The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15


milk flow, and no amount of coaxing
or feeding will get II back this season.
Milk pals should always be cleaned
as soon as they are emptied. If they
are filled with cold water before the
fi.m from the milk forms, they will not
be hard to clean. Rinse with cold
water, then scald and sun.
If I were going to moveMeven several
hundred miles, 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 in
new country real good cows are
scarce.
Here is one thing that will still stand
harping upon: Clean the cream sepa-
rator. A good dairy authority states
that in Missouri there are 25, 900 cream
separators owned by farmers, and Of
these at least 10000 are in the hands
Of farmers who do not know the first
thing about handling cream.
The success of dairving In any local
ity will depend upon the pains each
farmer takes with his cream. The
only fair way to sell cream is by the
test, and it is the test that usually
kicks up a row. II 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 1t once are liable to have 1t again.
Such cows must have plenty Of exer-
else and laxative foods, just before
calving: The trouble is not so fire.
quent during the fall.
Threshing 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
t.
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.
l have never seen a COW that would
not break over into the cornfield, If she
had half chance. The way to head
her off is to fix up the fences, before
she discovers the weak places.
Don't throw away any silage that
may be leh 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 mouldy
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 1t. Don't ex-
pect the cows to keep up If they are
put into a dry and shadeless pasture.
An Illinois dairyman recently went
up into Wisconsin to pick up some
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 1t
pays to use good bulls.
Don't sell off the good cows, even If
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. I 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
we'll every day. This neglect is the.
source of much trouble.
Some dairy sections are finding It
profitable to send out instructors show
ing how butter milk may be produced
The whole thing lies in knowing how to
take Iroper care of the COW and the
milk.
Farmers wives find some trouble in
packing butter during the summer and
keeping it in good condition until win
ter. There Is no trouble, of course, if
you have ice, but not many farmers put
up ice. Pack the butter in glazed lars
TO within two inches OF the top. Cover
with cloth and over this fill in salt even
with the top Of the jar. Keep the Jars
in the cellaS or some cool place.
II you can't find any better place.
turn the cans and pals upside down
over the fence posts. The best way
to air and sun these things is on a
shelf or bench on the south side Of the
milk house.