The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-26


Finland has given out the following
advice in regard to breeding and car
ing for dairy cattle:
Use only pure bred cows.
Do not cross different breeds hap
hazard.
Do not keep more stock than you
can feed well.
Pair healthy animals, then the prog
eny will be healthy.
Pair animals of similar character so
you may know the kind of progeny to
expect.
Pair the animals of such families as
give plenty and rich milk, so the prog
eny will produce plenty and rich milk.
Do not pair too young animals. That
makes both parents and progeny suf-
fer.
Make a memorandum of the milk
yield and if possible its test. Only
thus can a positive knowledge of the
cow value be secured.
Keep record of the breeding "a herd
book by which you may determine the
breeding value of an animal.
Visit cattle shows in order to see
other animals and to show your own,
so as to compare and get practice in
judging animals.
Join a bull association so as to Sc
cure the service of a good bull at a
reasonable cost.
The calf should be protected against
dampness and draft. 1t is very tender
while young.
The calf should have the milk in
small portions and as often as the
COWS are MIXED, as only then we get
the full benefit of the milk.
The calf should have new milk ex-
clusively the first fourteen to twenty
days.
Dairy of a Queen.
The dairy of Queen Alexandra of
Denmark is probably the finest model
extant OF the old fashioned dairy. The
establishment is small one, with
plain furniture, distinguished for it's
simple cleanliness. There is no me-
chanical separator, the milk is skim
med in the old fashioned way and the
cream allowed to ripen. The Royal
Dairyman has taken great interest in
her herd and dairy, making a model
for the country people, the place being
thrown open at stated periods to the
public. The COWS are of the Jersey
breed and Craze in lovely meadows.
Methods of Milking.
Methods of milking have much inf1u-
ence ON the quantity of milk given by
the cow, and some think that faulty
method also affects the proportion of
butter fat in the milk At recent
meeting Of the British Dairy associa-
ton the subject was discussed, and an
interesting paper was read by Prim-
rose Mcconnell on the subject. He de-
scribed the stripping method as that
in which the fingers are forcibly drawn
down the teat, sometimes done with
energy as if the mixer was drawing
the milk down from the horns of the
cow. If the teats are scratched in the
least or chapped, this rough process
opens and keeps irritated the broken
skin, so that there will be considera-
BILE soreness inevitably resulting in a
decrease of the yield. The squeezing
method is much the better. The opera
tor grasps the teat and, the arms and
elbows moving, squeezes it only, with
out any pulling, and no cessation Of
ttln No c,tp low %A6
from one teat before it is stopped to
take a new hold at the other The
principal superiority of this method lies
in the fact that it deals gently with the
teat, so that where there Is a tendency
to soreness the sores are not continual
~ reopened, and thus the animal stands
more quietly during the operation.
Sores heal up more quickly, new ones
are not formed, and consequently the
animal will be better mixer. A cow
that could hardly be made to submit to
the former method nay stand quietly
during the latter.-Exchange
An Advantage In DISADVANTAGES.
The butter maker who is working
earnestly with his patrons, exerting
himself to induce them to take better
care of their diaries, apparently in
vain, must not be discouraged, says
Creamery Journal II the patrons Of
all our creameries brought perfect
milk, the demand for good butter max
ers would be inactive indeed, as any
one could make first class butter out OF
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Kent ucky Creamery Closed.
The Seven Hills Creamery company,
Henderson, Ky, which was recently
Incorporated at Owensboro with about
100 stockholders, has suspended, and
the directors will sell the plant. The
directors looked to the farmers for
milk, which they were unable to get.
Absolute Cleanliness.
Many housewives who would resent
a suggestion of uncleanliness will use
the regular dishcloth for washing the
churn and utensils, but it is not posi-
Bile for these to be sufficiently clean,
and no other but perfectly clean cloths
should be used about the dairy.