The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-10

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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 flow of
milk, with the result that by the time
she has quoted 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 han hat the milk, and
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
grown. Increasing the yield of feeding
crops will surely increase the dairy
profits, The COWS, land and equipment
are he farmers capital. These should
be handled so that the investment is
not only safe, but so that it will yield
the greatest profits. After all, it is
profits in good hard dollars we are aft
er, n it takes a pretty clear head to
swing an investment of $40, 900 to $50, 900.
A woman who reads the dairy depart
ment asks whether one can easily work
up customers who will pay % cents q
pound for butter the year round. That
CependS upon a good many things.
First you must be near some town or
city, where you are likely to get pri-
vate customers. Then you must have
enough faith in your butter to go to
them and ask them to try it. And Their
when you have secured your customers
your butter must be so 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
log OF hard work n hard study to
handle even twenty cows well. The
one thing hardest to learn is that cows
quickly resent harsh treatment, and
for every cuff given them you lose in
milk yield.
Dairying as a side line seldom pays.
There is too much work about it. You
nave to make it part of your main
business, and conduct it as sensibly as
growing a crop of corn. 1t makes a
big difference whether your cows milk
SIX or ten months, and whether they
pay $50 or $50 a year. Tackle the prop
osition right.
one OF the biggest sources of profit
IN the dairy is the manure. Just keep
In mine that you have been feeding the
most expensive elements in your soil,
ana the bulk of it lies out there in
the manure pile Ahe way to save it
Is to put it bac. ..pon the land just as
faSt as it is n...Ie.
Don't expect the COWS to hunt around
straw stacks or stalk fields all day for
just enough food to live on, and then
shell out the milk every night and
morning r. Cha lro,,ot x....,
Ing, milk making food, and a good
place to rest where she can turn the
food into milk.
Strain the milk thoroughly. Com
mence before you milk by brushing the
dlrt, mars and straw off the sides and
of he cow. Strainers must he
kept clean, n should be well scalded
after each milking. Careful straining
VIII save the sweet flavor Of the milk.
Good farming and dairying work
Wen together. With intelligent ham
of the n most any farm
may be brought up to a high state Of
and really become more valu-
aDle every year. Here is a source OF
profit which should not be overlooked.
Go slow in buying concentrated foods.
until you know precisely what you will
ileed TO balance up your own food
A Missouri farmer feeds from
six to eight pounds of bran and one
quart of corn meal with his hay and
slower, and he says it brings the milk
Cows should be tested. Compel each
one to stand on her own merits. I
nave never seen two cows which would
urn Their food to the Same account.
The main thing is to know which cows
are making money for us, and which
ones are sponging their board.
There is ample opportunity on the
majority of western farms to msk Ike
money handling cows. Expensive barns
are not absolutely necessary. The
and light, n kept clean, to insure
sweet smelling milk.
Every poor COW kept makes the milk
cost just that much more. There are
businesses where it is hard to
cuse for keeping cows which lose money
for you every day. It is an easy mat
ter to detect them.
The most profit will come to the
dairyman who produces the greater
part of his feed right on his own farm.
It Is usually easy enough to grow the
rough stuff. and this should be used
to the best advantage with stuff which
Is purchased.
Many believe that salt given to the
cows will Increase the milk flow. One
thing is certain, milking cows seem Is
crave salt, and 1t should be given them
two or three times a week. Try it and
see II you can notice any difference In
the milk pail.
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Asgood farmer who has handled milk
for nearly thirty a says, use a.
small hand separator and keep your
milk at home. This system has ali the
advantages, and hauling the cream to
the factory or station is not much of D.
Job.
Here Is the difference in selling wheat
or butter from the farm, For every
dollars worth OF wheat sold Off The
farm about 2S cents OF soil fertility goes
with 1t. But only one-half OF a cent
is given away with every dollars worth
Of butter or cream sold.
Feed will no overcome the bad eff
fects Ct leaving cows out III the cold
and slush. 1t does not take very ,n,,ch
to affect the milk flow, and an,rthInr
which lowers h vitality OF the AMI.
NAL y sure to tell ut the next min.
ling.