The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-21
DAIRY oTE

Z DAIRY NOTES.
The four great dairy breeds mos
commonly recognized have one very
convert feed into milk. The Jerseyi
are beautiful in form, kindly dMposi.
| ton and produce milk Of the best quail.
ity. AS a family COW or for cream
many dairymen stick close to jersey
blood. The purebred bulls are vfgpr.
GUS; and for building up a dairy hert
many prefer to use Jersey bulls. TM
Ayrshires are fine, hardy cows, prodac.
ing good milk and plenty Of It. The
Guernseys are heavier. good mixers
and probably excellinS the Jerseys Ii
the quantity produced. The Holstein
Fresian holds the record for quantity,
although sosne may think the quality
Of these breeds have been brought to
their high standard by systematic and
careful breeding. They are trained ts
do special work. The dairymen will
not make a mistake i'm selecting any
one of these four breeds. The work
Of any herd Of cows will depend alto
gether upon 20 they are handled aTld5
fed. as it Is not SO much the selection
Of the breed as it is sensible feeding
and care: The man who has a fairly
good herd OF cows should use the best
dairy herd bull. he can buy. Many use
Jersey bulls, because they think it has
an influence on, the quality Of the milk
OF his heifersa Z am not an advocate
Of any one dairy breed, but to the cor
respondents asking for best dairy
breed. l will say select the best per-
formers OF any OF the dairy breeds.
Beef animals will do, we'll in open
yards. with dry bed and shelter. They
have a blanket Of fatty tissue to keeE
them warm. The dairy animal is lean
and Is very sensitive to- cold, hence
must be kept warm, IL maximum mill
production IL had. In a test, made
some time ago, to show how mach was
the money loss one-half of the herd
was turned into the barn yard from
8 a. m. to 4 p. M. the other half was
turned out only a half hour daily when
the weather was pleasant. Those ami
NAL exposed shrunk to, money equiv
alent Of 9 cents a day for each animal.
Next to warmth, ventilation Is, Of most
Importance. The dairy animal must
be surrounded with warmth, good air
and good light to enable her to make
the best use OF her feed.
The man who sets out to, breed .
dairy herd from his common farm cows
will have uphill work for a long while.
I do not believe it will pay. II you
have one or more common cows, above
the average in producing milk, and
keeping at it, by. all means stick to
such cows and their heifers. But I
should never attempt to make q pay
Ing dairy herd out of h oGmmon
bunch OF ceWs usually found. on west
ern farms.
Keep the dairy barns clean. Yfnis job
should be attended to. every day, SO
that the manure will not accumulate.
Where you have a number OF COWS
stabbed together, the manure or litter
carrier is an easy method of getting
the manure out. BY proper arrang
ments this carrier will deposit, sts load
into the spreader, and when this is
Every man who. goes, INTO. aairyinR
must set his own, standard, but his
yearly profits will! depend very largely
upon how high he sets that standard.
| do not believe that the line should be
drawn below 5000 pounds Of milk q
year. Ihere are lots of cows that will
not come up tof that mark, but they
MIXED.
Milk is made more oheaplw by good
grass than anything else, then comes
Stage. for his is the nearest to grass
OF any food in hand, besides it is the
and cam be grown on the
Iarm. Dalryrnen, h expect to keep
up the milk. flow of their, herds will
soon learn hi economy OF the silo for
oo1n winter and summer Needing.
A good dairy authority saws that bet
ter care would increase total annual
production of dairy herds at least 30
per cent, and that with wise selection
OF young animals we could double the
output with the same number of cows.
II this Statement is true. it is high
time that dairymen were booking after
the care and breeding.
The snnnn dairy will pay; with ten to
nfte.m. COWS one can attend to his own
"cfk- ard there is less danger Of any
mishaps which injure trade. If one
sells his milk this is a big help in the
business, because his customers get aa-
quatnted with him and have more con-
fldenee in his product.
Good pastures and good meadows are
the foundation of successful dairyinR.
Look over the fields this spring and see
IT some do not need patching up. See
that all the land Is producing somethinx
valuable. II there are bare, killed-ou
spots, reseed them n get them COW
cred with grass.
A good dairy farmer tells me ne
seeds twenty acres to clover every
year and breaks up twenty acres every
year. He keeps about forty acres in
meadow By this system his land grows
better and he grows enough hay and
fodder to keep his herd well into the
winter.
me sleekest calves and the thrift
est pigs 1 ever saw belonged to q dairy 8
man who skinned his own milk at
nome, and he knew how to feed it to \
get results. The feeder who has nice,
fresh skim milk every morning for his
young things car make the best calves
and pigs. "
Follow the dire ctions when operating
a cream separator. The milk should be -
run through evenly. The thickness ota
n cream will depend upon the even
flow Of the milk into the machine.
The cows should have plenty of fresi#
air and sunlight. Let them out o.
bright days and let them roam abous
n yards. The exercise will do thers
4 good md ryhnr#kLN., - N.o1, fntBENd