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Milch Cows and Dairy Farming: Comprising the Breeds, Breeding, and Management, in Health and Disease, of Dairy and Other Stock, the Selection of Milch Cows, with a Full Explanation of Guenon's Method; The Culture of Forage Plants, and the Production of Milk, Butter, and Cheese: Embodying the Most Recent Improvements, and Adapted to Farming in the United States and British Provinces. With a Treatise upon the Dairy Husbandry of Holland; To Which Is Added Horsfall's System of Dairy ManagementFlint, Charles Louis

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Milch Cows and Dairy Farming: Comprising the Breeds, Breeding, and Management, in Health and Disease, of Dairy and Other Stock, the Selection of Milch Cows, with a Full Explanation of Guenon's Method; The Culture of Forage Plants, and the Production of Milk, Butter, and Cheese: Embodying the Most Recent Improvements, and Adapted to Farming in the United States and British Provinces. With a Treatise upon the Dairy Husbandry of Holland; To Which Is Added Horsfall's System of Dairy Management

Name: Milch Cows and Dairy Farming: Comprising the Breeds, Breeding, and Management, in Health and Disease, of Dairy and Other Stock, the Selection of Milch Cows, with a Full Explanation of Guenon's Method; The Culture of Forage Plants, and the Production of Milk, Butter, and Cheese: Embodying the Most Recent Improvements, and Adapted to Farming in the United States and British Provinces. With a Treatise upon the Dairy Husbandry of Holland; To Which Is Added Horsfall's System of Dairy Management
Author: Flint, Charles Louis

Flint, Charles Louis

Cows; Dairying

From Feb. 17th to May 1st, 5 lbs. rape-cake, 2 lbs. bran, 2 lbs.
malt-combs.

Results:

December 1st to January 15th, yield of butter from each quart of cream,
10³⁄₄ oz.

January 15th to February 17th, yield of butter from each quart of cream,
14 oz.

February 17th to May 1st, yield of butter from each quart of cream,
18²⁄₃ oz.

The yield of butter in proportion to milk, Dec. 1st to Jan. 15th, is
described as unsatisfactory.

The yield of butter in proportion to milk, Feb. 17th to May, as 2 oz.
per quart, which is their maximum proportion.

Soon after calving the two cows gave 18 quarts of milk per day; on the
15th of May, 15 quarts per day.

Mr. Stansfeld has completely satisfied himself that by the process of
fermentation the turnip loses its disagreeable taste, and that his
butter is of excellent quality.

If I take the supply of turnips, 120 lbs. per day, as requisite for the
maintenance only of the cow, the nutritive elements will be:

                                 Albumen.     Oil.     Starch and sugar.
                                   1.79       .264           7.92

  Reckoning the oil as used for respiration, and computing
  it in proportion of 5 to 2 as compared with starch =        .66
                                                             ----
                                                             8.58

The food supplied to the cow consists of:

  --------+----+------+-----+-----+----+------+------+------+------
          |    |      |     |     |    |Starch|      |      | Phos-
          |    |      |     |Albu-|    | and  |      | Min- |phoric
          |Lbs.|Water.| Dry.| men.|Oil.|sugar.|Fibre.|erals.| acid.
  --------+----+------+-----+-----+----+------+------+------+------
  Hay,    | 22 |  2¹⁄₄|19.36| 2.03|.59 | 8.74 | 6.05 | 1.95 |  .30
  Stored  |    |      |     |     |    |      |      |      |
  mangold,| 35 | 28.0 | 7.  | 1.05|    | 4.20 | 1.05 |  .70 |  .05
  --------+----+------+-----+-----+----+------+------+------+------
          |    |      |26.36| 3.08|.59 |12.94 | 7.10 | 2.65 |  .35
  --------+----+------+-----+-----+----+------+------+------+------

                                                   oz.
  The 13 quarts of milk yielded of butter,         13.60
  Deduct for moisture, &c.,                         2.28
                                                   -----
                                                   11.32
  Butter in the skimmed milk estimated as            .68
                                                   -----
                                                   12.00 oz.
  12 ounces of pure oil in the butter are ³⁄₄ lb.=   .75

                                      lb.
  The oil in the food,                .59
  The starch and sugar,        12.94
  Used for animal respiration,  8.58
                                ----
                                     4.36

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