The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-06
THE DAIRY.


Regularity OF feeding and constant
supply Of water il necessary for the best
results.
Did you ever notice that the petted
COW Is almost always good one. Treat
all cows kindly.
When a man goes to the work Of
milking in about the same spirit and
manner as he would 60 to splitting
wood, he had better be supplanted with
somebody who has talent" for milking.
1t is the bone and muscle-forming
foods, such as oats, bran, oil meal, etc,
that are best for milk. The fat-produc-
ing foods should be fed only in limited
quantities. Some fat-forming food Is
good.
A good calf-weaner can be made out
OF rubber bootleg. Put it over the
Calls head with holes for its eyes, and
leave flap or projection TO drop down
over the Calls nose and cut away on the
under side. When made in this way the
flap will drop down and cover the mouth
when the calf tries to suck, and it will
not prevent its eating.
-Dairymen can stand average prices
of dairy products provided they are made
BY the demand and supply OF honest
goods, but they can not earn a living
while prices are lowered by fraudulent
competition, whether caused by filled
cheese. oleo-butter, grease" or oleo-
margarine.
There needs to be stringent laws
against the adulteration of cheese. In
the midst of the large amount of poor
cheese in the market and the prevalent
ignorance OF consumers in regard to
cheese, adulterated cheese sells profit
ably, to the great injury Of the honest
cheese maker.-Western Rural
DO not expect says . recent writer,
to have pure and wholesome milk unless
you are interested in the sanitary con-
dition OF your herd. In order to secure
this result, the cows must be healthy,
and they can not be SO unless there 10
proper drainage about the stable, an
adequate supply Of pure water, freedom
from bovine diseases, and wholesome
food.
A Canadian farm paper says: Tho
most profitable dairy COW does not be-
long to any one breed. at least, it has
never been demonstrated that she does
This is true, but it is true as we'll, that
the most profitable dairy cows belong to
those breeds which have been bred for
dairy purposes One COW, or dozen
cows, from any one breed, does not
settle the matter. Dairyman.
Prof. Cooke, Of Vermont, is reported
knN ho ~
creaner is used it should not be more
than eight inches in diameter. II made
much smaller, SO that the milk will cool
very rapidly, it will not give as good re-
suits as the more moderate cooling
which takes place in can eight inches
across. A cylindrical vessel has been
found more effective that . rectangular
one Of the same width.
aultexperimented with cat
tie and found that the addition of salt
to their fodder did not increase the flesh
or milk, but improved the outer appear
ance of the animal. They looked more
vigorous and healthy and had smoother
skin than those fed on the same fodder,
without salt. The latter were dull, in.
active and sickly, their hair ragged and
in spots entirely missing. Liebig con.
sidered these experiments highly in.
structive." Those with salt, he said.
contrasted strikingiy with those which
did not have it. OF the latter. "there
was insufiiciency Of salt for the pur.
poses of secretion" Said he: 1.-The
outer skin is the mirror of the condition
OF the system and of those fed salt he
said: "Their blood remained pure and
proper for all the objects Of sustenance.