Show COW V TESTING AIDS BUILDING OF DAIRY HERD County Agent gent Shows Rea Rca Reasons sons SOIlS SOIS for Keeping Semi Semi- Semiofficial I official Records By Dr A. A A L. L L L County Agent In 1912 Ferndale Cow Testing T as association as- as association association of Humbolt county had 82 cows with records of pounds but but- butter butter butter ter fat out of 1091 on test In there were with this thi record out of 31 gave 00 to t pounds in 1912 and 2122 produced this rec rec- record record rec- rec record ord In 1923 This Is a record of Improvement worth orth the attention of the dairymen of Weber county Without testing records the dairy dairy- dairyman dair- dair dairman dairyman man Is groping In the dark Per Per- Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps haps his best b st cow Is I the one he thinks the least of When of a pros- pros p buyes' buyes calls he does docs do not ha have haye records on which to base his Judg Judg- Judgment ment and therefore sells sell unknowing unknowing- unknowingly ly his hs bast animals Official record testing Is very ver ex ex- ex expensive pensive but in order to sell sel breeding cattle catte the purebred breeder must mut pa pathe pay the price for nowadays few Indeed are arc the dairymen who purchase sires without asking for records of pro pro- production duclon Weber county now has three cow testing circles circle with approximately cows cow on test In the circle cicle each man does docs dos the weighing and sampling of the milk mil thus a 1 record for hi his own guidance Is made In an association the fee par pr cow cowper cowper cowper per year Is about abut 13 noo 00 A cut et man Is employed to weigh sample and test the milk mik Then a dairy dairy- dairyman dairyman dairyman man in the association has a record which Is readily accepted by men who wish to purchase cattle catte and ad on one for his own Information J FARM FAR I NOTES commonly c a I lIe le Is d Bloody Bloy Diarrhoea is taking its tall tol tolof of baby chicks chik now The symptoms ns are are- wings loss of appetite shrinking of body and sometimes some bloody droppings Dr Davis recommends recommends mends the following 1 1 Clean up the entire coop cop and separate the affected birds from Irons the well wel ones 2 Give all skim milk mik or butter butter- buttermilk buler- buler buttermilk milk mik they will wi take ake 3 Withhold water 4 Do not feed mash 5 5 Feed grain grin sparingly 6 6 Feed greens as usual usual 7 Clean floor foor dally daily daly A number nuber of farmers farmer are raising capons this year jear The hens might well be kept In the laying laving house wel hou a at work while the capons layng pick up the waste grain and other cheap feed Capons of the large breeds bring high prices and ad the demand Is growing each year rear C S. S Potter says that the gas treat treatment ment on his morning-glory morning looks look very encouraging He lIe will wi try it on a larger scale In the near future Charles SInker of Wilson has tried the gas on morning glory along a ditch bank with remarkable success The Boy Scouts of o Huntsville are arc raising rabbits poultry and beans bens this season s on We e will I hear more from them later Sweet er clo pastures pastur s are now fur fur- furnishing furnishing real banquets to a large lare scum num bar ber b r of Weber county dairy cows The date of the seventh annual anual farmers' farmers encampment Is July 18 to 21 Reports show that the farm folks folk of Weber county couty will vill be well wel represented this year The county agent will wi have charge of the details of the he trip and those wishing Information Lion tion should call his office olce |