Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-06-09
=, =, D,n are purely vegetable, re-
Hoods Pills liable and beneficial. $50.
WRITER oAlRvlAe IN DAKOTA.
I, Pays Even when the Thermometer Il
Iielow Zero.


II PAYS Even Whom the Thermometer L.
Iielow Zero.
The barn was not an expensive one,
but would hold 100 head of stock and
vas cut into n bank with IA slope so that
lhe drainage was perfect. | jot down
what the dairyman told us during the
afternoon while he was caring for his
stock. Every cow seemed to know her
owner as q friend--no haste, no rude
noise, startled her. Last summer, said
the farmer, II raised some corn fodder.
millet and oat and pea hay, with some
carrots and sugar beets for a change Of
food. contract early for my bran and
buy It cheap. My COWS all come in fresh
In September and October, going dry
through fytime. begin feeding them
at once to Ieep up their flow Of milk
while butter ishigh. Inever sell for less
than % cents, and often 40 cents pea
pound.
"Iput my cows up nights as soon as
frost comes and feed millet, hay and
bran. Now. during the cold Of winter l
get up at half past 8 in the morning, go
to the barn and give the COWS their
grain feed, consisting Of bran, ground
,Oats and peas In the proportion of eight
quarts Of bran, four Of oats and one OF
peas, or often change TO ono Of new
process oilmeal. Then at o o'clock we
milk, running the milk through q hand
separator, feeding my calves and pigs
the new sweet slimmilk. Then give a
good feed Of corn fodder and let my
cows alone till noon, when I water them.
They finish up all the fodder or millet in
their managers and lie down to chew
their cuds till half past 4, when ! again
feed them a smaller grain ration supple
mented with four quarts Of chopped
roots, and at half past go to milking.
finishing in one hour.
Myself, boy and hired hand do the
milking l treat the milk as in the
morning and then I'LL the managers with
millet or oat and pea hay, first cleaning
'ut every bit of rubbish left In their
managers, using il for bedding. neg
lected to say clean their stables every
morning, hauling the offal and litter out
bad"
de was asked il his cows ought not to
70 fed oftener. mo" said he, "cows,
WITH their quadruple stomachs, need
much longer to digest their food. Nei-
uer 10 rouse them up at 3 or 4 O'Clock
N the morning find from observation
.nose hours are their very best for sleep
ing Neither do let them out through
.ne winter unless it is ON some especial.
bright, sunshiny day. Then I find
.aey are ready to return to their stalls
'or their evening meal"
But do you not find your feed pretty
NO. not very. feed about 40 pounds
psr aay OF rough stuff. One-half Is cheaI
'usw' costing nothing but the hauling
- thrash the oats and peas ont TO use
vi gram | figure that my grain feed
uu roofs cost me 20 cents per day; hay
hssn's-ra total Of 25 cents per day. My
.AinAhilk and manure more than pay al
- ana other expenses. | feed extra
a'l' Tor this is a cold climate, and
-n1 much milk for my CALVES. nv
s~s s average me coo pounds Of butter
mi M year besides fine calf. They ars
"A. lgn grade liolsteins. crossed up from
FS ,s oes' dairy cows could find. clear
sb;o1' sSu eacA COW yearly. My pigs, calves
h~ h'-sns, n etc. pay all expenses, so can
W. W ior my work about 1000 PEI
sss., -, Besides my farm is getting better
.,y ..ly 'rom the large amount of manure
ieaq each winter. p. Wade In
'-'si'ean Agrisulturist.
7. harmony at Any cs.s.
es..!i : !he convicts at Sing Sing wer,
M Iul'ted to welcome the new arriv.
nsd ana II they desired to continue
a. harmony ~ suggested by the name
us;s Sne famous penal institution,
M, Nv words words of greeting would prob'
IT,, lAke a form similar to these;
sosv;'. ~, - learn to respect each Others
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