The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-04-24
THE DAIRY.

Tive the call Gne nrSC mix IrOm
the cows udder-the. last is often too
rich for it.
The american Dairynaan says: A
hayseed in cows eye will turn it
white. 1t will come all right in day
or two if left alone. If doctored we
don't know when it will get well.
1t has been shown that ga pail of
milk standing ten minutes where it is
exposed to the scent of a strong-smell-
ing stable or any other offensive odor,
will receive taint Chat will never leave
it,
--Itis claimed that while cows giving
exceptionally large quantities of milk
will sometimes make large butter tests,
as rule the two things do not go to-
gether, being inconsistent with each
other.
There is general opinion among
old farmers that COWS having only three
teats are apt to be superior mixers.
This is often the fact, and one reason
doubtless is, that COWS which give large
quantities of rich milk are most liable
to those injuries from Inflammation
which so often destroy one of the teats.
"A Pennsylvania farmer writes:
''On my farm of 120 acres we kept,
during 1888, about 35 cows; the num-
Der varied somewhat, few more in
winter than in summer. From these
35 COWS we made S.1334 pounds of but
ter, which was sold for $3.50. Is, or
S112 for each cow. Three or four of
them were heifers with their first calf,
and some others aborted. The calves
sold for S143.75.
The american Dairy,nan says there
is one point that should be deeply i'm
pressed upon the dairyman's mind, and
that is if he wants to make frst-class
article of butter he must churn often.
Never let the cream get over three days
old, no matter how cold it may be kept.
If cold, it will get old, flat and frinky.
If sour, the whey will eat up the best
butter globules. Churn as often as you
| can.
In Maine the number of mich cows
has largely increased during the year
last past. This is especially the case
in those counties which are giving re-
newed attention to dairIying by the
factory or by the private dairy systems.
A general increase in the number OF
cows is returned from nearly all the
counties. Mich cows have found an
increased demand from the Bostor
market.
Some dairymen think at this sea
! son of the year, when cows are shedding
their coats, they should be furnished
with scratching posts. They certainly
seem to enjoy rubbing the hair off
while the act can do them nc, harm. L
you ever had piece of itch in th'
center of your back, you would appre
ciate the old saying: "God bless th'
Duke of Argyle. '-American Dairy
man.
The counterfeit butter business ha
become the biggest fraud of the age
100000 pounds of butterine wer
sold last year in New York. This i
made from lard heated only to fror
12O to 140 degrees, so that people VIII
eat butterine practically eat raw pork
One valuable fact has been learned i
the use of these fraudulent mixtures
that the American hog must have bee
free from disease or we should hav
; had thousands of cases of that drea
/ disease, trichinosis, among the cor
sumers of raw lard butterine.-BOStO
Globe.
An Eastern veterinary authority
) Professor S. A. Heath. says in th
, american Dairynadn: 'Let a drop {
5 fresh milk fall into glass of pur
E water. If the milk promptly dissem
e mates itself through the water, the CO.
e that yielded that milk is not with cal
but if it sinks to the bottom of the glas
as it falls upon the water and does nc
D produce but little of a milky cloud, tn
q cow is pregnant. The specific gravit
q and viscidity of the albuminous mil
e being heavier than water thus retair
b She drop of milk and causes it to sink.
We advise dairymen to make note {
y this and give it test. If reliable tt
l. information may be of great value
}, them.
k Prof. Sheldon says: The period
e milking may be classed in three part
g For the first six or seven weeks aft
calving the largest quality of milk p'
J. day is produced. After this the yiel
v falls off pretty considerably, but the
r remains at the same figure for two {
b three months, when steady declir
n sets in until the COW is perfectly DIR
By careful feeding the best parts of IL
;. milking periods may be prolonged, an
> this ought to be the aim of all mi
f producers. If green fodder and 9th
;, food, which stimulates milk secretion
= can be used at the right time col
a siderable extra quality of milk may
produced.