The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-24

HANGED that amount st the market erf.
Tending TO this economy in production is ar
economical disposal OF the skim nElk.
How can IL be used 70 get the most money
ont % IL
There are two ways profitable use er
part Of the skim milk IS 20 feed Il 20 good
heffer calves. Ne wise dasryman VIII de-
pe1d wholly upon purchasing COWS
wherever be can pick them up 10 keep his
dairy herd M 10 Tire highest degree %
profitable production. Vita a herd Of
twenty-five COWS, a. least ave OF the Ike
lest heller calves should he raised yearly.
And whyg No herd on the average dairy
farm running that number OF COWS IS oc
such high excellence but there are some
animals that fan 70 come NJ In productive
capacity 20 a profitable standard Sub
ierted TO a scrutiny Of the Babcock test.
these least profitable COWS should be dis
earded. and helfers raised from the best
cows IN their places
The farm running that number Of cows
should have upon il sire bred In the best
dairy lines. thoroughbred and OF the butt
ter type. With such q sire and right
breeding the herd can be made 20 steadily
improve. The strongest ally TO breeding
is good care and feeding. This Is emphat-
ieally true in rearing cows for the dairy.
The chances are that the highored calf
from the insensely-hred butter COW. at
birth taught 10 drink and fed ratsons con-
tanning less fat than the whole milk from
its mother viii. in all essential rarticu-
lars, equal III not excel one reared on
whole milk So IL VIII be profitable 10 feed
a part OF the skim milk 10 these high
grade heifer calves.
Warm the milk TO blood heat. or a little
higher in cold weather-be careful not 20
scald it-add small quantity of oatmeal
and niddlings, and good calves are cheap
~ raised. and the skim milk made 20 turn
at least 80 cents per leo pounds
Another profitable Use 90 make OF the
skim milk is 10 feed il 10 pigs. know
there is not much profit in pork at present
prices but II any profit is 10 be made out
OF the hog. il is in feeding young pigs.
There are some things that have been
proved within the hast few years One OF
these Is the profitable feeding Of skim milk
20 young p.g Ks. Pigs can be bought for from
81 to 81. 50 per 100 pounds, live weight Feed
cornmeal and shorts with this milk. Start
In with mixing a little bran with il. and
later. the last half of the period or feeding
finishing up at seven to ten months OF
age-with cornmeal alone in the milk.
The main thing is to keep the pigs grow
ing from the start Skim milk is almost q
pure acknowledgements and bone produc-
ing. Shorts are quite csrbonaeeous. This
food given for forty or fifty days will set
pig on his feet. healthy and in good grow
ing condition
Now. a ration OF 100 pounds OF skim
milk. twenty-five pounds of cornmeal and
about the same quantity or midolings Is
an extremely stimulating. growing food.
For the last month Of the feeding, corn
meal fed wholly with the milk will finish
up the fattening process in good FORM
Such pigs viii grow right along from
the first, and at the ages named VIII
weigh from DO 10 800 pounds, and give
a return OF from . cents to 10 cents per
100 for the milk.
To make the most out of sklm-milk in
swine feeding, IL must be fed 10 young
pigs. There is no profit in feeding that
or anything else TO old hogs. A pig six
months TO year old makes the most
rapid growth, and by feeding in this way
there is a profit all around--a small pro-
MT II may be at present prices OF pork.
but IL helps us dispose OF this by-product
OF the dairy TO some advantage.