The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-24
DAIRY NOTES.

and besides, the best part of the man
ure will drain off through these cracks
and be lost. Fake out the old floor,
or put on another thickness. A stu
you a this winter and put
in a cement floor next spring.
You will be surprised how cheap
ly you can lay cement, and one
himself. This cement question is well
worth looking up. There are many
places about the farm where it can be
used to good advantage, n the nice
thing about it is when once well put
down cement will last many years.
Once in q while you will find a good
dairy cow among the beef herds. Such
animals have been produced unwilling
ly by breeders doing the right thing.
These chance COWS have been fed in a
way hal would naturally produce milk
and although Of the big body beef type.
they really have never formed beef
habits. 1 do not believe that a COW of
this stamp is as safe as the dairy type
COW for breeding up a dairy herd. The
process of herd building is pretty slow,
and one cannot afford to make any mis-
steps, The best thing to do is to study
until you know precisely what you
want Il then go after it.
ENtlS Ill lIluil hliN SSCly lllall WIZ
aas the dairy bee in his bonnet" should
read Secretary Wilson'S annual report.
Here is junt one of the things he says
about dairying: "One-fourth of the
dairy cow Of the country do not pay
for their feed. and more than half Of
them do not return any profits. In pro-
portion as the dairyman weighs the
milk of each COW and applies the Bah
cock test will he increase the supply
of yni1ly huttar and rhaaca - .
The small dairy herd, we'll bred and
we'll managed will show more clean
profit than the big herd slovenly kept.
Fifteen or twenty cars can be taken
care Of, without hired help, and If one
is doing his own work he will readily
see the Importance of keeping only good
cows and giving them right care. The
small dairy farm has come to stay. The
thing to do O is to increase the work.
ing value of every cow in the dairy
herd.
The writer saw as nice a bunch
of coming yearling heifers in
Green county. Ia, last week
as he has u across in
a long time. They were bred along
little grain daily all the way from
calfhood. They We're not fat, but
growthy, loose skin and every one had
the dairy form. 1t pays to keep the
calves growing.
A correspondent says: Your advice
about building UP a dairy herd is all
right, but we have so many bull calves
that the work is awfully slow" That
is n of the unlucky things in breed
ing dairy cattle, they won't bring heif-
ers every time. For this reason every
heifer calf should be a jewel, take care
Of her and increase her tribe as fast as
possible.
There are two ways Of finding out
what each COW is doing, one is by test
ing and the other is by churning the
cream from each one separately. Right
here is the starting point in building
up a dairy herd. for, until you know the
value of each animal, as a cream pro-
Queer, you do not know which ones
should raise the dairy calves.
Mrs. House says: Bring up the dairy
COW from calfhood. Select your best
calves, give them the best Of treatment
at all times and train them to be milk
ers. Don't take the calf from the COW
too soon, but let it get a good start,
and then treat it with kindness. Always
warm the milk fed to calves and be
sure 1t Is clean and fresh"
1t sf"ms that I can't get away from
the mnk-pork combination. With mice
fresh milk mixed with bran and mid
lings FOR the pigs and fed to the Older
hogs with corn, how profits dc pile
up! ! have never, yet, seen a mar
who failed on this proposition. He
simply can't If he will just feed hi.
milk and grain right.
The gutter behind cows confined II
stalls should be large enough to keel
the animals clean. In order to econo
mize on space some dairy barns art
made with narrow cutters and shallow
standing room. Give the COWS ample
room; put the cutters well back ane
the COWS will do their part in keep
ing tidy.
the man who is away from home par
of the time, or the man who goes Il
visit a neighbor and allows the. night
milking to go over until morning. Yo,
simply can't make 1t pay as aside is
sue. 1t must be handled right or tn
sooner o cut it out the better.
If you are Keeping your cream il
the kitchen where it will absorb all tn
VI 41Ay Oh
keeping 1t in the cellar with the vege
tables, or If o r keeping 1t in tn
bedroom, or in the storage room, bette
move it, before you get a most strenu
U kic from the creamery.
One always makes the best success
with things he likes doing. That /
the reason why some men are bette
fat cattle feeders than they are dairy
men. They can haul out the corn
throw it into the hunks, and the steer
can eat n grow fat. You can't fee,
dairy cows that way.
Feed well the cows which are t
freshen next month. If they are rathe
thin feed some corn with fodder. an,
q mixture of bran and ground oats o
barley will give good results.
Mr. Gurler says mat a COW that pro
duces Only 200 pounds of butter yearl,
just about pays for her keep. One tina
VIII produce 400 pounds yearly paws 70
and care, and enough IN additiol
TO make her worth $40g, The ECO noun,
COW IS really not worth n thing.
tseedlng of mich COWS must lie don
with a r Judgment. It Is a pretty Tic
thing to know just how much krain
COW Will consume with profit.
It takes feed to make milk. The goo
dairy cow will do her part. but an
must De supplied with m.lk-makinl