Short Facts For Dairy Farmers

It does not pay to milk a lx'thersorae cow. The improved ilairyman ha improved COW. 0o not permit cows to drink stagnant water. The mature oow sives the raost milk product. 'w doss are not as popular as tln-y were oin-. The best anima] pata ts fat on in the rifflit places. ■SlMiuld a OOW go dry ?" A short time- if Blue will. Groom your eows regnlarly if you fpoom them at all. Hairs on Wie milker's stool have a laiiíru:fj;i' of ttnelr otra, A etHU in.iy le made to gain two !oundB a lay for weeks. Keep the towis clean if you would leep Uve milk freo from odors. The meltáng1 point of butter may le varied by the kind of food. You -vnt not only a good flow of milk bat mué that comes to stay. The eow must have her gummer as well au her winter quarters. To mnke iirst-class butter requires a first-clase OOW and a first-class tlairynikin. . Wlnen rutiabagas arO fed to milch eoira ihiy should be fed immediately af ter inilkiing. Very much of the so-eaüed finest butter made -wouild be -white if butter color were not used. The condition of the animal and the iuality of the food det-ermine largely the qwality of the miilk. AVith all the dniry factories, the finest fïavored butter is made in private dairies Where thcy put on the gilt, edge. Don't buy a cow with high head and eyes Btartinig from tlieir socketB. She is off in disposiüon, and wtU be & loser. Many dairymen say the best dairy cow is half Jersey or Holstein, and all agree tliat the other half is good feed and care. The Edam theese te said to contain only 22 per cent. butter fat, and yet it is one of the highest priced cheeses on the market. If the cow could tolk no doubt she would be lieard nll over the land callimg for an improved breed of dairymen that would give better care. Buy cows for the dairy with express reference to the dairy type. If you get one that wáll make good beef at the end, cimnt that as an extra gain, but do not expect it, or buy with that in view. Dairymen have an opportunity to improve their lande that farmers in Bome otlier laikls do not. Tliey can buy grain cuid feed, get a profit from it in .the milk and butter, and add great amounts of fertilizers to their fiields. Don't fail to stram tlie milk at once after milking. A perfect stab-le would permit the cww to go out and in as sli pleases. Quite radical changas of food may not materially vary thO quality of milk. "Don't let a baby or a cali drink iteelf full," exclaims Tlie Eural Xew Yorker. As soon os the cow begins to do extra work, glve lier extra food to sut.un Iut ystem. There is nothing gained by robbing Peter to pay Paul. lA't tlie fat alone in milk for cheese making. Sbeep follow oows on pasture vcry nloeiy, eatflQK wliat the eows leave : but do not let Vwm run together. Wluen you pet your and she stands :uul lazily c.hiews her end sluis thauking you and storing up your row.-irrt. Comfort is what the dairy cow requires to make her pvofitable. A half starved cow is not comfortable ; therefore not profitoblo. For cream milk slhiould be set as Utii vkly as possible after milking, and tfae temperatuie reduced at once to ■prevent the formation of fibrine. Make tüie milk room perfect in it sanitary conditions. Have good ventilatfon, clean floors and walls and liarbor not hint; that will produce bad odorB. Very often gofMl butter is spoiled by tllie quality of the salt which is wwrked in it. It is better to pay a few cents more for good salt and use that. . J The eows ehouJd not be eating wliilo being ïmilked. but 6tand Wlttl eyos doeed, ébtmñag their enda and thinking of uotliing elee but letting the milk come full hefld. It is the cow with a record that Ie of prime Interest to the farmer- not the honra with a record. A dniry record that revéala lossos to him will incite to better work noxt y-ar. A ov that will allow herself to storve in order to gain a reputation for not beinff unnily will never be much of a cow. And yet some pasturintf farmei-s eeem to demnnd that of i befa? eows. In organizing croa raerles, John Gould OaatftHH tllfl farmers not to fall into tho hands of the croamery organiz": 1 1 _r "sliark" at the outset. He also enjoins ttaem to keep the capital inVestment as small as practicable. Something to be stopped- Immigratdon.