The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-12
HousekeeperS' FondneSS
for Collecting Glass
Jars Big Expense.
Senator Stewards Philan-
thropic Effort Not FL
nancial Success.
Interest and Enthusiasm
Make Dairy Business
Attractive.

SKINNED OF the skim milk is very
blue. indeed.
DR. Gordon. OF the Walker-Gordon
Laboratory insists that the Holstein
milk is best for family use. not benz
50 rich as that of the Jersey. and there
fore better suited 70 the digestion OF
children. Jerseys are generally consid-
cred best for butter making. their
milk containing ; per cent Of butter
fat.
Milk dealers who are not catering TO
any particular class Of custom find
that several different breeds give good
results. the milk being mixed They
agree. however. that the Attorney is
not a particularly profitable COW TO
keep, both because the breed Is expen-
sive and because the animals are deli
cate. A Virginia farmer says he gets
his best results from a mixture OF
Hclstein and Guernsey.
A Convenient Thing,
The up-to-date method OF keeping
COWS may lose something in pictur-
esqueness, but It gains in convenience
and in the comfort OF the COWS. On the
farm near Mount Vernon. already men
toned. the COWS are fed through the
winter on ensilage. the two enormous
silo watts holding 500 tons
This food IS chopped corn. gathered
just before it is ripe and ground up
by a machine which locke Ike baby
locomotive These watts are now nearly
empty. and the cows will be fed on
cowpeas and clover, cut from q field
planted with the mixed seed. They are
also turned out to Craze IN the morn
ing. and brought in early, at 8 or ID
O'Clock. This is 20 prevent the, garlicky
taste in the milk which is so disagree
able at certain seasons.
Careless With Cows.
We've had only one complaint this
season Of garlic in the milk" said Mr.
Thompson. 'and that was due to my
being away. and somebody being care
less about driving IN the cows at the
proper time.
III they are brought in five or six hours
before milking time the smell passes or
in the breath and there isn't a trace
Of It in the milk I've tried this COW
food that they claim viii take the taste
out. ana my brothers di6-we an g1Se il
a thorough trial, but II wasn't the least
good.
It's impossible to keep the cows from
eating garlic; some OF EN- are sort OF
ltananS, and VIII eat II wherever they
find II. But driving them in early wiz
prevent any trouble from that source.
Il can tell whether a cow has been
brought in at the proper time just by
the smell Of the milk. Surprising one
cows milk happened 70 taste strong OF
garlic. IT would go all through that
can and spoil the milk for more than a
hundred families. and next day I'd be
getting complaints from all over the
city"
How to Get Rich.
1t was then that Mr.. Thompson made
the remark about eternal vigilance being
the price OF profit in the COW business.
The cows are watered at a tank in
the yard, fed by a stream Of running
water. and along this stream at differ
ent points are other tanks. When run
ming water does not exist. the water has
TO be pumped up by motor; but this
spring never freezes, summer or winter.
and except In a blizzard. the COWS are
led out 10 drink.
The dairyman says that he might set
a little more milk by keeping them in
doors. but he considers the AR and ex-
crcise 10 be good for the COW. and be-
heves in keeping the machine in good
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