The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-06
xrposyyE AND SOAP MIXTURE


One question pertaining to butter max
ing threatens to become as hard To settle rs
the discussion on original SIN IL Is whether
whole milk or cream alone should DO
churned AS in most things, the truth lies
between the two extremes When the milk
is immensely rich and the cream very
heavy, it will do to churn the whole milk.
Thick heavy cream churned alone does not
produce so good butter rs when some OF the
milk is added The butter is not So bright
and clear, but is apt to have greasy, shiny
look. On the other hand, II the cream Is
thin and produced from great quantity OF
milk then skim it of and churn alone. No
great point is gained by threShlnS u
gallon or so Of water. When only few
cows are kept the cream jar should he stirred
daily. A good farmer will always take care
to have fresh cows coming In in mid winter
To make the butter conn quickly and be or
a bright yellow color Butter from cows long
III milk comes very slowly IN winter.
FEED FOR MILK COWS.
In August and early September in our
country there comes time of drouth when
the pastures are parched brown. During
these hot weeks the cows fall off III their
milk and get thin. To provide against this
n few acres of sweet corn should be sown
broadcast to come in for fodder during the
drouth. 1t will richly repay the labor. An
old saw says: Feed your stock and the
stock will feed the land" Fertilize the pas
lures In addition. with thin top dressing be-
fore the grass starts You will find the milk
increasing in richness as the pasture ~ en-
riched. Again, June butter" has the
choicest flavor of all. The smell of the
pras, seems to hover about its golden rich
ness. Therefore, have your hay as near the
ounlity of June grass as possible. One
model dairyman cuts his hay in early June
and pets il into the barn free from rain.
Then no gets another crop the same season.
In the Channel islands, whence the famous
butter cows come, their feed for many gene
rations has been root crops largely "A crop
of carrots should be raised, TO give butter it's
golden yellow color in winter. But otherwise
IL is a question whether root feed is SO far
superior to American corn as to be Substi-
tuted for 1t as feed. Our corn will not grow
in Europe, or doubtless they would have it
over there fast enough. The great amount
of work required in producing root crops
would be an objection To them in this coun-
try, where labor Is SO high.
Corn, mixed properly with other food, is
good enough for our cows, and VIII continue
to be. But the corn should always be ground.
Have one of those valuable farm grinding
mills They cost about $50. Get 1t if you
have to do without that couple of acres of
ground YOU have set your heart on, Lining
your corner woods lot. Then when you get
il. take care of it, Keep 1t out of the wet,
and don't let the hens roost over it, and il
will last you 20 years, and save you many
and many a heavy hauling trip.
For cows, nothing is better than feed OF
ground corn and oatmeal mixed. They can
be mixed in the grinding. A dairyman has
made an estimate of good feed for a high
quality dairy cow day. He has mixed the
ration so rs TO combine all the food elements.
His calculation is as follows: Ten pounds
clover hay, costing 4 cents; ten pounds straw
Q cents; four pounds linseed meal, q cents
four pounds wheat bran, cents; two pounds
cottonsced meal, 3 cents; four pounds corn
meal, 3 cents; total, 81 cents But nothing