DAIRY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3572, 14 September 1905, Page 4

DAIRY.

MODEL DAIRY BARN. It Can He Adapted t<» Salt Any Section of the Country. I send a cross section and ground plan of the most convenient dairy barn it has ever been my fortune to see. The plan shows a barn for 16 cows, but it can be made longer or shorter to accommodate a larger or smaller number of cows. It is best to build it two stories high, to store a large amount of feed, but it can be made one-story where one does not need so much loft room. The cow stalk are marked A in the

CROSS SECTION. 3, Stalls; M, B. ( Manure Shed; D. W., Driveway; E, Mangers. ground plan, and the calf stalls B. The places of the milking stools are marked with a small circle. The milk- ;■ occupies the same stall With the ,alf, there being a door shutter in the center of each calf stall, separating the two. How these shutters swing is shown at C, there being a small door without a-shutter through which the cilking is done, in front of each milk- / stool, at D. The feed troughs are -eked E. The feeding iai done from the driveway, through ’windows, with drop shutters, shown at F, Fig. 1. The cows are driven in the long, narrow

passage marked X, from either end of the barn, through doors at G. The shutters to the cow stalls (A) open back in this passage, as shown at H. One can go from the driveway to the long passage (X), through the doors (I, I), and the cross passage. The manure sheds are full length of the barn, as indicated by the dotted lines, Fig. 2. The .roofs to these sheds are made in sections, and are hinged to the wall of the barn so they can be raised up, as indicated by the broken circular lines, Fig. 1. An opening of about 18 inches is left just under the roof of the manure shed, the full length of the barn, marked J, J, Fig. 1, to throw the manure through when cleaning stalls. The stairs are hinged to the loft and can be raised Up out of the way with a pulley and rope attached, when it is necessary to drive through. If you contemplate the erection of a cow barn it will pay you to study this plan, for I assure you it is a good one for Georgia, and can be adopted to suit any section. —It. W. J. Stewart, in Ohio Farmer.

HINTS FOR DAIRYMEN. If you have found an honest commission house stick to it. Pome cows do not like some milkers, and it is unwise to have them milked by such persons. Unless it is an extraordinary good cow, an habitual kicker is too much of a nuisance to fool with.

It took a long time to stop the fraudulent sale of oleomargarine, but the law has triumphed at last. Never trust the milking of a heifer to any one who has not a good stock of patience and judgment. Lack of either may ruin the cow. The farmer is foolish ever to buy cod liver oil. Cream and butter answer the purposes, medicinal and for nourishment—much better.

Sore teats can often be cured by vaseline, which is one of the simplest and best remedies we- have for ordinary sores. So is the extract of witch hazel. —Western Plowman. Care of Dairy Heifer*. The young dairy heifer ought to be as well fed and cared for as the milk cow» because her future usefulness depends on her condition prior to her first pregnancy. She does not need food either for milk production nor for fat, but ought to be kept in strong, growing condition by food that makes bone and muscular tissue and gives vigor of constitution. The heifer should have a more active life than the cow kept for milk, but requires just as much care in feeding and just as sufficient shelter from inclement weather. Prairie Farmer.

The Cheese CnrUiff-Roora.

In regard to cheese making a writer says: “The great need to-day is a more perfect curing-room, where the cheese can be held at a lower temperature to cu re and obtain slower maturing, and holding all molds in the cheeseroom in check by the use of the formaline spray. All this means a saving in weight and an improvement in flavor, which results in more money, which is what we are all after."