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Show f jirj 3ifi Hl. Jl i 1V4 JLA-" V ' Don't give the calves too much skimmilk these days. Clean mud off of the cows' udders and flanks before milking. The hand separator must be washed and scalded twice a day now. The separator should never be allowed al-lowed in the barn or near it.; Miik from a fresh cow is good for the table after the ninth milking. Don't neglect regularity in milking just because other work is pressing. A good cow is hard to buy nowadays. nowa-days. The only alternative is to raise her. Never attempt to keep summer butter but-ter for early fall prices because it will not keep. . Cows fed well before turning them on a heavy forage crop will not be In danger of bloating. Sometimes a dose of Glauber's salts will cure a case of bloody milk. Depends De-pends on the cause. For a cow that refuses to let down her milk, a feed of something whllo milking, is often helpful. The production of high grade dairy products without a plentiful supply of Ice is next to impossible. A little hay for the cows to pick at will help keep the bowels in normal condition, while grass is watery. Skimmilk fed to shoats with grain is worth about 40 cents per 100 pounds at present prices of hogs. Four ounces of paregoric in two doses, given at over 24 hours apart, has been recommended as a cure for scours in cows. A half dozen window sash glazed will make a dustproof box in which the dairy vessels can be sarmfed and kept absolutely clean. |