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Newspaper
Fort Macleod Gazette
Location
Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 13, 1901
Page
6
A veterinary guide prescribes remedies for calf scours including laudanum dosage, blackberry brandy, creoline, and water. Feed with barley or rice infusion, sweet cream, and raw eggs. avoid milk. Use bismuth and pepsin, repeat dosing as needed, keep calves warm and dry, scrub and disinfect facilities.
Guide to timing for cutting sorghum soybeans cowpea clover oats peas and sunflowers for silage. Warns against excessive acid from early cutting or woody texture from late cutting and notes deep silos need less compaction.
A New England Homestead contributor outlines butter production from milk through churning to market. Milk is strained, separated at 70 degrees, cream refrigerated, churned until a solid mass forms, buttermilk drained, butter rinsed with cold water, salted at one and a half ounces per pound, rested overnight, then rolled or packed in earthen jars for sale.
Farmers are urged to use corn silage as a base for dairy rations with sufficient roughage. Supplements such as bran linseed meal and cottonseed meal, plus clover hay soybeans or cowpeas, balance the diet and improve nutrition and yields. If silage storage is impractical early harvest and proper curing preserve feed value.
Shadybrook Gerben, a Missouri Holstein owned by M E Moore of Cameron, dominates dairy shows from Iowa to Atlanta. She captures first in butter tests and sweepstakes at multiple venues including Lincoln Nebraska Springfield Illinois St Louis and Atlanta where she earns grand sweepstakes in a three day test and posts 6.51 pounds in three days. Her Missouri official test records 23.26 pounds butter in seven days and a single day high of four pounds.
J G Haney of the Kansas experiment station notes sweet sorghum is a principal dairy feed but low in protein. He advises pairing with bran oilmeal or soybeans, adding alfalfa for best results, and suggests sorghum hay has only 2.4 percent digestible protein. Cane or sorghum hay should be fed before Feb 1. kaffir corn hay is a spring alternative. Mixing sorghum and kaffir corn hay half and half at sowing adds variety.
Mr. Simon of Wisconsin criticized irregular Ohio cheese quality at the Ohio dairymen convention. He urged uniform sizes, recommending 14 inch wheels and flats 32 to 34 pounds and Cheddars 45 to 50 pounds. Bandages were blamed for mold and skim cheese was condemned as harmful to trade.
Mrs. E. M. Jones of Brockville Ontario says the three greatest American Jersey cows were Jersey Belle of Scituate owned by Elis Ida Marigold owned by Mr. Sweet and Massena owned by herself. They were all three of broken color and similar form and color like sisters. Jersey Celle and Massena yielded more butter from less feed than any cows she has known.
An Ohio farmer’s wife shares practical guidance on producing high quality butter. She details selecting sturdy milk pails, cleaning seams, and proper drying and sunning, plus careful handling of milking utensils, cream cans, and separators to prevent odors and spoilage.
Jersey bull Dewey of Blenheim Farm Woodstock England bred by P F Abier. He won prizes from 1899 to 1906 including firsts at Bath and West and Royal Counties and seconds at Tring Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. Dewey’s sire Reminder also sired Perry Farm Reminder, a first prize two year old at Bath and West Croydon.
Stable Farmer notes clover bloat can be avoided by keeping cattle off clover when wet. He explains death results from lung congestion due to stomach pressure, describes darkened flesh, and gives a pocketknife opening or hollow tube method to release gas from the left flank.
The placenta should be removed by hand after the third day and the parts washed out with carbolic acid diluted 1 to 50 in soft water. It is unlikely the cow will be affected the following year.
Calves afflicted with lung fever are to receive a teaspoonful compound strup of squills, one ounce liquor acetate of ammonia, dosed three times daily in half a pint of water. This regimen targets respiratory symptoms with repeated dosing over the day.
F H Stadmuller urges spotless milking practices to ensure clean milk. Milkers need dedicated clothing and daily washing, utensils must be steam sterilized, and wooden trays used for bottles. Dust control, dust-free cooling rooms, and Jersey cows with tailored feeding optimize richer milk and butter production.
A livestock note from The National Stockman argues cows need steady warmth and ample shelter. Keep stables above freezing and cows indoors most of the day to reduce feed use and protect milk production during bad weather.
Feeding guidance for Calver calves recommends whole milk for two weeks then gradual shift to skimmilk by 6 weeks. Add flaxseed jelly or linseed meal to skimmilk, keep milk warm, scald pails daily, provide dry warm bedding, and include a little wheat flour to prevent scouring.
The text notes that during cheese ripening the interior fat is not reduced. Excess fat is typically decomposed and fatty acids released as part of the aging process.
The article outlines dairy cow selection criteria noting skin feel and color as indicators, proper hindleg alignment and space between hocks for udder suspension, and the need for a broad back, deep rib, and ample body capacity. It contrasts dairy and beef types, highlighting differences in body length neck and head.
D F Otis argues in Kansas Farmer that sheltering dairy cows in winter pays by sustaining milk output while reducing feed costs. He recommends a south-facing open shed in a woodlot for high producers and lighter shelter for dry cows and young stock to build hardy, productive stock.
A Minnesota dairyman argues in American Cultivator that dairying and swine breeding go together. Pigs thrive with cows in the clover field and should be fed on skim milk, boosting profits. Using skim milk for pigs yields more income than selling milk at low prices, reducing waste and discouragement in the dairy business.
The text prescribes tying a cord around a neck wart then applying terchloride of antimony to destroy roots. If the wart lacks a neck, scrape the top until it bleeds and repeat antimony applications every third day. Then mix oxide of zinc with vaseline to apply and heal. For cows producing milk, use a milk tube to draw off the oulik until cured.
A dairy expert argues calves raised apart from cows can gain more efficiently. Start with dam milk for two weeks, then switch to skim milk and gradual grain, aiming to six months of rapid growth. Proper feeding preserves cream output for market and reduces dam fatigue.
O EB Bullis explains farmers should heat water in a boiler to warm cream to about 62 degrees for churning. He uses a wash boiler heated on a stove, places cream jars in, stirs until the mixture reaches required temperature, then churns quickly. He notes using this method saves time and that his dairy ships butter to Minneapolis, fetching 28 cents a pound last week and 20 cents previously.
A 19th century article notes that reformulated butter gains market by resembling fresh butter, offering good flavor without rancidity. It argues the process disguises quality flaws and wards off buyers from inferior margarine, creating a misleading market for butter that would otherwise be sold poorly.
A nineteenth century note describes raising calves using skim milk rather than whole milk. It outlines feeding a day-old calf with milk for ten days, then mixing skim milk with new milk for about two weeks, adding a small amount of corn meal or gruel, keeping milk warm, and gradually introducing clover hay or fine hay as the calf nears four weeks old. The method claims calves adapt and thrive with this regimen.
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