The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-11

some farmers permit their calves to
rum With the COWS for two or three
weeks The practice is condemned by
e9lrylnen, for Two reasons When the
calf Is taken IVA The COM is fretted
and refuses to gjVe her full flow OF
milk. with the result that by the time
sae has Quieted DOWN and forgotten
her calf. her flow has been greatly
dltainished. Another reason why the
practice is bad is. that While the calf
is running With its mother it seldom
takes more chan hat the milk, and
what is left is not drawn from the
udder. The %dairynan WHO is looking
TO his COWS for his Years 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
reps VIII surely increase the dairy
profits. The cows, land and equipment
are TIE 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
proflts in good hare dollars we are aft
ef and 1t takes n pretty clear head to
SWING an investment of $4,000 to S25, 900.
a woman who reads the dairy depart
ment asks whether one can easily work
up customers who will pay % cents a
pound for butter the year round That
cepends upon a good many things.
rlFst You must be near some town or
clty, where you are likely to get pri-
Eate customers. Then you must have
enough faith in your butter to go to
them and ask them to try it. And then
When You have secured our customers
your butter must be so uniformly good
'1at 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 prQposition. 1t takes a whole
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.
pairying as a side line seldom pays.
There is too much work about it. You
have to make it part of your main
business, and conduct it Us sensibly as
growing Il crop of corn. 1t makes a
big difference whether your cows milk
SIX or ten months, and whether they
pay SIS or $50 a year. Tackle the prop
oSition right.
One of the biggest sources of profit
in the dairy is the manure just keep
~ iii4iiI litit yOu nave DsGl leedlng the
most expensive elements in your soil.
N the bulk of it lies out there in
the manure pile 4he way to save IL
IS to put 1t bac- Apor the land Just as
last as it is n..i..
straw stacks or stalk fields all day for
just enough food to live on, and then
shell out the milk every night and
morning. She must have good nourish-
ing. milk making food, and a good
place to rest where she can turn the
food into milk.
Strain the milk thoroughly. Com
lnence before you milk by brushing the
dirt, hairs and straw off the sides and
udder OF the COW. Strainers must be
kept clean, and should be We'll sca1ded
after each milking. Careful straining
will save the sweet flavor of the milk
Good farming and dairying work
Well together. With intelligent ham
ding of -he manure most any farm
may be brought up to Il high state of
fertility and ready become more valu-
able 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 viii
need to balance up your own food
stuffs. 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
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Cow should be tested. Compel each
one to stand on her own merits.
have never seen two cows which would
turn 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.
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There is ample opportunity on the
majority of western farms to Nuke
money %handlins COW Expensive barns
are not absolutely necessary. The
sweet s,neliimg miIk ~ i-suie
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Every poor COW kept makes the milk
cost just that much more. There are
some businesses where it is hard to
locate he leaks. but there is no ex-
cuse for keeping COWS which lose money
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