The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-03-29
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS. ..
How sncnesfuI Farmers Opsrats This
Department OF the Farm--A Few
HiBts as to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Dairy Notes.

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/ One OF the hard things that the man
ager OF a creamery or cheese factory
| has to contend with is dishonesty
among those that supply milk Where
milk is purchased by the hundred
| pounds this condition IL particularly
| AGATE, and Ii even exists In consider
! able measure where the milk is pur-
chased by the test, One cheesemaker
tells OF the trouble he has with his
patrons that bring poor milk. He says
that one man continually brought milk
| so near the souring point that 1t was
sometimes impossible to use 1t, and
once or twice II was returned. But the
man would always come back smiling
the next day and assert that the mana
ger was wrong In sending back the
mtlk--that 1t kept perfectly for long
/ time afterward. One day the milk
brought was so near sour that the man
ager thought ii necessary To refuse II,
He thought, however, that he would be
sure that this milk soured, so he siyly
clipped into the cans enough rennet 10
| make the milk thick In short time.
Tbs following morning the farmer was
back with q new lot of milk, but de-
ciarad that the milk OF the preceding
day kept over night, and that some OF
IL was used for making eustard the
next day. OF course, II was not policy
for the manager to give away the fact
that he knew tho man was lying, or
that ne had put rennet In the milk, II
illustrates one OF the biggest obstacles
In the way OF getting clean milk.
DO not feed musty hay to dairy cows,
nor in fact any kind Of fodder that Is
musty Some believe that this mustiv
ness will not pass through into the
milk, and It may be so, but we are
suspicious OF the truth or the asser-
tion. 1t is a fact that there Ia a diff
ference in the flavor OF butter made on
June grass ana the butter made In
the winter when the cows are fed on
dry hay. If this difference In feed
makes any difference In flavor, why
may 1t not make a good deal Of dit''
ference IL the feed be particularly
bad, Moldy feed Is bad thing to
have around In any case and should
be thrown out, Using II as COW bed
ding Ia likely to make the matter
worse. for the whole stable will be
scented with II, and In the morning
when the milk ID drawn 1t will GER
tainly be tainted and this faint VIII
grow az the cream ripens, II ia not
advisable TO use this for bedding and
depend on airing the barn enough In
the morning to get the smell out. THIS
would be seldom done at all, ana where
done Ii would generally be done In a
very imperfect manner, The presence
OF spoiled feed Ii very often the cause
OF poor butter,
Whether or not Americans viii ever
be able 10 build up trade In Lendan
depends on whether they can SO I'M
prove the great mass OF butter pro-
duced that 1t will grade mainly an first
quality, At present tha amount OF
really good butter Is said TO be not
more than 20 per cent of the whole,
and this &c per cent brings n premium
In the American market. II all our
product were Of good quality, the best
prices in this country would be much
less than at the present time, but the
rest OF the butter would bring a very
much higher price than at present,
This, of course. Is based on the suppo-
sition that conditions remain as at
present American butter might then
enter the English market In eompet!"
ton with Danish,
s.
Man wants frequent change Of food,
but not 80 our COWS, They do best
when fed the same ration constantly.
The digestive system OF the COW seems
10 adjust itself to q certain feed and to
be unable to change readily. Thus. II
aiiage be fed for long time. a change
TO- dry hay or corn fodder means
sudden falling off In the milk dow, and
this flow cannot BIO restored by re-
turn to the first ration. The plan.
therefore, of putting half Of the corn
fodder into the silo and drying the
other half has no advantage in 1t: and
II Is a positive detrlnent II the two
kinds Of feed are to be alternated. II
the silo Is large enough, 1t will pay
better to ensilage the entire fodder
crop than to dry half of it. /