The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-11
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all my cows except one or two for fam
lily use and quit dairying. There is no
money in it, There is no end to the
| work of it, and all the income Of this
month is simply outgO next month, and
| / am tired of it. l think there is more
| money in hogs or steers or sheep, and
| if ! find there is not / can sell my hay
and grain and no doubt have as much
or more money az ] less work"
| This l heard another man say: Eyes,
my COWS are p" ing me. There is a
steady and DEP" ndable in( ONE from
them. [ feed cavity, principally Of
feeds grown at ,.ome. and as a market
for such feeds and as a source Of ac-
| tual profit l regard my dairy as the
most satisfactory branch Of my farm
ing My COWS are we'll bred and built
| for business l feed and care for them
the best l can. l find my COWS and l
are growing together-that is, as find
my COWS improving 1 find myself inn
| proving as a feeder and manager with
them Irrational Stockman.
A Jersey Bulls Pedigree.
| A California subscriber sends Hoard S
| Dairyman the pedigree of the Jersey
bull that he has recently bought to
| head his herd in which there is some
| thing more than a bold dash of the
| blood elements which made Old Pedro
| so famous, crossed upon a couple of
| imported COWS whose breeding is not
| given. The inquirer says, however
that the dam of this bull and her DAM
although not officially tested, leave
nothing to be desired in the way of
form and development of udder. This
seems to us to be an assurance that the
! combination Of blood elements in the
| youngster are perhaps all that could
be desired, and if his progeny receives
! proper care we have little doubt that
| our inquirer WIFI be more than satisfied
with his purchase.
Look Out For Bad Odcrs.
! Dairymen should not lose sight Of
the fact that the organisms which de-
| compose farmyard manure and thus
| cause bad OdOr will also ferment
milk and cream. 1t will be we'll, there
|
decaying substances from the vicinity
| of the dairy and the pals used il
| milking Another thing which should
| be looked after is the cleaning of the
| drains. Sour OF butter milk should
| never be left near pure milk Or cream
| They tend to form a breeding ground
for the same sort Of organisms which
| later on faint the products of the
| dairy.
| A Great MilEzer.
A British journal announces the
death of one of the most remarkable
cows that ever figured in public milk
| ing tests. This was a Shorthorn-
Guernsey cross bred animal. She was
| in her ninth year at the time of her
| death. Some idea of her great ability
| as a milker may be gathered from the
fact that during the ten and q half
months prior to her death she had
produced at the rate of over 1900 gal
| Ions of milk per annum. On the day
before her death she gave sixty-sig
pounds of milk.
To Secure Good Calves.
Warm, sweet milk, fed in clean buck
cts, with access to cornmeal or Kaffir
corn meal, bright hay, fresh, clean wa
ter, salt, plenty of sunlight, shelter
and bedding in cold weather, shade in
summer and regularity and kindness
in treatment will usually insure good,
thrifty calves that will gain from a
pound and a half to two pounds daily.
Kansas Experiment Station.
| Salt the Cows Regularly.
Sometimes for different reasons but
! ter after it comes will not gather read
| lily. Neglecting to salt the cows regu-
larly will sometimes produce this eff
feet. Keeping the milk or cream until
it is too old is a very common cause.
Sometimes too much wheat or barley
chop as feed will be the cause.