The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-07

in a former issue, is to be held at
Kansas City. The change has been
made to accommodate the visitors to
the Nebraska dalryman's association
meeting. The latter meeting falls on
the date previously announced for the
convention in Missouri, but 1t can
not be changed, as it is fixed by law.
The Missouri dairymen have therefore
graeiously made the change.
The creamery is good thing for
farmers where It can be successfully
carried on. OF course, the success de-
pends on a good many small things,
and primarily on brains. Where the
cooperative creamery is in existence
there must be some to make study
Of It or 1t will not be a success in ey-
cry particular Above all things the
cooperative creamery managers must
follow a conservative course. If the
butter is being sold at profit in one
market, the risk should not be taken
of abandoning the old and sure mar
ket for possible greater profit.
We notice that Professor Robertson
Of Canada says that cow requires
about one-fourth pound of salt per
day to do her best. This is something
OF surprise, but the professor is
doubtless correct. He declares that
milk given by COW that has all the
salt she wants will keep longer than
milk from a COW that has not had
salt, and he says he has demonstrated
the truth OF this. 1t is absolutely safe
to let the cows nave all the salt they
crave and If the milk is improved the
consumer is so much ahead. 1t is a
fact known to about every farmer
that when cows do not have salt their
milk soon becomes fat in taste.
Reports from England say that the
supplies of Danish butter on that mar
ket are declining, and the same is true
of the Irish butter and the home
made article. On the other hand, the
amount imported from Australia is in
creasing. 1t is selling in London for
about 25 cents per pound. Butter made
from Australian spring grass is ex-
pected shortly and bids fair to become
one of the leading buffers there. Aus
tralia has the advantage of Denmark
that she does not have to import large
quantities of grain and other feeds
from other countries. She can make
butter largely from grass and at a
less cost than the Danes. The butter
trade between Australia and England
is facilitated by the meat trade over
the same route, for partial cargoes of
meat can be pieced out by consign-
ments of butter.
There are different practices in the
feeding of fodder corn, and the results
from the different ways of feeding are
various. The most wasteful way is to
throw out the corn to the COWS while
they are in the barn-yard or even in
the feeding lot near it. In such cases
very large proportion is trampled
under foot and of course wasted Not
only is there a loss to the fodder, but
the cattle fight over it and often in
jure each other. In addition, the
the weaker animals get almost moth
ing till the stronger ones have salts
fed themselves. Some farmers al
ways tie up their COWS when they have
any kind of feed and this Is a good
plan to follow. If the stalks can be
cut up so much the better. A shredder
would be an improvement over that,
and a silo something better than any
of the ways of feeding mentioned. ST.
lage is fed with almost no waste when
it is fed judiciously
Patrons Of creameries that buy by
the test are sometimes dissatisfied be-
cause their tests are not always the
same. Sometimes the tests are quite
high and the patron thinks they should
be high all the time. But every sci
enlist that has investigated this mat
ter knows that the percentage Of fat
is all the time changing is, from
one day to another. Month by month
the relations are quite stable. The
organs OF the udder that produce fat
and other components of milk are not
at all even in their work. Sometimes
the fat is produced faster than the
other parts and sometimes the other
parts Of the milk are produced faster
than the fat The relative quantity
produced in month or even a week
is more uniform. For this reason
many creamery managers use the com
posite test, making the examination
once a week or at longer intervals.
We mention this, as some patrons may
be inclined to think the tests contra
dictory if they do not give the same
results each time.
Hog Insurance.
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