The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-01-20
AGRICULTURAL.
Bran Fed to Cows Makes the
Cream Harder to Churn.
SOME CONDENSED POINTERS.
Much Theoretical Knowledge Can
be Acquired During the Long
Winter Evenings.


be Acquired During the Long
Winter Evenings.
Cold-storage butter keeps best ct
| temperature Of about 20 degrees.
Color doesn't make the COW give milk.
Weigh the milk and test it in order to
judge Of her worth.
Theoretically COWS need watering twice
| . day in winter, but in practice once
day seems to be just - good.
Feed COWS twice . day-only twice.
Let them chew the cud we'll between
meals. They are built that way.
Wash and cook the potatoes that are
too small for market or for table use.
They are good for pigs or chickens.
Churn cream from shippers 1t . hish
tempefature-in some cases - high -
20 degrees. The butter fat needs soften
ing.
An exchange ssys bran fed to cows
makes the cream harder to churn and
requires longer for the operation. II
works the other way for rs.
Picking the potatoes over and remoy-
ing the rotten ones about once . month
during the winter will lessen the loss
from that source. Look after them once
before the holidays.
During the long winter evenings much
Of the Theoretical knowledge Of agricult-
ure can be acquired. Obtain . few Of
the best books on the subjects in which
you are specially interested. and read
them carefully and thoughtfully.
Lose no time now in making every
thing secure for winter. See that the
crops are properly stored, as it does not
pay to grow . thing and then let it spoil
before getting to market. One thing
that we would call attention to is that
Won keep the potatoes from the light. A
dark, cool. dry place is what they want.
A man should not condemn . thing
, until he has at least given it q trial. We
have observed that those who sneer ut
intensive cultivation, extra heavy ms
nuring, etc. are the men who have never
attempted to practice them. A trial Of
these methods lie very apt to give one
] some respect for them. Suppose you
> make little experiment in this direc-
Z ton next season.
Double cropping is q matter that the
majority of farmers 10 not see their way
!; toward practicing. Bat where it can be
done it is Q pretty certain way in which
to in rease the earnings of the land.
Crops must be used which do not require
a long season for maturing, and you must
make up your mind to apply enough
) manure to counterfeit the ex n drain
made upon the land.
INCOMPLETE MANURE.
BARNARD manure is ordinarily looked
; Upon as q general and complete manure,
i and in the sense Of supplying the most
c needed elements of plant food this is
;; true. Yet it seldom. if ever, contains
i these plant food ingredients in the pro-
l. portions which have been found to give
!; the best results. Farmyard manure con-
g tains according to the animal and the
e food consumed from 4 to s per cent OF
|; nitrogen, y to A per cent Of phosphoric
acid. s to 6 per cent Of potash; practi-
u cally twice as much phosphoric acid and
n considerably more than Of potash. This
W is too heterogeneous for . well-balanced
IL fertilizer, and any one using barnyard
d. manure does we'll therefore to use acid
5; phosphate and potash salts in addition.
~ Farm manures usually deficient in pot
"a ash, such IS those produced from corn
X. meal, silage and slower, and hay from
the grasses generally, and especially
when fed with nitrogenous food. should
u. always be applied in conjunction with
RI fertilizers containing larger amounts o
q potash and phosphoric acids. A still
=, better plan is to sprinkle these materials
u; in the stable and upon the dung heap
'9 and thus Q double benefit is obtained b!
Is, preventing the escape Of ammonia from
rs, the manure. Potash salts are especial.
YER soluble in this respect, and when so uses
Al, no teaching must under any circum
m stances be allowed, as they will be easil.
Al, ont n ho v,ila tn, tho dofrtmNu
H. Of the manure.
3,
Ia WEIGHT At THE SHEDS.
"a The following comes from the Ontari
experiment station: Sometimes it is no
Is, easy to convince the farmers that raising
al and fattening lambs is . gooi-payin
Is, business when the conditions are favor
30. able, but the following piece OF expert
ence at our station will tend to show tn
:, possibilities that lie in that direction. L
y the autumn Of 1891 we purchased tw
lS carloads of lambs in Prince Edward Isl
W. and, $50 miles eastward from Guelph
Ontario, where the station is located
'oe Some of these We fattened and sent bac
IN, again to Halifax, within 100 miles {
where they were bought, leaving us
81 substantial cash profit at the same tim
'c' over all expenses. Some Of them We fe
A. until May. and were then shipped by u
w. to Liverpool and sold. They cost us
per head when purchased. and average
y also per head ut the Liverpool dock
rs After charging all expenses whatsoevs
~, We had . nice little cash profit on tn
P~' lambs, not counting in the manure, a
though We had paid the expenses
~. their transit distance Of not less tha
81 . 5000 miles.
md AS TO WATERING COWS.
III; A European experiment in waterir
dairy cows shows that cows always
oS their stables gave much better resul
\, when changed back where they could g
NO. water twice . day. II Was found tn
ms, the milk yield increased where the COY
ler' had access TO water ut will, and no q
crease OF fat contents occurred. II
per daily increase Of milk was small, but
per estimated it would improve the vie
lar forty gallons per COW per year. A n
=. iticeable feature Of the experiment is tn
l.1o the COWS drank . little less when pe
ers, mitted 70 drink at will than when ID
'ose nished twice Q day. By drinking oft
sed, there Was less chilling Of the stoma,
nd; than where water had to be taken twi
mas, Q day and each time in large quantitis
per The digestion WAS improved, rs wi
each small draught Of water some "
PR tric Juice was secreted and went with
I'd which vas not the case 10 the same q
so@ tent where large draughts Of cold wal
bad 70 Be- taken.