Show TOWARD SUMMER DAIRYING DECLARED WRONG i. i T Temperature n P in m Winter Season Makes It Possible to toJ J Keep Milk Longer and in r in Better Condition Difficulties Condition Difficulties Encountered in Butte Butter r Makin Making Over Overcome ome l k ll kR l R YEARS especially in the west the thc tendency has been toward summer dairying rather than toward winter da dairying ry ng According to L. L J. J Haynes Juryman al of note in Pennsylvania this thus is all wrong And as you shall v lr Haynes supports his contention with very cry excellent reasons i the first place place- winter dairying cash uch to be preferred on account of ot lower temperature prevailing dur- dur thc tho fall and winter months This it r temperature makes it possible the dairyman to l keep his milk or er and In hi better condition Dlf- Dlf lUes encountered in summer butter buttering buttering ing lug arc overcome Because of a aI at t I supply of ot dalr dairy products In win win- highet- highet ghet- ghet prices can bo be obtained other lother extremely Important factor avor or of or winter r dairying dalr ing is that the nuisance la is not encountered ery E yma-n yma knows the tho adverse ad effect i have upon dalr dairy cows The conal conal conal con- con al tI fly flawing fighting on tho part of ot the tho cuts cuts down tho the milk supply somas somo- somo 23 s by b one Not only is the k c supply decreased because of tho the fighting but because tho c cow w In iner sr er r to to- toc c escape capo the nuisance will rot rot ro- ro t to the shade of ot tre trees s or willows je r re the tho food tood Is naturally scarcer luring caring out to the tho richer portions he pasture only to appease e actual ger Thus tho the amount of at food tood tho the J F would ordinarily obtain is nia- nia ally iU decreased On tho other othor hand n winter dairying dairying- la is practiced the i cis Is either cither dry or In the last sta stags stacks s m ilk production when hen the fly sea- sea arrives and the tho fly l- l fighting fighting- has little or no effects upon the milk pro pro- l' l Period of at Lengthened Not ot only Is the dally amount of ot milk increased b by having having- tho the cows freshen in tho the fall tall rather than In tho the spring but the tho period of or or milk production production pro pro- is lengthened b by several weeks eel s. s Naturally cows give gl the tho greatest amount of milk Immediately after coming fresh tresh AB As tho the period advances advances ad ad- vances ances tho the amount decreases In tho the case of ot cows freshening In tho the spring or summer Slimmer there thero Is a 3 vcr very noticeable decrease c In the tho milk mUl production when tho the co cow is taken from rom the succulent food of the tho pasture and placed upon I the winter rations The Tho cow suffers a material setback The tendency is both to decrease the supply of or mill milk and to shorten th the period of ot lactation With the cow freshening in the lato late fall tall It Is different The cow starts out upon the tho dry rations and In tho spring when sho she changes from tho winter feeding feeding- n- n nto to to the now gr grass s of at tho the pas pas- turo she receives a a. fresh tresh start Her milk supply increases and the lactation period Is prolonged several se weeks More Time For Dairy During During- the winter months there Is much more leisure time upon the farm arm and winter dairying l can be maintained an as an adjunct to the regular farm fana work This la fe not tho the case with Bummer summer summer sum Bum mer dairying Additional help must be scoured to take caro care of ot either the regular regular reg reg- ular work of ot the farm tarm or of ot the dairy datry herd With winter dairying dairying- the same ame men who look after the regular farm work of ot the tho summer ummer can be retained for tor the winter work connected with the dairy If It calves es are ar raised for took stock It is profitable to have havo the tho ow oats fr freshen ihan In Inthe Inthe inthe the fall Then by the time spring comes come the critical period ham haa passed and the calves can be turned out to pasture During tho the winter month months all of ot the skIm milk is available for tor forthe th the tho calves fow tow hogs hoG's being kept during these months When spring comes the tho calves are several months along and nd do not need the skim milk which is then available blo for tor the spring hogs hoSs Bythe By By Bythe Bythe the next fall tall when the calves are again arriving the hors hop will be ready to to slaughter laughter and the skim milk can be given to the calves again In this way better calves an and l better botter hogs hoE can be raised I Balk Bulk Should Come l In fa One Season Se I Of Ot course coWe It is not possible to so BO e arrange details that all alJ the dairying can bo be done dona either In the summer or orIn orIn orin In the winter It 1 Is possible however to so ao o arrange matters that by far tar tho the greater bulk of ot the work will come In either one season Beason or the other A possible objection that might be urged ed against winter dairying Is that It necessitates the purchase of ot several hundred dollar dollars worth of ot grain to balance balance balance bal bal- ance the home grown feeds Experiments Experiments Experiments ments have shown hown however that the increased dividends more th than n compensate compensate compensate com com- their outlay it has also been demonstrated that trio tho fertilizing value of the manure from such feed teed is greatly Increased It has hat be boon n estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated that cottonseed meal bran oil meal and other product by-product feeds are worth orth for tor fertilizers from one fourth to three fourths of at their original coat cost after niter thoy they have been fed ted Thus Ihus this Is not a a. dead expense In view of ot the above e facts It t Is but fair to dra draw the conclusion that it Is much more profitable to have ha tho the dalr dairy cows freshen In the fall taU rather than thanIn thanIn thanin In tho the spring spring- because the tho temperature conditions arp ar more favorable because the fly nuisance Is abated because tho the period of at lactation Is lengthened be because because be- be cause more time and attention c can m bo be given to the cows during tho winter and because It makes It possible to raise better calves and hogs while the additional additional additional addi addi- expense necessitated by the grain bought for winter feeding 1 is moro than equalled by the increased dividends returned by tho the cows |