Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-04-09
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An organize ton has been formed in
a rural community of Pennsylvania
which can hest be described as fra
ternal mutual benefit society of which
cattle are the members. The home of
this interesting organization is at Ar
not, and its official title is 1.-The Union
Cow Club of Arnot, Pa" The country
thereabout is peculiarly hazardous for
cows to wander ill., There are mine
shafts and railroad tracks and steep
and narrow paths where the careless
man or beast is prone to stumble.
Therefore the COW club. No COW less
than one or more than ten years old is
eligible for membership. and full par
ticipation in the benefits of the order is
given only to those which are a source
of profit to their owners. The men,
bers, therefore, really earn enough to
pay their own dues, and the owners oc-
cupy rather the position of business
advisers who take care of surplus
funds and look after the clerical details
of paying the assessments when they
fall due Each one, it might be said.
holds power of attorney for his cows
The owners are also the beneficiaries
of the bovine policies. In case a COW
dies between March 1 and Sept 80 the
owner receives $50. If she dies be-
tween Oct. l and Feb. IS, he gets only
$25. If the animal becomes disabled or
sick, an examining committee looks
into the case to determine what dam
ages should be allowed, and if this
committee cannot agree a special meet
ing is called. and the owners in con-
clave adjust the damages. One inter-
esting provision is that if man wishes
to kill COW for beef or if he wishes to
sell he must notify the president TWEEN
ty-four hours beforehand so that the
withdrawal may be duly entered on the
books So far as has been learned no
candidates for admission have yet been
DISQUALIFICATION York Post.
Worth Her Weight In Gold.
Some farmers wives can make good
butter 0AdeSa week. 1t is the one that
can make good butter every time she
tries that is a pearl of great price and
worth her weight in gold or gilt edge
butter.
Acrating and Delivering MILK.
Never take your milk cans inside the
stable, said +. w. Ashman before Ohio
Dairymen's association. After each
COW is MIXED strain and run the milk
through an aerator, and when the milk
ing is finished the whole of it must be
aerated again by pouring or dipping till
it is cooled. This must be done where
the air is pure, and the quicker the
temperature of the milk is changed
the quicker it will check the growth of
the bacteria in it. Never mix warm
milk with cold milk, but cool it to the
same temperature.
Where milk is delivered at the facto-
ry milk must be pure and clean and
should be delivered on spring wagon
to prevent it from churning. The cans
should be covered with heavy ducking
to protect the milk from freezing and
dust from getting into it, and it must
be perfectly sweet, so after it leaves
the separator it can be sterilized to in
crease the value of the skimmilk for
feeding purposes. When it arrives at
home, it should be emptied at once and
the cans rinsed with cold water before
washing.
silage Compared With Timothy Hay.
Timothy hay of average quality con-
tains 1914 per cent digestible units. ST.
lage of average quality contains III
per cent dieestible units. If this was
the only test of value, timothy hay
would be worth nearly three times as
much as silage. but timothy hay is not
so easily digested as silage, and quite
proportion of its digestible value must
be used in furnishing energy to digest
it, whereas silage is easily digested and
therefore requires less expenditure of
energy for this purpose. Again, silage
is a succulent feed, and there is value
in succulence which cannot be meas
ured or even estimated in figures.
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