The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19

all, is the really important item. No
matter what its composition, if the
valuable part of the feed cannot be
digested, it is of very little value. 1t
is only the material that is dissolved
in the digestive tract and carried
throughout the body that is actually
used. The undigested part of the
feed is only manure.
r.
Twenty Cents an Hour for Milking
Cows-Farmers who attended the
meetings held last week by w. L.
Cavert took part in a very interest
ing discussion namely, the cost of
producing butterfat on the average
Wadena county farm. In this dis
cussion figures were used that were
typical of the communities in which
the meetings were held.
The following figures are repres-
enative of the figures given at the
meetings. The average production Of
cows was placed at 200 pounds of
butterfat per year:
Receipts
200 lbs. b. f. at 43c $4,000
1920 lbs. skim milk at 35c
Manure, five loads ......... 700
Total .$111.7O
Expenditures
Silage, 81 tons, at 81 .$14.00
Hay, tons at So .......... 1900
Grain, 1900 lbs. at u &C per lb. 1900
Pasture .......... ........ 500
Total cost of feed :. $500
8 percent interest on $50 go. 400
depreciation ...... ........ 800
Darn RENT ......... ........ 1.OO
Bull service ........ ...... 200
Miscellaneous .......... -. 500
Total $1,000
Leaving profit for labor Of $3.50
In a survey that was made in
Steele county of FL herds it was found
that I'll hours per year were re-
quired in caring for each COW on
these farms. Using these hours and
the profit stated above, the farmer
would receive twenty cents per hour
for his labor in caring for each COW.
A very interesting fact brought out
was that seven months of winter
feeding cost $48.00, or practically 81
per month. Whereas, the summer
feeding only costs 81 per month.
More attention should be given to Sc
curing of better pastures and if pos
sible to lengthen the pasture season;
by seeding fall rye as soon as the
potatoes are harvested, giving a fall
and early spring pasture; by working
up the peat boys and seeding tame
grasses and using some phosphate, and
byNusing sweet clover for upland pas
ture.
The following suggestions were
given to show how the wages paid by
dairy cows for labor could be in
creased:
Grow more Alfalfa.
Where wild hay and corn fodder
is fed, use more oil meal.
At the present price of oats, sell
some of the oats and buy oil meal
instead.
Get better dairy cows by breeding
up, using a good purebred sire,
whose dam has a good production re-
cord.
Weed out non-producers through
Wv cSoOiiiS dooOSloOlOIlos - w duCl0
Pioneer Journal.
Horticulturists Offer Timely Day
Course-Daily programs of the short
course in horticulture at University
Farm, March 26, 81, and %, will
open at 1000 a. m. and close at a 100
p. M, thus giving city and urban dis
trict dwellers opportunity to attend
all sessions and still live at home.
Planning and planting the home
grounds, the keynote subject of the
first day, should especially appeal to
the women of the homes, say horticul-
turists at University Farm. Expert |
landscape gardeners. and florists from
Twin City firms will reinforce the
men in presenting this par
ticular program.
Friday, March 27, will be "Home
Vegetable Garden Day. I" Latest infor-
nation on what, how, and when to
plant and what to feed the plants to