Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-01-02
SOME FARM TOPICS.

SOME FARM TOPICS.
HELPFUL POINTERS rom TTLLnns
OF THE SOIL.
How to Double the batter ProAueS-
Hnglish Methods with Poultry
Sixteen sheep On an AcRo-Oots
and Colts-FaFm Notes.
Only q few days ago . good lady
butter maker sent to me to come ana
test her cows. There were seven In
the herd, three Of which went below ,
per cent Of butter fats, the others
struggling up as high as 4. and the
average Of the whole herd was 81 yer
cent. About "a pounds Of their milk
would be required to make one pound
of butter. She said they were getting
about no pounds of milk per day, but
she made only Is pounds of butter per
week, 50 my test must be wrong. As
we sat at the supper table she. her
husband and the hired man had
good laugh at the man who followed
the farmers institutes and wrote agri-
cultural articles for the farm papers.
The good woman lost her temper when
told that she lost nearly half her but
ter between her cows and the butter
bowl, and would not believe the test
that showed over / per cent OF butter
fat In her skim milk.
TO satisfy her that the test was all
right l promised the next day to go
through with it again, also testing the
buttermilk The result was startling.
The second test showed 3.3 per cent
Of butter fats in the whole milk. IL
per cent In the skim milk, and ut least
one-tenth Of / per cent in the butter
milk. From 224 pounds Of milk, which
should have given her at least SIS
pounds OF butter, she got only pounds
Z ounces. or trifie less than one-half
the butter in the milk, the rest being
wasted or lost In the skim milk and
buttermilk. She Is not convinced yet,
and am going over with q separator
some day just to show her. And the
truth is that fully one-third of the but
ter makers In New York state are using
the same appliances under about the
3: me conditions that this one 10. The
q exasperating thing about it all Is
t y won't believe you when you show
ii m wherein they are losing money.
Such people will pay IS to some trav-
cling fraud for the Secret" of doub-
ling the amount of butter obtained
from milk add rennet and churn the
whole milk, thus getting the cheese
with the butter in one mess, that
tastes fairly fresh. but soon spells and
has no market value), but won't be-
lieve q competent instructor who DEM
onstrates by actual test that they are
getting only half the actual butter
Dawley, New York.
EnglisA Methods with Poultry.
The methods which prevail In Eng
land for growing poultry and their care
vary so widely from those in vogue
here that our readers may and some.
thing to interest them In the following.
cleaned from the writings Of @. n.
Brooke. Food should be mixed fresh
for every meal, and fowls should have
0uly what they eat-leaving none.
Through the winter they are fed In the
morning with hot mess OF middlingD
and barley meal. From November %
March their midday meal IL boiled bar.
| ley, and the later meal Is wheat or
maize. Now and then fowls In con-
6nement should have . fresh piece Of
cod ut which to pick. A little salt
should be added to their food now and
then, and occasionally . small guam
| tlty OF Epson salts. For full day af.
ter chickens are hatched they need no
food. and for the following week they
l - fnA nAox&x~A H<<llnN ~<vr~n av.a
soaked bread and milk. feeding them
every two hours for the flrst fortnight.
For tho next two weeks they should
have grit, boiled rice, barley or pota-
toss, followed later by bruised barley,
wheat or corn meal. During chicken
Hood four meals daily are best. The
| mother should have grain and meal.
When mOlting, slight addition OF
cayenne pepper to the meal with some
hemp seed now and then, aud an Oc-
ca1ional meal OF minced raw onions
win be found advantageous. The mid
| day meal at all seasons should Include
some green food, and when winter ap-
pro0chee should include meat and fat.
minced liver, or horsedesh. When fat.
teninE for market, the fowls must be
kept sheltered. Mutton fat, chopped
llne and boiled with milk. IL desirable
to Add to the ground cats or buck
wheat, and this II administered II
small doses. &
Sixtsen sheep On m Acre.
An experiment II being conducted
BY Prof. Shaw at the experiment
farm. says the Northwestern Farmer.
which certainly means a great deal.
not only to the Northwest. but to al
the United states. He has undertakes
to pasture six sheep and ten lambs On
m acre 81 land. The experiment L
succeeding beyond his expectations
The food ID ct the present time nearly
two months ahead Of the sheep. They
are doing splendidly on the food, and
have kept II perfect health from the
Arst.
| His plan 10 to sow succession Of
foods, 90 there win always be some
thing for the sheep on one or the
ether Of the plots. The acre IL al
II -. n 80 q - .xs 9.6