The Somerset reporter., 1889-03-07
FARM. GARDEN AND
HOU SEHOLD.
Dairying.

10 DlyluZ cow rsfnrfD'per ma well
selected n4i!ss i far preferable % skim
milk or mluimpm-pfoiu'i ng thorough
bred. Boy g'syl, not TOO large cow. aud
breed them ~ a lire Of dairy type not q
De. ief a. yOg are already discouraged
aJDot raising b-ef Aim " have cows
cDme in IL OctDer and November DO
not engage in s!l-tae-year d4iryinZ wait
until winter dairying Is oysrdoDe, which
viii not Ire In twenty-five years, and then
adopt j, A. a resort between summer and
winter dairyiDg Let the dairy 90 dry
hen summer price. are low. and you
want " Ill -llo-, etc. Then when OctO-
Der comes oe ready To pusb the dairy for
a, least nine months. possibly ten. Have
your stores Of food ready In form Of
bran. clover hay. en-
-ilage made from the best Of mstur.d -ilD
corn stADles double boarded and lined
with building paper and all ventilation
needed, aud never let tie cow know tina,
there il any going Into winter. Put them
into the winter early In the fall, then
there Will DE no drop in yield Of milk
Resolve that you will treat the mother COW
10 the best way possible, treat her like a
dairy Cow and not like a ru-tling steer
allow no cruelty or needless exposure.
make a study Of milk production and
feeding ratiJns. ! would rather start q
man out 10 dairying who knew nothing
VI the business, but who was willing "
learn and anxious " acquire Information,
than 70 take chances On man who
Knows all about it." and who discards
ali Information save what he has gath
cred from his experience.
The dairy secured. in whole or part,
start at once ~ breed into a certain type
or line Of stock and keep In that line.
DO not breed Holsteins this year. Jerseys
next and HerefOrds the year after. but
intensity the blood you Introduce and
make II strong by raising only the bes,
and thus fix the type Feed the heller
calves and he fers as though they were al
ready in milk. DO not try 70 fatten them
or cultivate the Emphatic temperament
at the expense Of the muscular.
II you purpose to furnish food for the
stock then furnish it ~ your own, not
company stock. After the expenses are
paid the net profit OF a twenty-dye-cow
dairy will look pretty small when divided
In halves, and only one Of the halves
yoors.
What kinds Of food. you may ask. do /
want the most Off Ny own experience
l. that, 100 a.-+s. 49,! ration -
} " q pounds Of clover hay, and from 8
10 10 pounds Of good bran. The corn
should be thlnly planted, not sown broad
cast, allowed To stand until mature
grain dented-and then cut into the silo
grain and all. This ration should be fed
W producing cows that are putting feed
into milk, not using 1t " warm ice water
Or taking the chill of from barnyard air
The question Of selling produce now
comes in. Your place il not situated IA
yorably for selling winter milk for city
consumption, 80 you must rely upon max
Ing your own butter, or selling milk or
cream. Two Of these plans leaves the
skim-milk on the farm To feed pigs. and
IL fed " them sweet and warm with corn
meal, the experiment stations put the val
ne OF the milk at % cents per 100 pounds
TO make four-cent pork. II butter l.
made, make 1t by the best known wav
and the kind that the market wants and
send II when they want IL. Do not make
long keeping butter but sell 1t as fast a.
made. Butter Is made 10 sell, not keep.
Sell 1t In butter market. DO not trade
1t out" but get money for 1t. Do not do
Just a. the majority Of farmers do In your
and then join with them In the
wall Of anguish that clarifying does not
pay" by their plan and system.
The man who has both experience and
capital will be hsS4 man to find To go
In company with. II will he easy to find
dairy failures enough to run your farm A.
they have farms in the past, into insol-
vency, and IL yon fail, fail on your own
responsibility. not on the irrespoDsibility
Of some one else. BY the plan Of winter
dairying one has his entire winter To de-
vote 10 his dairy, and when the rush of
work comes they are then
shippers" and can stand little neglect
II need be. An extra pit Of ensilage pro-
vided against the day Of summer want.
when drouths and fierce heats wither and
burn. will be your best sOlling crop.
This eliminates the great number of
crops, and concentrates the labor and fer
Illlty on these tliree-oats. ensilsge corn
md clover. Do not be afraid TO feed
bran, for every ton OF fifteen dollar bran
you feed makes the manure into which 1t
goes 90 richer In plant food. No system
Of dsirying Is complete that 10 ser any of
The fertility at the barn. Save all there,
liquid and solid, and do not be afraid of
manure drawn to the fields In the winter
Osing value a. compared with the usual
cak from washing manure piles, and sta
Die floors with cracks.
DO not try TO spend any time 10 trying
% patch up old plans and systems of dali
'ying. Start from new station. Take
he accepted success OF 10000 leading
ialrymen In this country, and 20 with
hem. Use the best methods that can be
'ound. Pay no attention TO those who
IRE still governed by moon signs and de-
Try all progress as "book larnin." Start
nut to dairy, and dairy with dairy COW.
Make dairying and raising dairy cows
'our aim. Let some other man who likes
better make the beef. Do
me thing and do that the best, and let the
,ther farm industries count In as helps
md aids, not to divide the chief effort,
md each day " Ill show new possibilities.
)ne success will beget another; twice
aling In certain method Is fair warn
ny n n to make the third. Lastly, have
,lenty OF abundant and cheaply grown
md prepared food; feed heavy; do not
eed poor COW two years so as to sell
Ter for beef; sell her the first chance, and
'uy or put home-heifer In her place.
This is my opinion, Is | see 1t, and
What try to live up to. That thousands
re succeeding by this general plan IL
yident; that tens Of thousands are fail
ug to do more, II even getting q living
ut Of q dairy, Is evident. But the times
ct only change, hut the methods by
which we farm and dairy must be made
o conform with them or else we finan-