Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-01-01
ed that it can be kept clean and SAM


tary.
2. The feed that the COW consumes
is not of such great importance as is
cleanliness, but it must be understood
that there are certain feeds that i'm
part to milk a flavor which from the
butter and cheese makers standpoint
are Objectionable.
3. Milk and cream must be stored
in rooms or places free from taints of
any kind.
4. Cleanliness is of great Importance
in the production and handling of milk
and cream. 1t would be a great step
in advance if the barns were white
washed at least once a year in the
creamery and cheese factory sections
of the state. as they are in the terri
tories where the condensaries are To-
Gated
5. Dairy utensils should be made Of
the best grade of tin and never used
for any other purpose. Wooden or
galvanized pals are Objectionable.
6, Cream should be stored in tank
or room where the temperature may
be kept suitably low
I. Cream that will test below 80 and
40 per cent. butter fat should be
skinned. This kind of cream will
give results for both the producer and
the manufacturer.
8. Too many creameries in Wiscon-
sin are taking in cream that is too
old. Four times each week in summer
and three times in winter is not too
often to have the cream delivered.
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has been observed that this practice
gives strength and vigor to the COW
! and to the calf she produces The first
two to four days the calf is allowed
to run with the COW, after which il
receives three to five pounds of its
own mothers milk three times pei
| day until four weeks old In some
instances, if the young calf is small
and inclined to be weak, a smaller
| amount at feed four times per day
is fed. After the calf is ten days OF
two weeks old it usually noses about
| and will pick up hay or grain. II
will sometimes pick up coarse butts OF
fodder or silage corn cobs and swallow
them, which is very sure to bring on q
case of Indigestion and sometimes seri
Gus difficulty. One should be careful
to see that in the feed or bedding
there is nothing of this character tC
cause the difficulty.
During the fifth week the milk is
gradually changed to skim milk. The
| amount is not increased until about
the eighth week, when the calf can BE-
fed eight pounds twice per day.
small amount of grain and dried clio
yer or alfalfa is placed before the call
after it is ten days to two weeks old
the grain is fed Immediately after the
calf has taken the milk. The feeding
pals, stable and calves are kept az
clean as possible and plenty of pure
air is provided. The calves are kept
on a cement floor over which are laiG
boards to keep calves off cold cement
The stable should be kept warm.
A small amount of corn silage is fec
after the calf is a month or six weeks
old. During the first summer the
calves are fed regularly in the barn
and turned out for exercise in shady
paddocks or during nights only.
Up to "a or 80 months of age, tho
time the heifer drops her first calf
she does not receive more than three
pounds of grain per day. From the
time she commences to eat grain, as
calf, she is fed as much as she viii
relish up to this amount, which, with
the skim milk up to the age of six
eight or twelve months of age, depend
ing upon the supply of skim milk corr
silage and hay, is sufficient to produce
very satisfactory growth. Our
grain mixture for calves consists of g
mixture of five parts whole oats, three
parts wheat bran, one part corn mea
and one part oil meal Water and salt
are supplied daily as the calf wants 1t