The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-08

that large udder may be developed,
thin of neck and bright Of eye.
What makes cream taste strong
this time of the year? A. If you try
to keep milk sweet too long, the cream
will taste strong. If you feed ruta-
bagas, the cream and milk are liable to
have strong flavor. II you feed such
this should be done Immediately after
milking
How often would you recommend
feeding salt? A. ALI the time. Hav.
it before them continually, then they
will not use too much at time.
What kind of salt would you use? A.
Rock salt Is all right for summer, but
in winter, 1t is too much like licking
a cold piece of iron.
Does freezing before churning,
make cream hard to churn A. 1t
does. The butter will have a fiat
taste and there will be white specks
in It,
Is it possible to feed a COW certain
feed in order to increase the per cent
of cream in the milk? A. No. you
can't feed butter fat into the milk.
Should dairy COW be kept in the
barn in winter? A. Always, except
during the most pleasant warm days
when she may be let outside some.
How long should a cow be dry be-
fore she comes in? A. Four or five
weeks.
Does dairy COW need exercise :?
A. Not necessarily. II she II fed
right, she gets plenty OF exercise in
the assimilation Of her food. The
stable should be we'll lighted and pro-
perry ventilated. Some Of the best
milk tests have been made during
tine winter when the COWS were kept
in the barn.
How many pounds Of grain should
one feed a COW? A. One pound of
feed for each three pounds of mill;
produced.
If a COW would not get salt enough,
would it make any difference in the
quality of the butter? A. No.
Why did the best wheat and clover
grow in the dead burrows this year?
A. Because that was where the most
moisture was this year. This was not
an average year.
What are the best kinds of clover
for this country? A. Medium red.
Mammoth and Alsike, the first tine
best.
Which is best, late fall blowing or
early spring blowing? A. late spring
blowing
Which is best early fall blowing, or
spring blowing? A. Early fall plow-
ing.
Will alfalfa grow in North Dakota L?
A. 1t will, and in time it will be one
of our most successful crops.
How many acres can one man farm
we'll under the Campbell system of
dry farming? A. Depends on the
man.
Prof Palmer, then took up the
question of growing clover. There
are forty varieties OF the clover
plant growing native in North Dakota
but not many know it. He told of
the Importance of growing this CROP
Glover takes something out of the air
which we call nitrogen, and stores it
in the soil, which is so necessary for
plant life. The nitrogen, so necessary
to man, is taken from the sell by
the products. Bacteria is natures
method of taking the nitrogen from
the soil and transmitting to plant life,
The bacteria may be found al the
roots of the plants, such as clover. To
grow clover successfully, it is necess-
airy to inoculate the soil with these
bacteria. This can be done by scatt-
er1ng couple hundred Of pounds of
dirt from clover field over another
field. Corn land is best for clover.
Disc the land lightly in the spring
and sow the clover about the time
that wheat is sown,ten or fifteen
pounds to the acre Don't SOW clover
with nurse crop. If sown with
wheat, the clover is not given the
right chance and after the wheat is
cut, it will dwindle and die. Alfalfa
germs will not do for the clover
plants.
o. M. Champlin: 'I sowed a field
to alfalfa in 1908, and it pulled thru
nicely this year Is it safe to assume
that it is a good stand? A. 1t is.
1t will be well, however, to top dress
the field with manure lightly in the
spring. There is something in the
manaure that encourages alfalfa.
Alfalfa is very delicate plant when