Show SEE THAT MILKING MACHINE IS CLEAN simple method by which it can be done most of the certified milk produced on this continent Is milked with a ma chine this one statement should prove conclusively that the machine itself Is not at fault when it Is known that most of the very worst milk la also machine drawn if we are to use a milking machine it has to be kep clean at one time this was regarded as a difficult proposition to carry out the cle ining instructions tant came with most would require an hours work after the milk ing was completed this Is more alms than most farmers are prepared to give to cleaning up and the short cuts I 1 hat have been adopted have resulted in making the machine lar with many factory operators and prof G 11 parfitt pur due university has now come to the aid of the with a staple cleaning process that takes no more time than the milking of one cow parfitt does not take iha cups apart he lushes them as soon as Is over by drawing cold water through and then hot water at a temperature of degrees flie teat cups and tubes are then hung on n nek in such a way that they can be filled with disinfectant and kept filled till the next milking the dis infecting solution Is made by dissolving a 13 ounce cin of lye in a gallon of water this is the stock solution six ounces of the stock solution Is added to a gallon of water and this Is the alon for the rubber parts of the machine several manufacturers of milk ing machines are now recommending this method finds economical source of dairy feed in silo A well constructed silo provides the most economical source of dalry feed available for the man with a herd of ten or more cows says john A arey dairy extension specialist at north carolina state college one acre oi good corn preserved in the form of silage his a milk producing value equivalent to about one and one halt acres when preserved iff the form of shocked corn there Is a waste of about 50 per cent in shocked corn when foil as stover however when corn Is con averted into silage waste at feeding time Is practically eliminated and the entire corn plant Is consumed with relish by the cows silage Is also a valuable supplement to dry feed in winter and helps to keep up the milk flow at a low cost it Is also economical for feeding dry cows and hilfers above six months of age says arey he does not recommend a silo tor a herd of less than ten cows succulent feed for smaller herds may be proved ed by and soiling crops in summer with the aid of root crop in winter pays to test cows the tester in the ency dairy berd improvement asso on looking through the three herd books of mr logan found that for the farst vear of testing the aver age production of butterfat wis 2572 pounds the second ear it was bounos and the third year it was 1472 pounds alth the price of alie same for the three scars the average value of product above feed cost the year was the second ear it was aid the third year it was a bet profit 0 more per cow the third than the first mr loaia who feeds u balanced balin ced ra alon to production slid that he w tinted to be in the association as long as he kept dairy cows as that wis the only way to tell which cows were paying I 1 armer separating surplus milk ports from all met the country eliat ninny banners who nave heretofore been selling whole milk are now all or at leist puri of their surplus and only their base milk an illinois producer found that for the first donth in which he followed this practice he received mor than he did the previous month besides havlic hav lii sev eral thousand of to feed his pigs and chic ans he was actually bild nore for 1 pounds less milk than he ind been elven for the previous month when tp hal shipped whole milk entirely 1 addition he received 71 for the cream DAIRY HINTS check up on the dates for cows they have at least six weeks arv period with nn abundance f iod feed Clie iper milk production will be the reward production ot all guernsey rows on test during the last year set a new breed average of owa pounds of milk and ai ta pounds of fat cow un lierd improvement test averaged 1404 pounds of fat |