The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-02-07

Professor Frazer makes Some very
strong statements about the quality OF
| cows kept by Illinois dairymen. lie
says many "A good COW In worth twenty
or more poor cows In the same herd In
actual profits To the farmer. Illinois
dairymen are keeping thousands OF
cows that barely pay their board. or nj
best. return 10 small profit that u
/ would take ESQ To 400 to show 81 .OOo
clear money per year. The worst thing
rs. that nearly every dairy herd has
cows OF this stamp.
| Mr.. J. A. Phillips. one or the most
successful dairymen In Wisconsin,
says. be careful IN selecting the dairy
sire. for on his quality depends the Inn
provemcnt or YOUR herd. Feed as far
sas possible the feed grown on the farm.
IL you require bran or oil meal buy II
and mix u with your other feeds your
self Keep all your money ~ home.
/ Raise your stock as well as you can.
and market a. good n product as you
/ can.
Did you ever notice a good mich COW
stroll over the pastures as le!sureiy as
| IL she had no thought OF anything eN-
| cept turning her feed into milk A COW
never hurries or becomes excited. un-
less forced To o.. aud the quiet. slow
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business al the milk pail. Take the
hint. Keep the cows quiet, don't dog
them or chase them, or swear at them,
February and March are hard
months on the milch COWS. The winda
ere piercing. and often SNOW or sleei
| catches the COWS out tn the fields
! Exposure ~ this kind always tells "a
the nov OF milk. The best way a
/ h.. n -
say for two or three hours. during
the sunny part OF the day.
| Dairying now ~ too big "A business %
/ he turned over To the women folks one
| or two COWS won't make "A dairy. II
\ Will make start, but enough cows
should be kept 10 get up some interest.
| We like TO crowd things nowadays. So
with dairying. Go into g. as " IL was
your whole business. study and de-
Velop. Then IL Will pay.
Cement floors. steel stalls and like
| improvements are alright in the dairy
! " you have money to burn. What Il
| mere essential the COW barns OF
sheds should be kept clean. tho food
wholesome. and the cows kept Hensi-
bly,. There ure "a whole lot or things
TO learn. before fancy" improvements
are necessary.
The quality ~ butter - not affected
\ by the time u takes To churn q. IL
there H. trouble. 81 comes from some
| other causc-from adding fresh
| SKINNED cream Ia well iipened cream.
/ Or perhaps the trouble In with The cows
| themselves. The cream OF some cows
churns quicker and better than others.
Another good thing about the dairy
| II that you can keep good hands the
good wages. On grain farms when
men are hired for only six or seven
months. 10 ~ almost impossible To get
! good reliable men. No good man can
| AFFORD 70 loaf five or six months.
one Of the best butternnkers Ia the
country Gays dairymen do not pay
enough attention to cleanliness. Every
thing should br kept aa clean aE clean
ran be. Cream that IL not kept IN nice
condition right up to the time IL Is de-
itvered at the factory. cannot be- made
into good butter.
Try TO keep the temperature OF the
COW stables uniform. and do not throw
doors and windows wide open. when
the cows are ia their stalls. A dairy
grees. ia the temperature OF his barns.
made a shrinkage OF ga per cent. In
the milk.
There IL such n thing as a good and
poor ration. IL In best To feed as much
as possible OF our home grown stun
but one should know how best TO COM
bine these To give a we'll balanced ra-
ton. In fact the years profits will
depend largely upon how we'll the food
Is handled.
A Minnesota farmer says during the
year 1905 he sold his whole milk TO the
creamery. Milking the same COWS dur
Ing 1906 he separated his milk at home.
using u hand machine. selling only the
cream. His receipts for 1906 were near
~ one-third more than the year pre-
V!ous.
A successful calf raiser says do
two things and you Will have no
trouble with your Calvcs-bc careful
about overlooking and teach the calf
To eat whole oats as soon as possible
That's good. Keep them in light dry
quarters, and the job will be stIll
easier.
Many dairy farms are operated under
lfsAHfNt W AAlA'Al'lAN lhl illNAa lsAilI anu
COWS. and division OF profits ~ made.
Put these leases iu writing. Don't take
chances on a verbal agreement. Have
the lease signed I'm duplicate. 80 that
each party may have u copy.
Look out for the pals used for feed
Ing the calves. Gems galore Turk In
them. and trifle sometimes upsets the
calf. II these calves are not doing well.
examine the feed pals. Tin pals are
the best. and they should be- washed
and scalded every day.
Don't allow the barn flavor to get
into your milk. This can be avoided
by keeping the stable clean. and keep
ing the dirt out OF the milk No amount
OF straining or separation will rid the
milk OF this flavor. The only thing
To do Is TO keep IL out.
Sometimes accidents will happen In
the dairy. 1 have known or such a
thing as a COW sticking her foot into a
pail OF milk. Don't try TO strain out
dirt from the milk. II IL gets In. bet
ter feed the milk to- the pigs. wash out
the pail and 20 ahead.