Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-01-26
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How succesful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm-A Few
Hints as to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Dairy Notes.

The old way Of feeding corn fodder
should give way to the new as fast
as men can afford to invest in fodder
cutters and shredders. BY the old
way, waste was encouraged. The large
ends 81 The stalks were uneaten and
had to be cast out as rubbish. They
were not even fit to be used for bed
ding, Where shredding is possible
these same stalks are not only rem
dered fit for the cows to eat, but II,
by chance. anything be left, 1t is suit
able for bedding.
1t is estimated that the butter and
cheese consumed in England amount
to $4,000 tons, of which 264, 900 tons
are imported. The wonder is that the
Engl.zl buy much OF their dairy prod
ucts 4. pm countries that are more
densel' populated than England. Even
the far ends of the earth are helping
to supply this important class of food.
1t is rather humiliating that the
United States of American can get so
small a part of this immense trade,
and that, too, because some greedy men
are allowed to impose on the British
public by bogus products.
A contemporaneous dairy paper says
that 1t does not regard the grinding
together OF the corn and cob, into
what is known as corn and cob meal,
as any advantage to the feeding ra-
ton. However, it has been demon
strated that the cob ground up Is as
valuable as the meal pound for pound
provided it be ground or mixed with
the corn meal. One Of the largest feed
Ing establishments in Nebraska not
only grinds up all the corn on the cob
that 1t can get, but even goes to the
trouble of purchasing corn cobs by the
carload to grind up for the use of its
cattle, and regards corn and cob meal
as very valuable.
New Zealand is not going to be be-
hind other countries in fostering her
export trade in dairy products. Real
izing that the government regulations
of Canada, Australia and Denmark
have accomplished much in the way of
developing their export trade in dairy
products, New Zealand has placed on
the statute books an act called the
Dairy Industry Act" Among other
things this act provides for the stor-
ing, at government expense and under
government supervision, of all butter
intended for export, provided the but
ter be not put into the warehouses
more than thirty days before the
steamer that is to take 1t sails. Sim
liar regulations are made as to cheese.
The whole is under control of the de-
partment of agriculture.
The Pure Butter Dealers Associa-
ton of Philadelphia is doing a work
that should be paralleled In every
state where there are butter laws. 1t
is gathering evidence to present In
court as to the sale OF oleomargarine
for butter, not only by the butter
stores. but also by the restaurants and
iltels. 1t is not that the sellers of
This product cars much about the law
suits, but 1t stirs up the people to a
realization of the fact that such
places are selling or using butterine
instead of butter. Most of our hotels
put on proud airs and would not for
a good deal have the travelling public
convinced that they use a substitute
for butter. Only keep these places ad-
vertised and they will soon discard
oleomargarine for pure butter. The
same is true OF big grocers, especially
those that cater to the best paying GUS
tom, that of the rich and well-to-do.
Too little effort has been made to bring
their habits to the notice of the peo-
pie.
Keeping the COW stable clean and
sweet is one of the necessary requi-
sites of good dairying. 1t Is impos-
sible to draw milk In a stable that is
nauseating in its atmosphere and have
the milk pure The atmosphere fur
nishes the cause of bad odors that
become worse when developed in the
milk. 1t is not infrequent that a man
takes great pains to have his hands
washed and clean clothes on when he
milks and yet allows the odors OF the
manure to SO permeate the whole
stable that 1t is impossible to get good
results as to a clean product Every
few months the stable should be given
thorough cleaning, using not only
Then the daily task should be to keep
1t clean. OF course 1t is not possible
to do as great New Jersey dairyman
does-keep man to do nothing but
to remove the droppings as fast as
they are made, but the barn should be
cleaned out often enough to prevent
the odors from permeating every
thing Whitewashing is valuable be-
cause 1t not only covers up germs that
may have escaped the disinfectant
washes. but acts as a reminder to the
dairyman that his stable is to be kept
clean. Dirt cannot accumulate on
whitewash without being recognized,
and thus the cleanings are likely to be
nearer together. Some have adopted
the practice of painting the boards
near the e4ws with coal tar. This
would appear to be good thing, as 1t
prevents the boards taking in filth
and holding It, they should also be
easier cleaned for this painting.
Poultry Notes.
A writer on poultry TOPICS says: