Vernal Express | 1955-05-19 | Page 6 | Watch for Spring Dairy Risks Section

watch for spring dairy risks risk S with the coming of spring dalry dairymen men sometimes overlook important things which sometimes become costly county agricultural agent clair R acord cautions uintah county dairy cattle owners to watch for these profit cutters blade black leg in your stock may not appear for years but it is a good idea to watch closely for it once it gets in his herd a dairyman is never sure nor safe it is usually the more rugged and well conditioned animals that are affected vaccination is the only safe procedure De horning homing your stock should not be bp left until hot weather when flies files are bad actually calves are easily taken care of 0 when only a few days old by rubbing the horn base properly with caustic potash sticks if young stock gets a little older before being dehorney dehorned de dairymen should be sure to cut the em horns borns low enough and use a pine tar preparation this should be done before hot weather seta sets in individual call calf pens pew are being used diore more all the time the agent indicates these merely consist of a email small shelter and pen only 6 0 by 8 or 10 feet such a pen may be movable suitable to the season pasture for small calves Is not needed before they reach three or four months of I 1 age clean quarters with balanced dry feed rations are important after the calf is taken off milk paint poisoning is sometimes a danger wet or damp paint around calves may cause convulsions and death safety measures are important in raising a high percentage of heifer calves on the farm indications point to a tremendous loss in utah from hardware operations being necessary many of these operations show that wire is being wing eafen eaten in the feed this means mean dairy must be more careful in harvesting their feed and keeping wire carefully picked up in the barn yard and fields