1909. 
THE RURAIv NEW-YORKER 
17 
STOCK ON CEMENT FLOOR. 
Is it advisable to keep stock on a cement 
floor when they are kept in the barn al¬ 
most all the time during the Winter 
months? M. d. p. 
Ashtabula, O. 
We use a cement floor entirely here, 
and have never seen any bad results 
from it. The trouble which has been 
reported to come from keeping stock 
on a cement floor has generally been 
caused by either a lack of care and 
insufficient bedding, or by the cement 
floor being built directly on the ground 
without proper insulation to prevent the 
capillary attraction of the cold moisture 
from the ground up through the cement. 
The floor upon which the cattle are to 
lie should be constructed by first mak¬ 
ing the grout foundation in the usual 
way, smoothing it off with sand and 
cement on top. This is then covered 
with two thicknesses of tarred paper, 
with a good coat of some kind of coal 
tar or roofing paint between. On top 
of this is laid the finishing layer of 
sand and cement, from one to two 
inches thick. With good care and 
plenty of bedding you will find no trou¬ 
ble in keeping cattle on a cement floor 
constructed as has been described. 
C. S. GREENE. 
FACTS ABOUT SILAGE. 
In this part of the country people have 
just begun to use silos—last year there 
being but three or four, and now there 
are 15 or 20. Some contend that silage, 
when fed to cattle, will either cause them 
to have tuberculosis or cause its rapid 
growth. What can you or your readers 
say for or against this theory? Also, I 
would like to know whether these con¬ 
densed milk factories and cheese factories 
in the East refuse to buy milk from silage- 
fed cows. j. a. n. 
Grinnell, Iowa. 
The theory that good silage will cause 
tuberculosis in cattle is nonsense. The 
disease is caused by a germ, and its 
starting has nothing to do with the 
food. If an animal had the disease 
and did not have nourishing food it 
would go down faster than if it were 
well fed. Silage made from green or 
unripe corn with few or no ears would 
not make a full ration for any ani¬ 
mal and if a tuberculous cow had 
nothing else to eat it would be likely 
to go down rapidly. Good silage, 
made from well-eared stalks is a very 
different thing, and fed with clover hay 
and a little grain would keep a cow in 
good condition. Good silage is a sub¬ 
stitute for Summer pasture, and one 
of the healthiest Winter foods for stock. 
The Bordens refuse to accept milk 
from cows which are fed on sil¬ 
age. Some years ago we brought up the 
matter and received a long statement 
from the Bordens. Briefly stated, their 
reasons are that silage contains both 
lactic acid and acetic acid in consider¬ 
able quantities. This acid shows itself 
in the milk made from feeding silage, 
and of course the sourer the silage is 
the worse the milk. The Bordens 
claim that this acid milk is unfit for 
food, and that it is particularly un¬ 
suited for condensing, which is done in 
metal boilers under high heat. The 
action of an acid upon copper might 
be quite perceptible. In Michigan and 
some western States we understand that 
condensing factories use silage-fed 
milk with an inspection of silage. Cer¬ 
tified milk men are also permitted to 
feed silage. 
MAKING SMALL ITALIAN CHEESE. 
Seeing a request for cheese-making at 
home for family use, I will send my recipe 
for it, as I have done it for a number of 
years from the milk of only one cow. I 
am an Italian, and was told how to do it 
by my father, as I was brought to America 
a baby, and my mother died when I was 
as yet too small to learn from her. No 
apparatus is needed unless it is possible 
to procure small wooden bowls with one 
or more holes in them. Take night’s and 
morning's milk, from two gallons to six 
or eight gallons, as the case may be. mix 
and heat it bloodwarm in the morning. 
I'ut one-half to one teaspoonful of rennet, 
or else the junket tablets sold in grocery 
stores, bat rennet from the calf’s stomach 
is much cheaper and better if It can be 
had. Then let it harden or become a curd, 
taking from one to three hours. With 
a large spoon stir and break the curd into 
tiny particles, and allow it to settle and 
separate, the whey and curd. Then take 
a cheesecloth bag, put a ring of wire (that 
can be made at home) at the opening and 
with a cup put the curd and whatever of 
the whey could not be poured off into the 
bag. Ilang and let drain. Take from bag 
next day and put in dish or wooden form 
if you have it. A quart basket or small 
round half peck wooden measure is very 
good, but make a few holes in it to let 
drain. This is the cheese and can be salted 
in a week’s or month’s time. When salted, 
moisten the cheese by washing with warm 
water and spread salt on top, and put it 
around also. It will be good to eat in a 
few days after salted. If left a month it 
will form a crust, but will be finer inside. 
While in the form it must be turned about 
every day. Now about the whey: Do 
not throw it away, as the best is yet to 
come. Place the whey in a kettle and put 
on stove. When warm put in lots of salt 
(more than to suit taste) and from one 
pint to one quart of milk mixed with a 
small quantity of water. Keep stirring 
until it is very hot; then allow it to set¬ 
tle and boil. As soon as it boils pour 
one cup of water in the cracks of the layer 
of cream (so it seems) that comes to the 
top. Let it boil twice after pouring same 
quantity of water each time it boils up. 
Then remove from stove and after five or 
ten minutes take it up with a skimmer. 
Eaten warm with bread it is very whole¬ 
some and nourishing. But after all is said 
and done it is best to see some one do it. 
As to the rennet, we take a young calf's 
stomach, one which has never taken any¬ 
thing but milk for food, and if not full 
with milk when removed from the calf 
when butchered, fill it with sweet milk and 
a large quantity of salt, and after two 
weeks it is ready for use. The quantity 
of rennet to be used depends on the strength 
of the rennet. mart dondero. 
Connecticut. 
HINTS ON HOG CLEANING. 
If C. S. Greene, page 920, will first wet 
his hog with cold water and then apply 
five cents’ worth of finely pulverized rosin 
before scalding, I venture to say be will 
never use ashes again. The killing of hogs 
can be made practically noiseless and also 
humane by the use of a small calibre rifle, 
.22 is preferable. The hog should be shot 
In the center of the forehead one-half to 
three-quarters inch above the eyes. A hog 
so shot, if stuck immediately, will bleed 
as perfectly as when stuck while alive. I 
believe the idea of too hot water setting 
the bristles is more theory than reality. 
I have scalded hundreds of bogs in the 
past 20 years and in temperatures ranging 
from 1(50 to 208 degrees, and I have yet 
to see a case of “bristles set with hot 
water.’’ The only ill-effect I haye noticed, 
with too high temperature in the scalding 
tub. is that in scalding young hogs, if the 
animal is allowed to lie too long in the 
water, it softens the skin so that in scrap¬ 
ing it becomes rough, and gives the car¬ 
cass an unsightly appearance when dressed. 
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