The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-15
DAIRY NOTES.

DAIRY NOTES.
Don't get too busy to give tho. COWS
proper attention. Irregular feeding or
milk flow, and nc amoun OF coaxing
or feeding will get 1t back this season.
Milk pals should always be cleaned
as soon as they are emptied. II they
are filed with cold water before the
film from the milk forms, they will not
be hard to clean. Rinse with cold
water, then scald and sum-.
If I were going to move. even several
hundred miles, I should certainly TAX
two or three Of the best COWS along.
and also two or three promising heller
calves. The freight may be nearly as
a new country real good cows are
scarce.
Here is one thing that will still stand
harping upon: Clean the rea sepa-
rator. A good dairy authority states
that in Missouri there are $4,000 cream
s%eparators owned by farmers. and Of
OF farmers who do not know the first
thing about handling cream.
The success OF dairying In any local
ity will depend upon the pains each
farmer takes with his cream. The
only fair way to sell cream Is by the
test, and 1t is the test that usually
kicks up a row. If o cream Is test
ing low go to the bottom Of the. matter
and find out where h trouble is.
Milk fever is liable to occur with the
heaviest mixers, and cows which nave
a 1t once are liable to hav 1t again.
Such cows must have plenty Of exer-
else and laxative foods. just before
calving. The trouble Is not so fire.
quent during the fall.
Threshing time will soon be along
now. Save the straw for bedding, ma
nure made without plenty Of straw to
take up the liquid, has lost half Of its
value. Then plenty Of straw used as
bedding keeps the cows clean and COM
Portable. Save the straw. and then use
l.
One Of our readers writes US that
scours in calves Is caused by feeding
milk too cold and too much at a time.
The trouble, nine cases out of ten,
comes from dirty pals and dirty sur
roundings.
I have never seen a COW that would
not break over into the cornfield, II she
had half a chance The way to head
her off is to fix up the fences. before
she discovers the weak places.
Don't throw away any silage that
may be left over. This will come ir
very nice in feeding now and will save
just that much of the pastures. But
by all means clean out the silo every
year. There Is sure to be some mould5
silage left and the fresh silage should
not be put in on top OF it.
This is hard weather on the cows
Be sure that they have plenty Of gooc
water when they want 1t. Don't ex-
pect the cows to keep VI If they, are
put into a dry and shadeless pasture
An Illinois dairyman recently wen
up into Wisconsin to pick up som
dairy cows. He paid on an average o.
500 each for them, and was glad tt
get them. These cows were the get O.
pure-bred Holst:in bulls, and abov
the average. This price shows that /
pays to use good bulls.
Don't sell off the good cows, ever 1
you are offered twice what they ar
worth. Keep the good ones for your.
self. In fact they are h only kint
worth keeping.
Pedigree is a good thing to look In.
to, when buying the dairy sire. Blu
: WIcH buying COWS / WOulu ratner lOOl
into the milk pail. l would not civ,
much for a COW that gives less thai
5 four gallons a day.
II When milk ans are used for carry
, ing skim milk from the factory bacl
i home, be sure that they are cleaned
81 well every day. This neglect is tn,
source of much trouble.
. Some dairy sections are finding 1
l profitable to send out instructors show
' ing how butter milk may be produced
The whole thing lies'in knowing how t
take proper care of the COW and tn
milk.
Farmers wives find some trouble 1
packing butter during the summer an
r keeping it in good condition until win
[ ter. There is no trouble, of course.
r o have ice, but not many farmers pu
UP ice. Pack the butter In glazed lar
G TO within two inches of the top. cove
e with cloth and over this fill In salt eve
with the top Of the jar. Keep the lar
IN the cellar or some cool place.
If you can't find any better place
turn the cane and pals upside dow.
S over the fence posts. The best wa
Y to air and SUI theae things is on
4 shelf or bench on the south side Of tn
milk house.