Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-09-23

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An eastern paper speaks of q careful
dairyman who. by breeding and good
management of his dairy during 10
years raised the standard of his herd
from 100 pounds Of butter per COW,
which is the average for New York
state, to mor than double that and
has cows with q record Of 40 puunsis
per year. Questioned as to the breed
from which best results may be oh
tanned, he replied, Grade herds are
far more preferable than thorough
brcds." Farmers, ~ a rule, do, not
fully appreciate the fact that about so
per cent. of iAe cost Of food given 10
cattle is returned to tbem in the shape
Of n
George Newer Of Nsw York offers
Ghe following valuable IDEAS in The
CuitiyatOr on the subject Of July dairy.
iag.
isn't the farmer about the best off
of any one after all these tight finan-
cEuI times? People have rot to live,
come what will, ana it is the duty Of
the agrieulturist to supply this living
Dsirymea, especially, have many
causes to De thankful, and while bright
or times are looked for in che future,
the preseat might be worse.
Phere * an interval between the
riIue that pastures begin to grow short
and the time that extra fodder is fed
in the early fall, thai cows shrink in
mak yield a third more than they
ought to- Give the COW more to eat
ct this interval, and thus keep up her
profit.
I have many times pointed eat that
premature turning out to pasture in
the sprin@js tIe principal cause for short
pasturage now. What Httle is gained
by the action then is douhly lost at
present, The elder blossoms are not
tie root Of evil if they do bloom at this
season.
Every tUme the night milk sours, the
h5useke4per should not lay it at the
door of a thunder storm Ten chances
to one there are some miscR5eyous
bacteria loafiug around in the seams
u the pans, pals or milk cans that
ere at he bottom of the touhJe. A
daily shower bath Of boiling water
will make il so uncomfortable for
these Bellows that they will soon be
annihilAted.
The way hay is put into the barn now
means a great deal as ton how well the
COWS will dc next winter. When hay
IS not put intO the cock in the field to
sweat there for twenty four hours it
should have some chance of getting rid
Of this excess of moisture without be
ing rsabsorhed. The custom of cutting
down grass in the forenoon and having
it ina the NOW before evening begets
muSty hay next winter. I saw a farmer
literally sAowering the salt into such
hay the other day as he packed it away
and l accounted him u wise man.
1t is a blessed comfort to drink cold,
sweet max and spread crisp, hard but
ter On csr bread these days, but the
dairyman without an ice house can
hardly do it.
While hot weather mas its drawbacks,
ID is making corn grow amazingly,
and a good crop of corn fodder means
well-dlled silos for next winters use,
followed by plenty Of milk and money
The man who takes pride in betuti-
flying his stables and making them
comfortable deserves much credit
Political fences are generally looked
after later in the fall, but this Il just
the season when some agricultural
fences need TO % a rail or two higher.
Good crops on one side Of a weak
fence and hungry cows in 8 short
pasture on the other, means destruction
Of the former il you don't fix tie
fence.
Yes, it means more than that, for it
explains why the cows dry Of in
milk yield during hot midsummer
weather. 1t is as much for lack Of
sufficient food as anything. Show me
& COW that win shrink ia milk very
materially when She has all Of the
grass she can eat and all Of the pure
water she can drink. She would be a
bovine indeed
The mineral phosphate obtained as
refuse in purifying iron res is coming
more and more into use rs q fertilizer
on account of It's cheapuess. 1t costs
less than phosphate obtained from
bone or than that mined in deposits Of
this mineral found in South Carolina Of
Florida. As the iron Stag phosphate
becomes a nuisance to - got rid Of