The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-01

pouring from one beaker or bottle to
another; then measure into a test bot
tie with a pipette IT'S &C. of the milk
as marked on 1t.
2. Ado to each bottle IT'S &C. of
s~ulphuric acid Gas marked on the meas
ure) and mix we'll by rotary motion un-
til all of the curd Is thoroughly digest
ed and a coffee brown color appears.
8. Put the bottles into the tester
and whirl at full speed two to four
4. Add hot water to each bottle un-
til the butter-fat rises UP to the neck.
s. Whirl again at full speed two to
four minutes.
6. Add hot water until the butter
fat rises half way UP the neck of the
bottle; then whirl II minute and read
the test.
Reading the Test.
Read from the extreme point of the
top curve to the bottom of the fat
column.
The test Of the milk is. marked in
percents on the neck of the test bottle.
If the milk test 3 per cent. it means
that there are three pounds of butter
fat in each one hundred pounds of
milk.
Figuring Returns, g.
The net profits from the dairy herd
Is the difference between the income
and the cost of maintenance.
The income includes the value Of the
butter-fat, the skim-milk, the calf and
the manure
Inc annual cost OIL maintaining a
cow comprises the following items:
Cash sundries, cash feeds, farm feeds,
labor oman and horse), genera ex-
penses, shelter, depreciation, machin-
cry and equipment, herd bulls and in
terest on investment; the classification
is somewhat arbitrary, as in some in
stances an item of cost might be charg-
ed to one class Or another with equal
correctness. Cash sundries comprise
those items for which cash was paid
ropes, halters, veterinary services II
medicine. Cash feeds are those pur-
chased for cash, farm feeds those pro-
duced on the farm. Labor includes
both man and horse labor at the cur
rent rate of wages for the month and
year, comprising all items of labor per-
formed for n affecting the dairy.
which are a charge to the entire farm,
and Is made up OF cash and labor ex-
pendttures. The total for the farm is
then apportioned to the productive en-
terprises of which the dairy is one.
Shelter is a fixed charge for the use
of the building based on it's cost, de-
probation, repairs and the number of
animals sheltered. Depreciation is bas-
ed upon the productive life, death rate,
original value Of the cow for consump-
ton.
Machinery and equipment charges
are due to the use, depreciation, re-
pairs and interest on the cost of the
machinery and equipment of the dairy.
The charge for herd bulls is the cost
of maintenance.
Interest on Investment is interest at
the rate of s or 6 per cent on the
value Of the COW at the. beginning Of
the year. All items represent actual
expenditures on the farms, excepting
the charges of shelter and depreciation
which are based on averages of all the
farms for the entire period" From
Bull. No. 124 Minnesota Experiment
station.
..'A A Few Rules For Feeding.
Grain Mixture.
/. Feed pound Of grain mixture
for each three or four pounds of milk
produced daily, Or
2. Feed as many pounds Of the
grain mixture daily Az the COW pro-
duces butter-fat per week, Or
8. Feed all the grain mixture the
cow will eat without gaining in weight.
R~ouGhuge.
1. Feed the average cow all the hay,
fodder and straw she will consume
without wasting 1t. If corn silage or
roots are available, feed from 20 to 40
pounds daily in place Of some of the
roughage.
9. Alfalfa hay has a feeding value
about equal to bran or oats. When it
is fed, the quantity of grain mixture
can be cut down.
G. L. MARTIN, Prof. Dairying.