| Show the manure pile A manure pile lust outside the star may not be much of an objection in case 0 the beet steer or the horse but it Is an objection when found just outside the cow stable in the sum mer time there Is always a disagreeable odor rising from it and it the cows have a partial ration ot ground grain the flies that collect about the manure pile are more numerous than in the ordinary manure pile the ma nure should be kept away from the stable during hot weather it at no other time every few days during the warm weather the manure should be hauled away and put where it will do the most good preferably in the garden when the weather is drying it Is desirable to get it under ground as soon as possible I 1 know a man who has a covered box in one end of his barn yard and into this be throws the manure every day during the summer time the box Is built of heavy plank and has a cover of plank it shuts down close enough to keep out the flies and keep in the smell most of it this Is perhaps the easiest way of keeping the manure pile from becom ing a jiul sance during summer the only objection to the box Is the trouble of getting out the manure when it Is to be hauled dway hobart andrew co mo in farmers review s paper milk bottles that the glass milk bottle may be largely replaced by the paper at no very distant day now seems probable there are many points in favor of the use of paper bottles one of the most important being that the bottle dis carded after it is once used thus obal atlig all chance of infection through the repeated use of unclean bottles the many difficulties which have been hitherto encountered in the attempted manufacture of paper bottles have been nearly all overcome they are stamped out of heavy paper in coni cal shape with the lower edges locked in such a manner ats to be strength ened by pressure from above the stout cover has protruding lips which make its removal more convenient after the edges of the bottle are sealed they are covered with paraffin lastly the finished receptacle la ster A danish example the danes are not exemplary but ter makers but they are so far ahead ot some other people in their dairy ing that it will pay us to give their methods some attention visitors to the danish dairies say that very many of them have concrete floors and wa ter so placed that everything can be washed dally it need be the stables themselves are in many cases fireproof in some of the best stables there Is a tablet in front of each cow giving her name date ot birth and pedigree beside this hangs a slate on which is written the dally record of milk produced and the test when testing la done the sick cow Is taken away from the other cows at once and put into what Is called a cow hospital the law does not permit the selling of milk from sick cows particular care taken that the women who do most of the milking dress for that particular act the are not allowed to wear sleeves below the elbow and are re quiren to wash both the cows udders and their own hands before beginning to milk most of them wear white linen caps and aprons the feed of the cow Is looked out for with great care every weed in the pasture being pulled up the danes still hold to the opinion that weeds eaten by the cows will taint the milk the cream is generally pasteurized the great secret of the high quality of danish butter is its cleanliness and this accounts also tor its long keeping qualities |
