The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01


An organization has been formed In
a rural community of Pennsylvania
which can best be described as a 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 in. There are mine
shafts II railroad tracks and steep
and narrow paths where the careless
man or beast is prone to stumble.
Therefore h COW club. No COW less
thai n 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
or paying the assessments when they
fall due. Each one, it might be said,
ANANN' - DO"Ni VI ll'iIN " Ills No"S.
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. 1 and Feb. IS, he gets only
$50. 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 a man wishes
to kill a COW for beef or if he wishes to |
sell he must notify the president twen-
ty-four hours beforehand so that the
WITHDRAW wal 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 once a week. 1t is the one that
cal make good butter every time she
tries that is a pearl of great price and
worth her weight in gold or gilt edge
butter.
Aerating 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 a%erator, and when the milk
ing is finished the whole of it must be
aerated again by pouring or dipping till
1t is cooled. This must be lone 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 a spring wagon
to prevent it from c%hurning. 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
the value Of the skimmilk for
feeding purposes. When it arrives at
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 49.4 per cent digestible units. ST.
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
80 easily digested as silage, and quite a
proportion of it's digestible value must
used in furnishing energy to digest
t, whereas silage is easily digested and
requires less expenditure of
energy for his purpose. Again, silage
s a succulent feed. and there is a value
n succulence which cannot be meas
1red or even estimated in figures.
Sultana, A. G. c.. c., STA. {