Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-02-19
THE DAIRYMAN.

Very important things in raising 4
dairy worker ara plenty II pure all
and an abundance Of sunlight Ar
range Tie calf pens 50 thar they vii.
b. flooded with sunlight The use Of
muslin windows instead q glass in
dairy CONSTITUTION is said 10 help ma
terialIy in the fight against tubercu-
lusis
Al In Heating Cream.
There can be good butter made in
winter. says a dairyman. l can make
II as good then as can in summer 1t
just takes caution in heating the
cream. That is the main point. Put
your churn in pan Of hot water and
/ churH until it quits foaming. then take
! it out Of pan and finish churning. and
/ you will have good firm butter, use
little butter coloring. 1t looks like
May butter.
A Dairyman's Herd Book.
Counting the wrinkles on a cows
horns is one way to tell how old she
is hut if she is dehorned it doesn't
work worth a cent. So it is a good
plan to keep a birthday book for the
stock. Have name for each. Give
the name Of the father and mother and
date Of birth. In a little while you
will have Il very interesting herd book
Of your own. whether your stock is
registered or not.
Value Of Clean Milking.
The first milk drawn from the cows
udder is very poor and thin. while that
drawn last is thick and rich. Also a
cow that is MIXED clean and stripped
to the last drop at each milking will
maintain q high flow Of milk for a
longer period than one which Is not
1t not only pays to strip the cows
and get the last and richest Of the
yield at each milking. but it keeps
them from drying up. Careless habits
in finishing milking will soon make the
cows go dry and cut off profits. EX-
tract the last drop from each COW and
at every milking. That is the way to
sustain the fow and to get full rich
ness in the milk.
Records Tell the Tale.
There are highly capable men who
have given their best thought to the
breeding Of the dairy COW and to feed
Ing her protitably for milk. None of
these men have been able to conceive
any plan by viii h the best COW IS to
be known either for the purpose Of de- |
t4rT1ifting~ haV Ia, Il. 4
cents per year or for the purpose of |
wedding out the poor cows without |
keeping a record Of that cows per
formancc. The necessity Of knowing |
what each COW in the herd IS doing IS |
apparent. There is no plan BIZ whi.h |
this c'n bn done except BIZ Keeping a |
record. This record can only be kept |
by the use Of the lead pencil, q pair Of |
scales and the Babcock test.
Care CT the Horse.
When the mud is deep it always pays |
to keep horses young or old. on dry |
footing, says the Breeders Gazette. |
To allow colts and older animals to |
travel around through coruslalk fields |
ankle deep in soft black oozy mud is |
sure sooner or later to set up some /
irritation of the skin Of the legs which I
may prove exceedingly hard to cure /
and which will surely retard growth |
the sleeping quarters Of /
horses In damp winter weather should /
always be Kept serupulously dry aud |
clean. II is not only a shame. but a /
money loser rs well, To force horses to 1
stand In wet manure during the night. /
No amount of food will compensate for 4
the injury caused by the enforced dis /
comfort. Ii Is true that when the land 4
Is dry or hard frozen young horses /
can obtain lot of feed In a cornstalk 4
field, but IL should always be remem-
bcred that weather beaten stalks are
not the sort Of stun ON which market
topping horses are reared. More eSpe-
cially is this stopping around in the /
mud hard on yearlinEs and weanlings
These. above all. should have dry quar- /
tiers in which 20 live in peace ard com.
fort. This Is not TO say that the prac-
tlce OF letting horses wallow around
IN the mud Is a good one az any time
but the injury done TO the older ones is
not 50 great as that forced upon the
more callow youngsters. A good tight
shed well cleaned and beddcd often.
good sized yard On which 10 run
at will and plenty Of good feed are
cardinal requisites In the succeSSfu
rearing q market horses.