Stop a Sucking Cow and Dry Period Tips
Practical notes on dairy management from Farm Field and Fireside and Rural New Yorker. Maintain milking by planned rest periods, provide extra feed and shade, and monitor cows to prevent long dry spells. Suggests a nose harness method to deter a sucking cow and discusses buttermilk whey preservation and water needs for dairy cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AJ. E. Cook
New Yorker
Hoard
Orange County
N. Y
B. A. McGoy
Handling a Heifer's Udder Before Birth
A Buckeye Dairy Farmer correspondent argues dairy cows are largely artificial through breeding and management. The author says he milks heifers before calving, training eighteen young cows through udder development, claiming it boosts future milk yield and that breeding quality is essential for success.
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Buckeye Dairy Farmer
Orient
Pacific Coast
Honolulu
Manila
Japan
China
Sweden
Denmark
Zkis
Hoard
Silo plastering and cowpea hay guidance from the Breeder's Gazette
J F M asks about wire mesh size for plastering a wooden silo and whether to plaster a decaying round silo twenty feet diameter. Joseph E Wing recommends inch and a quarter mesh, new wire, plastering with cement sand mix, and damp curing. Also covered are curing and harvesting cowpeas with methods from American Agriculturist and notes on silo painting and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Breeder's Gazette
Joseph E. Wing
Handy long handled pruning tools for berry canes
The article catalogs practical pruning devices from Farm and Home for cutting berry canes and large tree limbs. It describes a long handled saw built from wood and steel, plus a modified handsaw, and a steel point on a short handle for removing unwanted blackberry and raspberry canes.
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Florida
California
H. D. Becker
Michigan
Butter makers must improve to keep jobs in creameries
E K Slater argues in Creamery Journal that poorly kept creameries injure operations, while well managed facilities show pride and efficiency. Butter makers should continually study methods, upgrade machinery, and resist complacency to avoid becoming obsolete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guartes
E. K. Slater
Creamery Journal
Starting Flower Seeds with Box Method and Plant Food Formula
Instructions detail seed germination in a shallow box with moss and damp soil, including sowing depth, light crowning, and moisture management. After sprouts appear, use a glass pane and tissue to control light, then transplant with careful handling into fresh soil. Also cites a ready to use plant food formula and weekly application guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Journal
Large silo sizes and corn fodder needs for dairy cows
A farmer’s table lists estimated silo sizes and acres required for various cow herds over a 180 day feeding season. It details silo diameters heights and corn tonnage, with figures for acreage and feed duration, plus a note on the largest silo built at McGough farm near Aztalan Wisconsin. It also cites a cheap Colorado silo experiment showing feed losses and preservation issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larkcest
McGough Farm
Aztalan
Wis
Colorado Experiment Station
Norway-Lill farm shows New England dairy farming style
The Norwegian-Lill farm of Co. A. Duncan in southern New Hampshire illustrates dairy practice with a connected house and barn to shovel snow, 200 acres, 50 tons hay, 100 tons silage, and 12 horses. Duncan, a dairy leader, ships milk to Boston and emphasizes manure fertility and efficient equipment.
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New England
Norway- Lill
Co. A. Duncan
New Hampshire
Duncan
Boston
New England Milk Producers’ Union
Silo Construction Cheaply Taught by Missouri Expert Wagner
Mr. Wagner of Missouri explains a low cost method for building an octagonal silo in Practical Farmer. He cites a 12 by 14 foot inside silo costing about 34.40 for timber, nails, cement, and paper. The design uses two thicknesses of inch hemlock boards with felt, airtight bottom and sides, a roof, and top ventilators. It claims feasibility of three days work by three men and storage for twelve cattle six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P. Wagner
Avoid Fattening Foods and Feeding Buried Animals
Guidance discourages lry on flesh and urges avoidance of high carbonaceous foods. It advises against feeding fattening foods to buried animals and recommends minimizing corn barley and similar grains.
Practical Cheese Making From Night Milk And Morning Milk
PL Morgan Jn Practical Farier offers step by step instructions for cheese making from combined night and morning milk using rennet, temperatures near 85 90 degrees, careful curd handling, whey draining, salting, pressing, and aging. The method covers cutting curd, whey removal, muslin wrapping, cloth changes, pressing times, and ripening guidance for small to large cheeses.
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Morgan Jn
Crogan
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W. E. Fuller
Hourd
Dairy- Dan
Antisucking Board
Dalrygnan
Cor
Boral
Danny
Charles Y. Knight
Chicago Dairy Produce
National Dairy Union
Knight
W. L. Carlyle
Minnesota Dairy School
Charles ¥. Knight
Mr. Wagner
Missouri
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