Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-19
Reprinted by the Marion Creamery and Produce Company SALE
Ore, for the benefit of our patrons.
VALUE OF SKIM MILK
What 1t Is Worth to the Creamery Patron
Address by
Address by
Prof. E. H. Harrington.

makers Association His subject "The Value OF Skim Mill
to the Creamery Patron.
Skmmik the present time is worth nearly much to tn
creamery received whole milk Ih
majority of creamery patrons think fail to realize that there
milk and milk when fed to the calves pigs and chickens OF
tine farm Everyone knows that the butterfa skinned from the
whole milk too expensive luxury to iced TO farm stock Out INT
skimmlk left is valuable feed to waste at any price
Feeding experiments without number have been made by sclen
lists and feeders TO note the results obtained by teedg
kimm the farm and attempts have been MADE 10 S
mate value the farmer These experiments have convinced
many farmers that they do sell their skimm but
some of them know yet that feeding calves pigs and
chickens economically OF the secrets OF the farmer sue
cess Nearly every land knows that daryng of the
most profitable lines of farming but those who get the largest re-
turns dairy farm the stock sers well as the sell
ers of the dairy products from the farm.
Many different suggestions have been made as to the best way
demonstrating the feeding value OF smm to the farmer so
as to convince him its value Probably subject has re-
ceyed attention from the professors and
mmk ON the farm the past these experiments have been
confined noting the gain in weight of calves pigs and poultry
hut in recent wears has been shown at Wisconsin College of
Agriculture by Professors Hart and McCuum that kmmk con-
growth development of farm stock but which not present IN
chemists have anayzed feeding suffs reported
the amounts of protein carbohydrates fat and mineral substances
contained At first this all that 1t was assumed
necessary find out concerning these feeds but after Whe
rae etc. fully important as the total quantity OF nese
constituents present in all feeds 1t only WITHIN tne past lew
knowing dgeb protein and other constituents not
enough for measuring the difference IN value OF teedg ou
protens are present in the different feeds
has been shown that single grain feed contains several kinds
m protein and that always the proper
on the same grain Further has been demonstrated that
combinations of proens capable OF supplying the par
tcur something that needed for normal growth and develop
ment of animals while other poens and protein mixtures DO not
contain this mysterious substance ,
that skimk contains all the necessary proes and tey are
proper proportion for the normal development OF growing
These experiments showed that certain
lures have the animals receiving them to become weak
blind and show symptoms of paralysis.
only the right protens but also everything else including
matters needed for the growth Of the anma skeleton nee
vegetable feeds that Will take the place OF skm sue
cssful substitute has not yet been found
The value of certain patent special feeds sold in small pack
at high prices feeding young stock often due to the
milk powdered casen these contain The we'll informed farmer
that he supply these constituents to his stock y 1ee
ing mmk and that much less expensive than the high
priced feeds mentioned Nearly knows that farmers
selling their whole milk have difficulty in raising calves Whole
milk IS too expensive this purpose farmer expects to
milk part of his farming operations he ought to grade
can only do this successfully by feeding them skmmilk
sKINMILK TO CALVES.
Although kmmk satisfactory feed for young calves
pements have shown that can not proan be Ted alone a
along with the smm in order to properly develop their
ss M ma6er mix oE for the first few days its fe may
then taught drink by feeding whole milk three times day
After about three weeks little kmmk may be added to the
whole milk in about ten days. by increasing its proportion
skmmk may be entirely substituted for the whole milk
Calves grain oughage before them continually and this
should be provided for the calf two weeks DID, Under
conditions mas Deen
will make satisfactory growth and normal development
great number of feeding experiments have been made
value of skmmk for raising calves have selected
which all the feed well the calves
fully weighed for period of time.
calves divided into two lots of ten each One lot
whole milk and the other skmmk both receiving the
grain and oughage ration addition to the whole milk and
they consumed At the end of the feeding trial the gain
weight both lots of calves figured at the price
pound value of the whole milk we'll Of the skimmi
fed found by subtrang the cost of the grain feed
roughage from the value of the grain live weight OF the
calves.
Without recording the details of this experiment find that
the calculations showed the value of the whole milk to be 80 cents
per 100 bs and the skmmk to be 81 cents per 100 lbs.
In this experiment the grain live weight of the calves fig
per pound Present prices would undoubtedly
change figures obtained in this experiment but the relation
between value whole milk and the skmmk would be the
SKIMMILK FOR PIGS.