The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-10-13
THE FARM AND HOME
THE SUCCESSFUL DAIRYMAN
is A STUDENT.
A Clean Stable the First Thing utilize
tho Straw--Weights and Prices-Feod-
ing Ples-Corn Leaves-Farm Notes
and Homo Hints.
Success, in Dairying.

Every dairyingman should at all
times class himself as . student OF
the industry, and, more than this, he
should not confine his studies to
books and papers, for. at the stable
and pasture, there is ever an unfold
ing lesson that, if subjected to close
scrutiny, will be of value to the
farmer. John Gould says in the
American Agriculturist that success
comes quite as much from noticing
the little details of dairying, and
classifying them according to cause
and effect to secure the desired re-
suits, as in complying with the more
prominent rules that are quoted as
lying at the foundation of dairy sue
cess. He says: The dairymau who
watches closely the habits and doings
of the cows of his herd, will soon
see that success in a great measure
is the result of a fixed set of regula-
tions that are to be observed and
made part aud parcel of the daily
round. These things must be made
individual to some extent, so as to
fit each and every COW, for what is
adapted to one COW, is not just what
some other COW will require to make
her comfort complete. During the
past summer / have had this in
mind, and for years for that matter,
and find that so far as the details
are concerned, that the closer we ap-
proach a certain line of regularity.
the more marked the success.
In the first place the stable should
never be allowed to get in disorder,
but be kept clean and tidy, and above
all, whitewashed, and the cobwebs
swept down; and it will be found
that sprinkling in the gutter each
few days with that cheapest of all
disinfectants, road dust, will give the
barn healthy tone, that will repay
over and over for the little trouble
that it requires. While it may be
true that it does not directly
pay to feed the COWS grain
through the summer it does
pay in other ways, notably in
having the COWS form the habit of
coming from the pastures, of their
own accord, towards milking time,
and replaces the use of a dog. The
grain ration may be very small, one
pound of seconds each. daily, will be
ample, and it is best fed at night.
This year ] fed oat dust, a product
OF the oatmeal mills, costing about
81. SO per ton, and from it secured
very favorable results. It is also a
good plan to have each cow have her
own tying place, and make it q
home. and see that she is tied in no
other place. Keep the manger clean,
even if some day it does require. you
| to 60 at it with an old broom and
hot water. A cow never objects to
dining off a clean plate.
Feeding before milking is, think,
a good plan with the summer mess,
but in winter. when feeding full ra-
tions, it is better to feed after milk
ing, so as to give the cows time to
eat, and not interfere with the work
OF the mixers, as COWS need, as a
rule, more time to eat than it is pos
sible to allow, and then the COWS
soon fall into the habit of voiding
when being MIXED, which is great
nuisance when there are forty COWS
to milk. When it is possible there
| should be tank of water in the
yard where the cows can get their
fill before going into the stalls. 1t
is surprising how much water q
dairy will consume in this way. even
where the pasture is abundantly sup.
piled with springs and running
brooks. and in the winter, galyan.
lied iron trough, fastened to the in
side front of the manger, kept filed
with water, will be paying invest
ment.