The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-03-05
zINTs TO BEGINNERS IN DAIRY
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The first the prospective
D9eds to have is COWS. erhHPs
raadv has a few; if so, even SnOus1
,av are not of the most improved
5airv breed, a good herd may IN a 10"
vears be had by buying at once tnor-
ouShbred bull of the breed which you
oo1sider best. Opinions differ as TO
tbig but "a for me it would be Guern-
aev. all things considered. BY tne use
Of snch an animal your heifer calves
from common or native cows VIII De
Great Improvement upon their mothers
and nv following this grading up for a
few years a herd can be obtained Iuny
As good for practical purposes as q
tboTouphbred animals. This Is fact
wbicb ia demonstrated upon many q
farm to day.
IF the beginner in dairying has the
money to invest he may buy as many
blooded COWS as he pleases, but for the
moor man or one who has not plenty OF
money the first method will do equally
as we'll. for the actual results show
that as thoroughbred COWS average the
grades give just as much and as rich
milk. For n who intends to sell
stock of course the full blood animals
would be necessary.
After the COWS come the care Of
them. This should be the very best,
both as to their comfort and their food.
Up to a Certain limit the more food a
COW consumes the more profitable she
is TO her owner, for if she is of the true
dairy type she will convert it into milk
and so into butter. If she is not of
this type che has no place in the dairy
and should be disposed of at once.
To the beginner the advice in regard
10 grain foods is bewildering, but let
him take my word for it from my own
experience and pin his faith upon bran,
wheat bran. This fed with gluten meal
gives best satisfaction in our dairy, al
though cotton seed meal, corn meal,
crushed oats, lnseed meal, roots, all
T good.
But whatever the feed, don't Stint
the COWS. Be sure they have all the
water they want. This is very import
ant as well as to give salt frequently,
or better, keep it where the COWS can
help themselves to it.
Now that we have the COWS, and
have attended to their food and care,
let US look at their stable. It must be
warm. Building paper is cheap and
nothing is more effectual In keeping
out cold. A shivering COW cannot
make the best use of her food. for more
Of it will go to keep her warn than
ought to. Let the building paper do
that. 1t is cheaper than grain and
hay. Cleanly milking should need no
reference here, but may be mentioned,
although any intelligent man knows
that filth of all kinds is to be kept out
Of the milk pail.
Now rs to the manufacture of butter,
while improved machinery in the shape
OF a separator, etc., may be convenient
in some respects it is not at all essen.
tial to the manufacture of good butter.
A creamery, Or eve the shotgun"
cans will, if plenty of ice is used, get
every particle of the cream at much
less expense. The only objection to
the cans is that it is difficult to get all
the cream off the top of the milk in
skimming a it is easily mixed again
with the milk. This objection is over.
come in the creamers where the faucets
carry of the two separately.
The cream must be ripened until
slightly thick. and churned at not
higher than SO degrees, the buttermilk