The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-01

According to official reports the ex-
ports of butter and cheese from the
United States In pounds for the fiscal
year ended June 80 were as follows:
1898. Lbs. 1897. Lbs.
Butter ............".... q. Sa 7S2 31,os7 s2a
Sneese ................ oU'5I5 453 o0II4 65l
0le II, 90, a 2s1 ss a e a os2
The receipts Of butter In New York
since May l up to. Friday night ag-
gregated 551, 504 packages, as against
617,666 for the same time last year.
The exports amount to 25,023 pack
ages this year,while last year they We're
10000, which leaves the amount of but
ter received for home consumption
about the same as last year.
With the advent of really hot wealth
er and the consequent deterioration Of
pastures, comes the news that receipts
at Chicago are falling off to some eX-
tent. Calculations so far show prob
able decrease, as compared with last
year, of over per cent in the entire
Western make. Prices continue on g.
fair basis and the demand Is sufficient
to keep current offerings well under
control. New York state and the East
show an output only little short Of
the highest point reached last season.
cents for fancy creameries, against Is
cents last year. Demand holds salts
factory.
1t Is very poor management to have
the cows yielding milk literally while
on pasture, but when on hay in the
winter season to be mere shippers.
Give them warm stables, the right kind
Of food and water in abundance, and
the income from them will be greater
than that in the summer. Milk them
early in the morning and feed them,
that the interval may not be so long
as to make them hungry and restless.
All this pays well, indeed.
In regions where the sugar beet is
grown the pulp is extensively fed to
| cows in milk, and with satisfactory
| results. The beef from cattle thus fed
| Is said to be as tender and juicy as
| the best Eastern stall fed.
A little lime scattered about or plac-
! ed in a box in the dairy room will alb
| sorb much of the surplus moisture, but
the first important step is to see to
| the drainage and have it as perfect as
possible. Beware of damp floors in the
milk room, for they not only develop,
| but increase organic, fungoid germs.
1
not considering appearances more. If
| their goods are fixed up in an attrac-
tive manner and please the eye, they
will sell, and then, if good, they will
have no more trouble. In this day
Of microbes and germs one has to con-
slider health and scrupulous cleanliness.
| One Of the very best and safest dis
infectants and purifiers for milk and
butter is borax. Too much cannot be
written and said about It's power. BAG
| terra and disease germs multiply rap
| idly where carelessness reigns. Many
pound Of butter is lost because milk
crooks and churns and vessels used are
not kept perfectly clean. 1t is ones
duty and very little more trouble to
impart purity and sweet odor about
your milk and butter. The best way
to clean vessels in which milk is set
| is to first wash with tepid water In
which borax has been added, using a
tablespoonful to gallon of water.
Gentle treatment is conducive to good
milking power; rough treatment will
| only make the animal hold up her milk
and refuse to let 1T down, thus lessen
ing not only the quantity, but also the
percentage Of butter fat in the same.
Many dairymen are now milking
COWS that derive all their food SUP
stance from grass alone. Some COWS
are changed suddenly from dry feed
and seem, SO far. to have increased
their flow Of milk.
1t seems as though one seasons ex-
perience would convince any dairymar
that the change should be gradual
says the Michigan Farmer. The result
Of sudden change may not be seer
early In the season, but it will, as 8
rule, result in a greatly diminished
flow later on, unless supplemented by
more or less grain in the form of brar
or the lighter grains.
We tried the sudden change from
dry feed to grass alone during the frs
spring of our venture into the dairy
business. The cows increased in theil
milk flow. and we seemed to secure
more butter. But after two or three
weeks there was decided falling off
in the milk flow. and we were forced
to feed some grain during the whole
of the summer to prevent the COW.
from drying up.
Since that time we have practicet
giving the cows one feed Of hay once
each day, for about four or five week.
after turning out to grass They will
eat small amount with more or les
avidity. especially during the middle O
the day or at night.