The Atlanta constitution., 1894-05-14
Dairy Dots.


There is a loss of quality of milk from un-
kindness. When a shrinks in her milk
at milking she usually make it up at
the next. That is the general rule. But
where that shrinkage comes from exposure
unkindness worry. anything outside
of the COW shrinkage is a loss; she does
not make it up in the following milking or
any milking. She may get back, but does
not increase. So looking at the matter at
the bare dollars and cents side, it pays to
treat COWS kindly and humanely. The milk
is made by the in few minutes when
the COW is mlked Take a COW that is CIV
ing large flow of milk, twenty pounds at a
milking. At the usual time of milking, in
stead of milking her, kill her. You would
be doing well if you get two quarts of milk
out of the udder. If instead of killing, you
would milk her, you would get ten quarts
Professor w. w. Cook.
The who manages the dairy will
sometimes complain of his failure to Sc
cure a profit, and ascribe his lack of sue
cess to his stock, when he is at fault in
lacking knowledge of mis- business. Years
spent in following old methods are some
times wasted, 1t is the man who is not
afraid to learn, and who does not "lnow it
all" who succeeds.
Irregularity in milking does more damage
to cows than many persons are aware of,
and the same holds good as regards feed
ing. TO secure the best results there should
be as little excitement as possible, and all
reasonable care should be taken to milk
feed water and care for the COWS at regular
hours.
An experienced butter-maIer claims that
if the churn is first scalded with hot
ter and then rinsed with cold water, the
cream will not pack into the corners
crevices nor adhere to the sides. Then, af-
ter the churning and the withdrawal of the
butter and the buttermilk, reverse this pro-
cess-that is, first thoroughly rinse it with
cold water and then scald it with hot wa
ter, and the operation is complete.
If you doubt the necessity of milking cows
with exact regularity try the regular and
irregular system on two of your COWS and
see for yourself. Milk one regularly to the
minute each day, let the time vary for the
other from half an hour to three hours,
and see how soon the second will fall
off in her milk.
Talk about the love of money! Why,
there are a vast number of men who love
their own old notion of doing a thing more
than they do money. Even greater profit
will not tempt them to imbibe newer and
better ideas of handling their coWs.-Hoard's
Dairyman.
1t is unwise to buy COW and then test
her in order to discover her value in the
dairy herd. The test should be made be-
fore purchasing. Although thousands of
fresh cows are annually bought by farm
erS, yet it is seldom that the purchaser
knows anything of the usefulness of a COW
until he places her in the stable and makes
an experiment with her for the purposes de-
sired.
If you are having some good calves drop
ped these days had you not better raise
some of them? When grass comes thea
will be ready to turn out and in Gyo years
from now, with proper care, they will make
quite an addition to your winter dairy in
So Sc.
English dairymen have cAle to the con-
clusion that a grass farm is not the best
for their business. On an arabic farm they
can get a succession OF crops which the
best dairy food, and procure so per
cent more food suited to dairy COWS than by
keeping the same area in grass. This and
the English method Of feeding, by which
root crops and soiling made to play
prominent part, are worth consideration by
our own dairymen.
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