The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07
DAIRY NOTES.

DAIRY NOTES.
Scours i'm calves is one of the mean
things stockmen have to contend with.
This complaint is caused by over-feed-
ing, dirty surroundings, or feeding skim
milk too cold. If milk is run through
"a separator at once after milking and
the skim milk fed TO calves at once,
there is not much trouble from this
source. Don't make sudden changes In
feed, and rather under-feed than feed
too much. Keep the calf pens and
stables clean and we'll bedded. a cold,
damp place to sleep will always make
trouble
IL costs more now to produce a pound
of butter than at amy other period OF
the year. TO get profits one must feed
intellisently. that is. make everything
count in producing milk. Glover hay is
high and i'm many places scarce. bran
and other dairy feeds are high, so with
even the high prices for products, one
must feed to advantage. Right here
again is where the good dairy COW pays.
She will return the greater part of
this expensive feed in milk and but
ter fat.
Home Dutter makers have lots of
trouble during The winter from streaky
butter. The white s~trealls are caused
by insufficient working and an uneven
distribution of the salt. More working
Will remove the streaks. Then. never
MN sweet cream Win sour cream just
pstole eluIiIils: ne our cream WIZ
eiaerm quiGNis' aita iilueil OF tae sweet
is the reason Why some Cummings turn
out nearly twice as much butter as
others.
There are three things which every
fatnier who intends TO get into the
h 1ss'' or rns se feedina OF aa1 PF on, eoWs
- ~ iStN'iS, @ild t4e!l tle fals-
n ~ ~ iieiiets ~ t1he tne place OF inc
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ljebSo,GY - b Is5,ts 800, M ms eslap.
br;,1@ s, - = a.. N"i surety
"a s"eoSss'
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- LIZ. li5il t1iLilQou 80 laat
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I'll. - 80 ~ De iIliSeq AZ
A"fSNs "' '"'S ""'"'e COW M tie heflL
st ~, Just as soon 'as possible alter
lali ~. Itio 91l@iii ~: SOME SET care-
,v9a - it.l.aii,l's ii!ik curing cold
" es'oilg' , ! le lgsul. y TOSS OF custom.
. - - D ~ 80 So t'te Sp0ldtioli OF
sSllliE5 o4e nutNer' " rs AL up with
Sou. ~ ~ SCI tleahl tne inspector OF
49, ~ ,t1c A4StoIy WI! very quickly
o. 6Nleill'oil . NE qualilV OF your
Sie''" '''" i's"siS refuse 10 accept IT.
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the dairy business what it is today.
II Is '9o nluch OF a SOD TO maui the
WAole milk to the factory and then
haul home the skim milk BY using
the hand separator ut home the cream
IS Slammed at once after each milking.
leIVlils tne sklia milk IN the best con-
altion for feeding pigs or calves. This
is a big item when stock raising is
combined with dairying.
Eternal vigilance is the price of gilt.
edge butter. This means that Your
COWS must be healthy, you must cater.
to their appetites and comfort, and
the must have an abundance of whole
some food and pure water. and above
all things observe scrupulous cleanli-
ness throughout every department of
the dairy, No one ever made a sue
cess at the business who ignored the
Do not keep any winter aoarder. In
the dairy. This is the time to wead
out the Improbable COWS. before .hev
eat up all the feed, which the hsttey
COWS will put to good use. The COWS
giving milk should have some extra at
~tention and should be kept in a good
condition for winter work. Dry, eom.
Portable quarters to sleen in win aa
saving feed.
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Test your cows. Feeds are most too
expensive to not know precisely What
you are doing. Some cows will test
80 per cent. (and some even higher, for