St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-15
PROFIT IN COWS,
One That Made 800 Pounds of
Butter a Year in Indiana.

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One of our subscribers, w. D. Green,
of Acton, Ind, has for some years kept
a close record Of the butter products of
his mich cows, says the Indiana Farm
er. During the year 1888 his three cows
produced 656 pounds of butter besides
that used in the family, and he consid-
cred that they were doing exceptionally
well, but having heard a statement
made by one of the editors of this
paper, at a farmers institute, to the
effect that good COW could be made to
produce 500 pounds of butter per
annum, and knowing that he had good
cows, he determined to test the question
during 1889, and did so with the follow
ing result:
The same three cows consumed about
tons of bran, tons of clover hav, 100
bushels of corn ground with the cob,
and Q tons of sheaf oats, at a total
cost, including paSturage in season, of
S120, and from them he has marketed
1921 pounds of butter, at an average
price Of 81 cents per pound. The ref
ceipts for butter, S267.30, less cost of
feed, S120, leave as profit Sl47.30, or
nearly $50 per COW, and, as the butter
used by the family would more than
make the difference, Mr.. Green has
demonstrated the fact that good cow
can make 800 pounds of butter per year.
The increase from $50 pounds of
butter in 1888 to 1921 in 1889 is due to
the use of creamer and an extra ton of
bran which was fed all through the
trying oilmeal in connection with the
other foods named, and believes %
cents worth per week will:increase the
butter yield % pounds in the same
length of time.
During the year all three COWS have
been dry and fresh, SO that the figures
are perfectly fair and simply show what
can be done with proper feed and care.
We commend Mr.. Greene's example to
our readers. Don't stint your cows at
the trough. Give them plenty of food
rich in fats and give them wholesome
variety. And one thing we want to say
with especial emphasis, viz: buy a
creamer. You have no idea of its value
till you try it.
In case OF bite from rabid dog, DIR.
Billings, Of New York, recommends
that the wound be cauterized with
strong carbolic acid. 1t is much less
painful and more effective than with a
hot iron. The wounds will also heal in
less time.
To prevent your glass jars from crack
ing when putting in hot liquid, stand a
tablespoon up in them. There is pre-
vailing idea that this process has some
thing to do with electricity. but the true
solution is that the spoon absorbs some
of the heat, and also carries some of il
out into the open air.
1t is a very common thing for young
| housekeeperS to scOrch their linen when
learning to iron. Do not be discouraged.
Wax your irons thoroughly and keep
them in dry place. This will prevent
their sticking, If you find scorched
place expose it to the hottest rays of the
sun. Ii will be obliterated in short
time.
Before the days of sewing machines
sewing silk was to be found in all work
baskets. Now machine silk is generally
found instead. But for thanksgiving the
old-fashioned sewing silk is much bet
ter. 1t does not fray SO readily as
| machine silk, and hence is more dura-
BILE. Tailors understand this, and al
ways use it for hand-sewing.
A few stitches in the worn ends of
vest buttOn-holes and new buttons have
wonderful renovating effect. A worn
lining inside coat skirt gives coat a
very forlorn look. A good thick sateen