The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-05-28
THE DAIRY.

"A quart Of good milk should weigh
about 2.15 pounds, or nearly 2 pounds.
- ounces. If milk is weighed, thisrule
will give the monthly yield in quarts
more exactly than measuring.
"A Norwich, CT, paper tells about
farmer there who keeps only one COW,
but who sells 1000 one-pound balls of
the "best butter from his "dairy''
yearly. Oleomargarine is his best cow
To keep your hired men good nat
ured while milking, call the milking a
part of the days work and do not OK
pect them to work In the field till dark
and then milk adozen cows in the night.
1T is claimed that while cows giving
exceptionally large quantities Of milk
will sometimes make large butter tests,
rs rule the two things do not go
together, being inconsistent with each
other. ~ - W - ~
In feeding calves remember they
are not the most brilliant animals in the
world, and it is questionable If they
ever know when they have enough any
more than a boy would in agreen apple
tree. For this and many other reasons
it is well to keep watch over them to
see that each one gets some Of the food
offered and not too much of it.--ADleri-
can Ddiryman. af q MAIL b
The Farmers RecieD fears that tho
dairy fair business will be overdone
this year. We think not, as VIC do not
believe more than one will be held. fhe
International association will, not be
likely to hold one, at least that is the
opinion Of the President; the Secretary
of the Illinois Dairymen's Association
is apprehensive that the proposed fair
will not be held, 50 that narrows tho
number down to the National Associa-
.tion. ,.,....
( lit is serious mistake to neglect
handling young heifers until after they
have dropped their first calf. At this
time their bags are apt to be swollen
and tender, and the task of accustom-
ing them to be MIXED is more difficult.
The operation tends to enlarge the bag
and the teats, and with good milking
stock may make 1t necessary to draw
milk once or twice day for a week or
more before the calf is dropped. Do
not begrudge the extra trouble that this
makes. 1t is a sign that the heifer will
prove to be deep mixer.
How awhllly bad man looks
whose hair is never combed, and how
uncomfortable he must feel The cat
tie have hair over their whole body,
and II never carded they look as bad as
the uncombed man, and must feel q
great deal worse. 1t is too bad to COM
pei the poor brutes to go all winter erwith-
out carding. and then il doesn't pay.
They would do much better If carded
every day, and this should certainly be
we'll done at least twice each week. II
we only notice how much they enjoy
being carded, and how grateful they
look, and see how much better they
thrive, we would not regret the time
and labor IT'S only little kindness,
but even this pays.
-Lumps in the udder: Garget often
leaves the legacy Of lumpy bag one
or more big, hard Jumps; milk flows
from the quarter or quarters in which
such Jumps occur, but they are an an
noyance as well as Disagreement.
Sometimes they yield to treatment, and
often they do not. The best thing to
do is to knead and rub the Jumps, so
that there may be a tendency Of blood
to the parts and some excitement to the
absorptive functions. This absorption
may be induced or quickened by giving
the COW small but frequent doses OF
iodide Of potassium-a salt very much
like common salt, with which it may bo
mixed when given.-American Dairy
man.