The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-07-29

Cows Appearance May Be De-
ceiving-That cows looks, like a
mans appearance, is no index to her
real worth, is the message to Mime
sofa farmers by &c. M. Long, chief of
the farm service of the Blue Valley
Creamery Institute. Mr.. Long, who
was for many years associated with
the Holstein-F riesian Association of
America, knows the COW from head to
tail.
ssWhile one cannot look at cow
and tell how much milk she will give,
there are some points that every good
dairy COW has that the man who is
interested in buying or raising them
should know" says Mr.. Long.
s'First comes the general appear
ance of the COW. She should be large
for the breed and should be of wedge
shape, and have a lean, bony ap-
pearance throughout. "A cow has to
take coarse feed like hay and silage
and turn it into milk, so she should
have plenty of capacity. This is
shown by the size of the barrel or
body, which should be deep and
broad and long, with broad expan-
sion of rib. No COW that is small
through the middle can be a very
heavy producer.
"Many people think that when a
COW comes in to be MIXED in the
evening the udder is full of milk, but
that is not true. In fact, it has only
about one pint of milk in each quart
er, the rest of the milk being made
while MIXED. All dairy products are
manufactured in the udder, hence
the cow should have a large udder,
which should be of fine texture and
when MIXED out should hang like an
empty sack. The large and crooked
veins along the sides of the abdomen
should also be noted. They are the
milk veins which lead into the abdo-
men through the milk wells. The
milk veins denote the amount of blood
that has been to the udder, and it is
from blood that milk is made"
The constitution of the cow is an
other important consideration in buy
ing dairy cow, Mr.. Long states.
t'The dairy cow is the hardest work
ing animal on the farm. If she gives
So to 40 pounds Of milk she is work
ing harder than team of horses. And
the cow works every day of the week,
while the team rests on Sunday. To
be able to eat the large amount OF
food necessary to produce great
quantity of milk and digest this feed
and turn it into milk, and to stand
up under the tremendous strain on
her system that this causes, she must
have rugged, strong constitution.
This is denoted by deep, broad heart
girth, the region just behind the
shoulders.
Larger Dairy Herds Prove Most
Profitable-A ten or twelve cow herd
to take the place of the six-cow herd
SO common on farms in the Mississip-
pi Valley is advocated by the Blue
Valley Creamery Institute. Phls is
based on work conducted by Prof :.
H. H. Kildee of the Iowa State Col
lege of Agriculture. Prof Kidee has
found that farmers having half doz-
en- cows do not always consider them
an important part of their farm
scheme, while a dozen cows make
dairying business He further points
out that practically the same equip
ment is needed to care for twelve
COW herd as for the one of small num-
Der, and that the income is relatively
greater.
An important factor in the economy
of larger dairy herds on farms where
cream is sold and skim milk kept for
feeding to calves, pigs and chickens,
lies in the marketing of higher
quality of cream. This is especially
true in summer when warm weather
makes it difficult to keep small guam
titles of cream cold and sweet. The
longer cream is kept on the farm, the
more time it has to spoil. Greater
production makes it possible to ship
cream more frequently and lessons
the chances of it becoming sour.
An average good herd of six cows
producing 1000 pounds of SO per-
cent cream during the warm months
of June, July, August and Septem-
Der will average 10 pounds of such
cream day, states the Institute. To
fill a five gallon can, which holds
about 40 pounds of cream, would re-
quire a six-cow herd about four days.
A twelve-cow herd of the same pro-
ductive ability would fill the same
can in two days. Since the cost OF
shipping a five-gallon can of cream is
practically the same as for shipping
the same can partially filled, saving
is made in shipping full cans. The
premium paid for sweet cream in ad-
dition to the top price paid for good
sour cream is usually three cents 9
pound for butterfat. A fve-gallon
can of sweet cream receiving such q
premium would bring the farmer AZ
cents more than the good sour cream
In the course of year, this extra in
come on each can would amount to
many additional dollars of income.
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Green Bugs Have Spread Over
State-The green bug, which earlier
In the season did much damage te
field crops in Stearns, Meeker, and adj
joining counties, has spread over the
entire state, if reports coming in are
an accurate index Of conditions, &C
cording to A. G. Ruggles, state ento
nologist with headquarters at Univer
sity Farm, st. Paul.
The latest reports indicated tha
IL had appeared in large force at thu
Northeast Agricultural Experiment
Cfotion Duluth. where it has done