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VOL. LXVII INDIANAPOLIS, FEB. 24, 1912. NO. 8 A Great Dairy Barn. nUI/T OF NATIVE STONE FOR DTJRABILITY. Ry Prof. F. B. Mumford, of the Missouri University, Columbia. Xothing but the most durable materials were used in the new barn. The main building is largely of native stone, which abounds in the vicinity, and the two silos connected with it are eif solid concrete properly reinforced. practical, common sense purpose; to make the building more durable, lessen the cost of repair, insure cleanliness, prevent unnecessary waste of feed and fertility and save labor. The new dairy leiirn, with its modern equipment and practical appliances for the care of a fine dairy herd, marks another step in the upbuilding of the dairy department of the Agricultural College. Realizing that a high-producing dairy herd is the logical beginning of a successful dairy- project, the College has built up by judicious breeding and selection a falfa is preferred and chiefly grown to feed with the silage and some corn meal. Barley is sown with the alfalfa for a nurse crop. Nearly all tlie corn from 8 to 10 acres are- put into the silo for the cows, and 6 to 8 acres grow alfalfa. 15 to 20 pounds of alfalfa and 4 0 pounds of silage' anel ' small quantity of corn meal seems; best in tlie daily cow ration and is thus well balanced. The milk is all sold and is the only cash return, except the young calves, on the farm. The milk brings $1.50 per one hundred lbs.—occasionally a of soil fertility, l'.ut it is almost impossible to maintain and build up fertility without stock of some kind. However, before making any radical change in one's business it should be studied irom every viewpoint. After carefully studying these points of interest I have decided that the keeping of milk cows in connection with general farming here- in the hills of southeastern Ineliana is a paying Investment. I am therefore glad that I am placed on the dairy side rather than on the beef side of the line. And yet there is a half dozen to admire a beef One of the Best Dairy Barns in America Just Completed at the University of Missouri, Columbia. fhe first cost of such a structure is Matively high, but when once erected " is practically built for all time, and the cost of repair is reduced to a minimum. Its economy becomes more apparent as the years go by. 1 emcrete floors and mangers with iron stalls and fittings make an inter- "r that can be easily cleaned and kePt clean. Sunlight, the greatest f,f a'l purifiers and disinfectants, will !'plied in abundance through numerous large, well-placed windows. A to system of venUlation will '• an unlimited amount of pure I at the same time maintain a m temperature. The combina- < leanliness, sunlight and fresh the best insurance on the health Diversity dairy herd that can led. It adds to the comfort herd and insures large returns • I eaten. ' elevators, litter-carriers run- S on overhead tracks, and modern 1 'tails, in which a large number of 10 be cared for quickly and '. are among the labor-sav- '■ which are to he installed. ■'in for receiving the liquid mall provide nie^ans of preventing any fertility. A milk- tely "detached from the taBtrtS."* a Pr°(1uct free from IS and at* -"I'ltfly Pure and The building Vni be pipped scales for keepli?B weights of ■*. of feed consumed and milk Tt will be built Tor'business. ''-'thing in it will be Uiv**e f°r a herd of remarkable producers. Five Jersey cows of this herd have each produced more than 700 lbs. of butter in one year. Five Holstein cows, including Josephine, have a combined yearly record of 95,310 lbs. of milk, an average for each of 19.0G2 lbs. Recently the College has added largely to its laboratory facilities for the teaching of dairy bacteriology and the manufacture of butter and cheese. Two additional assistants have been appointed for the coming year to provide for the more extended courses of instruction made possible by the increased equipment. During the past year 600 students received instruction in dairy husbandry at the University of Missouri. THE ILLINOIS TWENTY ACRE FARM. By W. C. Holliday. Editors Indiana Farmer: Yreur readers would no doubt be In- teresteel in what a good farmer does on the farm of the Illinois College of Agriculture, of only 20 acres. It has suitable residence and a small round barn to accommodate 18 to 20 good Holsteir. cows, the milk of which is marketed, and horses to till the farm. The calves are all sold soon after they come, in about a week, and the milk all sold in the market. More than enough corn for silage for the cows is grown on the 20 acres, with alfalfa and clover to balance the ration. Al- little more. The cows yield 4,800 pounds of milk of over 3V4 per cent butter fat to each cow on the average. One man does all the work on this 20 acre farm, and the income per acre is $80, with an average expense, labor and all, of $41.50 per acre. The plans of the year 1912 give assurances with better cows, yielding 6,000 