Show 77 Trw v I Iii SPECIAL L MILK GAINS FAVOR l trade rade Name That Should Be Applied n i Only to Clean Safe Product of Highest Standard F j t From the United Sta States es Department of ot i Agriculture L' L iV is tendency In Inmany many cities there a to grade milk and sell it to the conSumer consumer con con- sumer sumer upon its merits Such a system Ms is most desirable as it enables dairymen dairymen dairymen dairy dairy- i men who handle a high-grade high product x to obtain recognition for their care It I also enables the consumers to choose their supply on the absolute merits of i the various grades This is a sound commercial feature and one that is aIr already already al aI- al- al r l ready recognized in nearly all other in in- At the present time there are on the ther r market marke numerous brands brands' of special milks The average consumer has only a 3 hazy idea as to what is meant by special milk but usually considers it to be in some way superior to the thet ordinary milk sold Some milk dealers dealers dealers deal deal- t ers have considered that milk a little littler r t richer in fat should constitute special r. r milk while others have adhered to the theL L' L IGi 15 I r. r loA t. t t. t i i Sanitary Barns Which Have Much to toDo 1 Do With Production of Clean Milk If principle that such a grade should be cleaner and safer than the ordinary grades E i. i A special milk may y or may not be ber r. r richer in fat than ordinary grades but jt it jt certainly should be produced a and andt d t tj handled in such manner as to be clean cleaner r and anel safer sater than the ordinary grades handled by the individual dealer deal deal- er or by his competitors In In this way public confidence can be maintained fi and md an increased price warranted Dairymen are learning that it is g good od business t to to o stand squarely behind their goods to s seg so e that all claims are fully tully substantiated ed E Iz It a special milk is to be sold as such r its standard should be high and permanent permanent permanent perma perma- nent so as to result in Increased confidence confidence con con- and increased demand from t co consumers sumers There is hardly any bett better bet bet- t ter way to create a demand than to produce and maintain a high grade fi and this grade is to be termed special ape f toO cial it should by all an means be as safe c as possible from a health point of at view and not a mere tirade rade name I Business depends upon the demand demand depends on quality and quaIl quaI- quaI quality ASS ASS- l' l sty ity on the inclination of the man behind be- be hind and the standard he wishes to set for his product If special milk Is to tobe r f vp 1 be included it must be his best effort I along his chosen line of endeavor s and to this end every milk mUk dealer should be able and willing to set and t. maintain a high standard At present t 4 in most cities only a very small quantity quantity quan quan- c t of special milk is handled alt although although al al- r though it seems that the trade demands demands de de- de- de r ri mands wands should warrant the sale of a i i great deal more 4 Ii i FEEDING HINTS FOR A DAIRY r Change Calf's Ration Si Silage Gradually Gradually SI lage Is Safe Feed Feed Sunlight Sunlight Is fi Best Disinfectant rat i By ByH H. H P P. HOSKINS University of ot Min l k i h r Put ut the calf cal on a a. skim milk diet when two to three weeks old Make Mako ii r the change gradually substituting a aw w pint of skim milk Ilk for the x same quani quantity quan quan- i ti r. r Uty of whole milk daily until the tho n change is made Increase the feed feedS S gradually until at four four- months old the tho f X calf cal gets 8 to 10 quarts a day some somo grain and grass grass- clover or alfalfa hay You safely can feed silage to calves as soon as they are old enough nough to eat r it Be very careful not to give them moldy or decayed silage Let them r. r have hav all t they ey will clean up Yearlings I will eat from 15 to 20 pounds a day f and if this is supplemented with some good clover or alfalfa hay very little grain Is required to keep them in good J i thriving condition t Sunlight is one of the best and cheapest disinfectants Ample proS prof pro pro- f vis vision n should be made mado for letting of sunlight into barns and Y sl el eds Southern Southam exposure is desirable The rhe warmth of at the sun Is valuable In told Old weather while excessive heat in summer Hummer may be avoided by using 1 screens or curtains Most disease germs are killed by direct sunlight zI I z t f |