The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-04

big broad mouth, biz strong Jaw and z
large abdomen, X she n z. COW that VIII
sh s' .SouS g. RS Sns wa. and deep PIN II
~" "A o dairy COW. a. distinguished from a
s sssf . i ~. the r a: e q
house, hams thin and fiabby and neck
small. big eater, sorawny and bony. Ia
almost sure to be a good dairy cow. The
uddcr should BE- large and semi-circular
in form. extending far behind and in
front, and not hang down ike meal
sack. The arteries that run under the
as your wrist, and by feeling the udder
you should be able TO find the network OF
veins and arteries sticking out promi-
cows as this he is sure OF a good living
the year round"
The professor cautioned his hearers to
be careful and not ruin their soil by
Practically all that IL taken out of
farm can be turned back in the shape of
fertilizer." he continued. ''and the land,
You buy oats, rot tn them et ana put them Dn
on the land cheaper than you can buy
prepared fertilizer. But why not first
o desd y Ss cattle and then put the grain
Handling the MIX.
Handling the Milk" was a subject gone
into to considerable extent. ''If milk could
De Kept without any dirt getting in II. 1t
could be kept sweet 100 years" Mr.. Spill
but bright tin vessel; solder up p the
grooves before you use 1t. The vessel
should be washed in water the temrera-
{ .ure 81 the the body as soon as the milk is
the, milk TO stick to the side OF the can,
and cold water would not melt the butter
fat First rinse the can with this, then
scrub 1t with a brush that has been boiled
after using, then rinse again with the ssamc
water. Then use boiling water. without
rag In Il. and put in the sun to dry. Your
S Don't ws mean can as milk sGSd p props
X handled It will keep sweet in this can
The reason for all this process, the pro-
Der OF microbes that got into the milk. II
a cubic centimeter In space about MS large
as the end Of 9 mans thumb contained
as clean as It could possibly be, but il
precautions were not taken the number
would increase into the millions.
The cows udder should be washed before
she fs MIXED. he continued, though few did
", and then the hair around the udder
should be dampcned. to keep the dirt from
dropping into the pail. The milk can should
IT should be stirred and a cheese cloth or
sieve placed over It. Don't pour warm
milk into cold milk" he said.
stillaguamish valley had 400 cows It would
be time to start creamery, and II would
certainly be successful. II a farmer milk
ed eight to ten cows It would pay to buy
q cream separator, as 1t would pay for itself
in butter saved In two years. besides Inn
proving the quality OF tho butter. Get q
separator that will skim milk to leave on
the butter fat; II more than this was left
the separator would not be a good one.
Don't sell your milk or cream to a strang-
er without testing it, he advised and as to
how to test 1t he said to get bulletins from
the experiment station.
Begin to MIX In the Fall.
Dairy cows should begin to give milk
in September" he continued, land they
VIII give 30 per cent. more milk in. year
than the cows that come-in In April This
COW should be fed well durine the WIN
ter, and 1t will give a large flow OF milk.
and VIII continue through the spring and
should give full flow for nine months, and
dry up in the tenth.
"Hay is enough feed for dry cow but
or go dry. The latter can't eat hay enough
to keep II up, because there is no room
to store 1t. and 1t takes a lot OF work to
digest It, Tho proper food for good
good hay. thirty to fifty pounds OF carrots.
mangelwurtzels or turnips. and eight to
ten pounds Of grain. Give this every day
bushels of peas to the acre and pillow four
inches deep. and when they are sprouted
and nearly up sow and harrow in two
pusuc'S VI O1ts, you Will get IouT 10 nV6
tons of the best feed In the world. Cut
this when the oats are In the milk. and the
oldest peas. on the vines are just about
ready for the table. Redtop has more
nutrition than timothy but IL not so pala-
table, If you feed cabbages. do so right
after milking. else the milk will be tainted.
Potatoes are good food and equal to about
three times mangelwurtzels or two times
carrots. Ttrnips are better than mangel-
wurtzels; sugar beets are better than car
rots, but you can't raise SO much to the
acre.
If your COW produces less than go
pounds Of butter a year, sell her to the
butcher. because she Is no good for dairy
ing" concluded the professor; but IL she
gives 800 to 600 pounds you have treasure,
and don't sell her for less than 800, be-
cause she will pay interest on that and
bring back the principal before she dies"
Mr.. Wills, of Texas, spoke in glowing
terms of tho climate and resources Of
Western Washington, as compared with
the Lone Star state; Prof. Bamer added a
few word about how to pack apples for the
market: Inspector Won Holderbeck told of
fruit growing in Snohomish county, and
the meeting closed.