Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-25

that has recently bcon decided The
answers were not as varied as they were
10 some of the other questions, and the
voters struck the nail right on the heed
when they said that more cleanliness
was needed. This means that you must
give the COWS better stables so that they
can be kept clean. They must have
plenty of clean bedding and their tails
kept out OF the dirt and nth. The
stables must be cleaned 0ftener aud some
disinfectant used 10 take away the bad
odors The cows udders must be
cleaned before milking and the mixer
must wash his hands. too. The milk
should not be put Ia anything but the
cleanest OF clean vessels and In room
or creamer that is free from bad smells
and odors. The milk pals and all
vessels that hold and come In contact
with the milk must be thoroughly
cleansed after using. Boiling hot water
is the thing to DO IL 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 a greater
variety of IL. and fed In such quantities
that will give the most OF the desired
article, whether 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 grasses, cleaning OF bushes
and foul weeds or enriching TO get more
and better grass.
Everybody knows that better cattle
are needed, for the average milk pro-
duction OF the cows in this country Is
about 5000 TBS and OF butter 125 fbs AT
least one-third Of the cows are kept at o
dead loss every year, one-third OF them
just pay for their keep and the other
! third give a profit. This profit has to
balance the loss OF keeping the one-third
that do not give enough milk or butter
| TO pay for what they eat. besides giving
| the profit for the whole number. 1t Is
estimated that IL takes $50 TBS Of butter
year to keep cow, so we must raise
| the average above that to get q
profit. III IL is possible for COW to
give nearly 10000 TBS of milk In year
and another to make over LOO lbs OF
marketable butter In the same time, II
shows that with proper development,
combined with proper food in sufficient
quantities, a much higher average can be
| reached.
More knowledge is what many think
is the great solution of this problem and
there are several grains Of truth in this.
1t Is no use of talking about improve
ment to an ignorant man, for he never
sees the need of improvement. III In
some way you can make him desire
knowledge, he will acquire IL and the
the other things will come as a natural
sequence. Some of the other answers
that are included in better care, feed,
ETC., are better quarters, good water
better milk and improved methods. Co
operation, no limitations, no middlemen
dehornlng and the creamery system were
thought by some to be the needed thing
but these will all come with knowledge
Silage and the silo had many supporter!
and this means better feed.
The talk about general purpose COW
that has been favorite topic of discus
sion in agricultural papers for severa
years, seems TO have done much good
for hardly dozen answers were received
in favor of this nondescript. III dairy
men have already made such an advance
as to think that they do not want a COW
for everything, but that they want 1
special COW for special purpose, the,
have taken long step in advance anC
they must desire knowledge. II this Il
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 aud nearly as man.
for Guernseys. Probably one reason
why there was not such variety o
answers given as in reply TO the hors
question, Is that the COW Is not put TO s.
many different uses as the horse. --I'rdo
teal Farmer.