Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1891 — THE DAIRY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE DAIRY.

Two Convenient Dovlons. Every one who cares for milk, in a vat or tank, feels tho necessity for somo way by which tho cans may bo kept In a vertical position at all times, whether full, partially full or empty. To prevont tho cans from bobbing to one side, take 2-inch strips, II B B, cut to fit inside tho

tank the long way, and nail them within four inches of the bottom (1), and wide enough apart to let tho cans go between and sot squarely on tho bottom. Soldor a small projectile to each side of every can, Fig. 2 A A, so when they are put into the tank, all that is needed will be

to turn each can around until tho projectiles come under tho slats. To remove them, turn to or from you until the slats are cleared and then lift out. To avoid lifting the heavy tank cover, fasten a half-inch rope to the opening edge of cover and let It pass over a cast pulley, screwed to joist as indicated. Then, to this end of the (rope, secure a weight sufficient to balance and hold the cover where wanted. The stub end of a railway iron is just the thing and easily procured. —Farm and Home. Point* for Dairymen. Part second of Report of Maine Agricultural Station, 1890, is devoted altogether to the dairy interest, but the figures given as the results of their experiments rather prove the truth of theories long held by practical dairymen than bring out any new facts or ideas. Tests of three different breeds prove that the smaller animal requires more food in proportion to the live weight than tho larger one. The average yearly cost of food for two years, reckoning food at average market values, wass7o.42, $70.24 for Holsteins; $61.77, $63.21 for Ayrsbires; and $58.76, $59.74 for Jerseys; and tho Holstein yielded 8,369 pounds of milk, the Ayrshire 6,612 pounds and the Jersey 6,460 pounds. (None of these are high records, but they may be considered an average of the three breeds under ordinary good care.) One thousand pounds 6f milk cost with the Holstein $8.55, Ayrshire $9.49, Jersey $11.30. (To reduce pounds to quarts divide by 2 1-9.) One thousand pounds of butter cost from the Holstein $27.03, Ayrshire $31.50, Jersey $19.52; thus fully sustaining the reputation -of the Jersey as a butter breed, and of the Holstein as milkers. In these figures no account is made of the value of tho feed returned in manure, which by the report of the' Massachusetts Experiment Station, would be about two-fifths of the whole cost of the food. The figures also show that the digestible food which it would cost $1 to mako into milk it w-ould cost $3.53 to make into beef. These tables show one thing that many farmers have not believed, and many will not credit it now. The skimmed milk of the Jersey cow contains more solid matter than that cl either of the other two breeds tested, and less fat, therefore it Is more valuable as a food ration, and the same is true of buttermilk. They estimate the solids of the skimmed milk and buttermilk at two cents a pound, which gives an average of $12.76 per cow, which material is “wholly edible and wholly digestible.” This would be an important item to those who are trying to decide whether to send their milk to a factory or mako it up at

home, and also might serve as an argu~ ment in favor of taking home the skimmed milk and buttermilk from the factories. From other records kept they come tothe conclusion that “there is very littlo evidence that steaming, chopping, wetting or otherwise treating cattle foods that are palatable without any treatment, and of which the animals will eat a sufficient quantity in their natural condition, is good economy.” But they concede that a saving is made when coarse or unpalatable food is so treated as to render it more readily edible or digestible.-*-American Cultivator.