Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-18
UTILIZING WASTE DAIRY PRODUCTS.


Prom an address delivered by ,. A. Robert.
AZ tae Nsine Bcari Of Agrseafrsre meeting al
AugusfAE. - ~
Dsirying 10 a leading iadsstry Ia this
country. Its direct products of butter,
cheese and milk find thar way into
every home, forming an important and
valuable portion Of the food. The by-
products OF the COW are valuable Is
well. Skimmiik, but,ermilk and whey
are valuable foods for raising animals,
especially when young, and this iu-
cludes swine and poultry. These by-
products of the dairy ali contain valuable
fertilizer constituents. Milk seems y
necessity for the calf. IL should have
whole milk for a few days, then grad
uAl change may be mSde to skimmilk
At least portion OF the fat taken cut Of
the miis must be replaced. For this
purpose faxseed tea IL useful. Take
= cup Of naxseed TO quart Of boiling
water, cooking Il Is minutes OF more
until IL becomes jelly-like. Add =
spoonful at first 10 the skimmuk and
gradually increase.
Milk should always be fed at Its
temperature when freshly drawn, nor
should the calf be fed too much skim
milk. Teach the young calf To eat
whole oats; there Is nothing better.
Then With plenty OF good. early cut hay,
IL will thrive. Many feed skimmllk TO
their calves until they are year old, or
even older. The qusntity IL gradually
Increased until pailful or more day
is fed. So fed, calves reach maturity
early and are considered more valuable
on this account.
As for myself, l believe there Is no
more profitable way Of using skimmiik
and oui,ermilk than 70 feed IL 10 swine.
NY plan Is 70 keep two or three breed
ing sows, raising two litters OF pigs An
naally from each one. They are KEEP,
on the farm wastes, except for few
weeks at fsrrowing time, when they are
fed a grain ration made up mostly of
wheat mltdiings. When four weeks old
The pigs are put by themselves, t~o in
pen. They are fed warm skimmilk,
sweet st first, as much ss they viii eat.
A handful or two of corn is thrown into
the pen 10 make up In part for the fat
that has been removed from the milk,
and also to induce them To work over
the materials that have been put into
the pen, making IL into the very richest
OF manure.
What We are sftes In all our work on
the farm il more aud richer manure.
The manure pile Is the farmers bank
and he should make his deposits ss
large as possible against the day OF
drawing out.
As the pigs grow larger We feed \
small quantity of wheat middlings. At
four To- six mo9ths OF age begin 70 use
corn meal, little at first and gradually
Increasing IL until the point IL reached
when thew VII. est no more. They are
sold when six 20 eight months old and
are exps cted TO weigh $50 TO 300 pounds.
Pigs should be kept clean. The damp
bAss meut OF barn Is an unit place, ss
IL l. uahealihy. Give them good dry,
wSrm pan and furnish an ABUNDANCE OF
litter nj they xill add To your bank
account. There is a pront in pigs when
kept aud fed In this way.
The COW yielding 5000 pounds OF SKIM
milk and buttermiIk furnishes l45 lbs OF
dixestiole protein aud 800 los digestibie
csrbobydrsies aud fat. As a fertilszert II
- lbs. nitrogen, 10 lbs. pnos-
phorlc acid ana IL los. potash. Worth
:. wing, a Il no,s The more OF the food
that the COW eats that IL produced on
the farm the resreT 10 perfect success
the farmer hss reached. To this end be
should make use of all the manure the
eoN m .kes, both liquid and solid.