Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-01-03
Feminine Dairy Wisdom.

How far is it to your water supply:
Far enough to tire the cow all out get
ting to it? Try to have water where the
stock may get it without taking too long
trips. The trips take time and strength,
and strength means little drawing of
of the forces which should be spent in
making milk.
The sunshiny day for dairy farmers
will come when we see in the cow, no,
simply a brute, to be fed and treated
generally as such, but thinking crea
ture that knows when she is we'll treat
ed and when she is not, and responds
accordingly.
Do not let the cream stand around ir
an open pan or pail. Shut it up in a
close pail or jar, where the air can not
get tn it. Bacteria mean nothing more
or less than impure air coming in contact
with the milk or cream.
1t is best to churn every day if you
wish to keep your butter perfectly uni
form. There will then be no chance OF
the cream getting overripe.
The mixer should wear clean outer
garment, used only when milking, and
kept in clean place at other times.
All persons who milk cows should
have their finger nails cut closely.
Never mix fresh, warm milk with that
which has been cooled.
Whitewash the stable once or twice a
year. Use land plaster in the manure
cutters daily.
In putting the can cover on, leave one
side up so that the air may get in.
Smothered milk is damaged milk and
that means loss for some one.
We use an old-fashioned barrel-and-
dasher churn, and were greatly troubled
with its splashing, until we solved the
difficulty by melting the top and bottom
out of an old fruit can, and then setting
it down on the churn with the dasheI
handle coming up through it. This will
effectually prevent all splashing.
Farm Teams Index of Farmer.
The relation of the farmers team to
the success of agriculture and it's indirect
influence upon his pride and interest in
his vocation is we'll brought out in the
following from a western exchange:
SIT is disgrace to see a poor, Grip
pied, inferior team on farm. The farm
is the place above all others to have the
very best of all kinds of animals, and to
keep them in the best possible condition.
1t is the first duty that the farmer owes
to see that his teams are we'll fed and
well cared for. Without these faithful
servants there would be no crops to har-
vest. They are furnishing the power
that tills the soil, they make it possible
for earth to produce the great crops that
are adding millions of dollars to the
wealth of the land owners of the coun.
| try. The work teams of the farm should
be the best of animals and provided with
the first and best 0f the produce of the
fields. When the farmer commences ia
realize that the horse Is his best friend,
and commences to manifest this appre
citation by providing better care, better
stables, better harness and better treat
ment generally, there will be decided
improvement noticeable in agriculture
on the farm, and the farm profits will
be immeasurably increased. The keep
| ing Of better class of horses on the
farm for farm uses is in the interest ol
better farming, better farming is in the
line of larger profits, larger profits lead
to improvements and developments in
property values, which make our farm
homes the ideal of agricultural am
bition.-Maine Farmer"