The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-06
can take tho place Of green food, and the scss

can take tho place Of green food, and the scss
substitutes for it should 10 studied the year
round. Millet and fresh clover are excellent
foods.
THE MILKING.
Here Is something that should be framed
and put above the door OF every cow staba
The cows cannot read it, but those who tako
care of them should:
''The man who greets his COW with kick
or Il blow with stick is only few removes
Above the wife-beater. The quantity and
quality of the milk are both strongly affected
by the treatment of the cow, particularly ut
milking time"
Milk is of a delicate quality, most sensi-
Worrying or running a COW, fretting her III
any way, fevers the milk and causes IL u
decay. Pet the COW, treat her gently, make
her attached to you, and yor will get
larger flow Of milk of better quality than
you would otherwise The man who would
beat or kick COW, or let her stand outdoors
with the icicles hanging from her sides In
winter, is worthy of the whipping post
She should have none but tho best and pur-
est food.
hammered into the heads and habits Of those
who work about milk and butter. II man
smokes while milking tho fluid will have the
flavor Of tobacco. No smoke or stable odors
must be- permitted in the milk room. Brush
the dust carefully from the udder Of the COW
before milking, or wash it If there is need.
NOTES.
The milk crop in England is now ESQ, 0O0,-
900. or about $3.50, OO0, 900 This is more
than the value of the wheat crop, ard
the disproportion increases yearly, rs the
tendency is TO stock FEEDING rather than TO
grain growing.
Nothing indicates the prosperous and wise
farmer more surely than the COWS and dairy
appliances Fine cattle and a neat dairy
there will be liberal, intelligent and
money making farmer. Mark it,
Good dairying fits admirably into mixed
farming There is a suitable return made
To the land in the way of manure, and the
waste in the manufacture of butter is a great
lelp in he feeding of calves and pigs.
c. II. Lyon and wife, of the Dexter, Iowa.
creamery, made last year 10000 pounds OF
butter, and the prospect is good for in
crea,iny that amount tliS year.
One hundred pounds of skim milk makes
GA pound, OF weight upon pigs.
Buttermlk Is one of the most healthful of
drinks. 1t is true milk peptone. In a
creamery near a town this would lie "A source
of revenue.
Many creameries make 800 TO 1000 pounds
of butter day. The price they pay for
cream varies in different localities. In some
places it is 30 cents gallon. The richness
of the cream must be gaugel by measurers
Dairy schools are becoming a feature in
Great Britain There is one in Cork, Ire
land. Ii has raised the standard of butter in
the whole south of the island Girls are
drilled in the principles of scientific butter.
making They have carried their knowledge
tered the reform far and wide The Dairy
and enthusiasm into their HON IS, and scat
Farmers ASSOCIATION in Cheshire, England,
is establishing a similar one They have a
pasture farm of POO acres, with dairy build.
ings They will instruct pupils in milking
and butter-malking and the care of cows
also in dairy farming They have been
driven TO this by the impossibility of getting
dairy maids who knew their business and
minded it. Would that we had such schools
in this country! 1t would stop the ''sho~
box butter" business.
A creamery can be started on small
scale and persons can gradually work into
the business, keeping their eyes open and
reading enlightening books and papers. But
for an establishment on a large scale nothing
is so profitable as to visit some Of the great
successful creameries in full operation. They
are in most sections Of the country-in Iowa,
in Wisconsin, in New York, Massachusetts,
and northern Ohio.
Another source of profit to the farm dairy
is the sale OF milk COWS. They are higher
in price this spring than usual. good one,
even of scrub stock, CANNOT be had for less
than $50 to $40, while the blooded animals
are anywhere from $50 up to $4,000.