Show THE DAIRY Provide for a soiling crop for next seasons use It is rare that butter can be sold to the best advantage at the country store A dairy library is a necessity for the good dairymen in these days of specialties special-ties Cooperative creameries run most smoothly under the managoment of one man Experience proves that good butter can not be made where surroundings are filthy Nothing but good butter makes a profit to anybody Poor butter is a loss to everybody How much feed can your best cow turn into butter The more feed she can transform the greater profit Never churn in a room whose temperature tem-perature is higher than that of the cream It is 10 6t 15 degrees lower so much the better Abundant experiment has shown that the natural flavor of butter can not be removed by washing It with pure water says a writer Careful manipulation manipu-lation with the cream and everything else just right will makegood butter without washing Skimmilk is an excellent food for calves provided it is fed warm and is properly balanced by the addition of oatmeal or oil meal to make up for the fat that has been removed In the form of cream Ventilate your cow stables keep your cows clean give them good food and pure water keep yourself and your surroundings clean while handling the product from the udder to the butter tub and you will never be troubled with the animal odor says a writer A well house is a very handy thing on a dairy farm It should1 malone a good pump and be provided with shelves tables and other necessary conveniences It Is better far better than to have the pump exposed to all sorts of weather and better for the dairyman to have a shelter to work under when it rains The advice to feed generously Is often given That does not mean however how-ever that feed should be wasted or carelessly fed It is necessary to re duce the cost of production to the lowest point Some cows will do just about as much with so much feed as they Trill with more The only thing to do Is test every cow on that lineFeed line-Feed all she will utilize and no more Dairy farming is the highest type of agriculture A farmer of this class must loolc for success in the maximum productiveness of a few acres The successful operation of such a farmer presupposes concentration of effort and acreage A thorough understanding understand-ing of fertilizers their nature and application ap-plication may be regarded as the first principles of a dairy husbandry While the commercial fertilizers are bene ficial the farmer should strive to hus band and make more effective the fer tilizers of home production |