The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-07-19

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fsAtensls. Soda Is good to use on the
~aWcodenware. and some cleaning powder
~ best to use on the tinware The best
Thing Tor cleaning Is a good stiff brush.
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= Make every COW in the herd stand
opon her own record. If she fails to
make good, move her on to the butcher.
"A few poor cows will pull down the
average Of the herd. The thing to do
q To End out which ones are the board
4ars. hen get rid Of them.
With good cows and the best Of feed,
tt still requires skillfull handling to
get b most out of them. Cows will
nearly always do better for women
mixers than men. simply because wom-
an are gentler and pet the cows.
The. cows should get the finest quail
slty Of clover hay. Just keep in mind
that the quality is all in the making.
che field for curing. it should be put
up as carefully as If it was being
stacked. Spread each forkful and lay it
Cat 1T will then he'd rain.
Never has there been so much work
with and for dairy farmers as there
ID today The idea now is to go right
TO the farmer, show him how to test
his cows. how to feed them and how
10 care for his products. This Kind of
SWOIh Is UOUIlu 10 raise the Candard OF
sproaucts. and 1t will start many Oh
sthe way Of making some profit out Of
their work.
II there is a good creamery near
by. send of the cream during the hot
home. The women have their hands
Gull nov, without making butter.
Customers like to receive butter in
nice prints, but during this season Of
the year it is safest to put it up In
jars or wooden packages. Neatness goes
q long ways in holding a customer.
One of the best things to use about
the dairy is a large dtpper strainer. Use
u Tor stratntng the cream into the
churn, the buttermilk from. the butter.
and mach of the other work. 1t should
be made nine inches across the top,
nine inches across the bottom and six
1fsches deep. Have a handle ten or
twelve inches long.
The coming month will be the hard
est of the year to get butter to Gus
Hasaiers in good condition. 1t is apt to
be soft. Where 1t is shipped any dis
lance h utmost care should be taken
In getting 1t handled quickly.
A young man who mas Just gone into
the dairy business asks what he should
do with his milk from Saturday night
to Monday morning, as his creamery
does not receive cream on Sunday. The
cream should be kept cool until Mon
day. or it may be made into butter for
h home supply.
How to keep up the milk flow. That's
h problem that every dairyman is up
against now. So long as grass holds
out there will be no trouble, and the
man who has not a few acres Of early
corn or other aid crop coming on. has
only himself to blame.
MANY suppose that alfalfa is unlike
clover; that is, It's feeding value does
not decrease as the crop natures. The
very opposite is true. Alfalfa tncreas-
es TN dry matter until full BLOOM is
reached, afterwards its value decreases
very rapidly, ever much faster. thar
timothy or clover. 1t is important that
IT be cut at the right stage.
While any sections are we'll adapted
80 dairying, and while the best crops
car be grown for producing milk. vet
these sections are not money making
because they are not feeding their crops
20 The right class OF cows.