APRIL, 1I1S
DAIRY
FACTS
MAKING BUTTER FOR MARKET
Among Other Things Necessary Is Up-to-Date
Equipment Absolute
Cleanliness Is Essential.
As the groat body of farmers more
and more take up the production and
sale of milk to be shipped out of the
country, there will bean ever-widening
opportunity for those who prefer to do
that kind of work, and are competent
to do It. to make butter for sale In j
town and even right around among
their neighbors.
There are some parts of the country I
which dispone of neany all their milk
One-Pound Butter Printer.
to the condensarieB or else sell It for
shipment to the large business and
residence sections. This, of course,
makes it practically Impossible for any
farmer who follows this method of
marketing his milk to make or secure
butter enough for his own home use.
It Is a serious handicap sometimes,
and prevents the use of dairy butter in
One Type of Butter Worker.
great measure, forcing people to use
Imitations of butter, much as they dis
like to do so.
One young farmer is making a good
thing of it, producing choice dairy but
ter, putting it up In prints or Jars at
desired by his customers.
A few things need all the time to be
In the mind of the man who sets out
to do a business of this kind. First,
the necessary up-todate equipment;
second, the ability to make good but
ter; third, absolute cleanliness at
every siep; fourth, good butter cows,
and fifth, cold water for washing and
otherwise caring for butter.
DAIRY COWS REQUIRE SALT
Important Item Often Overlooked In
Management of Herd Essential
to Health of Cattle.
(Bv K. V. ELLINGTON. Professor of
Dairying, Idaho Experiment Station.)
An important item that Is often
overlooked in the management of the
dairy herd is the necessity of provid
ing salt in the ration of the cow. All
animals that consume large quantities
of vegetable food require salt. Bab
cock, ot the Wisconsin experiment
station, found in his experimental
worlc that the cattle, when deprived ot
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alt. became emaciated and were of
low vitality and finally suffered a com
plete breakdown. He recommended
that they should be fed three-fourths
of an ounce per day live weight with
an additional 6-10 ounce for each 20
pounds of milk produced.
While salt may be provided In the
daily ration by mixing it with the
grain, an equally satisfactory method
in practice is to keep It in a conven
ient place where the animals may
have ready access to It when they so
desire. It may be used in the form
of rock salt or placed in boxes In the
feed lot. However, it should be borne
in mind that salt is very essential to
the economical handling and health of
dairy cattle.
TWO SIRES FOR DAIRY HERD
Plan Is Advocated by Minnesota Ex
pert for Purpose of Eradicating
Infectious Abortion.
(By HR. M II. RKYNOI.ns. Minnesota
Agricultural College.)
We do not encourage anyone to
think that there is an easy, quick or
sure method of eradicating infectious
abortion from a lurjf cattle. Suc
cess usually. Involves a very consider
able amount of work and trouble, al
though the money expense is not large.
It Is a very pood plan to keep two
sires for breeding service in a valv.
able herd affected with this trouble
One sire should be used exclusively
with infected or suspected animals
and the other with those that an
quite certainly uninfected. This is un
questionably more effective than dis
infection before and after service.
Up to-Date Methods.
Helong to a dairy cattle breeders
association, a cow-testing association
and every organization that will help
to keep you posted and in touch with
the best up-to-date methods of man
aging your dairy herd.
FEEDING CALVES DRY GRAIN
Digestive Tract of Young Animals Is
SmaU and Giving Small Amounts
Often Is Favored.
In feeding skim milk calves the
grain needed to supply the missing
fat may be corn, barley, oats or a mix
ture. Occasionally a feeder has skim
milk or alfalfa or clover hay on hand,
and to these he adds linseed meal,
cottonseed meal or gluten feed.
These are a'l high in protein, and
when any one of Hum is combined
with skim milk and alfalfa both high
in protein un unbalanced ration re
sults and scours or other digestive
troubles follow.
The digestive tract of a calf is
small and frequent feeding of small
amount during the first month Is best.
During the first month it is better to
grind the grains fed. At the end of
this period either oats or corn may be
fed unground. Hard grains like kafir
and milo give best results when
ground. All grain should be fed dry
in a trough. Mixing feeds with milk
is not recommended, as calves chew
their feed better when fed dry.
