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Show im i .v jj. i'- .v vf VWW ,r V ' .- THE TAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON, UTAH FARM iwunm CK the Floods in Georgia Cause Big Damage I i i i : ERADICATE GRUBS EARLY IN SPRING am : IMPROVEMENT OF TIIE DAIRY HERD Records Dockage Estimated by Packer at $750,000 Yearly. Create Competitive Friendly Spirit. Numerous advantages of association work flics" or heel flies. which are listed In a summary of the repester cattle in the springtime, may sults of the association's activities for be killed while still In the grub stuge, the year ended July 1, 1928, which imbedded in the backs of cattle, by has Just been published by the Coloplacing an ointment consisting of one rado Agricultural college. part iodoform and three parts crude records kept by the petroleum on each warble bole. association enable dairymen to cull This ointment should be placed on unprofitable cows, select heifers for the hole of each warble, or largs the young herd, determine the worth swelling on the animals hide, with of the bull and intelligently conduct the finger, according to Dr. George H. feeding operations, the report states. Glover, head of the veterinary diC. A. Smith, fleldman for the state vision of the Colorado Agricultural commissioner, prepared the dairy college. summary, which states that the assoThe grubs can be removed from the ciation records create a friendly backs of animnls by pressure with the competitive spirit between dairymen, fingers, but this seems like a hopeless which tends to raise the production of undertaking. Then too, crushing or the herd and makes for more efficient destroying the grubs in the backs of management." cattle is liable to bring on dangerous He adds: Dairy-herimprovement annpliyiactic symptoms, Doctor Glover association records are becoming more says. and more necessary to the successful The problem of efficiently eradicat- sale of surplus females. The man who ing the gad fly is one of the most Is going into the dairy business today important and most difficult problems wants animals with authentic producrelating to the cattle Industry which tion records behind them. The dairyIs now facing the government. man who has such records on his cows The ointment treatment will never can command a premium price on tils completely stamp out the pest, but is sale stock." useful as a temporary measure of reThe association work also presents lief. an opportunity for a community to The problem of the ox warble is a make a name for Itself ns a center difficult one to solve, but it is believed for high-clas- s stock of a particular that the combined scientific efforts of breed. countries the leading The cow testers records show that will And a solution. the man who fed a balanced ration When the gad fly begins to pester according to production had a succattle, the animals throw their tails culent winter feed, took the chill of! high in the air and run for the neartire water In winter rime, supplementest water hole. Contrary to the pre- ed pasture with grain had the largvailing opinion these flies do not sting er return above feed cost Copies or bite cuttle, but instinctively cattle of the report may be obtained front are thrown into a panic by their mere the extension service of the stat presence. agricultural college. These flies look like large bees. They hatch from the grub, which Let Dairy Cow Market lak-e- s a heavy toll of the live stock Home-Grow- n In milk Grain Feed redaced industry, resulting supply, severely damnged hides along The dairy cow furnishes a bcttei the back where the thickest and most market today for feed than ever bevaluable leather Is obtained, and wastfore, says II. It. Searles, dairy speed Jellied beef along the backs. cialist with the agricultural extension One packing company estimates the division, University of Minnesota. dorknge on account of grubby" hides Mr. Searles has been comparing at $750,000 a year. The total loss prices and finds thut while the prices from the cuttle grub to the live stock of dairy feeds have Increased 24 per Industry in the United States has been cent since 1914, butterfut prices have estimated at $50,000,000 a year. mounted about 70 per cent in the same period. In 1014, with butterfat selling at Canadian Field Peas cow 30 cents a pound, tl.e Alone Not Recommended returned $90 at a feed cost of $15, or a return over feed cost of $45," says In parts of the Pacific Northwest, Mr. Searles. In 1927, with butterfat extenfield are Ganadian grown peas at 51 cents a pound, the sively and grades of low merchantable value are available as feed for cow returned $153 at a feed cost of about $50, leaving a return over feed live stock. These low priced peas have become popular as hog feed in the cost of $97. This cow, then, In 1927 returned $52 more over feed cost than Ialouse country of eastern WashingTranslated Int-- i ton and northern Idaho. These peas siie did In 1914. feed costs, the over terms return of for made feed main been the have Increase In favor of 1927 has been brood sows during the winter, which around 115 per cent is also the period of gestation. It pays to feed grain to good cows As time went on, ttie question arose For the man who has the cows they us to the effect of this practice upon are a better market for his feed grain the physical condition of the brood than the elevator. If he Is short of sow and the resulting effect upon the the of grain he can afford to buy it at pres and pigs. weight vitality Since the value of pigs is to a great ent prices. The proper grain ration fed degree established by their vigor at with roughage will greatly increase ids birth, the Idaho experiment station