1908. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
93 
A PROFITABLE MILK DAIRY. 
Enclosed find a report of my dairy 
for the year 1907. The dairy consisted 
of nine two and three-year-old heifers, 
first time fresh, and 12 cows from five to 
nine years of age. All are grade Hol- 
steins; milk sold to shipping station; 
cows freshen from November to March. 
I have not tried to see how much I 
could get out of them, but what profit 
was possible with reasonable care and 
feed. I shall try to better it this present 
year. The milk is weighed every time 
and daily record kept. 
Month. 
Lbs. of 
milk. 
No. 
40-qt. 
cans. 
Price 
per 
can. 
Proceeds. 
Jan. . 
. 16,443 
193 1-2 
$1.30 
$251.55 
h’eb. . 
. 16,425 
19.3 1-3 
1.20 
232.00 
March 
. 18,434 
216 2-3 
1.10 
2.38.32 
April 
. 19,202 
225 2-3 
1.10 
248.22 
May • 
. 18,360 
216 
.95 
204.20 
June 
, 19,080 
224 1-2 
• .80 
1 79.00 
July . 
. 1.3,771 
162 
.85 
137.70 
August 
. 7,181 
84 1-2 
1.05 
88.72 
Sept. 
. 5,087 
60 
1.23 
73.80 
Oct. . . 
. 4,472 
52 1-2 
1.44 1-2 
75.86 
Nov. 
15,821 
180 
1.44 1-2 
268.77 
Dec. . 
21,863 
257 
1.44 1-2 
371.36 
176,145 
Cr. by 21 calves 
at $2.50 
each.... 
$2,370.10 
52.50 
Average milk 
per co>w, 
$2,422.60 
8,387 6-7. 
Average gross 
Manlius, N. 
proceeds 
Y. 
; $115.36. 
F. 
D. K. 
RATION FOR COWS. 
Would you give rue a balanced ration for 
cows that are to be used for a calf dairy? 
Prices of grain here: Cornmeal, $1.45 per 
100; Red Cow and Sucrene feeds, $1.35; 
union feeds, $1.60; bran and middlings, 
$1.40; gluten and oil meal at about the 
same average prices; good stock hay and 
clover hay for roughage. a. d. c. 
New York. 
I do not know the “Red Cow” feed, 
so can say nothing in regard to it. The 
Sucrene I have fed largely for the past 
two years. It has about 16% per cent 
protein and 31-2 per cent. fat. It is 
bulky, safe, laxative and a very good 
milk producer, but not as good as the 
gluten. The price is rather high, yet I 
prefer it to bran at the same price. Two 
parts by weight of it and one part of 
gluten make a fine ration to produce 
milk, but both lack fat. “Union 
grains” are good, but too expensive, 
with 27 per cent, protein. You can get 
this more cheaply by doing your own 
mixing, with the addition to the Sucrene 
or dried brewers! grains, of gluten, 
cotton-seed or linseed meal. With no 
succulent food you will find the latter 
a valuable addition to your ration, pro¬ 
viding protein and fat and helping to 
keep the bowels in good order. I would 
suggest as a full day’s ration of grains, 
four pounds Sucrene, two pounds of 
gluten, one pound of linseed and one 
pound of cornmeal. This should give 
you a good flow of milk, keep the cows 
in good flesh and physical condition and 
will make as cheap a ration as I can 
compose with the price of the foods 
mentioned taken into consideration. 
EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
BUYINC A DAIRY BULL. 
We keep at present 33 cows, and think 
the bull is getting too old for good service. 
We sell milk and have a mixed lot of cows. 
I want to purchase a good young bull, and 
ask your advice as to a thoroughly re¬ 
liable person to buy such an animal from. 
Your issue of January 11 states, “It is an 
excellent time right now to buy registered 
stock.” Could you state what I should pay 
for a good bull, about one year old, and the 
breed you consider best? w. b. l. 
Westchester Co., N. Y. 
We are always able to give names of 
reliable breeders who will guarantee 
their stock. Just now there is appar¬ 
ently a greater demand for fine stock, 
especially for dairy bulls, than we have 
known in some years. There are just as 
many honest breeders as there ever were 
and they are more willing than ever to 
prove that the papers fit their cows. The 
arguments in favor of purebred stock 
are sound. Everyone knows that the 
closer an animal is bred along certain 
lines the more likely its progeny are to 
carry the color and character of the 
parent. When the ancestors of a bull 
on both sides and for many generations 
are known to have been good milkers 
and mostly of a certain type we can be 
quite sure that his calves will be like 
him. In the present case no one can ad¬ 
vise properly without knowing more 
about those 33 cows. What color are 
they ? Are they large or small and what 
breed predominates? They may be “a 
mixed lot,” but what type of cow will 
you select to raise the calves from? You 
should select a bull that will match those 
best cows, for there is little use buying 
a high-priced bull if you do not expect 
to raise his heifer calves. You might 
set back much of the progress you have 
already made by using a bull which, 
though a good one individually, is of an 
entirely different type from the cows. 
Mr. Van Alstyne’s remarks on this line 
(page 90) are sound. Tell us more about 
these cows and we can give you better 
advice about the bull. 
Keeping Cow Peas. 
If. 13. P., San Augustine, Tex.—Our gro¬ 
cers here keep in stock Black-eye cow peas 
at all times of the year in perfect condi¬ 
tion, said to he grown in California. Can 
you tell me how they are treated to preserve 
them from the I’ea weevil, or are they ex¬ 
empt from the attack where grown? I 
have planted a few taken from grocers’ 
stock; some grew, but were very weak and 
produced no fruit. Such peas are now re¬ 
tailing at seven cents per pound. We can 
grow good crops of cow peas here but do 
not succeed in keeping them in suitable 
condition for table use. 
Ans. —They are probably treated with 
bisulphide of carbon. This is a liquid 
which, when exposed to the air, forms 
a gas which is poisonous to all breathing 
things. The beans or peas are put in a 
box or barrel, which is airtight. A deep 
dish is put on top of the peas and the 
bisulphide poured into it. Then the 
whole thing is covered tight with a cover 
or blanket and left. The liquid evapo¬ 
rates and the vapor being heavier than 
air works down all through the peas and 
thus kills the insects without injuring 
the peas. Be careful not to breathe the 
gas, and do not bring a light near it. 
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