The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-27
MAKES KICK ON
UNCLEAN BARNS


or James " Helme issues 4 bulletin
advising against uncleanliness In dair
les and comments on sandwiches that
are not edible.
The circular follows.
With the approach OF winter the
dairy cows will soon be stabbed and
/ iu a short time our dairy inspectors
will be entering barns all over Mich
! igan and there they will lind peeul-
/ lar kind Of sandwich. Sandwiches, as
the reader knows, generally consist of
4 a piece OF meat with two outside COW
! ers. The sandwiches that our dairy
! inspectors viii find in the dairy barns
might be called fertilizer sandwiches.
/ They consist Of the COW in the middle
and a great big slab Of fertilizer on
each side OF her Now the head of
I this department believes in conserva-
ZION and the place Cor fertilizer is upon
! the fields Of the farm and not upon
! the sides Of the COW. Not only does
| the COW endure great discomfort by
being placed In a fertilizer sandwich
/ but when the mixer sets down 10
milk, Of necessity more or less of this
covering will fail into the milkpail and
eventually part of II viii be trans
ferred to the city mans stomach.
Not An Animal Food,
Now we hold no brief for the city
mans stomach, although the urban
population in Michigan now compris-
Is about 80 per cent Of the population.
In other words. during the coming
winter over one million dwellers in
towns and villages will all be carrying
around In their stomachs more OF less
! fertilizer which Is obtained from the
1 fertilizer sandwich in the dairy sta
| bles This fertilizer Is a plant food
and not an animal food and when we
think of the vast amount that will be
carried around IN the city mans stom-
| ach eventually TO be wasted we want
70 warn the dairymen OF the state
| that here is a tremendous waste. The
| place for fertilizer is not in the city
mans stomach whore it is liable to
impair his digestion more or less, but
its true place Is ON tile farms Of the
state To grow additional crops OF corn
and clover. This enormous waste can
be avoided il the dairymen will only
place in his barn the proper kind Of
stall whereby the COW will keep clean
and a vast amount of fertilizer saved
to enrich the land of the state.
There are several different kinds
Of sanitary stalls on the market, but
unfortunately they are quite expensive
to install To the dairymen who can
not afford from six to ten dollars per
stall for each COW in his herd. this de-
partment offers the plan of stall that
IS equally as effective in keeping cows
clean and can be made by any farmer.
| This stali, which has been called the
model stan, has been in use by dairy
men throughout the United States for
ten or fifteen years
Recommends Sanitary Stall
Some Of the most prominent dairy
men IN the country, including such
men az Governor Hoard, the editor
Of Hoards Dairyman, Ex-Governor
Warner, ex-Food Commissioner Lille
and numerous others have had these
stalls in practical use for q great
many Years. The writer Of this bull
| lctin has had them in his barn for
| fifteen years and is still satisfied with
| them. With the proper use Of these
stalls II is absolutely Impossible for
any COW TO convert herself into a fer
tilizer sandwich The stall is not pat
ented. Any farmer can build the
| same and Il IL cheaper 10 build and
! install than any other form of COW
| stalls. Moreover IL IS very humane
! because 1t gives the COW absolutely
| freedom ard 10 stsnchions are used.
IA FUR description OF how TO build this
stall with photographs Of the same
and complete working dimentions will
be mailed to any person who will send
their name and address to this dc.
| partment To all who cannot afford
! 10 put in a hish priced sanitary iron
pipe stanchion, we know from personal
experience that this stall will be equal
~ effective i'm keeping cows clean and
o large amount OF fertilizer saved TO
the farm that install3 them.
Calls Attention TO Law,
Under the laws of Michigan milk
and cream produced from COWS cover
ed with filth arc not salable and II Is
| TO be hoped that every dailylnan in the
state who has not already installed 4
sanitary COW stall i'm his barn. VIII
take advantage Of this opportunity to
gee that his COWS are kept clean and
comfortable during the coming vim
ter Drop postal card TO the State
Dairy 81 Food Department at Lansing
requesting a description of this stall.
and full working directions for maxi
ing the same will be forwarded"