Show SOME EXCELLENT HINTS FOR D DAIRYMEN AI v R f t hereford bull A fine type of beef cattle by W MILTON KELLY every dairyman should be a special tat future performance depends upon present management scientific feeding Is only a high sounding name for rational feeding the special purpose cow Is one means of securing success in dairying the first essential of a profitable dairy bu business busl nesa Is an intelligent dairyman the tha real value of a pure bred dairy saw eow lies in her pedigree it Is the power of heredity every well organized farm has been made so by a man with a well organ iced mind good common sense mixed with judgment and knowing the needs and characteristics of the animals insures success it la is unfortunate that there are not solid neighborhoods of dalry mei mea who work together in improving their dairy herds the future hope of our farming do de ponds penda upon how our young men are educated that they may see how nature works every cow that in ia worth raising a rait from should be considered conal dered as doing a double work and be led fed and treated accordingly A little top dressing will help out dut the thin spots in the now new seeding and make the grass come along tit in places where very little can be seen thero there can be no such euch a thing as systematic management ofil of a dairy farm without a regular rotation of crops in which a legume figures at least once in three or tour four years never allow a heifer to dry off early the first season for once the habit becomes established it will be very difficult to prolong the milking period keep the herd bull where it will be convenient to feed and water him at the same time you care tor for the cows it if he Is kept off by himself he is quite apt to be neglector neglect od if the ensilage enc ilage is frozen it la Is an excellent plan to leave it in the stable two or three hours to take oft off the chill this may not sound like good advice in the face of what many authorities say about the milk beeg becoming ming tainted but bit it to is better than feeding frozen eav to the cows plan to tio tie the cows so that they cannot step on each others teats maui many excellent cows have been ruined by having the ones next to them stop step on their teats avoid buying the so called mixed lind and prepared dairy feeds as long as you can get the good whole grains and hire them ground and ana mixed as you want them no man knows just what he be Is buying because tiie the label on the bags says so much protein etc |