Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-03-28


duction of this great agricultural
product
The work done at the university
farm is briefly noticed A tract of
some ten acres has been set aside at
the farm for irrigation experiments
by Prof King Water is carried to
this tract through a six-inch wrought
iron pipe, from which it is distributed
as required. 1t is the plan, says the
report, to gradually extend the irriga-
ton system until much of the farm
can be irrigated.
One of the novel reports is by
Profs. w. A. Henry and F. w. VOL
on The Yield and Composition of
SoW's Milk. This is a subject on
which but little previous investigation
had yet been made The ex-
periments were made at the university
farm nearly year ago. The yield
was determined by weighing the pigs
before and after sucking. Samples
of milk were then secured and sub
jected to chemical analysis. Great
difficulty was experienced in securing
.
to allow any milk to be drawn by the
attendant. In the first trials the at
tendant would attempt to milk a teat
before any milk had been drawn from
it by the pigs, but while they were
taking milk from other teats Under
this method only very small quantities
Of milk could be secured at best
T.ofnr hot IL
could be obtained with less trouble
by allowing pig to empty an udder
in part. At this stage the young ami
NAL was pushed aside, ard the attend
ant quickly drew what milk he could
from the teat before the dam became
aware of what was happening While
familiar with the attendant and not
at all afraid of him, the sows exhibit
ed apparent surprise and repugnance
at all efforts to secure milk samples
from them
Profs. Henry and Woll found the
average fat contents of the milk ex-
amined to be 1924 per cent. Averages
by other chemists have been consider
ably lower, one being 6.74 per cent.
The average fat contents in cows milk
in 2,173 cases investigated in Mas
sachusetts was APO per cent.
The average daily yield of milk of
the four sows ranged about pounds
a day. If we consider this yield an
average for good sows, and the fat con-
tent above given, 6.74 per cent, an APP
correct figure, a SOW will
yield 1877 pounds of fat day, very
fair performance for an animal weigh
ing only one-third as much as an
average COW, especially since the milk
faculties of the SOW have
hardly received any thought from the
breeder or the feeder. The micro
scopic examination of the milk shows
that the fat globules of sows' milk are
of a very minute size, on the average
only about one-quarter that of aver
age sized fat globules in cows milk
On the other hand the number of
globules in a given volume of milk is
about eight times as large in sows'
milk IS in cows milk. The fat glo-
bules in sow's milk are of about
the same size as those of separator
skim milk
The main subjects treated are as
follows: Cost of Feeding Pigs Before
and After Weaving Compared, w. A.
Henry; Whole Corn Compared with
Corn Meal for Pig Feeding, w. A.
Henry; Corn for Lambs Before Wean-
ing, John A. Craig; Grain Mixture for
Lambs Before and After WEAVING.
John A. Craig; Lambs for Early
Spring Market, John A. Craig; Estab-
fishing Flock of Mutton Sheep, John
A. Craig; Growth and Uses Of the
Rape Crop, John A. Craig; Statistics
from 81 Wisconsin Separator Cream
cries, E. H. Farrington Statistical
Data Relative to the Cheese Industry
of Wisconsin, John A. Decker; The
of Cheese Factories in
Wiconsin S. M. Babcock, H. L. Russell
and J. w. Decker; Test Of the Guern-
sey Cow Suke of Rosendale (6520 G..
H. By. F. w. VOL; Unorganized
Ferments of Milk: New Factor in
the Ripening of Cheese, S. M. Babcock
and H. L. Russell: Influence of Tenn
perature on the Ripening of Cheese,
S. NJ. Babcock and H. L. RUSSELL
Tolerance Of Certain Milk Bacteria
Toward Ether, S. NJ Babcock and H.
L. Russell; The Importance of the
Right Amount and the Right Distri-
button Of Water in Crop Production
F. H. King; The Treatment of Swamp
or Humus Soils, F. H. King; The
Amount of Water Pumped by a Cleared
16 f. Aermotor Wind Mill, F. H. King;
Pot Culture Tests of the Productive
ness of the Soils of Minong Pine Bar
rens in DOUGLAS County, F. H. King;
Per Cent. of Water Retained by Long
Columns of Sand, F. H. King; Analy-
sis of Licensed Commercial Fertiliz-
ers, F. w. Woll; Fertilizer Expert
ments with Indian Corn on Marsh
Soils, F. w. VOL; The Application Of
Artificial Root Pressure to Recently
Transplanted Trees, E. S. Golf; Is the
Ripening Season of Pistillate Straw
berry Affected by the Blooming