The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-24
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
HOW DAIRYING IS MADE Sue
CESSFUL IN DAKOTA.
Good Cows. Plenty OF Grain, and
Warm Barn Arc Potent FACTORS
Breeding Hogs Pasture fsr Sheep
Poultry PIckings, Household Hops.
Winter DnIrSing In DMkOtn.

Winter DaIrSing In Dakota
Williams p Wade is successful
! Dakota farmer. and nc tolls in the
American ASricuturist how no makes
winter dairying profitable, The be"n
cut into % side hill makes a stono
wall furnish cheaper rom than can
be cot frOl1 u barn built with lumber
wholly above ground. 1t is also
warmsr and safer from billiards. that
prevaE in Dakota Dir. Wado says:
"1ho barn was not an expensive
one, but would hold 100 head of stock,
.snnd was cut intga bank with u slope,
50 that the drainage wac pcsfoct.
every cow seemed to know her
owner as q fricnd-no haste, no rudo
noise startled here Last summer.
said the farmer, i raised some corn
fodder, millot, oat and pea hay, with
some carrots and sugar bocts for q
change of food. contract early for
my bran and buy it cheap. My COWS
all come fresh in September and Oc-
tobor, going dry through Ilytimo. |
begin feeding them at once to keep up
their flow of milk chile butter Is
high. | ncvor sell foS less than %
cents, and often 10 cents per pounb
IL put my COWS up nights as soon
as frost comes, ana focd miilet, hay
and bran. Now, during the cold Of
winter | get up at half past five IN
tho morning, 60 to the barn and give
the COWS their grain feed. consisting
Of bran, grGSnd oats ord peas in the
proportion Of eight quar@} of bran,
four of oats and one of peas, or often
change to one Of now process oil
meal Then at six o'clock we milk,
running the milk through hand
scp&. ator, feeding my calves and pigs
the new sweet skim milk q
"rhcn give good feed Of corn
fodder and let my cows alone till
noon, when | water them. They
finish up all tho fodder or millet in
their managers and lie down to chew
their cuds2 till 1870, W.lcn | again
feed them smaller grain ration sup
plemcntod with four quarts Of chop
ped roofs, and at $3.50 go to milking,
finishing in one hour.
"Mysolf, boy and hired hand do
tho milking. treat the milk as in
tho morning, and then fill the man
gers with millet and oat or pea hay,
first cleaning out every bit Of rubbish
left in their managers, using it for
bedding. neglected to say clean
their stables every morning, hauling
the ofal and litter out on the field
and scattering from each load
He was asked if his COWS ought
not to be fed oftener "No." he said,
"cows, with their quadruple stomachs.
need much longer to digest their
food. Neither do | rouse them up
ut 3 or 4 O'clock in tho morning. |
find from observation those hours
arc their very best for sleeping
Neither do | let them out through
tho winter unless it is on some
specially bright, sunshiny day. Then
| find they are ready to return to
their stalls for their evening meal.
But do you not find your feed
pretty expensive?
mo, not very. feed about forty
pounds per day of rough stuff. One
half is cheap straw, costing nothing
but the hauling, as | thresh the oats
and peas out to use for grain.
figure that my grain feed and roots
cost me twenty cents per day; hay,
five cents, a total of twenty-five cents
per day. My skimmiIk and manure
more than pay all care and other ex-
penses | feed extra heavy, for this
is cold climate, and | want much
milk for my calves, My cows aver
age me 500 pounds OF butter per year,
besides fine calf They are all high
grade Holsteins crossed up from the
best dairy cows | could find. | clear
$75 on each cow yearly. My pigs,
calves, chickens, etc, pay all ex-
penses, so can lay up for my work
about 81, 900 per year. Besides, nv
farm Is getting better yearly from
the large amount Of manure spread
each winter. }"