St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-07-15
THE EM|LK men
HOLD MEETING
Hammond Dairymen Well
Represented in Gathering.
Prof. Barnes, Formerly of
Department Agriculture,
Gives Talk on Dairying and
Handling the Dairy Cow.
A Closed Session of the Milk
Men Held Afterwards.

In an address before dairymen of
st. Tammany parish and Hammond,
last Wednesday evening, at the court
house, Prof. Barnes, formerly OF the
Agricultural Department of United
States Government, spoke of the OPP
.portunities of dairy industries OF the
South and some necessary improve
ments in managing, feeding and
breeding stock that would be neces-
sary to make the industry profitable.
He said that we here were fortunately
situated as to market, but to make
the business profitable we must grow
our own feed; to get q maximum
profit there must be the very least
cost in production. Thatin Tennes-
see they produced milk at from 50
to 90 cents per one hundred pounds.
One of the aids in cost of production
was small herds where families did
the work without the employment OF
outside labor. That men in Tennes-
see did not consider they were in
the business unless they had silos:
that the silo was the next thing
to the COW. That the silo offered
the same composition in feed for the
winter as in summertime; that 1t
was the safety valve on the feed bill.
He said that the cost of building
silo in Tennessee was from 36
cents to $2,06 per ton, and that
they averaged 16x32 feet with a
capacity of from 150 to It's tons.
f|TfiSt any ofsours slegumss would make
good silage, and that It was gcod
for beef cattle as we'll as milk stock.
That from 100 to 130 pounds a day
was fed. With this ration Of two
to three pounds of grain food was
gwen. He recommended corn-and-
cob meal By mixing with two and
one-half pounds of the meal one
pound OF cottonseed meal. Silos
must be alright at the sides; the
tops were sometimes not covered at
ali. That in filling the silo the
siiage should be kept wet. That
when corn was used it should be
cut at the tir- the corn is glazing.
In speaking Ct the raising of stock
at home. in answer to q question by
Hammond man. he said that 1t
was not advisable to cross the Hol-
stein and the Jersey breeds. That
their traits were directly opposite,
and the tendency was to bring out
the weakest points in each. Pick a
choice of breeds and then get a
: good bull; the bull was the secret OF
success in breeding.
He said that it was not much ex-
pense to raise a calf, but to be a
good stepmother to calf required
discretion and good judgment. The
| calf should be fed on skinned milk,
but it should be cold or sour, for
the calf would get the scouds. Four
hounds twice day and two pounds
/ at noon would be enough at first.
/ After it was three weeks old two gal
Ions day might be given. When
/ ii commenced to eat give it little
/ cornm elaor bran and little hay
Those among the audience who
i had built silos found the figures o.
Mr.. Barnes lower than could be ap-
] piled to this section. Part OF the
Increased cost Wos found to be due
! to the expense of hiring teams.
At the close Of Prof. Barnes ad'
dress, Mr.. Lavelle, of the Vaudeville
i Creamery, stated that the creamery
would give four cents point fol
milk and return the skinned milk
/ The meeting then went into q
session and the doors were closed tt
all but those actually ENGAGED il
the dairy business. The object oi
the meeting was to devise ways ant
means for making the business more
profitable.
The following dairymen from Ham
mGnd were present: T. l.. Midland
w H. Carter, j. NJ. Blach, D. Gainey
L! Kraus, R. Ladner, R. Hutchinson
X. Pitcher, Wm L. Ferrier, of al
giers, was also present. He has ;
herd of about 200 cows. w. G
Evans, of Hammond, was also pres
ent at the speaking.