The Langston City herald., 1900-01-27

was not fit to keep, and so we sold
her. What became of her? A man
bought that COW because he was going
into the dairy business and thought
he was doing we'll to get that animal.
He is trying to do what the state oil
Missouri could not afford to do, and
he is now trying to build up herd on
such stock 1t is impossible to build
up dairy interests on inferior dairy
herds; it is useless to attempt to
build on foundation of sand.
The second thing that dairyman
must know is that dairy COW Is as
essential to success in producing milk
and butter as the beef animal is to the
beef breeder. No 'one ever heard OF
the breeder of trotting horses that
had the hardihood to enter for race
Percheron or Clydesdale. So it is
with the dairy COW. The moment you
develop a dairy animal excessively in
the line of beef you destroy its use
tulness for dairy purposes. l lay
stress on this point because some men
high in authority have expressed the
opinion that the combination cow has
been found, but think this is great
| mistake. There Is not man here
that, if he were going to purchase a
beef animal, would not select a Dur
ham in place of a Jersey.
Th1rd-A dairyman should know
what are the characteristics of dairy
cow, so that he can select such COWS
intelligently. l do not mean that he
should know so much about them that
he can go out and buy them on their
conformation, but he should know
enough about them so that in select
ing animals for breeding in his own
herd he will not make a mistake.
Fourth-He should know how to
construct his dairy buildings, for
cheapness, convenience, neatness and
tastiness. All over this country we
find barns that are dark, dingy and
without convenience Most of them
have been built by piecemeal, and not
with that careful thought that should
have been given them.
Fifth-He should know what feeds
to grow and how to grow them. He
should learn early that timothy hay is
seldom cheap enough to pay to feed
to dairy cows, and that it is far better
to feed cow peas and clover. Both of
these benefit the land, while making
a better feed than timothy. The use
of silage should be encouraged, and
also the liberal use of corn. We can't
dispense with corn, even though there
is some prejudice against it. Bran
sometimes gets so high that we can
not economically use it, and then we
should use more linseed meal and
cottonseed meal. Cottonseed meal is
worth more than linseed meal and
usually costs less. On the other hand,
cottonseed meal does affect the butter
adversely sometimes, and if l were
going to make butter for showing I
would not want it fed. But for the
usual sale of butter it is all right. At
the Pennsylvania station we have fed
as high as six pounds Of cottonseed
meal per COW and found that it did
not hurt the butter, which sold on the
Philadelphia market day after day
YyYii..5;:+ mpg complained of. The
dairyman Shot>sId grow sorghum, and
some that are advant5AgeQus.y situated
should grow Kafir corn. Cn> che T
lighter soils both of these prove very
good, but on heavy soils they do not
usually do we'll.
A dairyman should give careful at
tention to the development of his
herd. He should not take a young
cow that has just come into milk and
feed her carelessly and treat her like
an old cow and permit her to stay
0ut in the rain, having only the shell
ter of the wire fence for protection,
and then expect to have a good COW
out of her. The animal must have
special care as to her feed, and be
MIXED with special care. You must
develop in the animal the habit of
producing a large quantity of milk,
and she will keep up that habit
through life and will transmit it to
ner calves.
The dairyman should be familiar
with the details of the manufacture
and sale of dairy products. He does
not generally give enough attention
TO the wastes that occur. We are
pouring too much butter fat out to the
hogs. We are making pork out of
butter fat that is worth 20 cents per
pound. From fifth to a fourth Of
all the butter fat that comes from the
cow goes back to the hcgs. First
prove to yourself that this loss is
going on, and then set about to rem
edy it.
Lastly, a man must be something of
/ mechanic, for he will have many
kinds of machinery to handle, and it
IS necessary for him to study and be-
come familiar with it.
But where shall this information be
obtained? In the first place at the
agricultural colleges of the country,
1T which are special courses in dairy
ng, where all of this kind of knowl-
edge is taught. In addition to that
ire the bulletins of the stations and
he department of agriculture. But
ne must acquire a great deal of his
knowledge by experience.
Twelve Christmases in a Row.