income for the roughage be Is selling made an investigation of the effect of through the cow. Cow testing association reports the pea ration. The investigation that frequently brood sows fed show that as the production of butterfat increases from 100 pounds per too large a proportion of peas went row to 300 pounds, the price received off feed. Throughout the investigation Inidgs farrowed In the herds which were for the roughage the cow eats From the creases from $5.50 per ion to $39 per fed on peas were small. check pens the greater number of pigs ton. weighed from 2 to 314 pounds at birth, while In the others the greater Outdoor Exposure Quite number of young weighed 1V to 2 Harmful to Dairy Cows oounds. The smaller pigs were ulso less vigorous. The investigators at the Tests at state experiment stations Idaho station have recommended that show that a dairy cow drinks aboui brood sows be fed a supplementary rafour gallons of water for each gallon tion where peas are utilized. of milk she produces. This moans t hat a cow giving five gallons of milk a day must hnve approximately 20 Heaviest Infestations gallons of water. Dairymen have observed that cows Lambs Worms of Among to drink at an unheated outcompelled Sheep of any age are liable to door tank in cold weather do not take with stomach worms, but the as much water as they need. They heaviest infestations are usually among also consider outdoor exposure harman at lambs. Infestation may occur ful to the cows when the winds are cason of the yeur. The trouble is cold and the weather stormy. Memusually first noticed In young lambs bers of dairy herd improvement assoabout the middle of the summer, ciations often find that the Installathough It may become evident much tion of automatic drinking cups In earlier, depending upon the tempera their barns Increases the production ture nnd moisture conditions that have of their cows 9 or 10 per cent. A that notice first prevailed. Often the Mianesota that keep says dairyman 'nfestutlon is present Is the death of lag a constant supply of fresh watei ne or more sheep or lambs, flow before his tows In drinking cups saved ever, if Hie flock is closely attended him an hour's labor a He con the symptoms of stomach worms are siders his Investment in day. cups drinking death claim, usually noticed before one of the most profitable he ever its victim. made. Gad i I I f s Aft- i Cow-testin- This air view of West Point, Georgia, shows the terrible destruction caused by the rising waters of the Chattahoaehee river. Only the upper floors of t lie houses remain unflooded, while many of the smaller houses are completely Inundated. Many have lost their lives and thousands are homeless. f Lighthouse Keepers Relieved by Airplane When your Children Ciy for It Castorla Is a comfort when Baby la fretful. No sooner taken than the little one is at ease. If restless, a few drops soon bring contentment No harm done, for Castorla is a baby remedy, meant for babies. Perfectly safe to give tha youngest infant; you have the doctors word for that It Is a vegetable product and you could use It every day. But its in an emergency that Castorla means most Some night when constipation must be relieved or colic pains or other suffering. Never be without t ; some mothers keep an extra bottle, unopened, to make sure there will always be Castorla In the house. It is effective for older children, too; read the book that comes with it d i 1 i cattle-producin- g I i i I Airplane sent by the German government arriving at Warnemunde lighthouse with succor for the keepers who had been in desperate plight due to the Arctic conditions which have affected nearly all Europe. Heads Croix de Guerre Body PRINCE IS BOXER i At Least That Should a husband keep anything from his wife? asks a writer. Enough for lunch and carfare, we should say. 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I 1 I I i i Admiral Guepratte and his wife as they arrived at New York for a tour with the Croix de Guerre delegation, which he heads. The association Is a friendly order which includes Americans cited in France. i i I i Mt. Lassen Breaks Loose I Prince Suknsvastl, heir to the throne of Siam, who Is a keen student of boxing at Germantown academy which he attends. The prince represented his school In an Interacademic boxing tourney held at the University of Pennsylvania. NAVY AIR CHIEF ! 1 i 1 Give Ewes Variety I Advice about feed of ewes hefor umtiing is stereotyped to one kind of bay nnd two of grain. Think o t he body needs of the mother, and what is tueded for the growth of tht iamb. Sheep cannot have too man kinds of liny, nnd if there are weed-iit when forked in the liny rack notice the bends on Doth s'des read for them. A sheepman ha 3 no her cor of weeds either in his pasture O' hay. The sturdy little nnimn's tbriv jn any kind of weed 1 i ? i I i l I S Mt. Lassen, in California, for many years inactive Is again belching black smoke. Early one morning a white steam was seen rising from the crater Bnd later this steam changed to a heavy black smoke which is hanging like a pall over the vicinity. Davis S. Ingalls of Cleveland, Ohio, lias been appointed assistant secretary of the novy for aeronautics by President Hoover. Up succeeds Ed ward P. Warner of Massucuusetts. I I Ideal Dairy Barn Two requirements of a dairy bare nail must he met in order to proviih warmth. The wall must he airtigh' to prevent drafts and it must he built of materials nnd after a plan whirl reduces heat loss h.v radiation to i minimum. Incidentally, when boil these requirements for warmth nr met the problem of successful and el fective ventilalion Is greatly simpii led. 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