RING FOR SELF-SUCKING COW
Habit Is Brought on by Putting Off
Milking There Are Numberless
Ways of Prevention.
In most cases it pays to try some
remedy, for a cow of this kind is us
ually a heavy milker. The habit Is
brought on by putting off milking. The
cow suffers and tries to relieve her
self and the habit is formed. Ways
of prevention are numberless.
A cure after the habit is formed is
almost impossible. The most effective
remedy is putting two rings in the
caw's UQBC Klus the cow In the usual
I Friday evening, owwg, " VV'H
way, and In this ring hang another,
forming two links of a chain. Some
times one ring will stop the habit, but
In most cases two are needed. 1
If the cow Is not a good milker bet
ter sell her to the butcher.
MILK AT SEASONABLE HOURS
No Time on Farm When Hired Man
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I mining ov inucn muncjr as
wnen tie is uucy r.niKing.
Early milking and late milking in
the evening may be all right if a man
is overly anxious to make money and
do the work himse';'. Hut, if hired
help has to do it. the owner of that
particular farm will t-oon gain the rep
utation of being a hard man to work
for.
Why not send the man who takes
care of the cows home from the field
at five o'clock in the afternoon, (imi
have the chorea done in seasonnbe'
time? There is no time when a man
is making so much money as when hp
is milking. Then why shouldn't it be
done during seasonable hours of the
day?
ARE YOU 3
GUILTY t
A FARMER carrying an
express package from
a big mail'Order house was
accosted by a local dealer.
"Why didn't you buy that bill
of goods from me? I could have
saved you the express, and besides
you would have been patronizing a
home store, which helps pay the
taxes and builds up this locality.
The farmer looked at the mer
chant a moment and then said:
"Why don't you patronize your
home paper and advertise? I read It
anddidn'tknotothatyouhadlhestuff
I have here."
MORAL ADVERTISE
Selecting Kggs for Hatching
The College of Agriculture offers
the following suggestions concerning
the selection of eggs for hatching:
Select medium to large eggs of
rcod shape and color.
Oversized, ill-shaped, small, and
badly tapered eggs, as well as those
with wrinkled shells, should not be
used.
Small eggs produce small chicks.
Avoid small pullet eggs.
Fresh eggs are most desirable. Old
germs are weaker.
Fertility may be told only by Incu
bation.
Shape or size of eggs has nothlnr
to do with the sex of the chick.
Some Time
You will be in need ol
printing of some kind.
Whether it be letter
heads, statements wed
ding invitations or
public sale bills, re
member we can turn
out the work at the
lowest cost consistent
with good work.
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DAIRY CATTLE PERFORMANCE
High Records Are Found Among All
Prominent Breeds and They Are
Increasing In Number.
When a cow will produce twenty
times her own weight In milk in a
year, she may certainly be regarded
aa a valuable piece of property. When
a cow will produce 800 to 1.000 pounds
of butter fat In a year, she Is a prize.
Such records as these are found
among all the prominent dairy breeds
and they are Increasing In number In
each breed at a most satisfactory
rate. Just now there is a competi
tion for the championship In milk
and butter production in the Guern
sey breed. The championship of that
breed Ir held by Spotswood Daisy
Pearl and her owners are using every
means to Improve her record, while
a Pennsylvania cow. May Rilma. Is
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Prize-Winning Guernsey.
contesting her championship with
rigor. This Pennsylvania cow has
produced 811 pounds of butter fat in
nine months, and both she and the
present champion are being fed un
der the most improved methods,
which include a variety of grain and
forage and the addition of a succu
lent ration, such as beet pulp or
something of that kind, to Increase
the appetite and make the ration "-'
more effective.
Dairy Improvements.
Remarkable records have been mad
by dairy cows during the past few
years. Not only have breeders devel
oped wonderful cows but they have
raised the average standard of the
various breeds and Tided to their
beauty and adaptability.
Many additions have been mad
each year to the already long lists of
advanced registry dairy cows, and In
the case of the Holsteln, Jersey and
Guernsey breeds many cows have
been developed which show the way
to future progress.
While the leading breeders of dairy
cattle are working hard to raise the
average of their animals, the dairy
men should work still harder to rali"f.
the average yields of their herds, for
they are the ones who should ulti
mately derive the most benefit from
this Improved blood.