Show I Dairying in Holland T No one man knows it all This is true in dairying and find livestock as well 1 as in everything else It Is sometimes sometimes some some- c times profitable to know how the theother theother i other fellow operates Dr L. L S. S Dijkstra the writer of the following article in Western Vestern Farm Life Lire returned returned re re- I r. r turned to his bis native land Holland a D. I year ago after spending some Bome years In Colorado The article draws some i Interesting and helpful comparisons between conditions in the old country and here As I write these lines the stock K 4 has been confined to their winter quarters for a considerable period and will stay there until May The total of at the stable-imprisonment stable for forthe fix tJ the stock in Holla Holland d Is about about days I call It stable Imprisonment Imprisonment imprisonment Imprison Imprison- ment since I have seen how differentlY differently differ differ- the stock Is treated in winter in i Colorado In Colorado we had the stock out- out sido day and night unless of course t weather conditions did did not allow It g Further the stock was kept in roomy barns with plenty of light and rr r air The stock enjoyed all the exercise exercise exer exer- i cise rise It It wanted and comparing these co conditions I lons with wh what t we find here hero is not toor too t th the e w word imprisonment r strong to express it j 1 To stand two hundred long days r aY ln in the same place means R Ri i J i f something and when springtime comes and the prisoners are turned turned turned turn turn- ed loose is it any wonder that the animals rush rusl like crazy through the pasture Every living creature In nature pants for freedom and so does the Holland cow after so long longan an imprisonment The The reader might ask why the Dutch farmer does not turn out his stock from time to time The answer answer answer an an- is simply this that on account of the low condition of the pastures and the climatic conditions it Is Im Im- possible Between a prisoner and a prisoner there Is quite a difference Take for Instance the former German German German Ger Ger- man emperor who Is Isa a a Dutch prisoner prisoner prisoner pris pris- oner and then take the fellow who stole a chicken The German emperor emperor emperor empe empe- lives in a splendid castle and does doeu not care for the tho rest The chicken thief however has a very simple ration here consisting of at water and bread and moreover his comforts consist of a very small room In which he can scarcely turn around The same thing applies to the tho cow imprisonment in Holland but happily happily happily hap hap- on the g greater eater part of the farms the care is excellent In summer summertime summertime summertime time of course the stock enjoys tho the rich green pastures of abundant grass staying In them them all day and night t. t They are milked In Inthe the pasture pasture pas pas- ture for th the homo of h the cows In f 1 t F J I wintertime Is on a good many I farms I the residence for the farmer and his family in the summer time The Tho stables then look Just as clean and fine line as can be It Is very coot COOl and the he flies files do not bother very much In summer time the ration consists of fresh grass and In the winter time of ot hay made of this grass We have no alfalfa fields here and tho the grasses that grow on the thee fertile pastures are perhaps as old as mankind mankind mankind man man- kind and of excellent quality The farmer never sows these those grasses They come up every year of their own accord and are very thick thick There There are about twenty different kinds Including tho the clovers They have hav havno no trouble with bloating here In Hol Hol- land The cattle eat as much as they like and give in return the life Ute essential essen essen- milk The summer Bummer ration is very simple on many of the farms at atthe atthe atthe the present time when the feeds are areso areso areso so expensive It is very often necessary necessary necessary sary to confine the cows cow's ration to 30 to 35 pounds of hay per day 1 Dry rr hay Is not a laxative feed however excellent It may be for tho feed val val- ue To supply tho ration with a laxative laxative lax lax- feed teed the farmer often ensiles ensUes part of his grass The hay making season generally starts at the beginning of June Under Under Under Un Un- der ordinary circumstances when the wind and sunshine do their active active active ac ac- ac- ac tive part in this period the hay haymaking haymaking haymaking making or curing is a pleasant Job but alas Holland counts many days dayson on which sunshine is replaced by continual hard rains day after atter day But Dut under these circumstances the farmer makes the best of it He starts cutting the fields with a McCormick Mc Me I Cormick or a Deering machine The I grass is immediately raked up with witha a special rake and afterwards loaded loaded loaded load load- ed on the wagon and put in a big heap close to the barn door After all the grass has been piled up a heavy layer of sod Bod clay and other material is put on top of ot it in order to secure a good pressure The best pressed grass in which the least possible amount of air is left makes the best grass brass silage From this pressed pressed or ensiled grass which has about the same odor as the American Ameri Ameri- can corn silage the cows are fed dally daily 20 to 30 pounds If It it is of or good quality the cows are fond of at it ft and the milk flow is excellent Some dome farmers however make good hay of their grass and have no ensiled grass at all and In such cases have to look around for some other laxative feed These laxatives I are often beet