The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21

Keeps his cows up to regular quantity, becaus,
M k, COWS o., once siacken up one cannot bring
II; +. Hoard of Montevideo, Mimi, in d papel
on skim milk farming, compared wheat ant
GARY farming Showed the cost of raising
tSaf IL upper Mississippi yas and STATED
about $500, coo. It costs s15o, 900 to send. this
wheat to market, leaving about $40 net pro
ceeds to each farmer: The speaker felt sure
inc result would be much better if farmers
would turn their attention to dairyins instead
J., =. = Dexter Of Chicago followed with a paper
on organizations for the Promotion of Special
objects" with special reference to organizations
. OF the dairy interest
Vice President p A. McKinstry Of Winneba-
, so City, Mimi, read paper entitled s'Shortage
In the Creamery Gathering System"
, by the term of shortage, as used by creamery
, men, we mean that in buying a certain quality
OF cream which has been supposed to make a
we say we are short on butter; or, in other
words, we bought cream enough to make so
many pounds of butter, according to the stand
ard rres, and it failed to make it.
reported in Iowa for the year 1882 vas per
cent on all the butter manufactured by the
cream gathering cfeameries running on the
gauge, where have no doubt that it was fully
as much for 1888 in Minnesota What is the
remedy for the creanlcy man? 1 know of none
that can be adopted and deal justly with each
patron except the test churn plan He conclu-
ded by saying that unless tile manufacturing
shortage shall be doae away, creanl-buying is
afallure III Minnesota
". Is. Straight did not wish the idea to GO
abroad that the shrinkago was due to difference
III cream instead of the amount of milk turned
INTO cream Mr. johnson of Illinois asked for
instructions how to SECURE uniform Swimming
MI. McAlnStry answered:
By having milk skinned daily by same per-
nj T@a
cream for his creamery every second or third
day. Used preventative which the gathercr
adds as he procures the cream, which holds
PACK the cream from mature acidity. Ripen-
ing cream thickens as it grows sour; sweet
cream is thin Butter from small chlrnings
does not granulate as well or as rapidly as that
from larger Cummings l opcn my cream Jars
and STIR cream frequently and leave exposed to
ar, Tor the reason that the cream takes up oxy-
gen, which affords q finer flavor to the butter.
President Hoard stated that:
. One OF the secrets of ''cream shortage was
the effect of the churn on cream. In the sea-
son of succnlent food the churn receives it's
due proportion of butter. By feeding roots,
ensllaSc and sacculent food the churn will do
ITS work with profit. Farmers who allow their
hay to rlpcn too much and grow woody are de-
nylng to the chuln the proper returns its should
receive.
President Hoard then read prize essay read
by d. ". Carter, at the Wisconsin Dairvmen's
association. The essay was rcplete with ya!u-
able suggestions
H. B. Gurlcr, of De Kalb, ILL.,, then read
paper on the cow, the calf, and the pig.
These animals naturally so together in dairy
Portance in the new parts Of the West In
Illinois would read COW, pig, calf The cow
II properly cared for is the most prota BILE ami
NAL on the farm. When commenced tiairying
nttep sn w"S average Ssn, only $50 pounds
learned that the COW which produced forty
of butter per day, that the COW giving IS
pounds per day produced more butter than the
COW that gave 40 pounds of milk per day:
some that would not pay, for tho feed they
consumed; others would pay $50 after
paying for their feed. Changed from sum
mer to winter dairyins and
increased mere, butter yield in few years from $50
to lG6 pounds per COW, and the profit above
| price OF feed was an increase from Sl5 to s45
per COW, an increase of POO per cent For the
year ending JAM l, 1880, received s.. S2S worth
OF milk for every dollars worth of feed con-
sumed by my cows. We have one patron that
we paid $500 per COW last year OAc patron
kept an accurate account of feed consumed by
his dairy OF fourteen COWS last month. For
grain feed, ST.: hay, 30. Total cost feed,
| 637o. Cows produced 200 pounds milk
worth $3.50 per 100 pounds or sllS. 50, leaving
asurplns after paying feed of $3.50. Have
checked abortion by tile use of bone meal fed
to the cows with their salt feed one-fourth
bone meal, three fourths salt. The calf is an
important animal with the dairyman, but there
is little profit in growing a steer
In the pig is little profit give the follow
ing comparison of my most successful pig
feeding with that of my most successful calf
feeding:
Feb. %, 1881, two grade Durham calves about
five months old, weis hed 7;,2 pounds; March lst
! they weighed 1O1 pounds, gain OF 30 pounds
IN seven days; gain each per day, = 70 pounds
They were fed as follows:
$50 lbs skim milk at 25c. 20
IDS corn meal ....................... 25
20 lbs of hay at SO per ton ... IS
Total feed expense. ...............s1 80
Cost per pound, 3 40 cents, to compare with
| the following:
June s,.1s7s, 8 pigs weighed 327 pounds:
June u 4223 pounds, gain i'll thirteen days of
Sc pounds They were fed 439pounds of skim
milk and FL pounds Of corn Crediting the
milk with & IL pounds per 1C0would make %
- pounds increase from 60 pounds of shellcd
corn. Figuring the milk at % cents per 100
pounds and tho corn at 30 cents per buslel
market price at tlme) the pork cost 2-27-1oo
cents per pound
In the evening it is estimated that sixteen
hundred people were in the opera house. The
exercises consisted of an excellent musical pro-
gramme, and q sprightly, well written prac-
teal paper by Mrs. Curries embodying her ex-
perlence in butter making But my own ex-
perience is to 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 hay, keep
their stables clean, and they will have nothing
to do but grow.
With regard to feeding mich COWS, I consd-
er mixed bran and shorts, corn, pumpkins, and
plenty Of good, sweet hay, as the best class of
1000, together with plenty of pure water: and
don't let your cattle stand around in the yard,
with their backs bumped up like a rainbow,
during snow storms and billiards.
On Thursday the 18th the first business was
the the, r Sa,11s % OF paper BY Hon. Hi
He said Prof. T. Stewart, the best authority on
cattle feeding gives as a standard ration for
mich COWS, daily, ~ pounds of dry organic
substance, and this ration should consist of 2
II pounds albuminoids, II IL pounds of car
will produce, the dry substance, but will be
deficient in albuminoids and fat 30 pounds of
hay at $40 per ton costs Is cents; much bet !
ter ration, consisting of corn fodder 1Opountls,
hay pounds, bran pounds, malt sprouts )
pounds, corn meal pounds, and oil meal 9
pounds, will cost no more than the hay and is
worth more as feed, and three times more for |
manureal value Modern dairymen are learn
ing, that COWS coming into milk in the fall or
early winter bring in much larger revenue
than summer dairying.
The reading of this paper was followed by a |
spirited and vigorous discussion of the sub
ject and rapid fire Of questions and re-
plies.
The second paper was that of O. c. Grigg of
Camden Mimi, on the subject Minnesota as
dairy. state This is cmphatcally grass
growing state. Wild grass grows abundantly: |
1t was the home of the buffalo long before the
white men settled here. The writer thought |
Min Minnesota an oat state and thought oats the
best crop farmers could raise. He mentioned
the erroneous idea that costly barns are re-
CURED for the proper care of stock in winter.
ihere Is no necessity for all expensive |
building stable with good roof, and sides !
WI battened on inside and we'll |
banked, will keep stock comfortably through |
our winters. When the thermometer showed |
the temperature to be 80 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 south and east ventilators should |
be placed in the roof, SO foul air may escape. |
Plenty of good water should be within conven- |
lent distance of the barn. Another objection 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 |