The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-10-09
DAIR Il.

The COW which has become used to
the touch of magnetism of one mixer
will decrease her yield whenever a
strange hand takes hold of her teate.
This suggests reason why the work of
milking can never be done successfully
by machine; the mechanical operation
is there, but the magnetism is lacking.
Economy is impossible with one own
ing poor milching stock, for the attempt
will only make them the more unprofit-
able. True economy will exist in get
ting a herd of one-third fewer COWS
which will give the same yield as he has
been rec Giving. With such a herd the
economy exists in better feeding than
ever.
With herd of Jerseys which will
produ ce $50 pounds of butter each
year, the element of uncertainty as to
financial results is pretty we'll estimated;
at % cents a pound the income would be
S62 So which is better than beef cattle
can do.
The butter globules are not so large
in the milk of any other COW as in that
of the Jersey; for this reason the milk
throws up the cream more readily and
completely, and it churns more readily
than any other. The Guernsey is it's
only competitor.
1t is not little thing that the winter
dairy brings in an income at season of
the year when the farm receives but
little from any other source, and so pre-.
vents the accum ulation of bills to be
settled from the crops of the next har-
vest.
Make the butter first class, and put it
on the market in such a manner as to
show for all it is worth. Often good
butter maker does herself injustice in
this regard.
The 400 pound hog has gone forever.
and the use of cotton seed oil for lard is
responsible for it. Lard can be grown
more cheaply on cotton plantation in
Dixie than on hog.
When you get separatcr knock to
pieces every swill barrel on the farm.
Feed the calves and pigs as soon as the
milk is separated. The milking and
feeding is soon done, and there is no
after handling of the milk. The stock
gets the milk sweet, warm and regularly,
which is all in the line of advantage.
1t is mistake to have falling off in
milk at the time of short pasturage.
The advantages from soiling crops are:
Less land will maintain given number
of cattle. the food supply will be better
regulated. the animals will not waste
energy in searching for food, and the
manure can all be saved and applied to
the soil.
If inclined to run down in flesh be-
cause giving much milk, cows should
be given carbonaceous food like corn
meal. to keep them in condition. OF
course they will then eat less coarse
food, and the cost will be increased; but
cows like variety of food. and will d.
gest more if they have it.
The farmer can grow cheap foods in
the summer and convert them into high
priced butter in the winter and find a
reader market; but he must have fresh
cows, good shelter and ample food, al
all prepared in season. Otherwise the
best results must not be expected.
1t is estimated that given amount of
dry food, when fed to steers. will produce
three times as many pounds of live
weight as of butter when fed to COWS
A pound of butter should, therefore, be
worth about three times as m UGH as a
pound of beef, not counting the cost of
butter making.