The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-31

Hints as to the Care Of Live stock
and Poultry
Dairy Notes
The use of the Babcock milk test
can be abused, and too frequently is
ABUSED Sometimes this comes from
ignorance on the part of the user, but
0iteh II comes from intention to de-
eelFe' To prevent abuses due to ignor-
ance' there is now quite a demand
among dairymen that some laws be
passed requiring all users OF the test
70 take out licenses. The state of
vermont has just passed a law max
'ns II compulsory on man 10 pass
al examination and take out a license
oelore using the Babcock tester in
public way. OF course his does not APP
ply to the man that wants a Babcock
tester for use in his own herd, for
the public does not care whether his
tests are accurate or net. But the man
that makes the tests az the cheese fac
tory or at the creamery should be able
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public should know thai he is able to
make it. Probably before long we
VIII have such laws il all OF the
states where there are many cheese
factories or creameries. Certainly
there will be no element Of the com
munity that will oppose such beneh-
cent legislation.
The state of Michigan is taking en-
ergetic steps to insure that Michigan
dairy products are put on the market
for what they are, and also to see that
the make Of each factory creamery is
branded, so that the source of all
such products may be known. A law
is in force there that requires each
owner or company owing a factory or
creamery to register same with a de-
scription Of its location and name of
the party or parties owning it. The
time for registry each year is set for
the LIST Of April, and blanks are fur
nished for the registry, which is with
out fee. There must be new regis
try Of all such places each year. BY
this registration all cheese factories
attain to the right to use the state
brand of Michigan Full Cream
Cheese" for the use of which 81 fee
Ter year is charged.
When strong favored foods. like
turnips, are to be fed, it should be
after milking and not before. The
controversy over the feeding of turnips
has simmered down to this. In the
past many men have refused to feed
turnips asserting that it gave the milk
a turnipy taste. 1t has finally come to
be recognized that the favor gets into
it through the air that is in the stable
at milking time, or, at least, if the
flavor does go through the COW, it is
eliminated before the next milking
time comes around, provided the feed
ing is done after and not before or
while milking.
The man that would be a successful
dairyman cannot afford to be ignorant
on any matter that comes to the public
attention. In other words he cannot
afford to be behind the times. This
he will be if he does not read current
literature bearing on his work. What
is true of the dairyman is true of the
creamery man and cheesemaker. There
are not only good periodicals that treat
of dairying, but there are a number Of
most excellent books All of these
should be in his library. A small sum
of money spent in such way is well
spent.
In the construction of stables for
COWS, and in the construction of milk
rooms an effort should be made to
have the walls so simply built that
they will be easy to clean and easy
to keep clean. 1t is a mistake to con-
struct such places with a great num-
Der of crevices and recesses that are
difficult to keep clean. If one smooth
surface can be made for each wall. so
much the better This will prevent
the accumulation of dust and other
kinds of dirt that are detrimental to
the business that is being carried on.
Strong smelling roots and folders,
as we'll as other things that have a
decided scent, should either be kept out
of the stable altogether or removed be-
fore milking time. 1t is easier to keep
them out than it is TO renew the air
in the stable after they have been
there. Carelessness in this regard
causes many a dairyman TO lose on his
butter especially when it is sent to pri-
vate customers.
A person that has a contagious dis
Ease or that has been exposed to con-
tagious disease should no more be per-
mitted to work around the COW stable
than he should be permitted to come
into your house and sit at table
among the members of the family.
Milk is a fruitful carrier of disease
germs.
Poultry Notes.
Some poultry papers tell amateurs
not to buy birds to bring onto their
farms, yet carry the advertisements OF