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Show f nAIiiYMHTV V Barn room is too costly to house poor cows. Beef is high, but butter and cream are higher. Silage may be fed the day after the silo is filled. Thoughtful dairymen will keep up the milk flow this fall. Back of many a shortage in the dairy business is a poor sire. Separating cold milk means that some cream will remain in the skim-milk. skim-milk. Dirty calf pails are one sign that the calves aVe not getting care enough. If the hired man is careful with the cows a few of his faults may be overlooked. over-looked. To get rich milk is possible for the average farmer, but it must l)e through breeding. To get top prices for farm crops, try selling them to the dairy cow or the shoat. A good many cow stables resemble hotels. They have both "roomers" and "boarders." Shade, water and good grass are three essentials for profitable milk production. If the cream is still warm after separating, sep-arating, don't put the lid on the can down tight. Letting the calf run with a hard milker has been found to help matters mat-ters in many cases. If a farmer will keep a poor hired man out of sympathy for him, what kind of cows must he keep. The man who leaves his cows out these cool nights will have less manure ma-nure to haul out. Likewise less milk. It is highly important to feed producing pro-ducing cows some concentrated feeds In connection with pasturage and roughage. You are making your dairy cows now while the heifer calves are less than a year old. Be liberal with shelter, shel-ter, liberal with all sorts of kindness. When absorbent cotton is used in strainers It should be used but once and then destroyed. Good sanitary wire gauze strainers are inexpensive. |