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Show : THE COW j -- - C.-treftil Mllltlnr. No loud talkins ahould be permitted durins milking Oo about this work promptly nnd quietly, wjjh aa much regularity in the time of milking as possible. Some successful dnlrymin milk their tows "bv the wntch," and are very particular about the exact time each cow Is milked They are nlso caieful to have the same tows milked by th same men In the game order. Indiana Parmer. Diiryiufr on Ulgh-Ftleed Land. It Is a truism that that branch of agriculture which requires the mou painstaking work Is the most prontnblo when th work Is well done. Ualrylnir In anv of Ila brunches belongs be-longs to that class of farming, as does truck farming These two branches are about tho only ones which inn be suttessfullv conducted on the hlgh-prlced hlgh-prlced lamia In many sections Wc do not oft ni find thi owner oi renter of land i allied at 1100 or ItM) per urn depending on corn, hogs or beef for his Income Hut m can find the dairyman dairy-man doing business on land valued at these high prbes If the dairyman enn make a profit on land so hlgh-prlred that the beef man cannot do bualneas, how much more profitable would It be on land so low lr price that the beef man ran afford lo farm It? Dairy anJ l-renmery. Milk tho Cows Dry. A great m tny milkers nre In too muih of a hurry to ,ct through milking milk-ing to milk the cows drj This loss may amount to one-half a pound of milk from each cow at every milking, ns was found to b the taae by a farmer who followed his hired man nnd milked all the tows nrter him lly thli second milking he got ovjr n pound from aom cow a nnd les than one-lnlf a pound from others, but from ten cows he got live pounds of strlpplngs nt ono milking:. Thla to some does not seem lo be a, vorj large amount of milk lo bother nlth, but If milking In cetHrnl wero done so uritessly, tho tntil loas of milk lu the l'nltcd Htntea from lay milking would amount to 10 000,000 latum! per day. This atnrlllng figure Is undoubtedly ns coirect ns the statistical sta-tistical reports, which give the number num-ber of milch cows In the United Hlntes ns 10,292,360, nnd It shows that a greit sivlng may lie mudp by milking the cows dry. The last milk, or stripping, Is also much richer than the first milk, so thnt It Is worth nn cxtr.i effort to obtain It. Indium, Tanner. American Dairy Industry. The complete census statistics of dilrj milters recently announced show that of the 5.739.M7 furms In the country coun-try 1.511,210 report dairy tows and dnlry product, and tint In 1S99 tho total to-tal dnlry product hail a valuation of tl72,:C9 2rf, Of tho farms reporting dairy cows nnd product, 3,7,C78 wero classed lis djlry farms ha Ing derlv ed at least 40 per cent nf their gross In-como In-como frum dilry products The number num-ber of dairy cows was 17,130,674. The receipts from dairy products aggregated aggre-gated JiSl,6J9 938. and products consumed con-sumed on the farm were valued at 190."19,297. There were rfrodticed from the dairy1 cows reported a total of 7,268,. SW.C71 gillons of milk, for which tho formers received 3181 V4:.."92 The farm-era farm-era also report the sale of 20,768 662 gallons gal-lons of cream, for which they reiclved 3.M8,7i6 1'iirms numbering 3.617,440 teport tho manufacture of butter, nnd Mr, 670 report the manufacture of cheese The farms repotting butter manufactured 1.071,745,127 pounds, nt which 618,119,026 pounds were sold, for which the farmers received JSO.t.06 416 l'nrms reporting chcesa nnnufictured 1C 372 330 pounds, of which 14.6J2.D43 pounds were sold for which tho farmers farm-ers received 11 142,411 New York reports the largest number num-ber of dairy rows, 1, 501,008 the largest value of dairy products, JWi 474,155, and the largest number nf gallons of milk produced tnlllc sold, cream aold and butter us well ns cheese made Ienn-sjlvanln Ienn-sjlvanln comes second In tha value of ilnlr products Dairy and Produce ltcvlevv. The Calves In Spring. Don't be In a hurry about turning tho young calves to pisture, unless they aie careful!) housed when cold lalns tome nnd during told nights. Ilxposure Is not o. means of producing hirdlness The special animal that li ta bsen bred for the dairy has not been cieated to withstand hurdxhli s but rather to be under the tareful guunlliinshlp uf Ila ownei Theverj fuitlh.itsiuhuii.ini-mill fuitlh.itsiuhuii.ini-mill tunv suetumb to 111 treatment may be Us uiat guatantee of superiority as n dairy animal. The companion th.it inn) mett all hard usage Lnd neglect, anil come through It ull a robust