St. Landry democrat., 1893-10-21
Dairy Notes.

Small eaters make poor dairy COWS.
farmer out OF debt can snap his fingers at
hard times.
Give the calves pint of calf meal daily, and
you will be surprised at t he results.
The successful agriculturist needs more Of
practical education than any other man in so.
eiety
You can't buy paying dairy herd When
farmer raises good COW he generally keeps
her.
Mich cows should be supplied with pure
drinking water, or their milk will be impure
@ith deeterious organisms.
Have at least part OF the COWS to come In the
fall. This is better than to have them all have
calves in the spring.
Use a sufficient amount of bedding to absorb
all the liquid weddings, and to keep the stock
clean more than this is unnecessary.
Cream to make the most butter of the best
quality, must be q uniform consistency as well
AZ ripeness when it goes to the churn.
1t is not what can BIO secured in q short time
by extra heavy feeding that is the real test of
Salue with q COW, but rather what can be Sc
cured during the year.
when butter is gathered in the churn in gran
Mar form it is never overchurned. Pounding
1t after 1T is In lump or large mass is what
overchurDs 1t
Cream for churning may or may not he old
according to its age. IL Kept sweet and cold
from the time it left the cow, the mere matter
OF age does not cut such an important figure.
The cost OF raising beets for dairy COWS is only
about three times that of corn per acre, and the
food value of an acre Of beets as supplemental
feed to corn is equal to five or more acres
Farmers should remember that the COW is
only medium to turn the feed into milk,
aud unless the quantity and quality of the feed
10 Of the right sort, the vie d of milk, both in
the atnount and quality, will not be salts.
factory.
warm water and scald with hot. Then let it air
and just before churning put some strong cold
brine In 1t; thoroughly churn till every part
10 brined. This will insure sweet churn at all
The Central Christian Advocate says:-Cows
should be broken to be MIXED on both sides; il
thcy have short teats the work is easier and it
Makea them gentle and more easily handled.
1t will be found profitable to milk the heifer
as long % possible the first year of her dairy
Fss vii the esa 10 @asp pro
Ab dairy COW.
Prof. Henry saye: " In dairying no who sells
Sst ,,. at colnmsn prices ghieh Is made from
will never rise to comfortable circumstances,
but win lead q lifeOf toll all his days"
No matter how perfect your buttermilk may
We ont OF the question to expect it to produce
good batter. Yea. Therefore, want to stay out
with the main requirements. good COW, with
good and suitable feed. Conduct the balance
according to wellkneEn principles and prac-
edged.
As o pasture for COWS mo- plant yields sweeter,
richer herbage than white clover. Though its
habit OF growth 10 very close to the ground, it
yields raore pasture than would be supposed.
il not tiloTed to blossom long eeough for seed
70 form. the new heritage springs up quickly
after cropping. It's roots are near the surface,
ana ara easily reached by light rains, but owing
10 their speeding habit the roots are not injured
By cattle trampipg over them, as are those of
red clover.
Dairy farming furnishes constant source of
income. It enriches the land more rapidly than
any other branch of animal husbandry. 1t
may be carried on with small capacity without
danger OF being Emothered by larger establish
Ments. IL 10 profitable on high price lands,
where ether cattle wonld not more than make
9 good rent. liz short, dairy farming. like
everh OtAer Branch OF Agriculture, has advan. !
tages peculiar to itself, which makes it in many |
places and under many circumstances desira. |
Die and remunerative employment.