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Milk Notes 
A Question in Milk Selling 
T have a farm of 46 acres, adapted to 
dairying. Would I be better off selling 
milk at 11c per quart to a to^vn. deliv¬ 
ered to individuals 14 miles-away by run¬ 
about. or would it pay me better to sell 
milk to creamery two miles away at 
present creamery prices? f)r would you 
advise me to rent a farm nearer this 
town (town of 35.000 inhabitants) ? 
Seems to me delivering milk at 11c per 
quart would be a better proposition than 
letting the creamery have it at about 
four cents. I want to start in a very 
small way. w. K. 
Bergen Co., N. J. 
Eleven cents per quart is certainly a 
much more attractive price for milk 
than four, but the cost of delivery at 
retail in a town T4 miles away would be 
considerable. I do not know how any¬ 
one could advise you as to this cost of 
delivery under your own peculiar condi¬ 
tions and believe that it is a matter that 
you will have to work out for yourself. 
Much will depend upon how easily you 
can secure pati’ons for your milk route, 
the condition of the roads over which 
you will have to travel Summer and Win¬ 
ter, the cost of the extra labor which 
you will have to hire and other factors 
which enter into the problem and which 
cannot very well be intelligently dis¬ 
cussed without some knowledge of local 
conditions. m. b. d. 
Variations in Cream Test 
My separator is run by myself at all 
times, the cream screw in the same place. 
Would the cream test more with cows 
on gra.ss and a small amount of bran 
than when put on Winter feed with one 
or two kinds of grain? Cottonseed is 
one kind I feed all the time; others are 
changed sometimes. Corn silage morn¬ 
ing and night. My test for June was 
34; .Tilly .35; August 32.5; September 
34; October 30; November 29; Decem¬ 
ber 29; .Tanuary 31. Will a cow’s cream 
test less when she first freshens? Is there 
any difference between the test of one 
cow’s cream and another’s, wlien the 
same separator is used, set the same and 
run the same? I think I have read 'in 
your paper that the feed makes no dif¬ 
ference in the test, the more feed the 
more milk and the more cream. 
West Townsheud, Tt. F. M. F. 
There are a number of factors which 
affect the richno.ss of cream obtained 
from the hand separator, some of which 
are: 1. The speed of the machine. 2. 
Temperature of the milk separated. 3. 
Bate of inflow into the bowl. 4. Bich- 
ness of the milk separated. 5. Position 
of the cream screw. 6. Condition of the 
cream screw. 7. Steadiness of running. 
8. Amount of flush water or skim-milk 
used. 
In your case it .seems reasonable to 
assume that all these factors are prop¬ 
erly observed with the exception of lack 
of understanding of No. 4 and No. 6. 
Let us disi)Ose of No. 6 first, as being 
le.ss likely to cause variation in test. Oc¬ 
casionally in a machine that has been 
run for some time the cream screw 
thread gets worn to»the extent that the 
screw gradually works in or out, usually 
out, of its own accord. 
The test of ci’eam is in direct propor¬ 
tion to the per cent, of fat in the milk 
•.separated. This is plainly shown In 
Missouri Bulletin No. 94 from which the 
following table is taken: 
I’otiitioii of Cream Screw 
Difference 
% Fat % Fat in % Fat 
in -Milk in Cream in Cream 
Set for tliick cream 5 40.8 
3 24.4 1G.4 
Set for tliin eroam. 5.25 20.0 
3.15 12.G T.4 
In this table it can also he seen that 
the richer the cream the greater the 
variation due to the richness of the milk. 
The cream from a cow just fresh will 
test moie other couditions being the 
same if she freshens in a fat condition 
and less if she is in poor condition. This 
is because her milk tests high in the first 
case and low in the second case. For 
the same reason there would be a differ¬ 
ence in the test of the cream from the 
different cows in your herd, if their 
milk was separated separately and all 
conditions were the same iu each case. 
This difference in test would be in direct 
proportion to the per cent, iu the milk 
of the individual cows. 
Unless your cows were going dry when 
put ou grass their milk would test low¬ 
er than under Winter couditions, and 
therefore cream would test lower. Un- 
-March 24, 191T 
le.ss you had a number of cows freshen 
in October your cream should test high¬ 
er for the Fall months than for the Sum¬ 
mer months, instead of lower as they are 
reported. That is. that would be the 
case if all other factors such as speed, 
position of the cream screw, etc., have 
remained constant. It is difficult to run 
a hand separator and not get greater 
variations than are shown iu your tests 
for the first four months taken as a 
group aud the last four taken as a group. 