animal, ani-mal, iiiuy be no d ilr.v anlm tl nt uM, but one of the so-tullcd generil purpose animals Our line dairy animals aro cnatuies of art ind we must glvo Hum such treatment ns they deserve and nut suth us tht) might have lived tinder us primitive niatuies The calf ma) not live b) grass alone. Its graslng abllit) Is not iquul to the needs of Its growth nor Is Its digestive abilities sutllt lent to handle the bulk mtessui) to auppl) bodily demands The pasture should therefor, lie sup-plemeiited sup-plemeiited with sklm-tullk and torn meil. Whoie Hie calves are brought to Ihe stables for tlielr milk, good com ensilage luav he substituted for the torn meal I do not advise confining tahi'S In dark stables In suminei, as the sunshine Is essential to thim for the making nf rich red blood He lib. erul lu the use of some of the good ll dlscourugers and let tho sun shine on the tali is I.i I theli food be abundant, abun-dant, palatable and nutiltlous and easy for them to get so the) ma) cultivate the habit of delllu ration and repose rather than attlvlt) and Industry Their drinking watei should be convenient, con-venient, lean umt plentiful lly her edit), gool itiws art boi n but the hoi. edlty la oul) k( pt operative by the wisdom, caie and generosity nf the owners nf the tows If tows slnll prove not good nt maturity their lulslng will be uuprntltable W must do our part V r". MtSparran In Ohio Tanner. The Heifer's First Year. In many uspeus the tlrsl year the heifer gives milk Is tho most Important of her life t'pon the wuy she passes this trltliul ptrlnl will depend to a. gnuter or less extent her future use-fuliiiss use-fuliiiss It Is therefore vvoith while lo do ull we can lo Inauie her a successful success-ful season. Taking ll fo granted that the heifer has safel) rtnthed Ihe time when alio Is duo to begin giving milk, what shall In the trenttnent given her' In some t aputs slit should be cared for the sumo as thu older tows The same attention should b paid to her feed If be has bein taking havy grain llkt torn meal. It should be dropped two or three weeks before calving and a llghtel dlt l or wh. ul bian snlnll-tuted, snlnll-tuted, to giuiil UKuiiet danger of milk fevii r"or sonic weeks pitvlous lo milling fltall ahi sai ill'l be i ilt'ftllly ut i ustninid to the f. i ling of i ,i milk-ers milk-ers hands upon In r u Idt i I have ulw.OH buen lu he habit r,r doing tills and in v.i hnl the mm a I hour some nun till about Ineaking my )oung tows of tourie iht sensation nf tie-Ing tie-Ing ailtiall) mllkul Is quite dlifeient fiom the gmtle stinking und tubbing I huve diHirlh.il but stiiel) Hie heifer will ii I n i v as mi h lin lined ta kl k hi i lb i I r nu jui if rhe has hi - n i i f Mi f ' f the ii f i la Vaiious d I -1 I i t ! j t I to il ihe i u r nli'ii sin I nil, taugut tj milk Of these the lat st 1 thla whbh I was suggisted to me th oth. r day by a ( largo dalrj infill Hnap a lommon bull- j ring Into the heifers nose and she will stand perfectly quiet No doubt the thought hero Is that this will dlatraet the heifer's attention from tho work of Ihe milker. Hut It does not seem to me that this would be neteaaar) If one has given the oung animal the kind treatment treat-ment described befoie she begins to give milk After she has learned to stand quietly quiet-ly during milking, 1 believe It to be a good plan to rub the udder gently for n long time each da) This develops tho udder and gives it capacity Hut this must be done patlcntl) An) thing like lursh treatment at this period will provo decidedly deulmental to the future fu-ture usefulness of the heifer I have known of men who put a tow In misery every tlmo they milked by the rough manner In which the) went about their work. The harsh man has no business ever to try to train a heifer to milk The feed of the heifer uhould be llbeinl and nourlihlng ull through the )ear. bhe ought to be kept growing steadily. Wo should not expect too much from her In the way of standing still while milking She has much la lenrn. But this treatment will almost &lwa)s Insure the right development of tho cow. n. 1, Vincent In Ohio i'arm-cr. i'arm-cr. Don't Part With the Skim Milk. Learning that some of the large cicamcry proprietors of Wisconsin and Illinois arc tr)lng to Induce their patrons pat-rons tu sell them the skim milk, from which to manufacture casein. Hoard a DilDinan su)s 'Jheic are several reasons why the patrons of our WiBtern creameries should hot allow- th. ir skim milk to be taken from the farm Among those reasons wo enumerate the following 1. No crenmei) proprietor that we have )et known of