The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-19

indicate that the milk is rich in butter
fat. While the dairyman must largely
decide the breed for himself according
with the conditions he must meet on the
market. in changing from Il mixed or
scrub stock TO graded stock the merits of
the Holstcins demand full consideration.
a good way to ascertain the standing of
each breed is to get the records from the
different breeders having stock for sale
and carefully compare them III the respects
that must be considered in dealing with
your own local conditions: in this way one
is not likely to make any serious mistakes.
FEEDING COWS Oil MEAL.
Several complaints have been received
that oil meal fed to mich COWS leaves an
odor or faint in the butter. This is
doubtless true if quantities of it are fed
although seine feeders give more of it
than others and without bad results. Like
anything else which is apt to faint the
milk, oil meal should be fed directly after
milking for in this way any odor is alb,
*orbed through the system before the next
milking period and the milk will not be
tainted. The best authorities on feeding
recommend that not over three pound
daily to be fed to COWS ana. as a rule. II is
fed mixed with other grains and equally
divided Tor each feeding but in every case
being fed after milking. Others who feed
grain three times daily leave the oil meal
out of the noon ration feeding ii lust after
milking in the morning and just after
milking atnight: when this interferes with
the hour OF milking the portion of food
designed for each meal is divided in half
and fed just at milking, il such is the Drac.
tice. and just after milking. There is no
doubt but that oil meal in the quantity
named is very beneficial TO COWS and that
1t can be fed without injury to the milk
viii be demonstrated by careful trials.
FERTILIZERS FOR ORCHARDS.
While tho fruit bearing tree naturally
demands from the soil all three of the
essential plant foods it is well known that
it uses up nitrogen the least RAPIDLY ann
therefore care should be used in applyinp
this to the soil. AS Il: rule fruit trees. need
IT IN very moderate quantities and. in
some soil conditions. II is a nosi,ive
menace rather than a help. Often times
'nc needed nitrogen can be supplied by
plowlng under some lcguminous crop better
than IN any other way and the money thai
would be otherwise spent for nitrogen In
some form turned 10 the purchase or
potash which the trees will use in greater
quantities. One of the best fertilizers FOR
apples is u yearly application of bone meal
ana muriate of potash in the proportion OF
three to one and at the rate Of 500 pounds
per acre.
FRUIT GRoWERs'oR ORGANIZATIONS
The writer recently asked a member or a
irult organization, one organized
to market fruit to the best advantage and
one which has been successful from the
beginning. concerning the secret of their
success. His reply was: 1--WE work to-
sethcr and stick together" This means
that every member of the organization is
willing to take all Of his best products to
the pool, be at shipping points on time and
take his shares Of the low prices as calm
~ as he takes his share of the high prices
There is no one grow who thinks he
ought TO run things" A competent man
aeer is hired and he is responsible to the
organization as a whole. Every member
knows that his fruit will return to him
the highest price its grade will bring and
no more. The trouble in most organiza-
lions of this kind is the fool notion some
members have that the organize ton ought
to be able to dispose of inferior products
ut high prices and because this result is
not obtained they get provoked and pull
out. There is 10 reason why fruit growers
In any section where the product will war
rant IL should not organize and conduc,
a cooperative company successfully but ii
can only be done when every member
works heartily for the success of the or.
ganizatfon as a whole and sticks to 1,
even when conditions, beyond the control
of the organization. bring a season OF
J. prices owe than was hoped.