The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-01-31
TOLD ABOUT PRODUCTION OH MILK
F. w. Sargent Gives Some Points About
Care of Cows, at Farmers Meeting.


Mass, who has devoted good deal
OF care and study to the scientific
production of milk, read a paper on
that subject before the. farmers
fortnightly meeting, this morning,
at the Ploughman Building. He
said that too many farmers are apt
to look on their calling from an un
businesslike point OF view and to be
careless about details. In lis par
ticular branch of the industry, he
said, one should know just what the
cost of keeping each COW ls, AMI
whether she is returning sufficient
profit to make it worth while to
keep her. He said that there ia no
reason why milkraising could not
be made profitable, and he cited
some figures from his own expert
ence, showing that it is so, under
proper conditions, Milk production
TO great extent, a local matter,
as TIE conditions prevent competi>
ton from the West and South, and
it is merely a matter OF producing
milk of good quality, and present
ing it for market in an attractive
manner, in order to have good
trade. Absolute cleanliness in every
particular is the most important
thing, as there is no article about
which people are likely to be so
suspicious as milk. Dryness and
light in the stables are a necessity,
especially the latter, as it is o fact
that dark stable causes the milk
and butter to lose color. The great
est care should be taken in the mat
ters of food, water, drainage and
ventilation, the last being secured
by box fue, which keeps the air
fresh and the temperature even.
The most rigid system should be
observed in the care of cows, as they
are essentially creatures of habit,
They should be MIXED and fed at
exactly the same time every day.
The best time for feeding is at morn
ing and night as the middle of the
day should De devoted to rest. They
should be cleaned with a curry>
comb and brush every day, and
should have dry litter at all times.
The stable should be kept at about
sixty degrees, and they should never
, be allowed to 90 out on a co4o gay,
as they can stand all winter in the
stall without injury. Their water
should also be warmed, and it should
: be placed so that they may drink at
any time, and not be compelled to
swallow large quantities once OF
twice a day. Cows should never be
: MIXED while feeding, or expecting
to be fed, as their minds should be
in state OF perfect rest during that
t operation.
Great care should be taken in the
selection of feed, as the COWS should
, be thought of as working very hard
l during milking and should be fed
Q accordingly. Mr.. Sargent here gave
u list of the different kinds of grain
and fodder which should be used at
different times in the year. He is
an advocate of the system of stall
feeding, as by this means, he thinks,
more may be got, both from the land
and from the cows, than by turning
them out to pasture. He keeps
twelve COWS, and by making ex>
changes when they run dry, he
makes them, by this system, give all
average of eight quarts each for
every day in the year. "Greater
care, if anything" he said, SHOULD
be taken in the handling of the
milk. There should be milkroom
handy to the stable, and yet entire'y
separate from it, where the milk
} should be taken care of, where no
washing should be done, and in
, which no dirty cans should ever be
allowed to remain. After milking,
the milk should be strained into one
large mixing can, as by this means
an even quality of all the milk pro,
duced is obtained, and IL is this can
alone which should be brought into
the milk-room. From this it is to
be turned into glass bottles, with
thin paper shoppers, and at once
placed in a bath of ice water, OF
very cold water, until it is ready tor
delivery to the customers. This
makes an attractive manner of put.