The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-05-16
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FoR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Flow successfuI Farmers Operate This
Departments OF the Farm ~ "A Few
Hints as 70 she Care OF Live Stock
/ and Poultry
Cream separators on the Farm.

and Poultry
Cream Separators ON the Farm.
VI invitation OF Secretary il. ID, Co
burn, OF the Kansas State Board Of
Agriculture, an address was delivered
I at the Boards recent annual meeting
4 Dy Mr. Geo. Morgan, a longtime, OBJ
servant ls'1s1 dairy and creamery man, on
th Ee subject Of using cream separators
on the farm. Mr.. Morgan is entirely
convinced g Of the desirability Of the
4 k-producer having his separating
zone e' at home rather than at the fac
Tory or station, and some OF his OBJ
serVaticns are as follows: 5s8
The value Of the farm separator
TO the private dairyman has already
passed the experimental stage, The
evidence OF our experimental stations
and the testimony Of all who have
made careful, intelligent comparison
between the gravity system and the
modern cream separator is practically
2 unit IN favor Of the latter for the
private dairyman. The, question as to
Tvs advantages in localities where
creameries are established is one con-
fronting creameries at this time in
their operating expenses. This applies
alike both to creamery and patron,
whether under cooperative or pro-
prietary management, it makes but lit
tie difference. All are vitality interest.
ed in the expense account. If the east
ern creamery enjoys a patronage of
from 10000 to 80, 900 pounds Of milk
per day, while many Of our creameries
are running along at from 5000 to
5000 pounds, then we have lost much
OF the advantages we possess on ac-
count Of our cheaper dairy foods in
the increased cost Of operating. Evil
IDENTIFY, as long as present conditions
exist, some system Of Capitalization is
inevitable. III
The farm separator, we think, will
assist greatly in solving this problem.
~ means minimum Of labor with a
maximum Of profit The product is.
carried in condensed form from the
patron to the creamery. In our state,
dairying Is Incidental to beef and pork
production. The conditions at times
are peculiar and perplexing The
farmer has q way Of putting the cream
cry on half rations Of milk When
times and crops are good, it is no un-.
common thing to find him at milking
time quietly sitting on the fence with
9 complacent smile upon his counte-
nance, as he watches the calf do the
milking, but when reYerses come, the
COW and the creamery are counted
amongst his best friends and assets.
Where large investments are made in
skimming stations and these spells
strike the patrons, 1t often proves very
disastrous to the manag cement, as they
feel compelled to keep running
though the patronage has gone below
any chance Of profit. We feel safe in
saying that fully one-third Of the
skimming stations In this state from
October to May do not pay running ex-..
penses. It is in these localities where the
farm separator will prove OF the great
est benefit. If the patronage is light
then the expense is corresponding
light. We place the average cost Of a
skimming station at $1,000 and the
average cost Of operating at $500 per
annum.
AT points where the patronage is
liberal, any radical change would mot
be advisable. It will to great extent
work its own way. But at these weak
er, non paying stations much good can
be accomplished by the use Of the farm
separator, especially in territory where
the distance is too great to haul milk.
True, to carry out this plan the farm
Ell must make an investment for which
he is amply compensated in the in
creased value Of the skim milk and the
convenience Of having 1t on the farm
morning and evening to be fed while
wa m, sweet and fresh and in the best
possible condition to be fed TO the
young animal. The milk patron often
suffers q severe loss on account Of his
Sundays milk during the heated term.
He also loses again by feeding new milk
to the calf for SIX or eight weeks on
account Of the danger incurred in feed
ing the creamery milk. Where milk
is fed from the farm separator by care
full management and the use of kafir-
corn-meal, the calf can be put upon the
Skinned milk at is days old. It has
been our experience that the patrons
with from 10 to Is cows save enough
in one year to pay for a 500 ma
chine.
Poultry Briefs
4 1t will do nu harm to give the poul-
try some powdered charcoal, which is
q thing very easy to obtain on farms
where wood is burned almost exelu-
sively.
Diseased stock should be got rid OF
as 1t seldom pays to keep birds that
have been sick. As layers they are
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