The Newtown bee., 1894-03-23
A WORD AS TO SKIM MILK.

Mduy Ol bil6 IedueTS Ol HE DEE dE6 inquiring whether skim milk can be en- ployed satisfactorily in feeding out in connection with grain, or whether practi- cal experience proves it to be so expen- sive in time-takng as to be unprofitable. Quite 8 large number have already ex- perimented to their own satisfaction, and prove conclusively that they can not make veal from cream that is worth over 1-2 cents per space. Some use oat- meal grueI in connection with the skim milk, others gruel made of linseed meal; still others linseed and middlings, while some have been moderately successful with raw oatmeal and other bought feeds, though the feeding of raw foods is con- sidered more or less risky. 1t is general ly agreed that the fats may be supplied with skim milk more cheaply in grain than in the old style process of veal mak- ing where only new milk was fed.
 A creamery record, containing very plain lesson, is sent out by Prof c. A. GOessman of the Amherst, Massachu- setts, agricultural experiment. station. He has determined the cost of food for making cream to have averaged in 1891, $21 10 against the amount received for it at the local creamery, $36 .44, and in 1891 at SIG 09 against $33.4S. The average value of cream per quart of milk was 2,2lc in '91, and in '92, 2.04c. The net cost of food per quart Of cream averaged rare and , 09c.
 The man who is raising a lot of good calves for dairy cows every year, is on the highway to success in farming.
 It is gratifying to know that so eminent an authority as Prof I. r. Roberts, direc- tor of Cornell experiment. station al Ithaca, N. Y, has, after series of very carefully conducted experiments, sent out the following summary in a few l brief rules: In the main his experience accords precisely with that of TIE BEES ing a double income all the year rounc from cream or buttersellng and veal making. Prof Roberts says, ''For the first few days Of calf's life it should be allowed a moderate quantity of new milk and when it is put on skim milk tht change should be very gradual. Substi tute very small quantity of skim mill for an equal quantity of new milk, anG gradually increase the substitution until finally the calves are fed entirely on skim milk. Corn meal seven pounds, the western corn preferred, mixed with lin seed meal one pound, old process prefer able, makes a fair and satisfactory sub l stitute for the fats in milk. This mix ture should be fed in the bottom 0. broad trough which will compel the call to lick it. And, by the way the licking and sucking process is very important one with a calf, and is becoming general | ly recognized as Natures own method for thoroughly mixiug the saliva witt the food, thus insuring rapid and com plete digestion. Thoughtful men every
 where concede that the reason why sucking calves do so rnuch better thar those that are hand fed, is because th' milk is obtained more slowly in thu natural way from the pail. And as result the digestive organs are not dis arranged and trouble seldom ensues iron SCOUTS and other diseases to which thu young of the bovine family seem peculi arly liable. But too much of the skim mill may be fed for the good of the young animal, and the feeder must use som' common sense. To properly fatter calves either by the feeding or sucking process, it should be remembered tha for at least two weeks in the beginning no calf should have all he wants, but bt kept slightly hungry. The appetite vii thus be stronger throughout the life O
 the calf, and his digestive and assimila tive organs be unimpaired. During th' last two weeks before sending the calf tt
 market his rations may be increased un til he gets all, or nearly all he can eat unless he shows indication of getting of his feed, or being sick otherwise. Thi finest clover hay should be kept in low rack near the calf so he can get it any time he feels disposed .-[ Max Moore.
 Creameries allow many advantage
 over. private dairies, but the chief one i
 emancipation of woman from overwork Ask any girl who has tried it if sh'
 would not rather drive the milk to th' creamery than have the labor and car, of the milk, and she will eagerly reply Is.Yes.'' Let the pale-cheeked wife trl Iit.-T The Farm Journal.
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