Show A mm THE ILli iL HIGH RECORD IN TESTING CATTLE campaign to eradicate tuberculosis bercu losis goes on prepared bit the united state department of A new high record in the tuberculin testing of cattle Is revealed revea jed in a re port just made by public by the united states department of agriculture which shows that in october cattle were tested by federal state and county veterinarians working cooper co oper vely in october 3 more cattle were tested than in may of last year when the testing reached tta previous high total in the operative cooperative co cam palan to eradicate tuberculosis says dr A E wight in charge of bovine tuberculosis eradication for the unit ed states department of agriculture it Is noteworthy that the reactors in october were fewer than the reactors removed in may the high record for october was the result largely of active work in the states of wisconsin iowa illinois minnesota and new lork in each of which more than cattle were tested the highest number of tests was made in wisconsin in iowa and illinois there were and respectively slightly more than per cent of the total cattle tested in all states daring october were classed as reactors signifying infection with tuberculosis three states north carolina maine and michigan have completed the tu testing of all cattle and the extent of the disease in these states la now materially less lhnn half of 1 per cent of the cattle remaining areas in which the numbers of cattle does not exceed this small percentage are classified by the united states department of agriculture as accredited areas A total of 1073 counties or more than one third of the counties la the coun try have virtually eradicated bovine tuberculosis approximately ad counties are actively engaged in eradication of the disease A new statistical summary of the tuberculosis eradication work with respect to cattle swine and poultry has just been issued by the department further proof of value of improved dairy sires the bull la halt the herd and then some here Is an illustration from indiana to prove the super influence of a herd sire in influencing the production of abts daughters an indiana dairyman purchased a registered thol stein cow and four of her there had been two bulls in service in the herd from which the purchase was made and it happened that two of the daughters of the cow were from one bull and two from the other the dam of the four had a mature record of pounds of milk and pounds of tat one pair of her daughters averaged pounds of milk and pounds tat at maturity the pair from the other sire averaged pounds of milk and pounds of tat the first sire was worse than worth less the last was a wonderful breed er it Is not known whether this great sire was available when his real merit was known through the production of his daughters or whether he had already gone to the block the latter fate has too often overtaken sires of equal merit utilizing byproducts by products in economical manner wisconsin farmers in spite of the fact that prices of dairy products have been relatively low during the past year are nevertheless feeling the agricultural depression less than the farmers of most states says the wisconsin agriculturist for many years the efficient dairy cow has been the most consistent profit producer in the whole field of agriculture the average wisconsin farmer however could secure aca greater profits it be bould make the best possible use of his byproducts in the shape of skim milk buttermilk and whey these products have a higher feeding value for hogs and poultry than most people realize balanced ration what Is a balanced ration for a dairy cow and why Is so much said about it nowadays A balanced ra alon Is simply one n which the amount of protein bears a certain ratio to the amount of carbohydrates and tats present protein Is used by the dairy cow tor building muscular tissue blood bone and the production of bourd in milk carbohydrates are used by the cow to supply heat tor her body and to furnish energy drop in milk flow once a cow is permitted to make a drop in her milk production due to ex kosure out of doors or due to im proper feeding for a few weeks she cannot be brought back to her former production during that milking period so even alien weather Is favorable cows running in cornstalk fields and getting no other dry roughage will decline n milk flow rapidly and soon become unprofitable cleaning up the stalk field Is a job for forsea nbc ar worked much esert |