Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-01
Dairy Barn Rules.


| The dairy demonstration, to be held
| in connection with the universal expo
stion at st. Louis, is attracting unus-
ual attention, and the dairymen of this
and foreign countries are especially in
terested in all that pertains there
| to.
| The rules relating to the feeding.
| milking, and caring for the seventy
COWS taking part in the test and re-
Gently promulgated by Col. Charles f..
Mills, the secretary of the live stock
| department of the worlds fair contain
many suggestions that could be adopted
to advantage by every farmer having
few or many cows in the dairy.
The dairy barn rules of the universal
exposition are as follows:
BARNS.
The barns will be open to visitors
| from 8 o'clock a. m. to o'clock y. m.
The barns to be we'll cleaned each
morning not later than 9 o'clock and to
be in readiness for morning inspection
at 10:30 o'clock a m. All manure must
be promptly removed from the barns
as voided between the hours of 9 o'clock
a. m. and o'clock D. m.
groomed not later than 10 o'clock a.
m, and be kept scrupulously clean be-
tween the hours of 8 o'clock a. m. and 6
o'clock p. m. The cows are not to be
disturbed for the inspection of visi-
tors or otherwise at any time.
Milking-The three daily periods for
commencing to milk are o'clock a. M,
IL o'clock M. and o'clock p m.
The two daily periods for commence
ing to milk are o'clock a. M. and 6
o'clock p. m. The milking will be done
under the supervision of the represen-
tative of the committee of the agricul-
tural experiment stations.
The milk to be weighed and sampled
by the representative of the commit
tee of the agricultural experiment sta
tons and by him made matter of rec
ord.
Feeding-The three daily periods for
commencing to feed are o'clock a. M.
II o'clock m, and I o'clock p. m.
All feed to be weighed by the repre-
sentative of the committee of the agri-
cultural experiment stations and by
him made a matter of record. Said
representative will see that the feed
weighed for each COW daily is fed to
the respective animals as specified by
the barn superintendent.
Attendants-Only the attendants are
to be admitted within the railing in
closing the cows without passes.
The mixers to be neatly attired in
clean white suits and the other atten-
dants to have clean suits Of blue denim;
the white suits should be freshly IRON
ed for the noon milking.
The mixers will care only for the
cows placed in the especial charge OF
each by the barn superintendent to
whom they will look for all orders.
Visitors-Visitors desiring informa-
ton will make application to the barn
superintendents and not interfere by
question or otherwise with the attend
ants in the discharge OF their duties.
All applications of visitors for admis-
sion within the railing Enclosing the
COWS must be made to the respective
barn superintendent.
No loud talking or noise tending IN
TIE least to G sturb the cows will he
permitted.
Vermont Pig Feeding Experiment.
eleven pigs-the entire litter raised
from young sow-were removed from
their mother and were placed in WIN
ter quarters for growing and fattening.
These pigs were Of the Chester White
variety, weighing on an average if
teen pounds, and being at this time
five weeks old. The pen they occu-
pied was small for so many. being
only Sx12 feet; neither was there any
thing palatial about it, since straw
was freely used on two sides in order
to make reasonable pigs reasonably
happy during the cold winter.
Most important results in pig feeding
have been achieved by the various eN-
pertinent stations, but few of the far
mers-for whom these experiments
have been made-show interest or
have much confidence in results thus
obtained, because, as they affirm, the
conditions are so different" My OBJ
ject was to give farm conditions. such
as any dairyman could afford, and then
allow the pigs to vindicate themselves
and the stations, if they would, ana
finally die with the proud conscious
ness that they had more than paid
their way, thus surprising not a few
of the human family. This they did.
Every pound of their feed was bought
and accounted for. The milk was
weighed and was valued at Is cents
hundred. In tabulated form the ac-
count stands thus:
Eleven pigs DIR. CT.
To market value at five
weeks old $3.50
To 11,730 lib separator
milk at 15c per cwt ;. 1880
To $40 lb. light shorts at
$40 ......... 11.76
TO $3.50 5s dark shorts
at s1.35 ...... 30.51
To 2,612 lb. cornmeal at
s1.25.. ............ 1895
10 dressing and deliver
ing in two lots 1850. 800
BY 1876 lb dressed weight
at 7c -s127. 10
Balance :. S12. 10
s127.12 $127.12
The expense in caring for the pigs
and the manure are not considered.
rbaea viCS tho,,ph 1Tb dayS old