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THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 



July, 1913 



Milking. 



Milk ma}-, and often does, receive 

 taints during the process of milk- 

 ing which cannot be removed by 

 anv subsequent treatment. The 

 cow-house should not be cleaned 

 out while the cows are being milk- 

 ed, nor fodder disturbed at this 

 time. Feeding is best done either 

 before or after. Dirty udders 

 must be washed or well wiped 

 with a damp cloth before milking 

 begins. The hands of the milker 

 cannot be too clean, and should'be 

 washed or rinsed after milking 

 each cow ; the habit of dipping 

 them into the milking pail or wet- 

 ting them by milk from the udder 

 cannot be too strongly condemned. 

 The first jet or stream of m' 

 from each teat should be allowed 

 to fall on the ground. Milk from' 

 an inflamed undder or teat should 

 be drawn into a separate vessel 

 and fed to pigs. Milk from fresh- 

 ly-milked cows should not be used 



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for butter-making until it has av 

 simied the character of ordinary 

 milk. Clean, quick milking is 

 most important if the milking ca- 

 pacity of the cow is to be main- 

 tained and the full vield of butter- 

 fat obtained. The milk of each 

 cow should be strained directly it 

 is milked through a fine wire 

 strainer or four folds of muslin or 

 straining cloth. The imm-ediate 

 straining is most important, as 

 manv particles of dirt would have 

 become disseminated through the 

 milk before it reaches the dairy. — 

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Protecting Seed Maize. 



One of the safest and best ways 

 of tarring maize and yet not af- 

 fecting its use in a drill is said to 

 be the following. The idea is 

 quoted from an American Ex- 

 change which states that the me- 

 thod is largely practiced over large 

 areas of the corn belt as a protec- 

 tion against birds, mice, etc. Put 

 one-fourth to one-half bushel of 

 seed maize in a tub, pour in a pail 

 full of hot water or enough to 

 cover the seed, dip a stick in gas 

 tar and stir this briskly until the 

 seed is entirely black, then pour 

 off on to bran Ijagging, spread in 

 the 'sun and stir two or three 

 times during the day. If this is 

 done in the morning and, the day 

 is sunny, the seed will be ready 

 for sowing next dav. 



4 . 



Dairying. 



•Dairying is depressed by one ele- 

 ment that must for ever stand in 

 the way to Ijlock the dairyman 

 from success. That element is 

 the small-yield cow.. Many a milk 

 producer, with a herd of thirty 

 such cows, representing an invest- 

 ment of £200 or £250, is losing 

 money regularly, and must lose as 

 long as he insists on operating 

 with such cows. He can invest 

 his .^=250 in, say, twelve cows that 

 cost £20 apiece, and these cows 

 will give him more milk than 

 thirty scrubs give him. He would 

 save the feed of eighteen cows, 

 with all the labour and other costs 

 of their keep, and he would bej in 

 the way to make money. There 

 is no change in farm and market 

 conditions that jiromises ever to 

 put a profit into dairying carried 

 on with cows that average 1,000 to 

 1,500 quarts of milk per head per 

 year, and jiroduccrs may as well 

 open their eyes to this truth. — 

 N^w York Fanner. 



Bits of Dairy Wisdom. 



Few farmers realize what it costs 

 to be rough with cows. 



Make a test and be convinced. 

 Use the Babcock test when the 

 cows are handled quietly and pro- 

 perly, and again when they are 

 yelled at and hurried in the stable. 



The loss following rough treat- 

 ment will astonish m.ost farmers. 



A careful milker, quiet in his 



ways about the stable, is worth 



pounds more in a single season 

 than one who 'is brutal. 



There is not a cow, no matter 

 how poorly bred, that will not re- 

 spond to kind treatment. 



The more highly bred she is the 

 more susceptible she is to these 

 influences. 



Never allow a harsh, unfeeling 

 man to handle the cow barn. It 

 is not possible to give a cow too 

 much care. 



Profitable dairying depends large- 

 ly upon getting cows to eat large 

 quantities of feed. 



To do this the feed must be 

 palatable and healthful. 



Stinting in the feed will never 

 bring full production and profit. 



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A Comparison. 



Experiments were made on thie 

 Somersetshire County Experiment- 

 al Farm, near Taunton, a few 

 years ago, to ascertain the truth 

 or reverse of the theory that the 

 feed of cows should be in propor- 

 tion to their live weight. The 

 Shorthorn and Jersey cows were 

 weighed, and the former iound to 

 be about 50 per cent, the heavier. 

 The ration of food, therefore, given 

 to the Shorthorns was half as 

 much again as that given to tlie 

 Jerseys — 6 tbs. of cake to each 

 Shorthorn per day and 4 lt)s. to 

 each Jersey, and so with cabbages, 

 carrots, hay, and roots. The m.ilk- 

 ing returns showed that the extra 

 milk given by the larger cows was 

 in almost exact proportion to the 

 extra food consumed, though the 

 Jerseys proved the better when 

 the quality test was applied. 



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The hor.se that contracts had 

 habits readily is generally one that 

 can be taught the most useful 

 traits with the least trouble. 



