St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-18
Milk Pan Drips.

An item going the rounds says the
farmer will feed his hogs to the verge of
cholera, but will Starve his cow half way
into the straw stack. just as if the COW
would not give him far more valuable
return than the pig for the food given her.
Such is the custom of the farm, says the
Dairyman, where each one can see just
how much meat the hog is laying on,
but it L quireS some thought to figure
out what the COW is doing with the food
she consumes. The fact remains, how
ever. that when her product is put to a
proper use it is far more valuable than
the flesh of the pig.
1--WE till two acres for the fruit of one.
We feed two cows for the product of
one" Yes, that is true, says the Amer
lean Dairyman, and probably will re-
main true for some time to come. In
the first place it is extremely hard to
tell just when the COW is throwing
off, on us. The very best of them
have their weak years. as many a
breeder has found out to his cost, while
there are so many good and bad points
about cows, that one hardly knows
which to reject and which to accept.
AT the same time every one should
spare no pains in testing the COWS in
order to find out, as far as he can.
whether she is profitable OF not.
An old farmers remedy for kicking
cow is to strap surcingle tightly about
the Cows body just forward of the
udder. Whether it is the feeling of re-
straint that 1t gives. OF some effect of
the pressure at the upper extremity OF
the udder, or the construction Of the
muscles that draw the leg forward
it is difficult to say, but the
plan is often successful. There are,
too, appliances for drawing back the
the Joint. etc. But half the battle will
be ours if the confidence and good will
of the animal can be won by kind treat
ment and such conciliatOry advances as
rubbing her neck and the offer of
handful of meal.
What may properly be termed leaks
in dairving. through which all profit is
filtered, may be summed up in a few
words. says the Farm journal. I'm
proper care of milk and cream; churn-
ing cream at too high or too low a tenn
perature: too much working of the
butter; poor salt; the lack OF a
well balanced ration for the cows: a
lack of cleanliness in dairy utensils and
in the dairy room; and unlnvlting rusty
packages. Butter made in such sIlr-
fOuilulnSS dlu ny SllCll ulOtlOuo away .
has sold and always will sell for price
corresponding to its value, which is
usually about 10 cents a pound. if
snapped for Goldfish and kerosene Oil at
the village grocery store.
Charles FL. Crandall, writing in the
New York Tribune, says: sit some
times seems as if the horns and clOven
hoofS of COW were significant OF a leg
acv Of evil-mindedneSS from personal
ity generally pictured with such equip
ments. Everyone knows that cow
acts the meanest and most obstin-
ate when one is out of patience.
The obvious moral is-not to be in a
hurry or out of patience in dealing with
a nervous cow. One can always draw
more milk from her than he can pound
out Cows have more than one reason
for lifting foot in protest against the
mixer. 1t may be fright. nervousness.
real pain, or an old habit. The last IS
the hardest to manage, but each cause
needs to be studied and treated in its
own peculiar way.