The Huttig news., 1907-09-14
DAIRY NOTES.

anu ciedH not only the ulrJ and Sllnle which passes through the strdYner. but the greater portion of bacteria. As cows are usually cared for and ham, dled, there is always some dirt and dandruff from the cows udder tha. gets into the milk. This cannot al. ways be caught in a strainer, but if any passes through it is included with the slime which remains in the sepa. rator bowl. The German trials indi. cate that most of the bacteria remain with it.
 Weighing the milk is the best means of registering the capabilities of a COW and her yield. If done one day each week and noted down, the table sc constructed will be a most efficient guide to the total quantity yielded, the rate of increase, the average or seasons yield, the time of calving, the time of going dry, the effects of particular food, etc. while a sudden decrease may indicate the first symp toms of any disease or trouble.
 All animals fatten more readily dur ing the warm season than when the weather is cold, which fact should not be overlooked even in the rat1ons of dairy COWS. The same quantity of food which was necessary to keep an animal in good condition in winter may cause 1t to become excessively fat if the ration is continued in quan. tity during the spring ana summer. Dairy COWS should be fed only what they can assimilate for the production two cows require exactly the same quantity of food.
 A Jersey bulletin makes some extra ordinary claims for the Jersey COW. I. asserts that man who owns twenty good COWS of that breed can afford to put in dairy plant of the best i'm proved machinery and employ skilled dairyman in order to secure uniformly the best butter that can be made from cows milk. The output, the bulletin claims, from such dairy, can be put on the market at price above the market rate sufficient to cover all extra expenses, to say noth-
 
 the calves from such a herd. From a pure dollars-and- cents view, says :he bulletin, it is good business to give the Jersey COWS the best that can be bought-the best food the best quar- ters, the best machinery and imple- ments, and the very best possible management A Jersey dairy equipped along these lines can com. mand the top of the market, and more, the year round.
 It is nt necessary for COW to givs only small quantity of milk in or der that the milk may be rich. One can use a breed that is famous for large yields of rich milk rather than to get ricn milk from low yields. Ev. cry farmer should look around him before purchasing COW, and he should make it point to know the characteristics of the breeds.
 G;ltu adaad -hs1ttnr. is moi. entirelY due to the excellence of the COW, but also to the intelligence and management o the farmers who attends the stock and looks after all the details necessary in order to produce a superior article which will bring the highest price. The proper mode of dairyfhg com mands labor, care and good judgment It is labor that increases the price; Ia bor in the shape of preparation and management. In careful preparation the stalls are washed out and kept as | free from filth as the floor of dwell | ing house. The food of the COW is in | spected and is of the very best qual | ity The animals are brushed and washed, the drinking water is always | fresh and is given from clean vessels | The manure is instantly removed, and | the beds are clean, dry material | changed morning and night. The ud | ders of the COWS are washed Win warm water and dried with clean tow clean as if sitting down to their meals | The pails are scrubbed, scalded | washed, aired and made scrupulously | clean. The milk is strained twice | and not allowed to come in contact with the slightest odor. The milk house is a model of neatness. In fact, the strictest cleanliness is observed in every operation from the time the milk Is drawn from the udder until il reaches the customer. The best but. ter can only be produced in this way. Though the market may literally be gorged with butter of even moder' ately good quality, that of the best quality is never in excess of the de. mand at remunerative prices.
 Cottnn farmers will be nleaSed tO