk. The most accurate way to decide which are the best among a number of cows is to weigh the milk at regular intervals, once or twice a month, and then to test its richness. By using a Babcock milk-tester (Fig. 209), it is possible to tell just how much fat or butter-making material there is in the milk of any cow. Dairymen who try this plan sometimes find that half the cows in their herd are not paying for pi^. 209. —A Small their food. By selling the inferior cows Babcock milk-test-.,.,,. , , , ER AND Outfit tor beef and keepmg only those that make a large yield of butter fat, a dairyman sometimes doubles his net profits. Milking time. — Avoid exciting a cow at milking and excitement check the formation and flow ofmilk. Be regular and milk at the same time every at regular hours also. Keeping the milk pure. — Milk
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