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LLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



(7) It furnishes an abundance of prepared cheap and suc- 

 culent roughage for ah seasons of the year. 



These are not ah the advantages of the silo, but they are 

 enough to suggest how very useful silage is to the American 



Agriculturist. 



MAKING BUTTER ON THE FARM. 



By A. J. Giover. 



If proper methods are used there is no reason why the 

 farmer should not manufacture as good butter upon the farm as 

 can be made in the creamery. The improved machinery for 

 home dairy work has greatly lessened the amount of labor con- 

 nected with farm butter making and if the improved methods are 

 used together with the modern machinery, home dairy work be- 

 comes comparatively easy. 



Many people make this hard and tedious by not knowing 

 how to do it properly. The simple fact of knowing at what tem- 

 perature to churn the cream may save hours of time. How well 

 many of us remember the day that the churning had to be done 

 and we all have read of people heating a horse-shoe and putting- 

 it into the cream to drive the witches or bad spirits away. If 

 this process were continued often enough the cream was warmed 

 to the proper temperature and it churned more quickly. There 

 were many other whims connected with home dairying, but they 

 vanished as the dew of a summer morning when science made its 

 appearance. 



Care and Food for Cows 



Good care and good food for dairy cows are two essential 

 elements for the production of good dairy butter. We must 



