Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 3, 1905 Page: 4 of 16
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OKLAHOMA PARMER, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1905.
Dairy Notes.
It is the solids in a cow's milk that
determine her value.
cneese factories report their old
stocks cleaned up, so that ibetter
prices will prevail this year than last
when old cheeses were a drag on the
market during the first half of the
year.
Readers of the
Oklahoma Farmer
are invited to
contribute items of
interest to this page.
steady supply of.reliable labor. With
dairymen all over the coun'.rv clo&i.ig
o'it iht'i herds that jph5"i of 1!v
stock, activity does not look °to be an
attractive one.
Milk producing foods should be fed
to the dairy cow, not fattening foods.
A variety should be provided when
possible. A change in the feed every
lew days will be quite acceptable to'
the diary cow.
iJairy breeders must never lose
sight of the great principle that all fu-
ture development lies in the direc-
tion of holding steadfastly to two
principles: Breed for the single pur-^
pose of dairy capacity and strength
of constitution.
S. B. Shilling, of Iowa, president of
Ihe National Dairy Union, says that a
.number of years ago he had a fine
herd of milking Shorthorn cows, but
he admired the beef type, Vhich were
in his eyes a thing of beauty. Accord-
ingly he used the best beef sires ho
could find, and continued* to breed in
this way for many years, until now he
has some of the finest types of beef
form, but with it he gets little milk.
One magnificent old milker gave him
a heifer that gave scarcely enough for
her calf. There are hundreds of farm-
ers in the' west who have followed Mr.
Shilling's method and now they are
getting little milk.
According ot the recently issued
federal census the dairy industry is
making little progress. Despite en-
couragement afforded by the prohibi-
tive tax on oleo, creameries are clos-
ing all over the country and oily a
meager increase in the number of
milch cows is shown. If the cattle
feeder is in hard lines the dairyman
is in no position to tender sympathy
because he < t,s a plethora of troubles
of nis own. Tilt special dai 'v cow is
oi value only in districts contiguous
to urban cenic.n of population where
fresh milic and cream is salable at good
prices. In the creamery districts wages
cannot be paid that will insure a
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The
World's
Champion
•« LORETTA D "
®
No.141708
This beautiful Jersey Cow was owned and entered by F. H. Scribner, Rosendale,
Wis., at the St. Louis Exhibition in the Dairy Cow demonstration for the 44 Most Economic
Production of Butter," and also for the" Most Economic Production of Milk," and won
the Chumpion5hlp of the World in both points over all breeds competing.
Head what her owner says about Cream Separators : •
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o " Rosendale, Wis., March 8,1905.
"I am pleased to be able to say to you that I have used the United
States Cream Separator for more than ten years. I used the first one
for several years, and later exchanged it for a larger one of the latest
styles. I am satisfied that the U. S. Separator is the best separator for •
farm purposes and that its wearing qualities areof-the best, and cheer-
fully recommend the U. S. Cream Separator to anyone intending to
purchase a Separator for i'.s durability, simplicity and construction.
It is a clean skimmer and easily cared for. We have used our separator
twice a day and skimmed the milk from 30 cows and it never failed to
last a good many years to come."
,11^ appen
Scribner."
The U. S. SEPARATOR holds the WORLD'S RECORD for cleanest skimming.
. VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, Vt.
Distributing Warthouiei at Chicago, Minneapolis Omaha, U from, WW., Sioux City,*I*., KaniM City,
Mo., Salt l ake rity, Utah, San Kranriiro, Cal., Portland, Or*., Buffalo, N. V., Portland. Me., Montreal
and Khcrbrou^p, (Jue., Hamilton, Out., Winnipeg, Calgary, and yancouver.
402 ADDRESS ALL LETTERS TO BELLOWS FALLS, VT
The Farm Cow.
The real 'butter maker of the coun-
try is the farm cow whose milk never
goes to the creamery. This cow is
least often hearcl from, because she
is less in the. light of public observa-
tion than the cow . that is producing
milk for the creamery. Yet, the total
amount of butter made on farms in
the United States is far greater than
the amount made in creameries.
So our greatest hope still lies with
the cow that gives milk for the mak-
ing of farm butter. The spirit of im-
provement is abroad and there ar-3
multitudes of farms on which good
cow^ are taking the place of poor
ones. It is impossible to estimate
how great this improvement is. A
farmer that has thirty cows said to
the writer last week: "My cows maaa
(iGO pounds of butter last month
(March) and I think I am doing pret-
ty well, as only 22 of them are giv-
ing milk that can be used for butter-
making.. That is a'bout a pound per
day of the cows giving milk, and we
have the iby-products to help swell
the profits."
That man's herd six years ago was
doing only half as well as the above
statement would indicate, but the man
has 'been selling his poorest cows and
replacing them with good ones rignt
along.
