Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-20
= casPTER ON DslRYING.
Gentleman Of Long and Ripe Experience Gives
Good ADVISE to HIS Co Workers.

Elgin butter price this week is steady
al 24ac, the same as last week. A year
a2s Elgin was2S@c, Chicago average 24t,
New York "a &C. Boston "a 9c and Phila-.
delphia 251e.
Bioamingd lie Cooperative Creamery
company paid 24c for March butterfat
clear of all expenses. At meeting,
March sob, held for the purpose ot
raising thtir capital stock from 81, 500
to 81 500 they also decided to build
boiler room. Also let the butter haul
ing, whicn went 10 Thos Haney, the
lowest bidder The object of increas-
ing stock was chat sll the old stock was
taken aud there are more who want to
take stock We expect gain right
7 along on cream aud new patrons,
From now on keep your cream the
lIne as you wonld in the summer; do
. ot be afraid Of lts freezing. Keep it in
Z cool place or III water; be sure TO air
= q cool The new cream AZ soon as il ia
9 arated, never mix it with the old be.
Il going this Some of our patrons
~ skimming too thin cream look at
last pay stub and see what it is; if
liz below thirty per cent. turn your
ct1tsn screw in a half turn, keep turn
ing ii in until yon have test of 81 or
81 | would like to have you pay atten-
ton to this. Do not be afraid that You
will lose by it, as you will not. There
has been q number of shares sold since
the meeting on Marcn 30th,
Worlds best records OF the Guernsey,
Jersey and Holstein COWS; Sultan of
Paxtang, Guernsey. a. 13s lbs milk,
$50 lbs hutterfst; 'tCharmante, Guern-
sey, II, S74 lbs milk, 67G bs butterfat
Imp" Guernsey, 1152S lbs milk, 595
lbs butterfat; "Portia, 4-year-old Guer-
nsey, II, 629 lbs milk, COZ lbs butterfat;
"Modena, 3i-year-old Guernsey, 10,62S
lbs milk, $50 lbs 7butterfat; Mary Mar
shall, 3 year-old Guernsey, 9,3O6 lbs OF
milk, 4-s lbs butterfat; Ada, 24-year-
old Guernsey, S,GO5 lbs milk, 517 lbs of
buttsrfat; Dolly Bloom" 2-year-old
Guernsey, 6S41 lbs milk, 453 lbs butter
fat; "Gertie, " Jersey, 1870 lbs milk.
933 lbs butterfat; Belle Sarcastic, Hol-
stein, %, 1S9 lbs milk, 721 lbs butterfat.
The above cows are all registered and
were feed purposely for the worlds re-
cnrd. You will notice that the Holsteln
Cow gave double the amount of milk.
Her test was g. II, while the best Guern-
sey's test was $40 and the Jersey . 81
double that of the Holstein test. The
Jersey cows milk for the year would be
worth $205. 80, the Guernsey Sl36 ~ and
the Holstein sl58 S4 The 2-Year-old
cows milk would be worth 500. IS tigur-
ing them at 22e per pound for butterfat.
This is probably better record than
any of our neighbors can show, but at
the same time they have cows in their
herds that woCld surprise them II they
would take a record Of their -llk ana
- oil iNy
/ will draw mp plan for you to work
by so it will be very easy for you. Iou
at the same time have cows that would
surprise you the other way and on keep
ing q record and testing them, Jon Will
soon get into a herd of valuable COWS.
Every farmer should have a land
tester. They do not cost but very lit
tie can get them for you from S3.5
MP Testing is very simple Job; any
body CEN test correctly in a very short
time
Speaking about the Jersey and the
HoIstfin cows, which is the better cow
TO have2 My opinion Of it is that when
you get a good COW keep her. But how
do you know she is good oneY Only
by keeping a record OF her milk. When
You find the good cows in your herd.
those are the ones to raise the calves
from. Ia few years you will nave
herd that will pay you from 500 to SlO0
year. This is not all, for when you
have any calves to sell you can say this
calf is from that Jersey or that Hoisteln
with a record of s, 600 lbs of milk and
5 per cent test: the calf is just one week
old and you can have it for $l5. YouH
get 1t every time. furthermore, in time
Won will have all the calves spoken FOR
before they are born. What is calf OF
this kind worth compared to the calf
the mother of which brought YOU in S3U
TO $40 or less year, and which milks
from to z months in the year. Some
Of you try it and convince yourselves
that this is true. How,long shall we let
COW go dry7 Six weeks to two months
is the proper length of time, time
enough for COW TO get rested ana
again to make up good udder before
calling To carry good calf to proper
birth and give a good flow Of milk at the
same time is too much Of strain ON
the system for profitable after results.
The COW will be apt to be low in vitali-
ty thin in flesh and it is hard work TO
bring her up to a good Cow Of milk A
COW will give milk longer in years by
giving them this time OF rest.
Yours truly,
| J. N. WfGGINTON.
| Bloomingdale. April 8, 1904