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Show WINTER CREAMCniEU. CrrnmrrUa llngtil In Htm I nil llnn.lr.l All tliorirlloiuiil. With n good supply of cream in tho fall and winter they could reullzo larger irofits than In summer, llntter ia high then, un I oil tlint they could mnkocuiil 1 Ihi sold fur ii high prico Hut Iho troublo istheyiaiinot get enough cream from their regular patrons to mnko It pay to keep tho iroaiiicry open It is n business question with them, nn 1 so us tho only solution to It thcylmo to closo from threo to six months on ry ear Now this Is simply another reason why more attention should bo given to lmproacd ainter ihilrjlug If all tho dairymen could supply moto cream for tho creameries than they do now through tho winter tin Ir business would inner stop Tlio majority of tho cows nro simply summer nnlmnls. They )lell good milk and cream dining spring an I summer, but shut down nlmnst com pletcly whin wlnt r comes It woul 1 oen Icay tho ilalriiun to liaao winter cows iiuto.nl of summer. Keep them dry In summer, and Inn est good mlPt producing feed for whiter. Then feed them well, glvo them warm quarters, and mako tw Ico tho t roflt from tho salo of tho cream 1 hat Is now realized. I lint tho right cows, prrpsily fed and housed nnd managed, can lio mado to I produco good cream summer nnd win I ter. Tlio fact that tho oil faidiloncd dair)lug ans practiced only during suiiimcr holds such swny m cr tho minds of soino faruicra tlint they nro aerso to nttemptlng nuythlng el. They will not glio proper lieoil to tho fewl nnd housing, Tho nnlmals nro irulng tn 1 nn cxiN.1180 niiwa,and to they reason wo will rcdnco It next to nothing Winter feed will not cost much moro than summer It it Is 1 roperly obtained and fill. Gooil millet, h.iy nnd corn fodder can bo i ro ldeil in abundance, and tho silo will leld enougli suecuh lit food to keep tho animals iu excellent condition. (IU o tho cow i n w arm linunj on cold days, and let tin m spend inn t of their time lu It A fmv hours a day lnthojnrd will git 0 thitu enough ea irclso. In fact, Iho rx rrl"0 nnd frei.li nlrtheor)forcowahasboeii worked for moro than It Is worth. Tho nnlmnls need warmer stables in rothau they do ineiroexerclie. All tho oxcrtiso the n-qulro n-qulro Is just enough to Icr. p I heir organs iu gexxl condition. Jloro than this, tho cold weather dries up tin Ir milk Oho w Inter dnlr) lug Its projior nttentlon, nnd our creameries w ill lio running tho ) ear round U. 1'. Smith in An lean Cultivator, |