DAIRY SKIMMINGS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 359, 13 April 1889, Page 3

DAIRY SKIMMINGS.

Dairy Factories and Women. — There is of course no reason why the dairy should not be jusb a& successful as the creamery ; and ail know that there are dairies that are. But, as a writer very sensibly remarks, tho farm dairy is apt to be a small affair, comparatively speaking: at least ; and that usually means hard work for the women. To make good butter means a good deal of close attention and hard work. If the dairy is large enough the women can be relieved of the work. It may bo carried on just as the creamery is carried on, by men. But wo esteem the factory as a great blessing to the over- worked women of our farms, taking horn as a whole. Silage as Food for Dairy Cows:— ln answer to the question why it was considered noedfnl to feed so much grain food with silage, Mr Secretary Woodward re- , plied :— "Silage is not a well - balanced food ; it is too carbonaceous and requires the combination with it of some strongly albuminoue food to make a proper and economical ration. [This, of cour&e, is said with reference to hand-fed cows. — En.] I am highly in favour of tho feeding of silage for the reason that it requires us to purchase these rich foods and feed them upon our farms. It cannot help adding much to their fertility. Maize meal should never be fed with maize silage. I sowed my fodder corn (maize) for eilage this year, dropping it one kernel one foot apart in rows three feet eight inches apart. Tho only handwork we did on the field was to cut out thistles and extra hills with the hoe. The coin grew twelve to thirteen feet high- and produced 36 tons per acre. I believe nearly every one grows ensilage corn too thickly and I shall sow mine further apart ne.\b season."