The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-08
MIME NOT A DAIRY MAID
SISTER CITY BUYS THE GREAT
Err PART OF HER MILK

In st. Paul, However, Many People
Keep u Cow for Their Own Use,
the Number Being Considerably
Larger Than In MinneapOIis-
Gossip of the Dairying World for
Globe Renders.
The state dairy and food department
has recently published figures which
show that a larger number of indi-
vidual cows are owned in st. Paul than
Minneapolis.
While the amount Of milk consumed
daily in Minneapolis ia larger than the
amount required to supply St. Paul.
yet the Minneapolis people get their
milk from the milkman, while a. great
er number Of Sanity city people milk
their own cows.
The custom Of keeping COWS for prt
Vate use Is becoming more and more
popular, especially in large families
where there are children, and the num-
Der Of individual cows is increasing
in the large cities every year.
A dairyman can expect no profit
from cow until she has paid for her
keep. Whether that item be large or
small, the cow exacts it week by week.
and refuses to return any profit till
1t Is paid. If she il so constituted that
She requires all the food she can eat
to maintain her, then the returns are
minus. It Is claimed that 1t takes at
least 200 pounds Of butter to pay for a
cows feed and labor consequent on
the production of the milk and butter.
II we could draw a hard and fast line
at 200 pounds OF butter, and discard
all animals that do not come up to
that mark, we should be making a
greater stride towards a more profita-
BILE condition Of dairying than could
be done In any other manner. There
Is no doubt that a few Of these I'M
profitable animals are being weeded
out each year, but there are an equal,
If not larger, number of them born.
Certainly, there are few promising
GASES in the wilderness Of Improbable
cows, but the outlook is that for many
years the 15O-pound cow will continue
to flourish.
An Eastern dairyman experimental in
regard to the cost Of noise in the dairy
letting the dogs into the yard with the
COWS, and then having two men enter
with sticks and shout, causing the dogs
to bark, and pandemonium to reign for
a few minutes. The herd was then
brought into the yard and MIXED, with
eiAe iesoit .iiaI lie ylelo VI Lnllk was
very much less, and the test Of butter
fat showed loss of 40 per cent, as
compared with the week previous.
Surprising this herd gave 300 pounds
at milking, Of s per cent milk, when
treated kindly, the loss, in weight
placed at low figure, must have been
in the above case. at least per cent
or fifteen pounds, while the loss in but
ter fat Of 40 per cent would bring the
tncf tn -
per pound the 300 pounds Of milk, test
ing 5 per cent would be worth So, but
after this racket with the dogs, the net
value would be only STA or a loss OF
$1.26 From this, it will be seen how
sensitive creature the cow is, and
how easily She may be Influenced In
the quality and quantity Of her milk
Though the above is an extreme case
there is a valuable lesson in it for every
dairyman.
Four good Jerseys should bring you
at least twenty-five pounds Of butter
week. worth, in most markets, %
cents; and there will be market for all
your buttermilk. The skimmHk Is
worth cash to your poultry or pigs
To keep these four COWS should cost
$3.50. This leaves a nice income for a
skilled dairy woman.
Millet is luXuriant grower, and like
clover, contains large per cent Of al
buminoids, which makes it especially
valuable for milk. 1t yields from three
to six tons an acre, and is easily cured
If you have some good rotten turf 1t
may pay you to try an acre or two an
other year.
Fine butter has it's origin further
back than the churn. That which af-
fects the price most Is the flavor, and
unless this Is beyond criticism there
can be no gilt-edged price for it. The
flavor depends on the flavor Of the milk
and the flavor Of the milk depends on
the food and the health and surround
ings of the cow.
The average farmer studies improve
ment in all other lines before he takes
an interest in the business Of making
butter; yet the dairy brings a revenue
which is always cash, and almost con-
tinuous. Its product has seldom to seek
buyer, and it exhibits a vitality in
times Of depression greater than al.
most any other product that the farm
er sells.
Over 800 creameres were started ir
South Dakota in the years Of '96 and '97
The spirit and prosperity Of the dairy
interest in South Dakota is in marked
distinction over that which seems tt
| prevail in North Dakota.
The products of the dairy are more
profitable in winter than in other sea.
sons.
Metal utensils for the dairy are pref
1aible to wood, because they are more
easily kept in proper order.
If you would avoid softness in but.
ter. caution should be exercised il
feeding bran.
Butter Of a good quality and fresh
laid eggs bring spot cash all the time
which the farmers wife appreciates.
II Is said that in Michigan the Rec
Po1led COW is coming to the front as
superior dairy animal, one of these
COWS having record Of f1fty-siS
pounds of milk a day, which is equiv,
alent to 2.24 pounds fat day, or over
two and half pounds of butter g