Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-03-03
Costof Producing Jersey Milk
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answer yes offhand; but the ques-
ton VIII bear a little closer examina
tion. II is a common and somewhat
plausible assertion that the breeds OF
cattle giving milk low In percentage OF
fat, such as the Holstein and Dutch
Belted. although admittedly not com
parable as economical butter producers
with the Jersey and Guernsey; still,
their milk being large In volume and
containing a good percentage of solids
other than fat, Is therefore produced
cheaper than the richer milk Of the
butter breeds, But is not this con-
clusion precluded by the fact that milk
which Is rich in fat Is also rich in
casein, as shown by the analyses OF
thousands OF samples OF milk? Ii is
\ the solid matter. not the water, that
gives value to milk, and quantity only,
without regard 10 quality. canno prop
erly be taken in examining this ques-
ton.
Let us see what light the results OF
the st. Louis dairy demonstration VII!
shed on this matter. The milk Of the
Jersey herd was produced at a cos In
feed OF IS cts. per hundred pounds, and
that OF the Holstein herd vas produced
at a cost of So 3-5 cts. per hundred
pounds, so that the Jersey milk cost
4 20 cts. more per hundred pounds
than the Holstein milk. But this state
snent does not conclude the matter, for
the Jersey milk contained Al per cent.
fat n 1875 per cent. total solids; while
the Holstein milk contained but 34 per
cent. fat and 11.3 per cent. total solids.
IL we consider the Jersey milk, con-
tanning Al per cent fat, TO have been
worth, say, $1.1S per hundred pounds,
then The Holstein milk, containing 3.4
per cent fat, would be worth, at same
rate, but So cts. per hundred pounds.
So that, while the Jersey milk cost
4 2-5 cts. more per hundred pounds to
produce than the Holstein milk did, Ii
was worth. at same ratio of value, 80
cts. more per hundred pounds.
The Jersey milk contained S.S per
cent. solids not fat, against G.9 per cent.
solids not fat in the Holstein milk. The
Jersey herd produced total solids at a
cost I'm feed OF 4 3-10 cts. per pound,
and the Holstein herd produced total
solids nt a cost OF 4 ITO cts. per pound.
In test B-"for .he economic produce
ton OF milk for all purposes related to
dairying"--the Jerseys, with a produce
ton of milk averaging 41.5 pounds per
COW per day, returned a net profit Of
but 80 cts. per COW per day. To say
that the Holstein herd produced their
milk cheaper than did the Jersey herd,
is to say that milk containing 11.3 per
cent. total solids is just as valuable as
milk containing 1875 per cent. total
solids.
nue. valne once a swine herd has be-
come affected with cholera. and, sec
ondly. that il is very difficult 10 treat a
hog for any disease. There are two rea-
sons why 1t is so difficult 10 successful
ly treat disease in swine: First. the
value OF the ordinary hog will not pay
for the employment OF competent vet
Urinary service. care and medicine. and,
second, the modern method of keeping
and caring for swine absolutely pre-
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era Investigators have at different
times proclaimed hat they had sue
ceeded In producing a vaccine that
would irnnunize swine against cholera,
somewhat the same as vaccination inn
munizes people against smallpox. but
nom of these have as yet stood the
test. AT one time DIR. Salmon, chier OF
the bureau of animal industry, had
hopes that his department had solved
the problem OF immunizing swine
against cholera. but the results have
not as yet warranted him in advising
the general use Of the bureau virus.
But these various efforts have not been
all In vain. and while the object In view
has not been attained the inyestiga-
lions have demonstrated that much
benefit ms follow ordinary sanitary
precautions.
IL has been demonstrated that the
disease can be carried from farm to
farm by the owners and Others going
from infected TO healthy herds, How
ever natural 1t ma be for a farmer to
visit his nelghbor and study his sick
herd and then go home and watch his
herd TO see il he can discover any
symptoms OF the disease. it is a very
bad policy, for such action may be the
very means of taking the disease to his
herd.
When your neighbours herd is ar
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farm. Again, any farm animals from
am infected farm running with those of
La-nnninfantadLfanns raaN .a...sh e
infection.
Another very important factor in the
spread of swine disease Is the dread
hog vender, as he drives around the
country from place TO place. He Is
never particular about keeping away
from places where the disease Toes no
exist, but often will drive around the
premises with a part OF a load OF dead
hogs or go out into the hog lot to hunt
for dead hogs, and instances have been
known where such men have thrown
dead hogs into the pen OF a healthy
drove presumably with the view of
injecting the drove so that they could
have an opportunity To make q profit on
the hogs that should die.
Another fruitful source for spreading
swine disease was the public stock
yards. There was always enough
cholera hogs coming 60 these yards "a
keep them infected so that all stocker
and feeder. swine that should pass
through such yards were exposed and
many contracted the disease. and as
these were often shipped long distances
from the yards they often scattered the
disease over wide sections of the coun-
try. And In order to prevent the spread
OF the disease this Way the secretary OF
agriculture issued an order which Is
now In fierce at all stock yards where
the bureau maintains inspection, pro-
hfbiting the shipment of animals known
to be affected, either into or from any
stock yards. Cars must also be GisIn-
fect@d4
In shipping stock hogs. they should
be loaded and unioaded at clean and
dfsinfected yards. and the car should
be thoroughly cieansed and dislnfected
before the hogs are loaded.
Keep the hogs In a healthy. thriving
condition by rcper feeding and pre-
vent. as far as possible. any disease be-
Ing brought upon our farm through
the sources above mentioned aud any
others that you may know Of.
Give your hogs good. clean quarters.
clean feed and water. whitewash your
pens at least twice a year. and occa-
sionnlly sprinkle crude carbolic acid
% tho pens and yards.
In case your yards and pig house
have become infected by your hogs hax-
ing had the disease cover the yards
with lime and then psow them IL 8
sibie, sow them 20 grain. and thorOushA