Up to the present time the good
farm cows has not been appreciated,
and for this reason her price has not
been much above that of the poor
farm cow. But a change is going on,
and the time is not far distant when
so many farmers will be looking for
profitable cows that the extra milker
will 'bring a fancy price at any time
of year.
MOST PROFITABLE
OF ALL
FARM INVESTMENTS.
. o
Tins is what .the Cream Separator has proved to(
be. Twenty years of experience upon the part of
hundreds of thousands of users in every country of the
world bear witness to the fact.^ No one disputes it.
There never was a better time to make this all-im-
portant farm investment than the present. • Butter is
unprecedentedly higk in price. It is most desirable to
produce all possible of it, that none go to waste and that
the quality be such-as to command top prices.
As between separators, DE LAVAL "supremacy is
universally conceded. I) K LAVAL machines are
actually cheapest, of equivalent capacities, while they
gain and save twice as much as the best of imitating
machines and iast four times as long.
' If you have cream to separate you caifnot afford to
delay thii investment a single day. If you haven'ti
the ready cash the machine will earn its cost while you
are paying for it.
The De Laval Separator Co.
Randolph & Canal Sts.,
CHICAGO.
1213 Filbert STREET,
/ PHILADELPHIA.
6 & I I Drumm ST.,
SAN FRANCISCO.
(jeneral Offices:
74 CORTLANDT STREET,
NEW YORK.
121 Youvillc Square,
MONTREAL.
75 & 77 York Street,
TORONTO.
240 McDermot Avenue,
WINNIPEG.
The New Born Calf
After the calf is licked dry by its
mother it usually has strength enough
to rise and suok, says Prof. D. H.
Otis. If it does not it should be as-
sisted in securing its first meal. The
calf may then be taken away, in which
case it should be fed the colustrum
milk from its mother, or it may be left
until the milk is fit for use. Where
the cow's udder is in good shape it is
easier to teach the calf to drink when
it is taken away before sucking at all.
The records of the Kansas experiment
station show that when a calf is
weaned from the mother at once or
when four or five days old, it. will
make good gains for the first week,
but when left two or three weeks, the
first seven days after weaning is a
losing period. If the cow's udder is
caked, however, it is well to leave the
calf with her.as the rubbing of the
calf tends to reduce inflammation and
soften the udder. Where the calf is
several days old before weaning, the
moral atmosphere around the calf pen
will usually toe better if the calf be
allowed to go without eating for twen-
ty-four hours. By that time it is hun-
gry enough to eat without a great deal
of coaxing.
Someone has said that "All things
come to those who wait," and another
emphasizes the fact that it.will not do
to wait for roaming turkeys to come
home. They must be brought home,
otherwise they will get in the habit
wandered away on account of not being
of roosting on trees. Possibly they
provided with feed regularly or for the
lack of good, fresh water. The White
turkeys are less inclined to roaming
than other varieties. Young turkeys
mothered toy hens are more apt 1o
mothered toy chicken hens are more apt
to put in an appearance at meal time.
John Barrett as a Milker
John Barrett—fifteen years ago a re-
porter in San Francisco, and now Uni-
ted States minister to Panama, having
in the meantime held the offices of
minister to Siam and Argentina and
commissioner-general for the Louisi-
ana Purchaso exposition—had a unique
experience during the campaign. While
speaking in a New England town he
made the assertion that he knew well
what it was to work on a farm. A young
farmer in the crojvd, made skeptical
by the speaker's! faultless Prince Albert
coat, immaculate front, pale jjray trous-
ers and shining tile, shouted out;
"You work® on a farm? Bet you nev-
er milked a cow in your life."
"I take your bet," • said Barrett; "I
will put up $100 a;ganist the same
amount that I can. milk a cow faster
than you can."
^ The dare was accepted; the demo-
crats raised a purse of $100 to match
Barrett's $100 bill; two cows were
brought at tl^e cry of "Ready! Go!" the
milk rattled into the bottom of the palls,
and Barrett's pall was full first, the
meeting winding up in a blaze of glory. "J
—Argonaut.
We want you to know Tubular
Cream Separator* as (hey are.
I The low can, enclosed gears
and ease of turning are shown in
this illustration
from life. Tubu-
lars" have neither
1 oil cups, tubes,
f nor holes — they
oil themselves.
They have bowls
i without compli*.
! cated inside parts cL,
— they hold the
world's record
for clean skimming, durability.
I Capacity, easy turning and easy
| washing. They save half the
work — greatly increase the
amount and quality of but-
ter—are wholly unlike all
1 other separators. Catalog H-148
| will interest and benefit you
Write for it.
I
Ohio orchardmen say the grass mulch
method Is all right on hilly lands.
I The Sharpies Co.
Chicago, III. °
P. M. Sharpies
West Chester, Pa.
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Greer, Frank H. Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 3, 1905, newspaper, May 3, 1905; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc88049/m1/4/: accessed June 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.