Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-03
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queen of the green pasture and the
bnbhllng brook. But. setting aside
poeucal fancies, we look upon the COW
ns one OF the main sources OF proht
to the average farmer; and 10 insure
this profit we must first select our
stock with care. II for the home dairy,
where milk Is converted Into butter,
choose eitherAlderncy, Jersey or Hhcrn-
scy, pure stock, ns they cannot ~ I'M
proved by breeding with other bloods'
While those breeds do not equal others
In quantity, yet they are uncqualed by
Others In richness and quality VI milk
mnilng butter The Ayrshire u also
"A good butter COW. giving lnrgc now
OF milk and fairly rich In butter IT
keeping cows to produce milk for mar
kct, either for the creamery or nome
mllkmHn, the Holstoin ranks among
the best. giving a large quantity OF
milk nlsn valuable for cheese making
Having chosen our stock In reference
to the particular line OF dnirylng we
wish TO follow. the next thing ~ TO
properly care for and feed ihom-eNen
the best cannot be profitable without
proper care and feeding, Warm clean,
wcll-ventilRted stables for winter, ana
for cold stormy spring ana fall ns well,
abundant Glenn pasture for summer
with plenty OF good water NJ all tlmea.
are absolute necessities, ProNlue Tor
summer shrnltage by liberal sowing
OF oats and corn. peas ana mlllet' IN
winter, In addition TO clean, well-cured
hay, feed grain with mangeiH twicc n
day. There Va profit In winter dnlrylng
if COWS are well housed, well fed ana
wntered often. ana by taking proper
care OF the milk, keeping not too warm;
or too cold. one can make good coior"d
butter without the use of any coloring
matter, that VIII readily narKet AZ
good prices,
so much has bon said about clean
illness in handling milk and butter
TINT every practical dairymnn and
dnirywomnn thoroughly understands
and practices this. and certainly none
can be too particular, The setting of
milk whore no odorA or dust can reach
IL, keeping sweet and clean all cans,
pnils, strainers, and the Ike, removing
the cream at the proper time, these all
should receive our careful attention.
II one has a good spring Of cold water
not far from the house good plan
Ii to build a milk house In connection
with II whore milk may be Kept ana
churnlng done away from other honae-
hold work.
English dlirywoman are. many OF
thcm, 30 particular that they viii not
allow the men who earry the MIX
from the yard to enter the dairy house.
IL is poured into receiver uutFide,
gularly soalded each time usei and
covered tight from dust. While all
have not the means 10 provide for the
cows as well as y. u. Terry ami 9TH
ors, yet we can all Observe THIS alb
solute cleanliness ana make the most
of the advantages within our reach.
Have an Ice house connected with the
milk house. This has become quite
necessity since tho practice Of setting
milk In cans has come Into vogue. MIX
In cans set In water Kept ut II tempein-
ture OF 40 or 20 degrees Fahrenheit,
SKINNED after standing twenty-four
degrees In winter and 6s degrees In
summer. gathered by reducing TO "a
degrees, washed With pure cold water
salted using one ounce ~ Halt TO the
round, thoroughly worked, set away
for about ~ hours. then reworked and
packed In small packages cannot fall
to give good satisfaction. and n ~ 10
trouble to find private customers VINO
are willing for the satisfaction OF al
ways getting u good article to pay con-
siderably more than the regular mar
ket price Now IN regard to those
who keep cows for the purpose OF sell
ing milk while some large farmers ale
ready possessed of abundant means
may be doing well, yet TO my mind the
average small Turner Is not getting
rich in his lire. a man. for instance,
Keeps twelve or fifteen cnws, takes his
milk from one-half O. three miles to
creamery, where he recrlses from "a
TO 80 cents pct quart, and frequently
spends the best pArt or I've forenoon
at the store o. postofiiee negiecting
important farm work. such as fixing
the fence, subduing Weed cuitiyat-