Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-06-06

sanitary manner, my experience and
the experience of others go to show
that 1t should be sold for Vt least -
cents per quart to make it good bust
ness proposition. AS the Jersey is not
as large a producer as other breeds, I
have always felt that there is about =
cents difference in the cost from that
Of the milk of a mixed herd | con
slider them as healthy as the Ayrshire
or Holsteln If properly cared for. l do
not believe that high bred Jerseys will
stand the hardships that many cattle
are subjected to on many of the farms.
A well bred horse will endure more
than scrub If given good care They
will not, however, do as we'll as the
scrub with very ordinary care. You
have never heard of a horse having the
staying qualities for the race track
unless he had the breeding to back II
up. ! feel that is just as true with
cattle. To get a large production and
to make them profitable for any length
Of time they must inherit good quail
ties from their ancestors"
Milking and Feeding.
When the cows come in from pasture
for the evening milking they are given
a light feed. which is readily cleaned
up. There is everywhere clear spring
water. The feed is mixed in these
proportions Four hundred pounds of
bran, 200 pounds of gluten and 200
pounds of corncOb meal Each mixer
then washes his hands and cleans his
finger nails, there being facilities in
an adjoining building in the shape of
porcelain wash bowls, with hot and
cold water and an abundance of tow
els. These cows are all curred, rub
bed down and their teats and udders
wiped off and washed Then the milk
ers enter with their clean white duck
suits and white skull caps and do their
milking through screened top pals.
The main dependence Of Fairlea is
ensilage Between fifty and sixty
acres OF corn go into the silos From
thirty to thirty-ive acres Of oats and
peas and also millet are grown and fed
green. Considerable hay is also used
The four silos hold about 600 tons
The other day some OF the silage was
handled which was slowed last Sep
TENDER. and II was as fresh and as
fragrant as the day II was cut.
~ have only used corn for ensilage,"
said Mr.. Lee. 81 had sixty-five acres
last year. all Of which went into the
silos with the exception Of about ten
acres. do not feed heavy, none of
my cows getting over eight pounds per
day. The ration is made up OF bran.
buffalo gluten and corn and oil meal"
The Milk Room.
In hall shut off from the stables
are seven milk scales fitted with an
automatic recording point, and the
product Of each cow is weighed and
recorded on card bearing the herd
number This Is done at each milking,
and the figures are afterward trans
ferred to the books in the office, so
that the exact quantity given by each
COW is known. In case COW has any
ailment, cold, etc, Mr.. Pomeroy sees
that her milk does not go into the cool
ing coils, but keeps It separate for the
pigs. A rigid inspection Is made OF
the herd every day. After the weigh.
Ing the milk is poured into cans
through two thicknesses Of fine cheese
cloth. 1t is then covered and carried
to the dairy, which is a separate build
Ing on slight slope forty feet away
from the stables, and another attend
ant strains it before 1t Is emptied into
the receiving funnel which carries il
inside the dairy into the cooler and
bottling room. where it is again strain
ed twice. The mixers are not permit
ted to go beyond the weighing hall, and
none except the bother Is allowed In
the coil rooms. he wearing his white
uniform.
Every bottle Is thoroughly washed
and sterilized before II Is filed, anS
the pals and cans are also sterlized
and kept In thoroughly sanitary con-
dillon. AS the bottles are filed from
the cooler they are taken into huge
refrigerator. where the temperature Is
10 degrees. and kept there until re-
moved In wagons to the distributing
iepot In New Haven