The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-02-17
ground. Prof. Bliss is an entertain
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ing speaker and is making good for
the college.
Lecture on Dairylng.
Prof. H. C. Horneman now spoke
on the great subject of dairying.
The value of the milk of the United
States was worth more than the corn
crop. Iowa stands at the head in
producing butter. but it is second in
number of cows. New York is first.
Other states show more butter per
COW and this fact should be overcome
by Iowa dairymen. He insisted that
one third of the cows of Iowa were
kept at loss. He laid the greatest
stress on "testing the cows He
had a host of figures showing the re-
suits of tests. His figures are that it
costs $50 per year to keep COW. In
one test, one COW gave in year 293
pounds of butter fat worth SIP. and
another gave ISL pounds. worth $38.
Both COWS with the same feed and
care. In another test there were
five cows in each groupe. The five
best gave 292 per COW. worth 500. IA and
the five poorest gave Ill pounds of
butter fat per COW. worth 1923. Rating
the cost of keep at $50, the lvss or
gain is shown clearly. Dairying did
not deteriorate the soil as did crop
farming. The average in Iowa was
145 pounds butter fat per COW. He
told of test in Denmark showing
that by wedding out poor cows the
average per COW had been increased.
The speaker urged that every COW in
the dairy be tested. These tests
should be for three days, morning and
night. The date of last calf must be
noted. The items making up the re-
suits are as follows: Total pounds of
milk; test. pounds of fat in three
days; pounds of fat in month; price
per pound; returns Of course three
days IS one tenth of month so the
results of the three days of testing
are multiplied by ten. Ames college
would send sample testing sheet on
application. Prof. Horneman says it
takes 16 pounds of food per day SIM
ply to maintain a COW, and that the
largest amount which can be fed with
profit is 30 pounds. If you teed just
enough to keep the COW going you
need expect no special results. He
gave experiments in feeding, the
same herd two different years. In
|, the last year feeding heavy showed a
jump from returns of $25 to $38. He
gave much time to proving that a
good sire should be secured. one
whose calves gave extra amount of
milk.
To get the best results in cream,
the cows must be healthy and clean,
the air free from dust during milk
ing time, the mixer have clean
hands, and the cans be clean. A
brush, soap powder. and het water
should be used for cleansing. Milk
should be cooled at once. as this
serves to stop the bacteria from in
creasing. He gave an experiment
showing that milk at SO degrees,
would curdle in 18 hours; at 70 de-
grees in 48 hours and at SO degrees it
would not curdle for ten days. Cans
should be put in water to cool the
milk. He recommended cans not too
large. In closing he gave in Dane
dialect poem from a man who said
he thought that money made by
"Pulling teats" was surest and safest.
Prof. Horneman is considered one of
the experts on dairying at the college
and is lecturing constantly now.
AT Charter Oak the experts gave
practically the same lectures. Next
year the Institute will be held at
Denison and it is planned to have a
rousing one, inviting the women to