The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

month and cows should be then at tneiT
best. ..
There is q greater demand for good
dairy bred bulls this spring than there
has been for many years. This SHOWS
that dairymen appreciate what Is now |
needed to keep dairying en-
paying basis. .a.
Fresh COWS, especially heavy mixers,
should be millxsd regularly. Frequent
ly leaky teats result from competing
& cow to go two or three hours over
her regular milking time. There is
also danger of Inflammation when the
udder becomes too full.
Dairying when properly carried on
never fails. l. is the business that
invariably follows when other busi-
nesses GO down. Corn growing ana
wheat growing in many sections Is be-
coming less profitable. A good heru
of cows, kept on these farms for
few years, will set things right again.
1t is surprising how many farmers
are guessing the worth of their cows
No other business could stand such
methods for any length of time, and
we are now coming TO a point where
no dairy farmer can stand 1t. Feed
costs too much and we are buying TOO
much feed to not know just wnat re-
suits we are getting.
Many who would like to make butter
for market during the summer months
find that their product arrives In poor
condition at destination. 1t is difficult
10 ship butter any distance without ice,
and this, of course, the small shipper
cannot get If there is not a good home
market, the safest plan Is to sell cream
to the factory. .
With the great increase in popula-
tion and the rapid rise in land values,
the time is not far away when farm
ers must handle 5000 acre land and
make a profit from 1t. That will call
for closer methods, better COWS, and
more definite knowledge of breeding
for results.
This is the season when many trou-
bles come to the butter maker. Those
who supply private trade and ship in
wooden packages get complaint of mold
Just as soon as warm weather strikes
us. Soak the wooden packages in a
strong solution of brine before filling.
This will check the mold and retain the
flavor of the butter.
The only way to kill off the renovated
batter plants is to quit making such
poor stuff that 1t has TO be sold to these
factories and worked over before 1t is
fit to eat. When creamery butter is
selling at 25 cents per pound, one ought
to be ashamed to have to sell 15-cent
stuff.
AS the COWS are cut down on their
fodder and grain ration and are given
the run of pastures we are apt to de-
tect undesirable havors, and the cream!
is moro difficult to churn. AS the grasG
becomes tetter the cows will be more
particular what they cat. so that off
flavors will disappear, 1t will help
matters If, the cream is churned at a
lower temperature, say SO or So degrees
Fahrenheit.
| A subscriber asks what crop makes
, the best silage, and says that neigh
! Dor put up some clover last year, but
| did not have very good success. Good
! dent corn, with plenty of foliage, cut
when the grain begins to glaze, makes
! the best silage, and it keeps better than
| any other KIND. Glover will make good
| silage if it is handled right, but it Is
harder to keep in good condition than
| corn silage. The trouble comes in get
! ting it packed solid enough and in cut
ting 1t at just the right stage. The
| first crop makes the best silage, al
though on account of wet weather
some prefer to put up the second crop
1t should be kept in mind that the
out straw and leaves are the rich
| est in nitrogen up to the time Whel
! grain begins to rtpen. This is the rea'
son that outstraw Is considered more
valuable than other kinds. Where the
quality of the straw is important oats
should be cut before too we'll ripened
Sweet corn is one of the best ant
most profitable crops for milch COWS
Plant early and late varieties and th'
earliest should be ready to feed by
July 10. This comes in right at a time
when pastures are poor and wher
something is needed to keep up thC
milk flow.
|" Many plant pumpkin seeds with thei
corn. A better plan is to give up al
acre or two of rich ground and plan
the pumpkin hills about eight fee
apart. Plant the field variety, give tn,
patch some care and it will yield al
enormous amount Of fall feed.
When remodeling the farm building
is a good time to think about winteI
work. No wonder 1t is difficult to ge
hired help to do winter milking, whel
they have to do it where their fee
and fingers are nearly freezing all th
time.
Good dairy farms mean prosperou
owners, increasing land values ant
thriving towns. Debts are prompt.
paid and the business men Of the town
have good business. In fact good dairy
ing makes all wheels go around.
Early cut hay is liked Best by tn
cows. 1t comes nearer to the gree
grass than the late cut hay and is rel
ished. The late cut hay is all righ
when 1t is to be sold and shipped.
Gentle handling Of the dairy heife
will have a wonderful influence II
making her a good dairy COW. Righ
here is where thousands of growinI
heifers are ruined. II she is handle,
roughly she will be timid and appre
hensive. When her calf Is taken from
her, she naturally connects her enem
with the theft. The result Is lessene,
; milk flow, and unless very care
! fully handled she will dry up within
, six months. Treat the heifer In a wa
that gets he's. confidence. Keep on GOO
! terms with her all along, so that whel
her first calf r0f11ae eha will Taf yvorf.