The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-02

wages too DlS, Tor ms is a snort lie HUI
rheumatism or some other of the ills OF
life tell him he must make room for an
other
In the discussion that followed the
feaoins or this paper Mr.. Smith said the
cows uduer should be cleaned before
mixing, and Immediately after milking
the milk should be strained and set away
IN a clear place. In reply to question
ne sa.d that the morning and night milk
should not be mixed. Mr.. Mower tho3ght
II would do no harm to mix the milk
but Mr.. Gates, Manchester agreed with
Mr. Smith. Mr.. Gates also said that if
the creamery manager and the patron
did not come closer together there would
be very little advancement in the business,
that the manager should never employ
butter-maker in whom The could not
place the fullest confidence and when he
did succeed In getting good one he
should not put too much work on him.
1t took moral courage to deal with the
patrons justly; it took nerve" to tell
patron that he didl not take proper care
of his milk, but that the manager of the
creamery must do this in order to sue
coed.
How to Make Daryng Pay" by b.
+. Norton, Cresco.
l think to make dairying pay a man
must have a liking for the business, a
love for his cows. If he thinks more of
his horses other stock than he does
all his feed, and spends all of his leisure
time brushing and petting them, he had
better not invest very much in, the dairy
business; for the COWS must have their
share of the feed and attention. 1t pays
to be friendly terms with your cows.
Ii You are going. past them stop and talk
TO them few minutes ana caress them a
little; they will enjoy it. l not long ago
read of man that was employed to care
for wild animals, and although he seemed
very kind and gentle to them at all times,
the animals showed great fear and I'M
easiness in his presence. He Vas watched
and 1t was found that he never spoke to
them. SO speak to Your COWS, gentlemen.
They may not understand what you say,
but they will most certainly know if you
address them kindly or not
TO make dairying pay must have good
cows, but If cared for many for
| their cows, how are TO know whether
we have good COWS or not? Some say test
| them with that Babcock test and the scales
! but think If that test was applied to the
| diaries of Iowa today many a good COW
| would be sold for Gamer because she
would not come up to the standard laid
down by our dairy papers of 200 pounds to
| the COW.
| believe in giving the cows a chance.
| Before applying this test | would see what
| good care and feed would do for them
They Will do Very well in the SUMMER in
a good pasture with one feed OF ensage at
night, but in the winter, I'll is about Fine
months out of the year in northern Iowa.
| would furnish them With good warm
barn, well ventilated and lighted. | would
| see that the doors AMI windows fiji tightly
| and every crack where the cold air could
| come in was stopped. II the barn IS prop
| erly made it will need nj artificial heat
| to keep it warm. each COW Will warm a
| space three feet wide. is or 90 long and
seven feet high, out 10 think she is
| capable of warming the barns ard, the hay
! loft or some adjoining building.
| Then | would furnish them with plenty of
| good pure water right in their stalls. 1t
| will need no tank heater to warm the water
| Well water needs no warming for COWS in
| the summer. 1t needs none in the winter
| If given to them at the same tempe ture
| as when it comes from the Well in !. good
| warm place to drink it. Then | would fur
| nlsh them with ration Of goou hay, ensil-
age and meal. and give them all they " ould
| eat and eat it up clean. Then, if they did
not do fairly well the first year ! would sell
| them IL they lid 10 veil the chances are
they would do much better the second
| year.
| | think it will pay any man keeping a
| dairy to make his own butter. l churn
| twice a week and it takes about three hours
| each time to do the work and there is
nothing on my farm that | could spend
| that much time at that would pay me as
| we'll. 1t stated at farmers institute
-
| the manager of the Burr Oak creamery
that it cost en- average cents a pound
| to make and market their butter; that is
| the patrons We're paid within cents OF
what the butter sold for. | live Is miles
| from Burr Oak and could send my cream
to that creamery, one of their teams
| comes within a short distance of my place
| II | thought it would pay me to do so; bu,
| | do not, as cents pound will pay all
| the cost of freight, tubs, SALT color, ETC.
| leaving me cents a pound for making the
butter Five cents a pound on 1904 pounds
the amount l sold last year from 30 cows
would amount to Ao4.70, about 81 40 ar
hour for the time spent in doing the work
1t will pay to build silo, to water-youl
COWS in the barn, and to buy Baby
separator. The first year after makins
these improvements my cows. did enough
better to pay all the cost and the interes
on the money There is nothing that
man invest a small amount of none,
in that will pay him we'll as to buy ;
Baby" separator
In reply to questions asked in the dis
cusson which followed, Mr. Norton sal,
that he used a Baby" separator and tina
he believed that a dairyman with six O.
eight COWS should buy a separator if h.
made his butter at home. He run his sepa
rator by tread power, using a horse O
colt He fed his ensilage the yea
round, but grain only when they wer
not on pasture. He believed it paid t,
feed ensilage the year round. He fed hal
bushel of oats and bran mixed per COW pc
day This year the averaged 81
pounds of butter each which was sold
an average net price of PA cents per pound
| 1t cost him about $35 to keep a COW
| year, leaving profit of nearly $i2 per Gov
| per year to pay for care. His cows com
| in fresh about the LIST of September Som
| of his butter goes to consumers in Dubu
que and the remainder to New Orleans
|
Mutton for the Home.
| Whatever may be said of the presen
prospects for sheep commercial ven
ture. there is one aspect of sheep husband
~ in relation to which no farmer can eve
make a mistake, says the Homestead an
| that is the keeping of sufficient mum
Der of the right kind of sheep to provid
an abundance of good, wholesome mea
| for the use of his own family. There
no time like the present for the wide
awake farmer to secure dozen or NOR
good sheep of one of the mutton breeds
the increase of which will supply his ow
table at lower cost and in more sat
isfactory way than it can be done wit
, any other of the domestic animals.
, | it is not written that man shall not liy
, | farmer who once adopts as a part of hi
| bill of fare regular and frequent use @
good lamb and mutton of his own raisin
| will be SO satisfied with the practice tina
he Will never abandon it, Sheep Of tn
2 | right kind were never so cheap as nov
: and the cost of small flock for the pun