The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-07

airy pals should not De forgotten,
ven though in many cases we have
laid aside the shallow pans. The sun
|s 4 microbe killer of the first magni-
ude He not only kills the microbes,
|taut 80 thoroughly dries out the pals
lind other utensils of tin that the proc
81 OF rusting ia stopped Wooden pals
ind utensils are also improved by be-
Tag submitted to the solar rays. This
M course should be done in the open
|mir. where the atmosphere is not pois-
med or impregnated by foul odors, and
l. There the wind can have full sweep.
i Silagc should not be cut too short
/ There are certain lengths at which 1t
q digeeted more easily than at other
engIhs. Some years ago at conVen-
/ ion held In Wisconsin an investiga-
or made report on the kind of feed
hat was found to be easiest digested
|py cows He had examined large
number OF COWS stomachs, and had
sIso fed silage and cut corn fodder to
Cows and noticed at what lengths least
|iyf 1t showed in the droppings. He
I sound that when the fodder was cut
Short, say half an inch long, much of 1t
appeared in the droppings, but that
when the fodder was cut an inch and
IA quarter long, it all seemed to be d.
igested.
Ia In keeping the herd of dairy cows
Tree from tuberculosis few general
|E.uIes at least should be observed.
|aylrst, know that the herd is free from
The disease. Then do not bring a new
/ low into the herd unless she has been
1 irst tested by tuberculin. Ii milk is
taken to creamery and skim-milk
Drought back, do not permit it to be
ssased till 1t has been Pasteurized. This
|uwill not only make it safe to feed to
calves, but if it is fed to pigs will also
|n.Dreyent the disease being spread in
b that direction, which means its get
Ling a foothold on the farm. Do
h not under any circumstances permit
strange cattle to run in the pastures
tn DR. occupy the stables. Above all, do
not permit a consumptive person to
take care of the cows.
! We hear great deal about the 100
pound cow, the S00-pound COW, the
N0-pound cow, and so on. 1t is agreed
that 1t takes $50 ppounds Of butter to
keep COW year, and that she must
make at least 200 pounds to make her
really worth keeping. The theory
[aseems to be all right, but even that
In statement is too favorable for the cow
a, as she is ordinarily handled, or rather,
ms her butter-fat is handled. The
above figures are based on the butter
], being worth about 20 cents per pound
|, the year round. But how about the
I COW whose butter is sold for about 10
i, cents per pound the year round? II
her cost of keeping be $50 per year
then ii lis evident that it would take
800 pounds of butter to pay for her
support alone, and than she would have
to be an exceedingly good animal to
make any profit whatever. 1t is very
|Mevident that the farmer must either
( make butter that will bring a good
price or he must keep cows far above
the average in quality.
|ns Recent experiments show that the
Ts digestibility OF malk is not greatly af-
fected by sterilization. The knowledge
xof this fact is of immense value TO the
|h Idairyman. for he is thereby led to real
lie that the greatest objection to ster-
ID flizati0n has been done away with.
n And IL Sterilization is not objection
h able, certainly Pasteurization will not
be, for the latter requires the milk to
M be heated to only 155 degrees. while
the Qforfliyafinn Of
much higher temperature. Even boiled
milk Is declared to be only slightly in
H. ferior to milk in its natural state. The
d, only appreciable difference would be
In the case of feeding the milk to in.
vaiids and children. Some of the doc.
tors who have investigated the matter
!. declare that sterilized milk is not even
slightly inferior to milk in it's natural
~ state. Even If the milk be slightly
~ harder to digest. that fact is more thar
overbaianced by the fact that the ele-
ment of danger to life has been elimi-
mated from it, in the form of typhoid
|sp fever germs, germs of tuberculosis and
aof other diseases carried by water and
consequently by milk.
II The Feeding OF skinned milk to
|N calves La a thing that has been csrri ed
(. CON with great success by our best
Is sdairymen and stock raisers. Most OF
them now regard it AS a full substitute
for whole milk. even without the addi-
tion OF other materials to take the
~ place of the fat that has been removed
IAN the cream. Those that are raising
dairy calves say they DO not want the
- Fat in the milk at all. as they are not
!, trying to make fat, but muscle. But
4, In the case OF calves to be used for
+, future beef or breeders of beeves it is
perhaps desirable to encourage the fat
L forming habit by putting something in
the milk that will give the calves an
abundant supply OF fat-formers. In
/ Holland some feeders put starch in the
milk. Potato starch is the kind used
there. but presumably corn starch
|S would be as good. About one and
three-quarter ounces OF starch is used
t~