Millard County Chronicle | 1913-09-18 | Page 7 | Importance of Farm Well

IMPORTANCE OF FARM WELL Excellent Place for Cooling Milk and Cream Results Secured Are Generally Satisfactory. . The cooling of milk and cream and the keeping of these products cool In the summer Is one of the greatest Importance If the resulta are to be satisfactory, and yet It Is a problem on many farms. A well or pit walled with cement, brick or atone, or with dirt wbIIb In some soils, may be used for storing cream, and results are usually very satisfactory. An Illustration taken from Hulletln No. 133 of the Nebraska experiment station, Is shown here. The well should be ten or fifteen feet deep. On one side Is an elevator to ( - t -'- JV --.'--rr--,. ' - ' v? "iC ." - 7 , Sk Wr Well for Cooling Milk. set cream and milk cans on and ot the other s weight. The alzo of tb weight' Is varied to suit the load 01 the elevator. Guide wires secured a ! the top and fastened to posts In th ' bottom bold the elevator In place. 1 In some experiments cream wai ' held at s temperature below 70 li one of these wells when s tempers ' ture of 104 was registered lo the shadi above ground. 1 Fall Fresh Cows. Spring fresh cows yield moet o their milk when low prices preval for dairy products and the dalrymai t Is busiest with the crops. In wlnte . such cows yield only s small flow 0 i milk at most On the other hand, 1 1 fall fresh cow gives s large suppl; of milk during the winter and flushe again with the stimulus of pastur In springtime. Fall fresh cows shoul a annually yield from 10 to IS per cen j more milk than those calving In lh a spring. j I Best Is the Cheapest I It Is being gradually understoo that the best cow Is the cheapest regardless or the price paid for bei t and for euch correspondingly goo ,. prices are always obtained.