FARM NOTES.

Thames Star, Volume LVII, 23 August 1923, Page 8

FARM NOTES.

The best strainer tor milk is cheese cloth or lilter ciotli, which can be burnt each day, and save the trouble of washing and sterilising. The routine of work should be planned during slack times. The advantage of well planned operations will be found when the rush of work is on. Perfect ventilation in the stable means warmth in winter and coolness in summer. A corrugated iron stable can be constructed to have both conditions. After the last experience with flood* in the Mississippi Valley, it is considered that levees are of very iittie use in controlling a river. The proper means re preserving the forest growth on the watersheds and storing the flood waters in reservoirs. A cow in full mflk is working as hard as a horse in heavy work. Such a horse must be fed on oats to maintain his strength. Similarly with a cow. The cow works first for herself then for the farmer. If it takes her all day to get enough food for herself the farmer is going short. By enriching her food the farmer is increasing her working hours for himself. Among domestic animals, the dairy cow is the most economical producer of human food. According to Jordon the growth of a pound of edible beef solids requires a food exenditure nearly seven times as great as is necessary for the production of a pound of milk solids. The milking cow, therefore, is to be regarded as a very efficient machine, and a complete knowledge of her body’s working is very desirable, so that we may he able to adjust, any disturbance occurring in the P.nctioning of the parts. In many areas the pasture is unsatisfactory, and the dearth of essential mineral elements becomes a limiting factor in the productive capacity of the milking cow.