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LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Slimy Cream 
Would you tell me wliat is the matter 
with one of my cows? She is in good con¬ 
dition. Cream, after standing 24 hours, 
curdles and, after separating, the utensils 
are slimy. E. T. 
While it is most probable that bacteria 
in the milk utensils are the cause of the 
slimy condition of the curdled cream, it 
will be necessary to test for mammitis or 
garget, which may be affecting one quar¬ 
ter or more of the udder. When chronic 
garget is present the milk from the affect¬ 
ed quarter may contaminate all of the 
milk with which it is mixed, and so affect 
the cream. The test consists in setting a 
sample of milk from each quarter of the 
udder in separate bottles, which have been 
sterilized by boiling and labelled so that 
the source of the contents of each may be 
kept track of. If all of the milk remains 
normal on standing at the average tem¬ 
perature, the truble is not in the udder. 
It may be, however, that one sample of 
milk or more turns sour quickly and be¬ 
comes curdled and slimy, or “gargetty,” 
as dairymen call it. If that is the case, a 
calf should be allowed to nurse, or the 
secretion of milk in the affected quarter 
should be dried off at once. It is pos¬ 
sible if that is done that the quarter may 
yield normal milk after calving, but, un¬ 
fortunately, -the opposite usually is the 
case. 
If nothing is found to be wrong with 
any quarter of the udder, conclude that 
bacteria in the milk utensils are the 
cause. Water, used for drinking, cooling, 
or the washing of milk vessels, is the 
commonest source of the bacteria. For 
that reason more scrupulously scald and 
cleanse the milk vessels, and dry them in 
the sun, instead of drying them with a 
cloth. Mix an ounce or two of chlorinat¬ 
ed lime in the water used to wash the 
utensils and in that used to scrub the 
cooling tank and watering trough or tank. 
Keep the cows from drinking out of a 
stream or-pond, or standing in such water. 
Cleanse the teats and udder before 
starting to milk, and milk with cleansed 
hands. Cleanse, disinfect and whitewash 
the cow stable and the place used for the 
setting or handling of milk and cream. 
As a disinfectant in the stable use a mix¬ 
ture of one part of compound cresol solu¬ 
tion and 30 parts of water, and also mix 
1 lb. of chlorid of lime with each three 
gallons of freshly made limewash. Flood 
the floor and gutter of the stable with the 
limewash, after it has been applied to 
all other parts of the stable. If that does 
not end the trouble, or if you feel certain 
that the cow is to blame, give her a 1-lb. 
dose of Glauber salt in three pints of 
lukewarm water, well sweetened with 
blackstrap molasses, slowly and carefully 
from a long-necked bottle; then mix in 
each feed a tablespoon of a mixture of 
two parts of powdered wood charcoal and 
one part of bicarbonate of soda. 
Individual Silo Filler 
The advantages of the smaller-sized 
farm-owned silo fillers are more apparent 
this year than heretofore. One farmer 
says he has a small outfit, erected his 
blower pipe and placed his engine,'and in 
this way was able to spread his filling op¬ 
eration over a period of two or three 
weeks. Another farmer remarked that he 
had spent two weeks’ time exchanging 
help, and much of this was lost time 
waiting for the large filler to be set up. 
Another farmer has used a small outfit 
and tractor, and has done his filling with 
the aid of his two boys for two or three 
years. A farmer who formerly owned an 
outfit, sold it, and now resorts to the use 
of the community filler, declares that his 
smaller outfit was a time saver. Three 
farmers can own a filler co-operatively to 
fine advantage, and if one has power, ar¬ 
rangement may be made for the rental of 
this power plant. A very successful 
group of farmers, numbering eight men, 
own co-operatively a filler and corn har¬ 
vester. The writer used a small tractor, 
small-sized filler, and with two teams and 
wagons did the filling operation to advan¬ 
tage, three and four men being used. An 
eight-horsepower engine will handle a 10 
or 11-in. filler, and if a tractor is used, a 
13-in. outfit at least should be used, and 
a Fordson tractor can readily drive a 15 
or 16-in. machine if in good shape. 
Knives should be kept sharp, well tight¬ 
ened, and should clear between 1/16 or 
1/8 of an inch. All gears should be well 
smeared with grease. Remember rag¬ 
weed goes through the filler better, and 
makes better silage than monkey wrenches 
and screwdrivers. w. j. 
A Promise 
to Dairymen 
The quality of Larro will never he 
lowered so long as Larro is made. 
Regardless of what changes take 
place in the price of ingredients, 
Larro will always remain the same. 
L ONG ago we decided upon this policy, and wrote this pledge 
tf into our manufacturing creed. 
There were two reasons for this decision—we knew it to be 
correct, both in theory and practice, and we knew we could keep 
the promise. 
Years of experiment and practical feeding have proved that a 
dairy feed must be more than just “a good feed.” It must also 
be absolutely uniform and its formula must not be changed. 
Sudden changes in feed — putting in more of this, or less of that, 
the substitution of poorer ingredients, imperfect blending or 
mixing—result in lower milk yield and smaller profits for the 
farmer. 
Your cows do not eat a printed formula. They are not concerned 
with price changes. Whether the market is high or low, they need 
a feed that will build condition and keep milk flow at its peak. 
The Larro we Milling Company is able to keep its* promise of 
uniformity and unchanging formula because it has the experience 
and equipment to manufacture a feed that never varies. It has a 
formula that can be depended upon to produce milk profitably. 
This formula will never be changed unless the Larro Research 
Farm proves that a better one has been found. 
LARRO is more than a good feed; it is always the same feed. 
We repeat that we shall continue to manufacture LARRO on this 
basis—the basis of more profit to those who buy it. 
THE LARROWE MILLING COMPANY 
DETROIT, MICHIGAN 
THE SAFE RATION FOR DAIRY COWS 
Milk Facts 
u can't dodge, 
You can’t gqt top-notch prices for milk that is not 
clean, and you can’t remove all the dirt from milk by 
straining it through cloths or fine mesh wire screen. 
The only way to get clean milk is to strain it 
through sterilized cotton. That is why the 
Dr. Clark 
Purity Milk Strainer 
is guaranteed to get ALL the dirt. The sterilized 
cotton pad tightly clamped to bottom of strainer re¬ 
moves every particle of dirt, dust, muck and other 
sediment. The Dr. Clark purity Strainer is the only 
one on the market that is guaranteed to get ALL the 
dirt. Used and endorsed by largest dairies and milk 
producers in the country, including Borden’s, Van 
Camp’s, Carnation, Mohawk, and Sheffield Farms. 
Made in two sizes—10 quart and 18 quart. 
Ask your dealer or mite direct for circular 
As the world’s 
largest manu¬ 
facturer of cot¬ 
ton discs for 
milk strainers or 
filters, we can 
furnish Purity 
Cotton Discs in 
any size from 
in- to 7 in. 
diam. for all 
makes of strain¬ 
er s. Send for 
a trial order. 
and prices. 
Purity Stamping Co. 
Battle Creek, Mich. 
Cow-Boy Pokes Save Money 
—for farmers. Prevent broken fences, 
trampled crops. Injured cattle. No vet¬ 
erinary bills. No law suits. Made of 
lljrht steel. Rust-proof. Last a lifetime. 
Cheaper than home-made pokes. For 
Dairymen we have the ACME NON- 
SUCK POKE. Also prevents self- 
sucking. Saves your milk profits. 
Special Low Price to first farmer writ¬ 
ing from each locality. Regular price 
$1.50, but introductory price saves 
Give dealer’s name. Address Dept. N-ll. 
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Dept. J 
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