Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-11

percentage OF total conalitue0ta. whice
naturally gives Il 4 little higher -.
ing value. What II the dt6srenco' u
removing the butterfat by . hand sep-
arator when the milk II fresh and
sweet or removing II with . churn q.
ter the cream is sour? The two pro-
ceases are nearly identical. and the BY
products are practically the same. Nc
farmer would think OF throwing the
skimmilk away and why should the
butteemilk be wasted, as 1t 20 ire
quently 10 at the creameries.
Fortunately, the most practlcal
farmers are beginning to use BUSH
ness methods in handling their farm
ing enterprises and realize that the
old wasteful methods are entirely
unnecessary and largely responsible
for the enormous leakage in profits,
which occur on SO many farms each
year.
A great many farmers all over the
country realize the value Of butter
milk for hog feed, az is reported in
Circular lSS of the Bureau Of Ant
NAL Industry. This circular shows
what is being done. In practical way.
by many creamery organizations In
feeding butternilk to hogs. The plan
usually followed is for the creamery
company to purchase a bunch of hogs
of sufficient size to utilize the butter
milk from the creamery, together with
a little grain to balance the ration.
A Michigan creamery reports: Re
Gently we turned or eleven pigs that
were farrowed April 4. making their
ages a few days over five months when
marketed. They were taken from their
mother when FIVE weeks old and in the
meantime had learned to drink butter
milk. SO they lost no weight in getting
started. They were given all the bus
termilk they would clean up. with no
grain until about two months old. For
the next two months, they were fed a
small ration Of soaked corn. once u
day, along with the buttermilk. The
amount OF corn fed during the time
was nine bushels, no other grain be-
ing fed. The combined dressed weight
of the pigs was 1850 pounds. The pork
sold for 10 cents per pound. so the re-
ceipts were $16S. The nine bushels OF
corn at IS cents amounted to sass. SO
the net returns were S162.15 or $1A.14
per hog, no allowance being made for
the value OF the pigs at the time OF
weaving"
It has been found the most salts
factory TO start the pigs on buttermilk
early before weaving time. then there
will be no break In their thriftiness.
Older pigs do not make as rapid gains.
A very important point to consider
is the sanitation. It is a good plan
to have cement or cinder feeding
floor, with the feeding trcughs ar
ranged so that they may be washed
out thorou ghly daily, otherwise the
milk will collect. decompose and de-
velop bad doors which are very OBJ
jectionable to have anywhere near
creamery. In case doors do arise, lit
tie good live lime sprinkled about the
pens is an excellent purifier.
Another point to observe Is the
liability OF spreading disease thru the
milk. Frequently the germs Of tuber-
culosis will be brought TO the creamery
from some part OF the neighborhood,
and when the buttermilk or the skim
milk is kept in a common container,
the disease is very liable to spread I'M
less all OF the milk is thoroughly pas
teurized before feeding.
This method of disposing OF the but
termilk about creamery IL increas-
ing in popularity. but local conditions
have to determine the best method OF
In many places 1t Is FOUND
to be very satisfactory way OF util-
ling creamery by-product that often
is entirely ignored. and aids much IN
stopping UP the leaks In the prohts.