The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

well balanced, succulent ration the
year round, and his cows produce.
splendidly. Practically one acre feeds
a COW. It he needs to buy a little
concentrated feed the pork made from
the skim milk is ample for that pur-:
pose. - - 50
Need I tell you that this man is
getting for his labor and his feed q
very high price indeed? They who do
as he does are getting many times as
much as some men who work harder
than they do, just because they use
Intelligence, judgment and skill in
summer COW feeding" as well as in
"winter COW feeding" and in selection,
breeding and care of cows.
Quit Burning Straw.
The old wasteful habit of burning
all the straw on the farm is still fol-
lowed on those farms that do not have
good deal of stock. Even where it
is possible to utilize the straw by
hauling it to the barnyard it is still
burned, because the owner does not
figure out that the fertility in the
straw is worth hauling the straw to
the barnyard for. He says that any
way the ash is left and there Is some
fertility in that. Taking all in all he
is under the impression that he is get
ting about as much out OF his straw by
burning it as in any other way, un.
less he can sell it or feed it to stock.
But all investigations go to show
that hu1nus plays much larger part
in the matter of soil value than we
thought. Every pound of straw should
be brought back onto the land in
some FORM. A number of cattle will
trample up good deal of it If it is
thrown into the barnyard from time
to time. This would be especially the
case with some barnyards we have
seen and it would at the same time
greatly improve the condition of the
barnyards.
Get the straw and the manure mixed
together in the shortest possible time.
When the straw is mixed with the ma,
nure it is surprising how quickly it
will go to pieces. One farmer has q
barnyard that does not cover more
than half an acre, yet into that every
year be puts the cornstaIks from forty
acres Of land. The stalks become
quickly pulvertzed under the feet OF
the farm animals and in the course OF
months one fails to recognize in the
manure any cornstalks.
OF course this means work, but II
means also the keeping up of the pro
ducing capacity of the land. It also
means the keeping up of the ability
of the land to resist drouth.. Get the
straw into the manure and then gel
the manure into the field as quickly as
possible after it is fit to go there.
Steam for Cleaning Cans.
In most farm homes it is not con.
venient to use steam for cleaning
milk cans. but where it can be oh.
tained it is by far the most effective
cleansing agent. In Germany an ex.
pertinent was made to determine the
relative value of the ordinary meth.
DDS OF cleaning milk cans as com.
pared with live steam. One can was
thoroughly washed and scrubbed out
with hot water. Another can was
rinsed and washed and then subjected
to live steam for thirty minutes.
After both cans were thoroughly
cooled, milk was put into them and
the results watched. In the first can
the milk soured in twenty three hours
In the other it soured in .twenty-eight
and a half-hours. That was not all.
An examination of the contents OF
the two cans showed that the first can
contained twenty-six times as many
bacteria as the other. The expert.
ment referred to was made in the
summer time. A similar experiment
made in winter showed that the steril.
lied can kept milk sweet nine hours
longer than the other can. It was
further ascertained that if pasteur.
lied milk was put in these cans it
kept sweet twice as long in the
steamed can as in the other.
The Sila0e-Fed Hog.