FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 174, 16 August 1909, Page 1

FARM AND DAIRY.

AGIUaXTURAb STKRILIGATION. The director of the Oregon Expeiiinciit» 1 Station says:—"This is an agof s'pcV'nl'istUion. Jleii an- cduciitc'l unci animals are selected for special pur poses. The all-purpose liorse and til', dual-purpose cow are largely of thi past, and have but little standing in the expert judgment of modern agriculturalists, it is just as easy for a man l» s'erve two masters as it is for n coy to please, both the 'butcher and tin dairyman. The function of meat pro duction and the function of milk pro duction are opposing factors. The coy will cither cleave to the one or yield to the other. There is positively ne permanently fixed middle ground be tween these two functions. There uwj be a small percentage of individuals which sufficiently appear to jwssess this trait, but upon a close analysis, they rarely have any pride of ancestry j'r hope of posterity, or, in other words, they neither inherited nor 'were capable of transmitting the milking traits which they simply chanced to possess." '

Separate good, rich cream, then churn it at a lower temperature. ' It is quite possible to buy heifers, but you never get the best that way. A quart of milk is' said to be equal in nutrition to a pound of beefsteak. It is also said to be equal to 21b of bread. Raising calves is not always the most interesting feature of dairying to the average dairyman, but it is one of the most important.

A silo 10ft in diameter and 32ft high is large enough to supply silage for 20 cows' 220 days, allowing an average feed of 3a pounds per eOw per day.

Milk is used raw, while most other food products are cooked in some day. The very fact that milk is a raw food should stimulate those engaged in its production to the greatest possible care.

'Chemically considered, skim-milk contains' almost all of the elements necessary for the support of life and the rebuilding of the tissues. Young animals will use it to great advantage in con-nectio-.i with other foods.

More high-priced dairy cows suffer from overfeeding than from any oth.T cause. Liberality is commendable up to a certain point, but overfeeding is nol a kindness; it is a damage, and it will not pay in the long ma. flavig purchased a good separator, study carefully the directions sent with it and follow them exactly. If the machine is one that requires to be hori zontal, see that it really is so by testing with a spirit-level; this is particularly necessary with the Swedish separators'. Also have the machine firmly screwed to the floor, so that it cannot shift 'while working.