The rub comes when it drops to 30% 
in October and stays uniformly lower 
for the next four months. ir. F. j. 
AILING ANIMALS 
Vomiting 
What could I do for an English bull¬ 
dog that seems well, iu every way, ex¬ 
cepting as soon as he eats his meal he 
vomits? He seems unable to hold any 
food; has done so right along since early 
last Summer. Thinking he has worms. I 
have dosed him with standard dog rem¬ 
edies, but nothing seems to help. He 
also seems to cough, and actually stran¬ 
gles at times. M. c. 
New York. 
The vomiting indicates indigestion, 
probably from overfeeding, but there is a 
possibility of an ulcer of the stomach 
or presence of a foreign body, such as 
a pin or other .sharp object. Put the 
dog on a diet of milk and lime water, 
given twice daily, mixing one ounce of 
the latter in each pint of milk fed. If , 
he vomits after such a meal, give 15 
grains of subnitrate of bismuth and re¬ 
peat the dose if necessary. Gradually 
add oatmeal porridge and vegetable 
soup to the ration and allow a big raw 
beef bone twice a week. Avoid feeding 
potatoes. MTieu the dog stops vomiting 
let him have one meal each evening and 
see that he takes active outdoor exercise 
every day. A. s. A. 
Rupture 
I have a heifer calf, eight weeks old, 
which has a lump on its navel as large 
as a hen’s egg. The lump does not seem 
to be sore. I fir-st noticed it at th • age 
of four weeks. The calf has never had 
the scours and is doing well. What is 
the trouble, and what can I do for it? 
Massachussetts. g. s. c. 
Manipulate the lump with the fingers 
and see if it is not possible to work it 
back into the abdominal cavity. If this 
can be done, it is an umbilical hernia 
(rupture), and will be likely to grad¬ 
ually disappear as the calf grows. If 
that does not occur and it increases in 
size, have it operated upon by a trained 
veterinarian. If a rupture is uot pres¬ 
ent, squeeze out pus or .other fluid pres¬ 
ent; then paint the lump with tincture 
of iodine every other day. A. s. A, 
Polypus 
I have a grade Ayrshire cow, six years 
old, with a growth in vagina ; looks like 
a small bladder about size of pigeon egg; 
can see the blood vessels with unaided 
eye. I noticed this growth about one 
year ago. I think growtli is a trifle 
larger than last year, ('ow dropped nice 
heifer calf last August, is in apiiarent 
good health, aud gives 28 to 35 lbs. of milk 
daily. What would you do for her? 
Connecticut. f. w. w. 
The polypus or tumor ma.v be ampu¬ 
tated by means of a castrating ecraseur, 
as you will find that it has a narrow neck. 
If you cannot have this done by a traiued 
veterinarian tie a fine cord tightl}’ around 
the neck of the growth, or put on a few 
small I’ubber bands, then when it has 
turned purple or darker twist it off. Huch 
growths often interfere with bre<*diug or 
calving, and so should be removed. Before 
doing so cue should of course, make sure 
that the object is uot the bladder which 
sometimes becomes everted from straining. 
A. s. A, 
Acute Indigestion 
I had a sow born in August, 1916; 
weighed about 300 or 350 lbs., always 
felt well, play like a colt in her pen, 
never missed a meal, until the moiming 
of Jan. 12, she would not get up to eat. 
When I went into the pen and made her 
move around she began to vomit; did 
not eat anything more, nor seem to be in 
pain, but when she was made to move 
around she would vomit. Her feed has 
been milk, dishwater and apples. She 
died Jan. 1.3. (‘an you suggest the 
cause of this and what to do iu case vr 
another case? Oue of my neighbors says 
a vomiting hog never lives. Is this true; 
New York. c. B. s. 
The sow died of acute indigestion or 
gastritis which in fatal cases commonly 
is due to some irritating poison. It 
might be caused by excessive amounts of 
soap powder or soap in dishwater. It 
should be added that milk and apples 
should not be fed as a well nigh exclu¬ 
sive ration. They dou’t agree in the 
stomach, nor have the apples any great 
feeding value for a hog. You should 
have fed mixed meals and milk and made 
the sow take active outdoor exercise 
every day. It is not true that a vomit¬ 
ing hog always dies. a. 8. A. 
