The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-22

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President Hoard then read prize essay read
association. The essay was replcte with valu-
able suggestions. :
H b aurler, Of De Kalb, Ill, then read a
paper on the COW, the calf, and tho pig
These animals naturally go together in dairy
ing. Have raised them In order of their i'm
gortancc in the new parts of the West In
Illinois would read COW, pig, calf. The COW,
II properly cared for is the most profitable ami.
NAL on tho farm When Icommonced dairying
my cows would average only $50 pounds Of
Dntter annually I began to test milk. I
sas pe s ess eo% sss sa1s IS
pounds per day produced more butter than the
COW that gave 20 pounds of milk per day I
sold Of Improbable cows and found had
consumed; others would pay sG0 after
paying for their feed Changed from sum
increased butter yield in few years from $50
to l66 pounds per COW, nnd the profit above
price of feed was IN increase from SIS to $45
year ending Jan. 1, 1890, I received s2.23 worth
Of milk for every dollars worth Of feed con-
sumcd BY my cows. We have one patron that
We paid sSzs9 per cow last year. One patron
kept an accurate account Of feed consumed by
grain feed, sAs; hay, ssl.7o Total cost feed,
6l70: Cows produced 400 pounds milk,
worth 81. 80 per 100 pounds or 4l135O, leaving
surplus after paying feed Of &51. So Have
checked abortion by the use of bone meal fed
to the cows with their salt feed one-fourth
bone meal, three. .fonrtlls salt The calf is an
important animal with the ilairyman, but thore
is little profit in growing steer.
In the pig is little profit. I give the follow
ing comparison of my most successful pig
feeding with that Of my most successful calf.
feeding: -
Fob q. 1881, two grade Durham calves about
Ave months old, weighed 7332 pounds; March LIST
they weighed S67 pounds, gain of IS pounds
in seven days; gain eaeh per day, 2 1-2 pounds
They were fed a. follows:
$50 lbs skim milk at t25c. 20
70 lbs Of hay at 9lOper ton. ............... IS
Total feed expense. se................31 80
Cost per pound, 5 7-1O cents, to compare with
''S june asRE $, lsss, 8 pigs weighed ss7 pounds:
J June n 4s3 pounds, gain N thirteen days Of
g6 :. pounds; @ .a They were fed 4s pounds Of skim
milk with l-2 pounds per 100 would make ~
1-2 pounds increase from 20 pounds Of shelled
corn. Figuring the milk Is cents per 100
pounds and the corn at 80 cents per bushel
(market price at fme) the pork cost 2-27-1OO
In the evening il is estimated that sixteen
hundred people were in the opera house. The
exercises consisted Of an excellent musical pro-
gramme, and sprightly, well written, prac-
tca! paper by Mrs. Currics embodying her ex-
perience IN butter making. But my own ex-
per1ence is 70 furnish good warm stable,
warm their milk, feed little bran and shorts
or oats every day, and have rack and keep it
filled with your sweetest and best lay, keep
their stables clean, aud they will have nothing
to do but grow.
~, vov.1 20 Ss~,.~, 4. =
er mixed bran and shorts, corn, pumpkins, ,and
plenty Of good, sweet hay, as the best class of
food, together viii, plenty of pure water: and
don't iet your cattle stand around in the yard,
with their backs bumped up like rainbow,
during snow storms and billiards.
On Thursday the 14th the first business was
ram Smith Of sheboygan Falls, Wis.
He said Prof. E. Stewart, the best authority on
cattle feeding, gives rs standard ration for
mi!ch cows, daily. "a pounds Of dry organic
donates and 4o. 100 fat Thirty pounds Of hay
will produce tho dry substance, but will lie
deficient in albuminoids and fat; 30 pounds of
hay at 80 per ton costs 15 cents; q much bet
ter ration, consisting Of corn fodder 1Opounds,
hay pounds, bran 5 pounds, malt sprouts s
pounds, corn meal pounds, and of meal .
pounds, will cost no more than the hay, and is
worth more as feed, and three times moro for
msnureal value. Modern dairymen are learn
ing that COWS coming into milk in the fall or
than summer dairyiDg
The reading Of this paper WAS followed by q
spirited and vigorous discussion Of the SUBJ
ject and rapid fire OF questions and re-
plies.
The second paper was that of O. c. Grigg Of
dairy state This is emphaically grass
growing state: Wild grass grows abundantly
II was the home Of the buffalo long before the
white men settled here. The writer thought
Minnesota an oat state and thought oats the
hest crop farmers could raise; He mentioned
the erroneous idea that costly barns arc re-
CURED for the proper care Of stock in winter
There is no necessity for an expensive
building stable with good roof, and sides
viii battened on inside, and we'll
our winters. When the thermometer showed
the temperature to be 10 deg. below zero out
side, the speaker found the temperature inside
his stable "a deg. above. Light and ventila-
ton are important requisites. Windows should
be on the sonth and east Ventilators should
Plenty Of good water shonld be within conven-
lent distance Of the barn. Another objectionis is
that the feeding season in this state is too long
This is . mistake. Make the cattle debtors for
abundant feed and creditors for plenty Of good
butter and cheese furnished IN return The
key to success is good feeding. A Minnesota
winter gives wonderful appetite and faculty
to convert food into milk. 80
The committee appointed by Judge Blancll-
Ard to report On organization of . butter board
Of trade to be located at Aankato, to be enti-
tied the Butter Board of Southwestern Mime
sofa was announced to be composed as follows;
Col Clark w Thompson, Faribault county,
MINI. z B. Clark, Chippewa county, MINI.
Q. Marvin, Olmsted county, MINI. !; e G.
Huntington, CSttonyood county, MINI. J. @.