Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-01-17
DAIRY NOTES..

SO'll' ItTiltlS permit tL'I4 w
run with the COWS for tw" or 'hree
weeks. The practice is condemned by
dairymen. for TWO reasons. when the
calf is taken away the COW is fretted
and refuses to give her full fiow OF
milk. with the result that by the time
she has quietcd down and forgotten
her calf. her flow has been greatly
diminished Another reason why the
practice is bad is. that while the calf
is running with its mother it seldom
takes more than hat the milk, n
what is left is not drawn from the
udder. The dairyman who is looking
to his COWS for his wears profit must
keep up the milk yield or lose out.
Dairying should be put upon the same
basis as grain growing. The object
at all times should be TO get the most
milk possible out of every acre of crops
CROWN. Increasing the yield of feeding
crops viii; surely increase the dairy
profits. The cows, land and equipment
are the farmers capital. These should
be HANDLED so that the investment Is
not only safe, but so that 1t will yield
the greatest profits. After all, ii is
profits in good hard dollars we are aft
er and ii takes a pretty clear head TO
swing an investment of $4,000 TO S2o,ooo.
A woman who reads the dairy depart
ment asks whether one can easily work
up customers who will pay 20 cents a
pound for butter the year round. That
depends upon d good many things.
First you must be near some town or
city, where you are likely to get pri-
waite customers. Then you must have
enough faith in your butter to go To
them and ask them to try ii. And then
when you have secured your customers
your butter must be 50 uniformly good
that your customers will Want it the
year round.
The man in charge of The COWS can
make or break the dairy as a money
making proposition. 1t takes a whole
lot of HARD work and hard study to
handle even twenty COWS we'll. The
one thing hardest to learn is that COWS
quickly resent harsh treatment. and
for every cuff given them you lose N
milk yield.
Dairying as a side line seldom pays.
There is too much work about ii. You
ave to make it part of your main
business. and conduct 1t as sensibly as
growing Il crop OF corn. II makes II
t big difference whether our COWS milk
= SIX or ten months. and whether they
. pay s25 or $50 a year. Tackle The prop
{, osition right.
s one of the biggest sources of profit
in the dairy is the manure Just keep
ia Minc that YOU have been f. eding the
4 most expensive elements II your soil.
1 and he bulk of it lies out ,.ere in
/ the manure pile -he way 10 save 1T
3 IS 20 put it bac. ,.por the land just as
4 fast as it is li.I..
Don't expect the CONS to hunt around
Straw stacks or stalk fields al day for
d iust enough food to live Oh, and then
I saell out Tie milk every night and
J. laorning. she must have good nourish-
t. ing, milk making food, and a good
u Lace 10 rest where she can turn the
II food into milk.
Strain the milk thoroughly. Com
lnenee before YOU MY by brushing the
Z dirt. hairs and straw off the sides and
n a udder of the COW. Sirainers must be
d kept clean, and should be well scalded
a. after each milking. Careful straining
re viii save the sweet flavor OF the milk.
Good farming and dairying work
u we'll together. With intelligent han
IL ding OF the manure most any farm
y may be brought up to a high state of
'e fertility and really become more valu-
.e able every year. Here IL a source of
IS profit which should not be overlooked.
Go slow in buying concentrated foods,
'e until you know precisely what you viii
,e need to balance up your own food
10 stuffs. A Missouri farmer feeds from
y: six TO eight pounds of bran and one
tA~sN ~ - ~" WIN - hA0y aAbN
e. slower, and he says 1t brings the milk.
Cows should be tested. Compel each
Ne one to stand on her own merits. ]
" have never seen two COWS which would
~ turn their food to the same account
:, The main thing is TO know which GOV
" are making money for us, and which
ones are %sponging their board.
=, There is ample opportunity OF the
va FL nae ~ nf 80 rt 20 -rau 10 v,a1.
ne money handling cows. Expensive barns
are not absolutely necessary. The
p" barns or stables should be comfortable
and light. and kept clean, to insure
sweet smelling milk.
~ Every poor COW kept makes the mill
cost just that much more. There are
~ sonle businesses where II is hard L
" locate the leaks. but there is no ex
cuse for keeping COWS which lose none,
IN for you every day. 1t is AN easy mat
49, ter to detect them.
as The most profit will come to th.
H. ~da!ryrnan who produces the create
part Of his feed right OF his own farm
1t is usually easy enough to grow tn,
rough stuff. and this should be use,
mr. to the best advantage with stuff whicl
=, is purchased.
Many believe that salt given to tn
cows will increase the milk flow. On
thing is certain, milking COWS seem t
crave salt. and it should be given then
Of two or three times a week. Try Il an,
he see II you can notice any difference II
he the milk pail.
on -
A good farmer who has handled mill
for nearly thirty years says. use
ii. small hand separator n keep you
At milk at home. This system has ali tn
IT. advantages. and hauling the cream I