pulp the product by-product I of the sugar factories or the wet brewers brewers' grains by products byproducts of at the gin beer and brandy factories and very often the farmer grows turnips I and carrots There are many however however how how- hOW I ever who simply give the animals hay and water and in addition some som linseed cake or other concentrate There are very few farmers who keep salt alt before their cattle as is the cus cus- custom tom In America There nearly every farmer fe feeds ds his cattle catHa salt sait and I 1 think this is an excellent method I ot Often n see animals s who lick everything everything every every- thing in sight eight which is of ot course a u sign that there is something wrong I with the digestion When I 1 tell the theman theman theman man to give salt to the animals as they do in America I 1 often get the answer Never heard of such a athing athing thing my father and grandfather never did so why should I 17 The concentrates that are fed are cake gluten feed some ground corn ground oats and barley but at the present high prices the amount of ot concentrates fed ted is very small The Tho production of at certified milk with bacteria b counts lower than 10 bacteria per cubic centimeter is applied here only on two big dairy estates It has however been tried on several good dairy farms but It requires more money for production and that Is where the shoe pinches If It you take your milk to market with a bacteria count as low as and you ask 20 cents a qu quart rt and your neighbor comes in with milk milR with one million or higher and offers offers of of- fers his milk for 19 cents a quart you may return home with your milk for the public particularly In tn Inthe the big cities do not care very much for clean milk Just so It is cheap Is all they care I have given lectures here on what wo we did In the certified dairies in America and after one lecture an at elderly lady made the remark I uI think the American people will never never never nev nev- er die under such conditions That will wUl give you an Idea of how much people care for sanitary milk production This is also the reason why the city milk authorities in Holland Hol Hol- Holland land pay special attention to adul- adul and skimming only but do donot donot donot not care very much for the bacterial contents However the milk as a whole Is obtained in a fairly clean condition in particular on those farms where the dairyman mal makes es his own butter and cheese for tho the farmer know that only from first quality milk can choice butter and cheese be made Many Map of or the operative co creameries r o L follow tollow the tho system of ot scoring the milk on fat content but at the same time premiums are paid for the best quail quality ty of or ilk This is an excellent method method method meth meth- od and is becoming very popular A good many of the patrons who deliver deliver deliver de de- de- de liver the milk to the operative co-operative creameries rightly remark that it will not do for ono one farmer to take care to obtain clean milk mUk while a neighbor thinks I do not care There must be a operation co as to the quality of ot milk at a creamery Continued on Pago Page Four t 7 DAIRYING IN IN I HOLLAND D i r. r t N r r From Page Three Farmers Farmers' close to the rill all th their lr milk to the city and at present nt receive receive- 25 cents a Ei a quart for it I Due to the war war we we h hive experienc experienced ced c- c ed some very high prices for our our pro products products' I ducts ducts' Cheese which under ordinary circumstances sold at 25 t to 30 ceI cents ts per er pound is for cents I and 1 Butter was sold In the the good i old times Ume for 50 to 60 60 cen cents s. s a pound I now It Is over 2 2 a pound Cows were formerly sold for for lob and lower now you pay for a a scrub cow Milk before re rethe the war war sold f I 6 cents a quart quad and n now now w it itis is s ld t i- i f r 20 to 25 cents On account of of- the present high I price of butterfat a great man many of qt the people use se oleo even the w well well- II- II to-do to people However you might suppose that on account of f these high prices the tho farmers and dairymen use use as little of their own own prod products as possible and replace the butter butterby by oleo This' This is not th the case The tables of the dairYmen ar well provided provided pro pro- vided with fine fin cheese rear real butter and plenty of milk r The Holland never nevel In his hYs b head ad to allow a bit of oleo ole to be used in his bis household They refer to it as asa asa asa a kind of axle grease It is little wonder that the small pale-cheeked pale city folks often otten nickname nick nick- name the farmer or dairyman here her butter barrel as head cheese and the the like However It does doe s not hot hurt the farmer very much It 1 may even touch his honor a little but it I certainly do does s not hurt his stomach I The editor asked what the Duetch farmer considered a good milk yield Th This s is a question of at taste One farmer fanner Is contented with pounds of at milk a year while another er is trying to obtain the mark However from the yearly yearly statistics the average of the cows here is about 1200 gall gallons oris in the most favorable weather and and feed teea circumstances On many farms farm's however the present annual production production tion is pounds without undue feeding leeding and will not remain an exception exception exception ex ex- in the near future The milk yield would have been considerably Increased had not the vigorously guarded against the tho sacrificing of ot a strong bodily conformation and constitution to the tile I production of or milk exclusively I |