Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-06-25
THE DAIRY.
Cleanliness Is by Far the Greatest Need in
the Dairy.

Cleanliness Is by Far the Greatest Need in
the Dairy.
Cleanliness is the greatest need in the
dairy and next to that come better COWS
and better care and feed for them That
is the expression OF the greatest number
OF voices in answer to the question,
What is the greatest need in the dairy?
III Farm and Homes great voting contest
THAT has recently been decided. The
answers were not as varied as they were
70 some of the other questions, and the
pters struck the nail right on the head
When they said that more cleanliness
vas needed. This means that you must
glfe the cows better stables so that they
can be kept clean. They must have
plelty of clean bedding and their tails
kep3 out of the dirt and filth. The
stabes must be cleaned oftener and some
disinfectant used to take away the bad
odorSl The cows udders must be
cleaned before milking and the mixer
must wash his hands, too. The. milk
shoult not be put in anything but the
cleanest of clean vessels and in a room
or creaner that is free from bad smells
and Doors. The milk pals and all
vessels that hold and come in contact
tuOIOupulV
cleansed after using. Boiling hot water
is the thing to do it with and good air
and sunlight out of doors are great
purifiers. Better feed also is an i'm
portant item and this not only means
| feed of a better quality, but greater
| variety OF i, and fed in such quantities
that will gve the most Of the desired
article, wheher milk or butter. In
other words, feed properly balanced
ration. Pastures are included, too, and
many Of them need re-seeding with a
variety of grsses, cleaning of bushes
and foul Weeds)r enrichlng to get more
and better grass
| Everybody knws that better cattle
are needed, for tie average milk pro-
duction of the co.'s in this country is
about 5000 Tbs anGof butter 125 Tbs. At
least One-third Of he COWS are kept at a
dead loss every yea, one third of them
just pay for their hep and the other
| third give profit. This profit has to
balance the loss of Keeping the one-third
that do not give enOuh milk or butter
to pay for what they at, besides giving
the profit for the while number. 1t is
estimated that it takes $50 TBS of butter
a year to keep a cow, 8 we must raise
the average above hat to get d
profit. If it is possible for a COW to
give nearly 80, 900 Tbs otmilk in a year
and another to make OYER LOO TBS of
marketable butter in the same time, it
shows that with prope development,
com ined with proper fod in sufficient
quantities, much highe average can be
reached.
More knowledge is whit many think
is the great solution of tbs problem and
there are several grains truth in this
It is no use Of talking oOut improve
ment to an ignorant man for he never
sees the need Of improvement. If in
some way you can mae him desire
knowledge, he will acqui1 it and the
the other things will comeas a natural
sequence. Some Of the ther answers
that are included in bctt' care, feed,
etc, are better quarters, good water,
Better milk and improved Aethods. Co.
opera tion, no limitations, n middlemen,
dehornfng and the creamefsystem were
thought BIZ some to be theseeded thing,
but these viii all come witt knowledge.
Silage and the\silo had man supporters
and this means Better feed.
The talk about a generalarpose cow
that has been favorfte tor of discus
sion in agricultural papcrSfor several
years, seems to have don6Nuch good,
for hardly a dozen answers we received
in favor of this nondescript. t dairy
men have already made such an advSce
as to think that they do not want q Gov
for everything, but that they want
special cow for D special purpose, the.
have taken a long step in advance AM
they must desire knowledge. If this i
so, we may expect better times in dairy
ing in the years to come. Holstein
were favored by some, but twice as man.
voted for Jerseys and nearly as man.
for Guernseys. Probably one reason
why there was not such q variety o
answers given as in reply to the hors
question, is that the cow is not put to 81
many different uses as the horse.-PTaC
teal Farmer.