St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-14

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enters La Belle n; Carmichael & Bidgood, SID
ley, Ia, enter C. h. Falmouth; John Bradford,
| Big Lake, enters b. m. Lottie C.
The Dairy De epartnsenC.
The liberality of the fair management III
this department has, we think, been highly
| appreciated by the dairy farmers and
creameryIaen, and we also think that the
| officers of the agricultural societies appre-
! ciate the interest manifested by the by ex-
| hlbltorS aud others, and as dairy husbaudIy
increases in the state we feel sure the So
ciety will look carefully after this industry,
and when we say that the. premium for but
ter and cheese are larger here than at any
other state fair in the Northwest, we be
lieve that Of itself will be stimulus to tine
creamerymen and dairy farmers to renew
their efforts and at another fair crowd the
dairy building to its utmost capacity with
butter and cheese. The GLOBE has paid
special attention to this department and en-
deavOred not only to report fully all that
was on exhibition, but also to give such
facts and suggestions as might prove bene-
1iclal to the creameryman and the dairy
farmer, and the frequent calls for the paper
| during the week is evidence that the enter
prise of the GLOBE has been fully appre-
ciated. Having discussed various phases
of dairying during the past week, we desire
now to briefly discuss the comparative profit
| OF
SUMMER AND WINTER D DAIRYING.
We believe that cow will give more
milk in a year to calve in the fall than she
will to calve in the spring. and the reason
why is this: If she calves in the fall and is
well cared for through the winter, she viii
continue to give good flow Of milk until
she goes to pasture. and then will increase
her milk nearly equal to q fresh COW and
will milk as close to calving as she ought
| to. But if she calves in the spring she viii
naturally begin to dry OFF as cold weather
begins, and it is almost impossible to pre-
| vent her going dry three or four months, or
twice as long as she would if drying on
| pasture.
Now how much more does it cost to keep
a cow a year that calves in the fall than it
does one that calves in the spring? If she
calves March it will cost the same to keep
her to Dec. 1, when she will dry. as it
would to keep the cow that calves Sept. 1.
The account would stand like this: The
cost of keeping the two cows from March
| to Dec. is the same, but it will cost more
to keep the cow through December, Janu-
ary and February that is giving milk than
it will the dry COW. We will suppose that
it will require
| THIRTY-FIAL POUNDS OF HAY PER DAY
for the dry cow, and estimate the hay at S6
| per ton, which makes the cost of keeping
the dry COW 10115 cents per day. The new
mich cow shall have twenty-five pounds of
hay at So per ton, 715c; five pounds of bran
at $12 per ton, SC: nine pounds OF corn
meal at SIC per ton, &c; total, 1715 cents.
This makes a difference Of cents per day,
for ninety days, or $3.50 as the difference
| ;y, e foI
cows.
We will now suppose the fall and spring
COWS to give the same quantity of milk,
which we will estimate at $500 pounds per
COW for the year. We find that according
to the average price Of milk for the nine
months, that the spring COW would give
milk worth about II cents per 100 pounds,
and the average for the ten months that the
fall cow gave milk 81 cents-a difference OK
26 cents per 100 pounds, which on $500
would be S14.30, from which deduct the
cost of keeping the winter COW. $3.50, and
we have IS as the profit for the fall COW
over the spring COW, which would make q
fourth difference in her favor, or aboub
$3.50 more to add to herproft account. We
have no doubt buta
MAJORITY OF THE FARMERS
who are now engaged in summer daiTying
can change to winter dairying, and by talk
ing proper care of their cows make twice
the profit they are now making. Some VIII
say that it costs more for labor in winter,
but that is more than twice balanced by the
value of the manure. Fix up your stable
| so that the manure will not freeze in the
coolest weather. This can be done with
straw or hay at little expense. This not
only makes the cows comfortable, but
makes the mixers comfortable. Milking
in well managed stable is the most pleas
ant part of winter chores, and, what is still
better, is the most profitable part
Look about among your neighborS and
see which of them are making the most
money out of the business, and we are con-
vinced that it is those who carry on dairy
ing the year round. AS managed now, in
this state, we believe that fully three
fourths of the cows come in in the spring
and are in the flush of milk when dairy
products are at the lowest price. The dairy
farmers of Wisconsin and Illinois, that is,
those who make a business OF dairying,
manage their herds.So that the larger pOr-
ton of them come in in. the fall, and it will
be found that the COWS that net their OWL
ers $50 or S70 are the ones that come in in
September or. October. The former month
is preferable when the calves are to be
raised, as it gives them a.gOod start before
the severe winter weather sets and they will
thrive and come out in the spring in good
condition, ready to be turned out in the
pasture.
TAME GRASSES.
Another thing we desire to impress upon
the farmers is that tame grasses help in the
dairy wonderfully. Glover and timothy do
. well in all parts of the state where they
have been tried, and with the amount OF
manure made on dairy farm these crops
can be made to yield abundantly indeed.
While we would not say aught against the
rich, succulant blue grass that grows so
luxuriantly on the pFaiFies we believe that
it would be better for the farmer to grow
clover and timothy, for it is generally con-
ceded that these grasses make better hay
than the native prairie grass, and in those
sections of the state where clover and tino-
Thy predominant the farms have more
thrifty appearance, the cattle look well and
the surroundings give appearance at least
that the. farmer has struck the keynote in
his profession and has started III the right
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