River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-09-16
FARM AND GARDEN.
WINTER DAIRYING.
IL Pays Well. Hut Requires Careful
Attention TO DciniIS.

Attention to Details.
When convenient TO a good market a
better profit can be realized from winter
1 dairying than in summer. There Is a
/ better demand for milk and butter and
ii care is taken to produce a good article
better price can be realized. But il is
not advisable TO go into the business
I haphazard. The desire to change from
one thing to another is q prevailing one
with the American farmer. First one
| thing is tried and then another, aud
often there is shifting that is profit
( less. While there are circumstances
that often make it necessary or desir-
able to change. such changes should be
made only after due deliberation.
/ So far as can be done, the farmer
may seek to diversity his products. The
+ conditions under which the farm work
/ must be done should determine what
line of farming should be the principal
I industry.
/ One of the first essentials in profit
sble dairying is good cows. and in win
ter dairying it is quite an item to have
them come fresh in the fall.
I Another item that must be looked
after in good season is good shelter for
4 the cows. There must be plenty OF
room; the quarters must be comfort
ably warm, and yet clean and well venti-
/ lated, so that there will be no foul odors.
/ In order to economic time, and in this
+ way lessen the cost of production, the
quarters should be arranged conven-
/ iently. both as regards cleaning and
4 feeding.
To make dairying most profitable lib
eral feeding is necessary. This means
/ that the cows that are giving milk must
] have as much wholesome, nutritious
! food as they will eat and digest. There
must be a good variety; this is neces-
/ sary in order TO keep up a good appe-
/ tite. A COW must eat well if she is TO
milk well. She may eat we'll and con
vert her food into growth or gain, but
sac cannot milk we'll unless she is well
/ fed.
/ The farmer who makes the most out
/ of his dairy raises all the feed he can.
/ growing variety, not only to be able
/ 10 supply "A variety, but TO lessen the
/ risks of failure. But in addition to
raising all he can. he must be willing,
4 if necessary, to buy feed in order to be
able to feed well, understanding that
/ in feeding his cows well, he is not only
making them most profitable, but at
/ the same time is feeding his farm AMI
making it capable of producing better
/ crops.
4 Wheat bran. shipstuffs, cottonseed
meal and linseed meal can in many
cases be purchased and fed to dairy
cows on the farm with profit through
/ the winter, especially when there is
plenty of roughness to go with them.
There must be in addition to this a
willingness to feed and milk regularly;
to take the proper care as regards
cleanliness with the cows and with the
milk, cream and butter, and TO give such
management to milk and cream as Is
essential to the production of the best
quality of butter.
This means a careful attention to dc
tails, so that a uniform quality may be
secured. a very little carelessness in
any one of the essentials of butter max
ing will affect the quality, and the diff
ference in price as the effect in such
+ carelessness is so much difference in the
1 profits.-St Louis Republic.