Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-12


,,,os Of Perfect Halter and """
p'l'' ,,,u, Improsins Dairy Cows
s.,,r,ainr meeting WIS planned
80 ,.,,ry Gilbort recently. ut the
:. ,,,lo college. orono The meet
.', -, held in the new dairy building
~ '..,obinoA practical instruction as
n As theoretical Professor chees
pa. d Massachusetts, has charge Of
:. s,w dairy school
~ Y, ey,, speaker was the college farm
..,,srinlendent, Mr.. @. NJ. Govell who
lecture on "Good Butter His
80 wcrc mainly confined ioQuaiity
' inter. without reference to COWS
"a or grade Of milk. Only in The pro-
~, n A bettor article Of huticr than
-, IA tho dairyman sure u hold
~ market, ono of tho important
- \. 1 in good butter "a lavori neNt'
l-,..sss, Il must mover DO oily or eaiyy
mseh working spoils butter by
IVY .t,,y down the grain. Butter In
~. condition when broken apart
IA break with distinct fracture
,5.. e,,t IRON. This sort Of fracture
iiA' ,5t ,aow In lard or tallow, nor In
,,rgrkel butter There is too much
w., ga In buttor. Ton por cont OF
W Z the lowest practicable amount
-laeijpar cent. Is not excessive Much
,-,,.r pat npon the market contains %
,qp5f cent Of water
A, Goyel cayo tho following scale
.,,riront Tor perfect butter Flavor
.rt.d. nutiy, sweet and puro. 30;
~. working. printing aud packing,
n olidiiy -lirmncss, not readily soft
,.'sf. Y. toxturo-compact, closencss Of
In breaking with % distinct fracture,
= cdl1r-such ~ tho market calls f0r
su5..turo-p perfection MOI over ~ per
-, y mll-yariadon not defect
No. qnantity used Is excessive; mark
dpaicction, 100.
Pnfc.sor /. T.. Roberts, Of Cornell uni.
,,iiy. New York. spoke on "Aiilk Pro
-.tion." Professor Roberta thought
,,cows wo now have uh1ut the right
re In certain lines IN dairyiug great
t.,ancc has boon made, but Ia others
.tutlo was manifest. II il not likely
ia now foods Tor cattle which will b.
rtsriortu those now In use will hC found,
ralmost everything has been tried and
,-e have becn almost innumorablc
rth0ls tried for feeding. Asa general
raismrnt. fow cows produce over 5000
ganls Of milk pcr year, or even $50
bands Of solids. There nr1 cows which
vii produce moro than four times this
mount. but they ARE The htttor stock OF
Ne coming standards 10 which all must
ga Tine middle ground h. the safest
Pufts he IN diminished cost and in
Gaaed production.
improvements should, lr-t OF all, 10
IN with the COW. The first aud great
h-'or Ia better food and moro Of it;
saonl, environment everything In her
nuululiugs, stable. air. light, littgr,
bind, selection. fourth, iuhroohng
Slect the best cows Ia tho hord-ihus,
slch come nearest 10 tho ideal Of the
tguer 10 breed.
The yearly record OF tho COW should
la Lspt accurately. The quality Of tho
ril. should be tested. With the tester
and the scales. - farmer makes o bis mis-
tass vaa keeps u COW over throO years
Ma, buugi in u balance on tho wrong
sac. Sales and the foster nrc going TO
we'd %! the podigroos. Pedigree Is
EsA htpCrlormancc is better
ne perfect COW will DO tho animal
tthUagapodig can show "A better
Hod than her dam. rs shoin turn show,
shHT record than her grandam. Tho
c,.acis to obtain tho greatest amount
dneryy IN mill; production. Comfort
nod food arc more than pedigree. The
iu' pedigree should bc tho recorded
Improvements mado through several
gufatons The failure tomnko dairy
!ss ytry profitable Is due 10 tho iailurs
q The dalrylnan 10 bring all the factori
ilsslher,-Cor American Cultiyator.