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Show --i- r "i- ' iTiiL' Q. Can milk production be increased in-creased by giving cows more water? A. It is often possible to increase production of a herd by 10 to 15 percent, per-cent, simply by increasing the number num-ber of times they are watered. If possible, water should be available at all times with water cups at each stanchion. If not, cows should be watered at least three times daily, winter and summer. Q. I have quite a large number of young cockerels that I wish to market mar-ket as broilers. What is the best way to finish them out? A. Use a broiler growing feed all the way until the birds are marketed. mar-keted. Fattening feeds are not generally gen-erally used for feeding broilers. Q. What kind of housing is required re-quired for dairy goats? A. Housing for goats need not be elaborate. The Research Farm of the Ralston Purina Company recommends recom-mends a dry, well ventilated building build-ing that is free from drafts, with a floor that has good drainage and a surface that can be scrubbed and disinfected. Individual pans for feeding feed-ing grain should be provided, and an ample water supply must be available at all times. Q. What is the best hay for feeding feed-ing work horses? A. An excellent hay for work stock is a mixture of well-cured clover and timothy; mixed alfalfa and timothy; or similar combinations. These mixtures mix-tures are usually better than a single source of hay, because they possess the good qualities of both legume and non-legume hays. Q. Can turkeys be caponized? A. Yes, but caponizing does not seem to be practical or economical probably because it takes turkeys nearly two years to reach physical maturity and the results of caponizing caponiz-ing are not evidenced until after that time. Send your questions about livestock or poultry problems to FARM FACTS, 835 South Eighth Street, St. Louis 2. Missouri. Questions will bo answered without charge, either by moil or in (his column, as service of this newspaper. |