The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-05-22
Cream Puffs


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iat when The ows were On grsss ard ~
.ush with milk tie per celltage Of butter II
al was low and when stalled and we'll W
III the winter season the test was l,
al! OF which our contemporary 9;
links is in contradiction of what has
heretofore appeared IN this column in
to the effect of fool upon milk.
The fellow who noticed In his travels IL
hat all We principal rivers of the ~
country run b. large cities was q better J,
observer t.an a logician. 1t never &C.
10 him that the rivers were there .
before the cities. 1t may come to our !
sometime that il the per
cent of butter fat is higherin the winter I
season it is because there is less milk
and not because of the grain feeding. /
OF The cows are fresh III the
Ii 1t were possible by grain (:
%feeding-Gr any other kind of feeding F:
to %preceptibiy raise the per cent OF but ;
ter fat why do not dairymen feed grain
heavily in connection with June grass?
They do not do so because experience
shows that all the grain fed beyond
what is necessary TO sustain the flow IS
money wasted.
If the moiority OF cows in connection
with a creamery were fresh in the fall
the monthly tests for the year would
read differently. A fall COW will almost
invariab bly, give richer milk on June
grass and through the late summer than
in the winter previous-when fresh
though highly grain fed. There are eX-
ceptions, but due wholly to the peculiar
makeup of that particula: COW.
1t IT. anent!y happens that a COW will
increase both in quality and quantity.
But this occurs only when the cow has
been run down by improper care. To
illustrate: it will be found that most
cows in this state are now not only
picking up i'll milk but in the butter fat
also. while the cows of the eastern
dalrymen. well stabbed and fed all
winter, will lose in per cent Of butter
rat as they increase in milk on fresh
, grass.
There has not yet been discovered any
method OF feeding that will increase the
. per cent Of butter fat and at the same
time maintain the flow.
1t has been fully demonstrated that a
COW invariably makes the most butter
5 when she gives the largest yield OF milk.
5 Every observing dairyman and every
farmers wife knows this. 1t follows
, then that the wise dairynan or cream
cry patron will feed to produce the
| greatest amount OF milk and let the
s butter fat look cut for Itself.
Feed has everything to do with the
G amount of milk but PARTIALLY nothing
to do with the richness OF it after the
/, COW is in normal condition. The
a quality Of the milk is due to the peculiar
/, disposition OF the individual cow. We
, will make our contemporary a present
of the best chrome in the office If it-or
= anyone else-will produce an authority
in this or any other country to tho con
!, trary. ",
The United States government has
just gotten out a special Report on
Diseases Of Cattle and Oh Cattle Feed
= 1ng," a most valuable work, aud a com
panlon volume To "Dis2ases of Horses
y issued two or three years ago. Both
y books were written and compiled by The
> most learned writers on the subjects as
signed in this country. We advise OUT
: contemporary &c secure a copy OF this
y late work on cattle and turn to page41,
!. where, under the head OF the chapter lie.
y voted to the feeding Of dairy cows, VIII
be found this paragraph:
The opinion generally prevails among
dairymen that the quality OF milk is
directly due to the feed supplied, most
OF them holding that certain feeds Will
n make milk rich in fat, while other feeds
will makei it watery and thin. The re-
o suits OF careful conducted trials in order
: to stndy the effects of feed on the quality
t of milk have generally shown that the
y composition is quite regular and little
modified by the feed, though the total
!, WELD of milk of course varies greatly
with the feed. think in this particular
case popular opinion Is largely in error.
With certain kinds Of feeds the dairy
man does increase the amour Of butter
he receives. but ii Is because the total
o amount OF milk has been increased and
@ not because a higher per cent of fat has
= been put into the milk. And when we
give the matter due thought the posit-
u ton here advaI cad seeals the tenab'e one.
We do not expect a fruit tree TO change
its variety Of fruit through coed or poor
feeding. A Baldwin apple tree always
produces Baldwin apples, though the
number may be increased or diminished
by the treatment of the tree. If feed
@ were tile controlling factor, the strong
characteristics OF the dairy breeds would
: all disappear with the art of the feeder.
y Is i: not more reasonable to hold that we
must breed for quality and feed for
quantity?
In the first article on butter fat to ap-
pear III this column we vautGred the
opinion thatif feeding would produce
Il rich milk a jersey could be made out OF
a scrub; thar il richness OF milk was
particularly desired it would be cheaper
4 to buy an animal bred right than to at.
n tempt TO get it by feeding. This was
+, what excited our contemporary to a
l. poIiV ~ ~ N tuht We udN XVI
jersey On the brain so hard We didn't
know what we were talking about
Notice what the writer quoted says on
this point: III feed vera the controli-
ing factor. the strong characteristics OF
: the dairy breeds would all disappear
with the art Of the feeder"
II We would not have devoted 50 much
space to this matter were it not for tht
tnct that onr esteemed contemporary is
not alone in hugging delusinns in re-
q ferences TO feeding the COW.
Ten Causes of MIX.
Creamery patrons arc no doubt aware
OF The fact, that rs a rlle no up-tn-dalc
buttefmaker will accept tainted mill
! for the purpose Of making gilt edged but