Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-08-16
DAIRY NOTES.

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be done under many disadvantages.
DAIRY NOTES.
Don't get too busy to give the cows
proper attention. Irregular feeding or
milking now will ten to lessen the
milk flow, and no amount of coaxing
or feeding will get 1t back this season
Milk pals should always be cleaned
as o as they are emptied. IL 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 sun.
If I were going to move, even several
hundred miles, l should certainly take
two or three of the best cows along,
and also two or three promising heifer
calves. The freight may be nearly as
much as the animals are worth, but i'm
q new country real good cows are
scarce.
Here is one thing tina will still stand
harping upon: Clean the cream sepa-
rator. A good dairy authority states
that in Missouri there are 25, 900 cream
s~eparators owned by farmers, and of
these at least 10000 are In the hands
Of farmers who do not know the first
lniIS dDOuC D0nQlllB cTeaT1.
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 h
test, and it is the test that usually
kicks up a row. If you cream Is test
ing low go to the bottom of the matter
and find out where the trouble is.
Milk fever Is liable to occur with the
heaviest mixers, and cows which have
had II once are liable to ave 1t again.
Such COWS must have plenty of exer-
else n laxative foods, just before
calving. The trouble is not so fire.
quent during the fall.
T~hreshing 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 it's
value. Then plenty Of straw used as
bedding keeps the cows clean and COM
Portable. Save the straw, and then use
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.
/ have never seen a COW that would
not break over into the cornfield, IL she
had half a nance. The way to head
her off is TO fix up the fences, before
she discovers the weak places.
Don't throw away any silage tina
may be lefl over. This will come In
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 mouldyI
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 good
water when they want ii. Don't ex-'
pect the COWS to keep up IL they are
put into a dry and shadeless pasture.
An Illinois dairyman recently went
up into Wisconsin to pick up somei
dairy cows. He paid on an average Of
500 each for them, and was glad to
get them These cows were the get OF
pure-bred Holst.in bulls, and above
the average. This price shows that il
pays to use good bulls.
Don't sell off the good COWS, even IL
you are offered twice what they are
worth. Keep the good ones for your,
self. In fact they are the only kind
worth keeping. {
Pedigree is a good thing to look In.
to, when buying the dairy sire. But,
when buying COWS / would rather look
into the milk pail. / would not give.
much for a COW that gives less than
four gallons a day.
When milk cans are used for carry
ing skim milk from the factory back;
home. be sure that they are cleaned
well every day. This neglect is the.
source Of much trouble.
Some dairy sections are finding it.
profitable to sen out instructors show,
ing how butter milk may be produced
The whole thing lies in knowing how to
take rop care Of the cow and the
milk.
Farmers wives find some trouble In,
packing pu4ter during the summer and
keeping 1t In good condition until win
ter. There Is no trouble, of course, il
you have ice, but not many farmers put
up ice. Paok b butter in glazed jars
to within NO inches of the top. Cover
with cloth and over this fill In salt even
with the top Of the jar. Keep the Jars
IN tho cellar or some cool place.
II you can't find any better place.
turn the cans and pals upside down
over tho fonee posts. The best way
to air and sun these things is on a
shelf or bench on the south side OF The
milk house.