St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-13

comes in the handling of the product.
Country butter in the Southern States |
sells for something like Is to ~
cents a pound and the people hardly
want it at that | would like to say
that the average country butter plac-
ed on the market is not worth .
cents a pound. The reason that our
butter brings such low pirce is be- !
cause it is of such poor quality.
know dairymen who are producing
butter of such a quality that they
are demanding the highest prices for
this butter.
Milk should be handled in the
most cleanly manner possible. Ii the
milk is not clean, whatever product
It is made into can not be of the
best quality. BY producing the best
milk possible we can secure the best
price possible. Fox River butter sells
in this section for 35 and 40 cents
a pound. This is due to its quality,
and l would like to say that II is
within the power of every farmer in
!, this section to produce good quality
of butter and milk. This production
of clean milk does not require elabor-
ate barns and expensive equipment;
it simply requires close attention TO
details In the first place We need
barn which is well lighted and
ventilated and can be easily cleaned.
| We need clean, healthy cows, and
cleanl ness is handling them. The
| attention that is paid to keeping
things clean pays as good profit as
any work we can do on the farm.
Rememb this, that if milk is once
dirty it can never be made clean
again.
Just at this time there is consider
able agitation of the hog question
Pork is selling at such handsome
prices that farmers are turning their
attention to this business. Hog pro-
duction should be carried along as
a by-product of the dairy. Skimmilk
is one of the best hog feeds that we
can have when it is fed in connec-
ton with grains such as corn meal
and shorts. Farmers who live some
distance off the railroad and are
thereby compelled to make butter
should get hogs enough to consume
the skimmilk and buttermilk they do
not need for raising calves. Where
a good herd is kept heifer calves
only should be raised; the bulls
should be killed as soon as born, as
ordinarily they can not be raised
, profitably and should never be raised
$ for breeding purposes.
: Poultry keeping also works well
, in connection with dairying. Eggs
/ and chickens can be shipped in con.
{ nection with the butter or milk, ans
| a trade soon established will prove
profitable.
!, In considering all the advantages
6 of dairying we should not lose sigh
] of the fact that it requires work, ane
e constant and intelligent work t.
| make it pay We have got to CIV
/ cows good attention twice da!
y every day in the year. Cows cal
e not be neglected one day and wei
s cared for the next, and prove proht
I. able They must be handled regular
o ly and kindly. Some people say tha
e we cannot make dairying profitable II
: this section because we are not USE
n to working regularly as dairy re
d uuires. 1t is true that our systeI
s of farming does not entail as con
) stant labor as dairying requires, bu
n am sure that when we can see hta
/. our time is we'll paid we will nc
> mind working little harder.
e this section where little is known
n dairying the people should start
S. small scale and gradually gro
ID into the business; with a few COW
Id they can soon gain experience tn;
i'd will enable them to handle large
IN herds profitable. My advice to tt
as people of this section is to keep re
If ords of the cows they have, buy son
c. of the best dairy bulls that can
Id bought and gradually build up the
ly herds. A dairy breed should be d
UT cided upon and verybody keep tn
he breed. BY SO doing bulls can
re exchanged and. thus new blood
nd troduced by those so doing witho
er any extra expenditure of money.
ed particular attention to the raising
n: feed and the handling of sowsx he
en- is no reason why dairying can not
of made a success in this vicinity.
ill The Dairy Division, Bureau of A
ac- NAL Industry, U. S. Department
an Agriculture, furnishes plans for ct
yenient and sanitary dairy hous
nts silos and a number of publicatie
ed which will be of great profit TO
he people in this section. These bullet
of can be obtained free OF cost upon
nts quest.