The Dickinson press., 1896-02-15
Dairy Notes.

D&AEy INOSSOs
Have your COW stables warm vet
we'll ventilated.
A popular feed for the COW this win
ter should be ground oats.
To be a good dairyman requires in
%telligence rather than large capital.
The age Of cream has much to do
with the time needed in churning.
The secret Of success in the dairy Is
to. reduce the cost of making good
goods.
Have your cows gentle by kind treat
ment IL you want big returns in milk
and butter.
No business requires to be kept more
emphatically under ones thumb than
does successful dairying.
Ordinarily, the milk does not be-
come normal until the fifth day after
calving.
Milk allowed to remain in the udder
longer than twelve hours loses In quail
ity and quantity.
II butter is worked too warm it gets
salvy and will never make real good
butter.
1t is an exceptional case when but
ter q be made and sold at the coun-
try store at a profit.
1t is quite an item to get butter away
from the air as soon as possible after
packing, and then keep as cool rs pos
sible.
If much corn slower Is fed during
the winter add bran. corn meal and
either oil meal or cottonseed meal If a
good flow Of milk is desired.
Nearly all the large dealers in oleo
in the principal cities OF Pennsylvania
have agreed to stop the sale of the
goods. They will hereafter keep the
real thing.
Work Willingly for Their hoard
and Never Go ON Strikes.
The man in Florida who had con,
ceiyed the idea of using elephants In
connection with the milling operations
is perhaps more deserving Of praise
than humorous criticism. Although
the idea Of elephant labor in this coun
try Is at first a startling one and likely
to bring down the condemnation Of
trades unions and organized labor, 1t ii
nevertheless practicable, inasmuch as
this kind Of labor has in India beer
demonstrated to be one of the mos
economical and valuable which can bt
employed In numbering operations
there.
In India elephants perform WORT
about the saw mill with almost human
intelligence. The labor is cheap, al
the elephant will work for his boart
and never strike, and at the sam.
time perform the work Of many men
They not only work about the mill ant
yard, but propel logs in the stream,
and carry them on shore. The trunl
of the elephant, which the observe
would conceive to be the soft and ten
der portion Of the huge brute's anat
omy, can, in reality, be as hard q
steel at the will of its owner, and be
ing possessed Of great strength. obey
the will of the driver. The elephan
will easily carry a piece Of timbe
weighing q ton and a half. but If til
weight be owe that he will absolutel,
refuse to pull, in which event anothe
elephant Is pressed into service an
the load is evenly divided. II tn
piece be light the elephant will balanc
1t upon his tusks, aud, throwing hi
trunk about the piece, will carry
rapidly to whatever portion Of til
yard is desired, place It upon the pill
and adjust it with perfect nicely. 1
time he goes to work Of his own a,
cord at the sounding Of the whistle
and when the whistle blows at nigh
! will positively refuse to perform an
more labor. Thus 1t is within the pc.
t sibilities that oxen and mules may b
retired, and that the loud voiced Flo,
ida negro who urges the patient mul
with blows Of a black snake whip wi
!, cease this labor, and perched upon til
!. back Of an elephant. armed with
pointed iron prod, will do the heav
work required. In the saw mill yard.
Timberman. I'D: >.