Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-11

FIG XyI-MAKING CEMENT HANGERS.
sides. The cows can be run in and out
handler and be MIXED more conven-
iently. The manure can be easily
cleaned out with a wheelbarrow or an
overhead litter carrier. The floors
should preferably be made of cement,
with fairly deep. wide cutters of the
same material. Plenty of bedding
should be used to soak up the liquid
manure.
Ventilation.
Provision for some sort of ventila-
ton should be made. The plan of hav-
ing the windows placed high aud so
arranged that they swing in at the top
provides good ventilation, especially if
there are windows on both sides. Tri-
angular pieces Of board at the sides of
| the windows prevent drafts and cause
the air to be forced upward toward the
ceiling. where it is distributed all over
the room. The King system of ventila-
ton works we'll where the barn Is
tight. Flues for impure air open at
the floors and extend up to cupolas in
the roof. The pure air hues open near
the ground outside and at the top of
| the room inside. This secures con-
| slant circulation of air without drafts.
In frame barn these fues can be
made by boxing in the space between
two studdiEgs.
Iron swing stanchions cost very little
more than the old fashioned wooden
ones and are great deal more con-
venient and durable The hangers
may be made of cement, in which case
/ they may be used for watering the
/ cows in extremely cold weather. If
the farm is provided with some sort of
/ water system a pipe can be laid to
one end OF the manager, so that water
will be constantly on tap either for
flushing out the Manager or watering
the cows. With short piece of hose
the floors and cutters can be flooded
occasionally and thus kept clean and
free from bad odors. Both the floor
and cutters should have sufficient slope
to carry the water off.
Where the cows are watered from a
tank. as they will be most Of the time.
some means of heating the water
should be provided. If the COW has to
heat it herself it is with corn as fuel.
instead of with cobs. as where tank
heater is used. If the tank is banked
and covered. little fire every morning
will keep the water at a comfortable
, temperature.
The dairy cows should receive salt
regularly. 1t is necessary to the proc
ess of digestion and causes an in
creased milk flow. self feed covered
, salt box somewhere in the yard will
provide constant supply of salt with
out waste Care should be taken not
!, to let the box get empty, and il ii
, should happen so the cows should be
gradually accustomed to salt again be-
5 fore they are given all they will eat.
Regularity In Milking and Feeding.
Regularity in milking and feeding is
essential Irregular milking always
reduces the Yield. BE sure to milk
1 thoroughly. manipulating the udder to
, be sure that all he milk is withdrawn
s. Nothing will cause Il COW to dry UP
I more quickly than leaving little milk
in the udder each time. The uddel
should be wiped with damp cloth
: before milking to remove dust and
4 dirt. Each particle of dust carries
0 thousands of bacteria. Cleanliness is
/, the first essential in producing high
$ class dairy products. The feeding
!. should be done Immediately after
niking. especially if silage. turnips Q
Dther strong smelling feeds are uset
If fed at this time there is little daI
ger of taintng the milk.
The heiferS should be MIXED for a
: long Il time as possible during the
first milking period. If they are a
= lowed TO go dry after five months {
70 so they will never prove prottab
10 dairy animals. 1t is the COW ths
d keeps UP Il good milk flow ten {
ID eleven months of the year that ado
(. to the dairyman's profits.
Z. Kindness is an essential point
st handling dairy cows. Any unnece