Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-07

Taking up the pig on the farm ~,
speaker spoke in favor of giving him
| { lean. comfortable quarters mentioned
ttho advanced Methods of feeding Tho
Tow Welding 5000 pounds Of skim milk.
he said. will furnish Ia pounds of pro
tcin and 100 pounds Of carbo-hv,lrotrs
| rs n fertilizer ii contains - pounds OF
Nitrogen, ten pounds Of phosphoric acid
ana 80 bounds potash.
Prof. Henry 1T the Wisconsin ct,
iirn conducted trials with IS p..ss Of III
ages. To determine the value of skim
milk from the separator. when fed
with corn meal. The proportion of mill,
varied from one to nine pounds Of mill.
to one pound Of meal. The average
of'alI his experiments showed that a15
pounds Of milk cnual!cd 100 pounds
OF neal Reckoning corn ut ~ -
cents. the skim milk would be
worth ~ rents per Zee. In the Danish
experiments six pounds OF milk were
found equal to one pound of barley.
! rye or corn and that the best quality
, Of pork was made from milk fed pigs.
He also spoke of the advantage OF us
ing milk d. u food for poultry.
/ He then took w the subject of fcrtil-
/ izer. The more of the food the COW
! cats that is produced on the farm The
/ more perfect in the success the fartaer
has reached. To this end, an MANURE"
/ should be saved and used Nh feeding
and all work should tend to increase
I quality and quantity. lie then spoke Of
| the waste of manure by throwing it out
| under The caves of the barn. where its
goodness is washed away to no avail
\ farmer might as Well leave his pock-
| ethook exposed to the Clements az his
| fertilizer. He closed with an earnest
plea for more attention to improved
methods in looking after the waste
IN oducts of the farm
In comparing this season With pre-
vious seasons. ! think We ma: have
| some chance for comment. We know
| OF the drought and drynesS which has
| had such bad results on the farms
| This condition prevailed over q large
| area and prices have been higher in
| the seasons when prices are usually
low. We have in full numbers. 110 900
full producing COWS. Large numbers
| OF these are the mothers of veal calves
and of course they are not used i'll but
ter making. The milk from many is
also used fer the city trade and for
cheese making. Subtractng these. not
far from "0.0oU are used in our cream
cry business
We have A. crcamerivs in this State
ana some of these are not now run
ming. not because of any decline i'm tn"
industry however. We have also II
cheese factories in operation ana they
have drawn in q larger quantityof milk
than formerly. The greatest industry.
ANA perhaps the one of which Wc are
most proud. because in il, we are
known in other states, is our creamery
industry. The output from our creamer-
les has paid the farmers not far from
81 .0oo,00n. Half of this has been for
sweet cream. not butter. We have Il
reputation for our cream ana it is 4
reputation We may Wen be proud of.
The creamery men are getting the
most money out of the creamery bust
ness. They have been able 10 pay the
farmers. a higher price for cream than
ther could for butter fat and in this
Way the farmer is being benefited.
MANY priVat" dairXmen are engaged
in cheese maxim; ANA it promises IL
bc of vast importance in tn" future. !
nave in mind where The returns have
been So to i COW. | wonder If We are
not carrying the butter business fan
Their than we ought. Perhaps it would
be better to 20 Il little deeper into
cheese. This tendency u Z" into cheese
making should be encouraged. These
large. short horned and Holstcin COWS
are great chcesers. This industry is
especially adapted To those farmers far
from cream"ri"S rs they can get that
product to market cheaper than butter
crrrm.
The butter made with the aid Of
Srp1rators is The best. II received the
highest awards ut the Ne" il3mp-
shire meeting which ! attended W"
are using too much old cream and not
using srpcrator:; OF making tn" butter
Ne ought. "" must improve the stand
ard Of on. butter if rs" would Eul! our
plac" in the market
"Thr Turner Center creamery is do
ing half Tire business Of IN" Stat" and
it is turning out Il good product. We
are being crowded down in the mar
k.iS ana Ne can only hold our place
~ improving IL" quality 81 our butter.
What can W. do to this end" The
creamery and dairy men should 9"
called together AMI aTSoclatcd 80 dS 10
work together. Vt present there is no
Uniformity If action but rather COM
prtition The creamery men should
work to turn out butter Of z uniform
quality. When we have a uniform
quality. we have a great impetus u
this industry.
The small creamery turns ont z
poor product. Now when thrS" cream
cries are associated together and send
their products TO Il central station. 4
vast amount of money will be saved
for the farmers.
The speaker then spol" of the test
ing station which has been established
and Urged more general patronage of
the station instead of the crcamcri"S
doing their own testing rs IL too often
th,. case. He then went on:
AT tho University. We have spec
jaI dairyinc course ana Yet we have
never been able to get more than Is
men to take that course. Why is it?
because our people DO not believe n
n horticulture. as a leading industry in
this State The farmer stands back.
He does not believe in the industry:
he does not believe in himself. | tell
Won we do not make enough of our
selves. If our farmers Will not 20 20
school for instruction We must carry
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