to 7,000 pounds of milk each, and to give a total gross return of $1,710 on the 20 acres. Every pound of manure, liquid and all, is saved and put on the farm fresh from the barn with a manure spreader, the liquid part of it saved by straw and litter of the cow bedding. Careful accounts are kept on the farm with each item of expense and income. Tlie round barn is 60 feet in diameter and arranged with stalls for the cows in the best style to preserve all the manure, and to insure cleanliness in the milking. PROFIT IN* DAIRY FEEDING. How it Increases the Other Productions of the Farm. Eelitors Indiana Farmer: Probably few men in other callings of life require the intimate knowledge of so many things as the farmer, and his success depends largely on this knowledge. He needs to cultivate his judgment so that he can readily see ahead as to the success or failure of an undertaking. The farmer must have in view the maintaining animal to one who admires the animals of the dairy herd. Thus it is, but this does not prove anything. "It is true dairy work is confining as well as hard, and for that reason we, that are engaged in dairy farming should work for good results, since there is probably no other kind of farming that can be made to bring such certain results since there is probably no other kind of farming that can be made to bring such certain results. The income from a herd of dairy cows is quick and regular, and the farmer who owns a herd of dairy cows that is rightly managed can depend on ready cash with which to pay hired help, settle grocery bills, square up blacksmith accounts, etc. Regular Income in Dairying. In fact, there is a continuous income from the dairy cow and at the, very times when we are unable to get cash from any* other source on the farm. The dairy cow Is the greatest standby, the greatest mortgage lifter and the great family provider. When I speak of a dairy cow I do not mean altogether that genuine thoroughbred butter animal. Neither do I mean the plump and rosy beef animal. Of course in all branches of industry there are specialists. I believe in them to a proper extent. So do I believe in the usefulness and perhaps more or less in the necessity of all breeds. But a great majority including the average farmer or the small farmer, those who produce cereals.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1912, v. 67, no. 08 (Feb. 24) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA6708 |
Date of Original | 1912 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
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Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
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Transcript | VOL. LXVII INDIANAPOLIS, FEB. 24, 1912. NO. 8 A Great Dairy Barn. nUI/T OF NATIVE STONE FOR DTJRABILITY. Ry Prof. F. B. Mumford, of the Missouri University, Columbia. Xothing but the most durable materials were used in the new barn. The main building is largely of native stone, which abounds in the vicinity, and the two silos connected with it are eif solid concrete properly reinforced. practical, common sense purpose; to make the building more durable, lessen the cost of repair, insure cleanliness, prevent unnecessary waste of feed and fertility and save labor. The new dairy leiirn, with its modern equipment and practical appliances for the care of a fine dairy herd, marks another step in the upbuilding of the dairy department of the Agricultural College. Realizing that a high-producing dairy herd is the logical beginning of a successful dairy- project, the College has built up by judicious breeding and selection a falfa is preferred and chiefly grown to feed with the silage and some corn meal. Barley is sown with the alfalfa for a nurse crop. Nearly all tlie corn from 8 to 10 acres are- put into the silo for the cows, and 6 to 8 acres grow alfalfa. 15 to 20 pounds of alfalfa and 4 0 pounds of silage' anel ' small quantity of corn meal seems; best in tlie daily cow ration and is thus well balanced. The milk is all sold and is the only cash return, except the young calves, on the farm. The milk brings $1.50 per one hundred lbs.—occasionally a of soil fertility, l'.ut it is almost impossible to maintain and build up fertility without stock of some kind. However, before making any radical change in one's business it should be studied irom every viewpoint. After carefully studying these points of interest I have decided that the keeping of milk cows in connection with general farming here- in the hills of southeastern Ineliana is a paying Investment. I am therefore glad that I am placed on the dairy side rather than on the beef side of the line. And yet there is a half dozen to admire a beef One of the Best Dairy Barns in America Just Completed at the University of Missouri, Columbia. fhe first cost of such a structure is Matively high, but when once erected " is practically built for all time, and the cost of repair is reduced to a minimum. Its economy becomes more apparent as the