The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-10

Ls7 Co.
down. 1t is good plan to put the
horse manure in the gutter behind the
cows before it is thrown on the pie.
1t is a good absorbent and will hold
liquids which might otherwise be
wasted. 1t will be a good plan to
keep barrel of acid phosphate and
bag of kainit in the stable aud use
them behind the cattle The, will
help preserve the manure and also
add phosphoric acid and potash. We
would not haul thoroughly rotted ma
nure to the fed until we were ready
to grow a crop with it. Rotting the
manure makes the nitrogen available.
In fresh manure much of this nitro
gen is not soluble and will not be
lost when put in fair-sized piles. When
it has been well rotted the nitrogen
becomes soluble in water, and is safer
under cover, or in a large solid pile
or plowed under ground We should
be quite willing to haul fresh manure
at any time and spread it on level
ground-sod preferred. On hillsides
We would rather have it left in large
piles until spring. You cannot meas
ure the value of manure water BIZ its
color, but probably yon lost part of
the value by teaching. We would
rather put 10 loads in one pile and
have the manure stamped down hard.
POULTRY ON A DAIRY FARM.
The dairyman who sells his butter
fat to a creamery is in the best pos
sible position to make a flock of poul-
try profitable, says Breeder and
Sportsman. There is nothing that is
good to increase the flow of milk
which is not also good to increase the
production of eggs. This is true of
clover hay, for the shattered leaves
and heads make an excellent poultry
feed in winter, taking the place of
grass and other green food. Wheat,
middlings, oats and corn are all
grains that are good for poultry,
while mess of finely chopped silage
is AS greatly relished by flock of
hens as it is by herd of cows Then,
too, the cows themselves furnish one
of the best feeds for laying hens.
This is milk. which is valuable egg
food in ally form. The Missouri Ex-
pertinent Station says, in discussing
profitable ways of disposing of skim
milk.
Another way of disposing of the
surplus skim milk with profit is to
feed it to the poultry. AS feed for
poultry it furnishes the material for
making growth in palatable, easily
digested form. For this reason it is
easily valuable as an addition to the
grain ration, which is liable to lack
in the materials to make growth"
GOOD RULES FOR MILK FARMERS
Salt should always be accessible.
Stables should be well ventilated,
lighted and drained; should have
tight floors and walks, and be plainly
constructed Whitewash the stables
once or twice a year. Do not compel
cows to go faster than comfortable
walk.
Do not use wooden pals. Discard
all rusty pals, cans or stirring uten-
sis. Whey should be emptied as
soon as it arrives at the farm. Milk
cans and pals should be washed with
brush and lukewarm water, in which
little sal soda has been dissolved,
then scalded and placed on their
sides in the sun. Scour with salt &C.
casiOnally. Do not use a cloth to
either wash or wipe utensils. Always
wipe cows udders, TANKS and teats
before milking. Milk with clean and
dry hands. Milk quietly, quickly,
A person suffering from any dis
ease, or who has been exposed to
contagious disease, should remain
away from cows and milk
Milk should always be strained and
cooled by dipping, stirring and sur.
rounding by cold water Immediately
after milking. 1t should always be
aired where the air is pure-at least
fifty feet Tor more if possible) from
any swill barrel, hog pen, hog yard,
feed trough, barn yard, milking yard,
Or dusty road.
Two or three thicknesses of cheese
cloth make a good strainer. Cloth
strainers should always be thoroughly
washed, then boiled and hung in
pure atmosphere to dry.
Never dump warm milk into can
and leave it over night without strain
ing, aerating, and cooling. Never mix
fresh, warm milk with that which has
been cooled.
Over-ripe milk is caudse bl leaving
or keeping it at too high a tempera-
ture.
In warm weather the milk should
be cooled by setting the pals or cans
in cold water while it is being aerat-
ed. Cool to IS per cent. inside Of half
an hour.
Saturday nights and Sunday morn
ing's milk should be cooled to go per
cent, or less, set in cool cellar, COW
cred with clean robe or blanket,
and not disturbed until Monday
morning.
Whenever the lid is left of can
for any length of time, cloth or mos
quito netting should be used to keep
out insects.
Successful dairying can be summed