The Dickinson press., 1908-02-15

creamery built, the first one in the state
where only whole milk was delivered,
and let me tell you right here. that ii has
been running successfully ever since,
winter and summer, and has, been a
great benefactor both to the farmers and
business men. A trip Through the coun-
try will prove this by 1.-THE good" substan.
tial buildings. both houses and barns,
and herds of contenteds well-tared-for
cattle that can be seen on every farm
from which milk is delivered to the
creameries.
After the success Of this creamery wat
evident it was only natural that new
ones were established and at present
there are creameries shipping
their products from New Salem.
Now let me tell you a few of the bene'
fits Of this industry. First of all, a regu-
lar pay day once a month is sure, and
the amount of the check is only limited
by the; amount of the milk you deliver.
Second, your skim milk will raise very
good calves with good care and a little
extra feed added to supply the buttcrfat
taken out. and the hogs just grow big on
the skim milk with a little ground feed
added (thc screenings will do for the
summer which, by the way. ought to be
left on the farms and not freight paid on
them and then given away in the eastern
grain markets). and then have them fin
isllcd in the fall with corn. Third, where
dairying is carried on in connection with
grain raising. and it always ought to be,
there the land will yield a better average
Of all kinds of grain as is easily proven
by the fact that a rotation of crops is
necessary. Fourth. with a herd of we'll
carcd-for dairy cows you are bound to
get a lot of very valuable manure. which,
with the use of the manure spreader. will
keep the fertility Of the soil and insure
better crops. Fifth. if SO arranged that
most of the cows in the herd will come
fresh in the fall. say from October to
December L, harvest time will find us
with but little milking to do.
Years ago nearly all our cows were of
the range stock type and as a rule came
frcsl, about April or May. With good
pasture they would give a good supply
of milk during the summer months, but
when fall came with its dry pastures and
no feed but prairie hay and not much of
that until the ground was covered with
snow, the COWS of course dried up and
remained dry until fresh again. Now
most dairymen try to have a good supply
of feed for winter, such as orr fodder,
millet hay, and in some cases root crops
and in addition ground oats and speltz
mixed with bran. and as COWS arc now
often bred to freshen. say about Scptem-
Der 20 to December 1, they are kept in
comfortable barns and fed long before
any snow falls. In this way they pro-
ducc a flow of milk during the winter
and after spring comes with green grass
they keep it right up the most of the
summer months.
would like to tell you what we have
done and what we are trying t o do to
improve our herd, and by that means
the profit therefrom. Our first method
was by raising the heller calves from Dur
best COWS, trying to raise them as dairy
stock, and with better care and feed we
have doubled the yield of milk from
each COW. Every morning and evening
we weigh the milk from each COW, TAX
ing samples of their milk and testing for
the per cent of fat each month. In this
work we were considerably assisted by
Assistant Dairy Commissioner Flint, who
supplied us with milk sheets and in
structed US how to do the testing. AS a
result for our n years weighing and
testing for our herd of nineteen cows we
found that they averaged s,628 pounds
of milk and 200 pounds. of butterfat,
which. if made into butter, would aver
age 244 pounds per cow. We found
that we, had m GOV that gave US 8,2I7
pounds of milk that contained 1882
pounds of butterfat, another that gave
7,4o4 pounds of milk with 275.8 pounds
of fat. Our poorest COW that lived to
complete the years work gave 1871
pounds of milk that contained 1854
pounds of fat. This last COW, though, as
near as l could figure, paid for the feed
she ate, but was not as profitable a COW
as l wished and she was disposed of.
We are continuing the test and believe
it is profitable labor.
Now you will likely want to know what
one can expect a good COW to bring you