A PROGRESSIVE DAIRYMAN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 158, 25 June 1908, Page 4

A PROGRESSIVE DAIRYMAN

A dairyman is really progressing when lie — Sends that bull that is " just a ljull to the butcher, and puts a j>uro-br«d animal of tile best possible individuality in its place. Cuts boles in bis square silo lor windows and puts in a door, and uses it tor a bug"V-slied or barncss-room or 'most anything else, and erects a round silo or two instead. Sells oil' all his non-breeding, 11011produeing "pets" in the held. Sends in his subscriptions to one or two good dairy ]iapers and then studies then" carefully; and also reads his State's Experiment Station bulletins. Tacks a milk record sheet up in his dairv barn, and begins to keep an accurate record of the pounds of milk produced by every cow ill the held twice a day and every day in the year. .Moves tliat separator "lit of the dairy barn into a milkhouse of its own. Arranges some adequate method of handling the manure—both dry and ' Surprises the cows and himself by sweeping down the cobwebs and giving the interior of the dairy barn a liberal coat of whitewash. _ Quits the practice of getting out twice as much ensilage as is necessary for one feeding, and letting the remainder lie 011 the lloor "until next time. Watches his records closely, and looks for the reason for any material variation in the milk flow. (lets improved machinery so as to better take care of the fanning operations necessary to successful dairying. Insists that every cow brought nit > the herd shall be guaranteed to i-oir.e up to a certain standard of production. Quits the practice of selling all ealves, both bulls and heifers, for a lew dollars at birth and then later spending lots of time and money in the effort to obtain the right kind of cows to replenish his herd. . | Hcius to save the calves lioui his best "cows, and to therewith build up I herd of high producer- that he knows. ' something about. Commence* to weigh the Iced tliat "oes in as well as the milk that comes '"(lets rid of the ••cheap" separator that wastes more butter tat than it 1* worth, and iintals one thai actually does tile work. _ Saves time by using suspension senles instead of the old-fashioned lieani scales. Phils his feedim: operations months 111 advance, instead'of trusting to luck and the size of his pocket-book to carry his cows through the winter. llepla-es the old-style and in-amlary Imvmaitgers and partitions with tin proper kind of feed troughs, ties and stalls. . . lustals a litter-earner running lroiii one end of tlie barn to the other. Takes extra precautions to see I hat the dairy barn is properly ventilated and lighted. - Puts his milk on the market. clean, rather than in a condition which necessitates "cleaning" betore it can be retailed <»r used. Prepares hiinscir to meet emergencies in the health of I lie herd. Sees that the eirasarc properly cleaned before lx'ina milked. liaises all (he fodders and roughage possible, and feeds (hem, instead of selling them oil' the farm and then paying high prices for other feeds to lake (h"ir ''Yliinips all those old niilking-.jackeU info flu 1 wash tub, and ycsolves to have onlv clean one- worn by his helpers cut after. Puts a well-packed clav lloor in a.I (lie COW slalls, .1111! lays the remainder of the barn lloor in cement. Cses his common sense about feeding before, durinir, or after 'milking, so that the milk will not be contaminated by either dust or odours. .

Buvs a manure spreader and In systematically maintain and increase tlio fori ilit v of his farm. Tn short. when lie makes up his nnn.l lo have tin' very best possible liord of dairy cows, to produce the highest i|iialitv of milk under the most; sanitary conditions, to have tlio l«"st dairy farm in tlic iK'Miliourliood. to treat his cows and his helpers right, and to "keep tilings moving" all down the line. —Jersev Bulletin.