The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01

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profit from it. The same rule apple,
to the COW. She il the machine ano
must he fed literally to get liberia
supply Of milk. She resembles tht
thrcsfier i'm another respect, she can j.,
overfcd. 1t requires Judgment and OK.
pericncc to feed COW 10 her full capa-
city, just enough and no more, Tut
every dairyinan will soon learn H.
During the past two years there ls,s
been "a lively demand for young stuci,
to drive To Montana, and the farmers
of Minnesota have sold thousands Of
their yearlings and two year Odds for
that purpose.
This is poor policy. The object OF
raising calves is Ia get the profit ON
their growth, and if We sell before they
come To maturity, we lose it on all
they gain thereafter II the farmer
does not sell at two wears, he very sell
dom keeps Il steer after he Is three
years old. | believe there il more prof
it in keeping him another year or un-
I'll the steer is four years old. II costs
about s24.m Ia keep steer III Mime
sofa the first three years and he will
weigh then about !, 100 pounds and sell
for 4 cents per pound, or S44.W. De-
duet cost of Keeping, S24.WO, and il
leaves Il profit of 5000. Now if we
keep him another year or until he il
four years old, he has nearly come Ia
maturity, will weigh 800 pounds, and
sell for cents, or 5000 for the steer.
and Inc account viii stand as follows:
Cost of steer at three wears old, ST.
90; cost of keeping fourth winter, 500;
cost of lieriing one summer, ~ .m; 80
bushels of corn ut 80 cents per bliShcl,
fed in fall, 500. Total cost of steer at
four years old, 81 90.
Forty-onc dollars deducted from SO,
leaves SD. 90 as the profit, Sli.W Of il
being made the last year, which proves
beyond doubt that il is for the farm
ers interest to keep his steers until they
are four years old before selling
them, if il is possible for him I" do So.
The above figures refer to grade steers
IA usually raised in Minnesota on grass
alone. II is true that many steers
would exceed the weights have given
cragc lot. Raise all the calves, keep
them Until t.icy get iic.r growth III you
can possibly do so) then crowd them
with feed until Eat and sell them.
Corn Meal is perhaps the best food
to fitten steer quickly, but its value in
oats and bran feel to COW will produce
more milk than corn alone.
Pure oil cake meal is valuable food
for all kinds of stock; u handful of it
mixed in pail of sweet skinned milk
makes as good feed for the calf az new
milk, and II is considered by those who
have had experience in its use To ".
one of the best and most profitable
foods we have.
| For the past two winters ! have fed
unthrcsllcd fax Ia my stock and am
well pleased with the results. Flax
seed contains 81 per cent. of oil and is
laxative, therefore | only fed il every
Other day. Al my stock prefer it t.
the best hay, eating all the straw up
| clean and di"esting the seed well. 1t
causes the hair to assume Il fine glossy
appearance and the animal to have a
sclf-satisiied cor;ented look, which is
very pleasing to behold.
believe that for the dairyman who
can raise flax this is the most
economical way to feed it. Let Us look
at the figures 100 bushels of flax seed
in Minnesota will generally sell for 500
Deduct expenses of threshing and mar
keting $50, and you have $50 net
These $50 will buy 5000 pounds of oil
meal, which contains from : to = per
cent of OIL The 100 bushels Of flax
seed would weigh 5000 pouGds-nearly
a. much as the ground meal You would
buy with the money received from lis
sale and while the meal only contains
: 10 per cent Of tho oil, the seed con
tdin- 81 per cent, thus making il very
much richer food than the ground
cake and at the same cost to the farmer.
There L. very little waste ,as what seed is
saelied off, drops Ia the bottom of the
rack aid i eaten grecdily by the hogs.
! am well pleased with this way of feed
ing flax, and shall continue it.
After We have our biue grass, clover
and timothy pastures crown, cultivated
our root crops. filed our corn cribs.
and grown our mammoth pumpkins,
we must not neglect t. use our brains in
feeding them. t. obtain the best results.
Successful dairyiI'" requires an cx
teneive knowledge and good sound
judgment. which can only be obtained
by Il lifelong experience. or by taking
advantage OF the experience Of others.
This can be done most readily by sub
scribing for half dozen or more good
papers, which treat on stock-raising
and dairying. The newspapers of the
present time gather the cream of all the
thoughts of the age we live in; no dairy
man can afford to be without them
they will keep you well informed in all
matters relating to the business and il
will be the most profitable investment
you can make.
Replying to questions Mr.. Howard
said, sowed blue grass seed upon wild
prairie sod, and although its appear
ance was very gradual, al the end of
four or five years / have a stand of sew
eral acres. steers are herdei here for
- cents t. ). per head. think il
wou:d he well to sow grass seed on the
last -n0 ~ anal drag il into the sod. For
tattiug olt COW, my preference is corn
meal. Unless by extra feed j steer
can be forced u maturity earlier |
would recommend their being held un-
til four years old. ! would SOW blue
grass alone, otherwise it will crowd out
an other grass H.: reason of its strong
growth.
The report OF the Treasurer Of the
association Showinga balance in the
treasury OF e70.S4, was presented and
adopted.
Tie secretary read tine following dis
patch FROM the F:r,; Dairymen'e Con-
veItior or the State ot Tennessee. sent
greeting T. the Northwestern Dairy
mems Convention q Mankato.
We pluck yioie :, while you keep
time - t.y ullJs.a Of >lcigh-Dclis. MAY
You milk the cows aad prosper. We
VII, follow suit soon, but not with cold
fingers
Is the Tennessee Convention was
now closed the secretary Of this Con-
ver.Lol Was requested to mailea gener
q, reuly By letter
Considerable discussion was INDUCED
II concerning the best ana proper mode
hibitor, Il. ging the desirability OF
to the tllllnoS- OF the tub and quantity
of salt to BE- placed on the top. II was
finally arranged that rule should he
made - e packing w!.s,a snou' gov
ern the committee Of the next conven-
zion and that the same should be made
nuoIG n tie programme Tor the ensu-
ing year.
l.. +. H.bbard. Of the Farmers Re-
view, Chicago, se43 very able and
eX'Iau3'ing paper upon THE demand
for brains IN the Dairy
lie cited Beecher', remark that the
general Use of good sweet butter would
become genera! before the coming of
the millennium, and from the scarcity
OF sled Dltterre concluded the mil
leniuin WIS. u. great way off. lie spoke
OF tee following three points:
First, Diaries without braias.' Mrs.
Jones, a typical woman, can work a
lambreqUin III the highest style OF the
art, can cook exceilently and prove
butter is poor. and That contiaVslly, be-
cause she does not know how To make
butter. She puts lie. brains into her
cooking, her fancy work and her house
hold, but not into her dairy. 1t is so