Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-11-28
gricdltural lore

an animal is much better when in good
health and on the grain at the time
of killing, than when the animal is
sick and tired and falling away by
reason of a hard journey. Indeed,
thousands of beeves are killed yearly,
and the meat exposed for sale in our
markets, which is not fit to eat on this
very account.
After beef has been hung up over
sht and become perfectly cool, il
should be taken down and cut UP In
such pieces as will be wanted for M.
lure cooking, either for steak, baking
roasts, soups, or for corn.ns. II one
has a surplus, he should of course sell
1t to his neighbors, or better yet. IL
generously inclined, give few pieces
to some poor family not able to pur-
chase and pack away. There are those
who relish little corned beef now
and then, however. and in that case.
a new, clean half-barrel should be pro-
cured, the meat cut up in just such
sized pieces as will be wanted in the
future for cooking, and, having been
packed closely, pickle made of four
pounds of sugar, four pounds of salt,
and If su ted to the tastes of those who
are to eat 1t. one-half ounce of saline
ter. with liquid enough to cover ali me
pieces of meat. Beef thus corned will
be found vastly superior to that sup.
piled by the butcher
Skill in Milking.
Milking is an operation which re-
quires skill, as II has an important eff
feet on the amount and quality of milk
given. Dairymen know that there are
as great differences between mixers
as between cows and that cows will do
much better with some mixers than
with others. Indeed, good cows are
often almost ruined by poor mixers.
The milker should avoid handling
the COW more than necessary, and he
should make it rule to do his work
quickly and thoroughly. He should
never go from a sick to a Wen COW
wi bout first cleansing his hands The
habit of wetting the hands with mink
is filthy in the extreme and should
never be practiced. Some people
think it is necessary, but this Is a mis-
take. The hands should be kept dry.
If they are not, it is impossible to pre-
vent drops of milk from constantly
falling from them into the pail.
The pail should be held close to the
udder, so as to expose the milk to the
air as little as possible. The farther
the streams fall and the more they
spray, the more dirt and bacteria they
collect. Contamination from the fore
milk must be avoided, by discarding
the first few streams drawn, or less
than a gill in all. This entails little
loss, as the first milk drawn is always
poor in butter fat. and If IL happens to
be badly contaminated, as Is frequent
ly the case. much injury and trouble
may be saved.
Care In Feeding Cows.
The COW requires not only materials
for maintenance, but must also have
protein, fat and carbohydrates to make
milk from. The milk contains water
fat protein (casein, or curd), sugar.
the ash. and these arc all made from
the conTtituents of the food. II insult
ficient protein, fat, and carbohydrates
are contained in the food given her.
the cow supplies this deficiency for
lime by drawing on her own body, ana
gradually begins to shrink in quantity
or quality of milk, or both. The stingy
feeder cheats himself as well as the
COW. She suffers from hunger. al
though her belly is full of swale hay
but she also becomes poor and does
not yield the milk and butter she
should. Her milk glands are a won.
derful machine, but they cannot make
milk casein (curd) out of the carbohy.
drates In coarse, unappetizlng, indl.
gestible swale hay or sawdust any
more than the farmer himself can
make butter from skim milk She
must not only have a generous supply
of good food, but II must contain sui.
hcient amounts of the nutrients need
ed for making milk. Until TINS fact is
and appreciated, success.
ful, profitable dairying Is out of the
question. The COW must be regarded
as sort Of living machine. She takes
the raw materials given her in the
form of food and works them over into
milk. II the supply OF proper mate.
rails Is small. the output will be small.
The COW that will not repay generous
feeding should be disposed OF at once
and one bought that will. There are
certain inbred characteristics which
even liberal feeding cannot overcome.