Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-30
LIE DAIRY.


"A quart of good milk should weigh
abontI2.I5 pounds. or nearly 2. pounds. \
y ounces. IL milk is weighed. thisrule.
viii give the monthly yield in querts
more exactly than measuring.
"A Norwich, CT, paper tells about
farmer there who keeps only one COW,
but who sells ! 900 one pound balls of
the a.best butter from his tdairy'''
yearly. Oleomargarine.is his best COW.
To keep your hired men good nat
ured while milking, call the milking a
part of the day work and do not ex-
pect them to work in the field till dark
and then milk dozen cows in the night.
J 1T Is claimed that while cows giving
exceptionally large quantities of milk
will sometimes make large butter tests.
as a rule the two things do not go
together, being inconsistent with each
other. -,,--....--...
4 In feeding calves remember they
are not fhe most brilliant animals in the
world and it is questionable if they
ever know when they have enough any
more than boy would in agreenapple
tree. lEor this and many other reasons
it is well to keep a watch over them to
see that each, one gets some of the food
odered and not too much of it.-Ameri-
can Ddirymarss .ii,,-.5 1..-s.i 3. +.
The Farmers Rerie;c fears that the
dairy fair business will be oyerdone
this year. We think not, rs we do not
believe more than one will be held. The
International association viii not be
likely TO hold one, at least that IS the
opinion of-the President. the Secretary
of the Illinois Dairymens Association
is appfchcnsive that the proposed fair
will not be held, so that narrows the
number down to the National Associa-
ton.
We are inclined to think Mr.. Fuller
is right when he argues in favor of
making all butter tests with well sailed
and properly worked butter, Just as il
/ is prepared regularly for market At
the same time if the person in charge
honestly, he can easily do. so Just rs
well with sailed as unsalted butter. 1t
is only n question of how much water
or buttermilk is left in the butter that
is, whether it is worked dry or not. OF
course adding The saitto dry butter in
creases thewelghtlnore than it does to
moist butter, provided the moisture is
subsequently worked out. - The Dairy.
How awfully bad man looks
whose hair is bever eombed, and how
uncomfortable he must feel The cat
tie have hair over their whole body,
and if never carded they look rs bad as
the uncOmbed man, and must feel .
great deal worse. 1t is too bad 10 com.
pei the poor bru:eS to 90 all winter with
out carding. aRdthen it doesn't pay.
They would do much better ii cardel
every day. nd'fhis should certa;ufy be
well done NJ 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 'Tis only a little kindness,
but even this pays.
Jumps in the udder: Garget often
leaves the legacy Of a mmpy bag one
or more big. hard lhnns; milk flows
from the quarter or quarters in which
such humps 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 tendency of blood
to the parts and some excitement to the
absorptive functions. This absorption
may be induced or qnickened by giving
the. COW small hut frequent doses OF
iodide of potassium a salt very much
! like common salt, with which il may be
mixed when given. -Americaa Dairy
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