The independent., 1907-04-25
The Dairy
Valuable Information.

bulletin from the Indiana expert
ment station gives some very practi-
cal information in terms any one can
readily understand as to loss the
farmer sustains in skim milk by i'm
perfect creaming. When we say that
milk separated by the centrifugal
process shows from .01 to s. per cent
butter fat and from IS to per cent
fat by the gravity process and various
other amounts in other processes of
skimming it is a little difficult to tig-
ure out just what these various show
ings mean in pounds of butter or dol
lars and cents in the farmers pocket
This bulletin from the Indiana station
has figured this all out and gives us
the results of butter loss from one
cow for one year:
BY hand separator. r..............$ 63
BY deep setting. g.....,....s....... 3.99
by shallow pan setting. ........ 5.S6
BY water dilution. ............. 6.68
Tlen the bulletin goes on to show
what would be the loss in pounds
Of butter in a dairy of twenty cows:
Pounds.
Loss by use of hand separator. o4
Loss by deep setting. ........... 446
Loss by shallow setting ........ 595
Loss by water dilution. ........, 678
With such showing as above by
actual experiment any farmer may
see at a glance what he may gain or
lose under different processes. The
variation of loss in the hard separator
between .01 per cent and 5 per cent
is sufficient to show the thoughtful
farmer the necessity of careful ar
tention to his hand separator The
bulletin above referred to gives dem
onstrations Of the variations when the
separator does not run smoothly;
when the milk is not at the proper
temperature, or when the machine Is
run at too great or too low a speed.
These tests show that there may be
from these sources a loss of as much
as twelve or more pounds of butter
per COW. Quite an amount of the
profit of the farm dairy frequently
goes )ut in the skim milk which might
be saved by little careful attention
given to the hand separator.
Dual Purpose Cows.
The more we improve our farm an
imals the more largely will be in
creased our revenues. The general
| idea among farmers in Nebraska that
they can breed cattle for two pur-
| poses. milk and meat, is one great
reason for the low production OF
| dairy product on the average farm
in this state. In our state, which is
ideal for general farming, nearly every
| farmer keeps more or less cows and
the temptation is strong to try TO
produce both milk and meat. think
| ing thereby to get the most possible
out of the herd. We would not say
that this combination never exists and
| never can, but We must say II oniy
exists to a very limited extent IN
some breeds, perhaps strongl. In ST me
| individuals of those breeds. but il is
so limited that ii is wholly unreliable.
| The beef type and the dairy type are
| distinct. and the attempt to combine
| these by cross breeding has been, and
| is likely to- be more or less OF "a fall
ure. While crossing i'm some cases
might prove beneficial. In a great ma
| jority of cases IL does not. and this
practice liz. generally speaking, detri-
1 mental to the best conditions for
profit from the animals
A grade or cross bred animal can
not be sold In the market for a ruii
| blood. and vet we find ai. over the
state upon farms where dairying IL
| In progress. herds headed by bssst bred
\ mlrcs The owners of these herds are
striving for profits FROM batn ends.
and will not get the most from either.
\ There ~ no pleasure in milking COWS
\ that yield no profit. but II IL real
| pleasure tu keep good stock thar re-
/ turns good records. Many farmers
are wholly untitled for successful
dalrytnen and might find thrmsets es
wneh hatfsr oft ~ aevate tso~ and at