years go by. 1 emcrete floors and mangers with iron stalls and fittings make an inter- "r that can be easily cleaned and kePt clean. Sunlight, the greatest f,f a'l purifiers and disinfectants, will !'plied in abundance through numerous large, well-placed windows. A to system of venUlation will '• an unlimited amount of pure I at the same time maintain a m temperature. The combina- < leanliness, sunlight and fresh the best insurance on the health Diversity dairy herd that can led. It adds to the comfort herd and insures large returns • I eaten. ' elevators, litter-carriers run- S on overhead tracks, and modern 1 'tails, in which a large number of 10 be cared for quickly and '. are among the labor-sav- '■ which are to he installed. ■'in for receiving the liquid mall provide nie^ans of preventing any fertility. A milk- tely "detached from the taBtrtS."* a Pr°(1uct free from IS and at* -"I'ltfly Pure and The building Vni be pipped scales for keepli?B weights of ■*. of feed consumed and milk Tt will be built Tor'business. ''-'thing in it will be Uiv**e f°r a herd of remarkable producers. Five Jersey cows of this herd have each produced more than 700 lbs. of butter in one year. Five Holstein cows, including Josephine, have a combined yearly record of 95,310 lbs. of milk, an average for each of 19.0G2 lbs. Recently the College has added largely to its laboratory facilities for the teaching of dairy bacteriology and the manufacture of butter and cheese. Two additional assistants have been appointed for the coming year to provide for the more extended courses of instruction made possible by the increased equipment. During the past year 600 students received instruction in dairy husbandry at the University of Missouri. THE ILLINOIS TWENTY ACRE FARM. By W. C. Holliday. Editors Indiana Farmer: Yreur readers would no doubt be In- teresteel in what a good farmer does on the farm of the Illinois College of Agriculture, of only 20 acres. It has suitable residence and a small round barn to accommodate 18 to 20 good Holsteir. cows, the milk of which is marketed, and horses to till the farm. The calves are all sold soon after they come, in about a week, and the milk all sold in the market. More than enough corn for silage for the cows is grown on the 20 acres, with alfalfa and clover to balance the ration. Al- little more. The cows yield 4,800 pounds of milk of over 3V4 per cent butter fat to each cow on the average. One man does all the work on this 20 acre farm, and the income per acre is $80, with an average expense, labor and all, of $41.50 per acre. The plans of the year 1912 give assurances with better cows, yielding 6,000 to 7,000 pounds of milk each, and to give a total gross return of $1,710 on the 20 acres. Every pound of manure, liquid and all, is saved and put on the farm fresh from the barn with a manure spreader, the liquid part of it saved by straw and litter of the cow bedding. Careful accounts are kept on the farm with each item of expense and income. Tlie round barn is 60 feet in diameter and arranged with stalls for the cows in the best style to preserve all the manure, and to insure cleanliness in the milking. PROFIT IN* DAIRY FEEDING. How it Increases the Other Productions of the Farm. Eelitors Indiana Farmer: Probably few men in other callings of life require the intimate knowledge of so many things as the farmer, and his success depends largely on this knowledge. He needs to cultivate his judgment so that he can readily see ahead as to the success or failure of an undertaking. The farmer must have in view the maintaining animal to one who admires the animals of the dairy herd. Thus it is, but this does not prove anything. "It is true dairy work is confining as well as hard, and for that reason we, that are engaged in dairy farming should work for good results, since there is probably no other kind of farming that can be made to bring such certain results since there is probably no other kind of farming that can be made to bring such certain results. The income from a herd of dairy cows is quick and regular, and the farmer who owns a herd of dairy cows that is rightly managed can depend on ready cash with which to pay hired help, settle grocery bills, square up blacksmith accounts, etc. Regular Income in Dairying. In fact, there is a continuous income from the dairy cow and at the, very times when we are unable to get cash from any* other source on the farm. The dairy cow Is the greatest standby, the greatest mortgage lifter and the great family provider. When I speak of a dairy cow I do not mean altogether that genuine thoroughbred butter animal. Neither do I mean the plump and rosy beef animal. Of course in all branches of industry there are specialists. I believe in them to a proper extent. So do I believe in the usefulness and perhaps more or less in the necessity of all breeds. But a great majority including the average farmer or the small farmer, those who produce cereals. |
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