FEEDING WHILE MILKING.
1 IS'jraEliE ANYTHING IN IT? :■>•. v Many "'dairyvfarmers; aro in vtho: - .question/as- to. whether;'any-good -is-.-'to to :v: achieved'by ieeding 1 the cows while they are u.• hoing.-mdked.-lesta- have' olbon '-been* Made, and • various . conclusions- have ... (drawn, gif : . Aii 'English; jiowspaper, : :tUo : .''Rural- World," recently 'asked;: a inumbbr .ot j dairy, farmers■■■ to state ttttor experienced lji the matter, but th<s replies were still cohilicting ■ ■ - A said:—"l orn milking' • .100 ;co#».a*Mjp /experience is * thot if the cows i'l : ~:aro ifecdW-'while being/milked they are -.rcst-' 1 leSs,i and i Will not givo down their milk, lilyfact, .sif!'.they-are tied-;up/ and-'giTen : hay,, or 1 , finy,"other food, just- beforo 1 milking, .we r ;;i., fttyays.vrcfpect: .to get -.a; considerable. quantity : of. njilk. wasted by the* cows -kicking the pail (rter"" , { t i s , •..On. - tfie" other side, a Bucks farmer said:—. :fl hatd!tried both ways. My. experience when, cows aro ndt fed is that they aro very, trouble.::UlEomo to got ■. homp,. and >. then a trouble to bo tied up- Eves when th6y are got into some- , thing'^uke;,order, the .animals are upset, and slsdtho.CQwrmiiis: tha.same.WithoUt food, . this .takes I ':jlaie / several times in tho-, week; ■:; and«esp&dally .;so. during .wet, cold; and hot >?»*,d?.ys. !:Dn ( the:oilier hand; whon fed at milking . tune, 'th&iitowsiiaro. always easy v to: get hoiqe, " ar.d thenito :beigot-into shed >td bd tied (. ;up; ■ Allijis qmto easy; <the, animals. and.cowv. v-iiniHi are.-in .the.best of. moods, and in conse?iienca' of,.this the ownor - raws the benefit; -few "reasons for >feeding at milking . tune i-Thei-dows ; are -easily .managed'; (2) J :'s iully occupied : with. theirs meal;'. (3) : i r., v .they we' contented' and > satisfied during f coding;. and (4) feeding 15 aa 1 .attraction 'And ,a change -.-.,'ff of food.'•. ;I .believe that feeding .daring, milking ls-by-y,far, .the ■ best '.and most beneficial plan j'to all, concerned."
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 653, 2 November 1909, Page 8
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303FEEDING WHILE MILKING. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 653, 2 November 1909, Page 8
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