will pay for the skim milk nn) where near whit It Is worth tu feed to )oung pigs and calves What Is tho skim milk worth to the farmer? As a pork-making food at present prices for live hogs, it Is worth from 2", to 35 cents a hundred pounds, the lntter price tic mdlng on the )oung ago of tho pigs It Is fed to, It Is worth Just us minh fed to heifer calves of good d.ilr) blood or to )oung beef-bred beef-bred calves. In both cases the) may bo fed till they ,u n )ear old. The past winter, considering the high ptlce of feed of all klndi skim milk has been worth several cents more per hundred than usual, Z. Its value as n fertilizer to the farm Is 7 cents a hundred 3. No furmer that is a farmer can nrrord lo sell his skim milk for what the creamer) man can afford to pay him. 4. The demand for casein Is very limited, lim-ited, and there are already prospects for pork, beef and likely dairy bred culves and )oung slock, aro ns good na ever. We alwn)s take It as n nrc flgn thut the patrons of it creamery do not know the full meaning of dnlry farming farm-ing or understand how to bring out Its best profits when we see them sell-Ing sell-Ing their Bklm milk to bo tnken from the farm. A shall w-reisotilng fnrmer may be caught that wi), but not ono who knows his business as a dairy furmer ought to know It. On largo operator we know of has boasted that he was going to get n large uninunt of skim milk from his creameries In Wlsionaln the coming season for the reason, as he put It, "that It Is ens) to convince his patrons that It Is not worth much for feeding purposes." lie said further, that his patrons did not read much. If any, on these subjects, nnd he thought he could mnke a good bit of money out of the skim milk they vvnuld bo willing to pnrt with nt a small figure. This shows how weak and defenseless defense-less a set of creamer) patrons are. who will not read and try and make themselves them-selves Intelligent on all the questions that relate to their well being, "Why Milk Tests Vary. Trot. J. A. C'onover of the Kansas ex-pertinent ex-pertinent station writes of milk teats ns follows At nearly every Irstltute attended by I'rof. Cottrcl and ni)self the question was naked "What is the reason of our milk teats being 1 6 per tent one month and the nct. under ex nctly the same conditions. It tests 4 per tent or mote' There aie n great many things that nrfeit the test, so that wo cannot point to nny ono thing ns doing It In the first place, the conditions con-ditions ure never 'exactl)" the same the pasture, ma) be better one month than another, the weather ma) be cooler cool-er or warmer, pet hups you encourage the tow less with the milk stool, or perhaps per-haps the boy who brings them In does not get them so much excltid. Alt these things nnd man) more Influence the per cent of buttei fit Kindness Is sure to be rewarded by an Increase In both tho per cent of butter tit and also lu the milk )ield win never ou nbuae the tow either b) a shnip word, the milk stool, or b) running run-ning her )oti tite taking money out of )our pin ket bv deorciiaing Ihe p r tent of butter tut und ulso the )hld of milk Whenever the row surfirs from laik of food, wnttr or lack of proper car., there Is a decrease In the n mount retelved from her Thtro are other reasons why your test miy be lower one month than on-other. on-other. When the inllk Is wnrm, it churns vcr) easll). so that, when )nu send )oui milk lo the stutlon tu cutis only half full, the) will be partlallv churned when they get there Theie la no way of getting a fair sample of such mill for tho butter fat thut Is churned Is lost bmh to the pation and to the ti, ninety man. If )ou have a an and a half to send, till nit tan full so tint )olt will be sure in huv that much that will not be churned Keep tin milk as tent ns possible ns It does not churn so teadlly at a low tempeiature If )ou do not want low- tests, do not take the llrat mill: )ouiself und let th talfhavi the last The tirst milk often tests aa low as one-half of 1 per cent, while lb. Inst will tisl fnii, i 10 t, 12 per tent Don't skim all )our milk befoie )ou send It to the million und then expect it to lest fi pel cent , To thi n.umeiy man I Would sin ke, p all sumplea of milk from thinning, thinn-ing, if pissllde. good tests cun never be nbtuliietl from a c humid sanipl v lilinut the use of uthci, and this It too laboiious u process for )ou It Is tlulinid b) woe that slmpl) heating the milk in it tempeinture that will not melt butter fat will aimur, but my uoik In this lino cmilmes nu Unit latlafnt toiy results tan nevtt bt obtnlne I In this mannei |