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Show &x.K OH IHal!fadrtMrteS&SggiaSSBi6Wffig3ft WV . 1 V THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH ra$4$4$M$$$$se$e$ DAIRY FACTS dtSg63CCS$SSSS3fS30C$3gS Minerals Are Important in Dairy Cows Ration High Record Held by Minor Ailments Artis Piebe de Kol Are Overlooked Numerous Ills of Swine Go Unnoticed or Diagnosed as Cholera. th, United States Department of Agriculture.) hog cholera Is still the most serious of swine diseases with which the farmer has to contend, his attention is called by the United States Department of Agriculture to the numerous other ailments of swine which, In time of unusual prevalence of cholera, go unnoticed or possibly are diagnosed as cholera Itself. The group Includes gastroenteritis, epilepsy, anthrax, necrobaclllosis, pleurisy, pneumonia, poisoning, swine plague (hemorrhagic septicemia), tuberculosis, and worms. Minerals form an Important part of (Fnpint While the dairy rations which cannot be ' neglected by the successful dairyman, recording to the New York state college of agriculture. The college points out that of the dozen or more different mineral elements which cows need, 'only two of them, aside from those found In common salt, are likely to be lacking In most rations. These are calcium and phosphorus, which form 90 per cent of the mineral matter of the body. These elements preferably should ne furnished in foods which contain them In abundance, but If necessary they may be obtained from commercial sources. The concentrated foods such as wheat bran, standard middlings, linseed meal and cottonseed meal are rich In phosphorus but low In calcium. Legumes, on the other hand, such as clover and alfalfa, are high In calcium and low In phosphorus. Generally when the farmer must resort to the minerals themselves, chalk or finely ground limestone will prove a good source of calcium, while phosphorus may be obtained. In combination with calcium, In bone meal. Ordinary bone meal may be used, but the steamed product Is preferable. Not only for her bodily needs, but also for milk production, does the dairy cow need the minerals. A continued deficiency of these Is likely to result In a falling off In milk and In body vigor, and In reproduction troubles. Feeds high In calcium and phosphorus should be fed when the cow Is dry as well as during production periods, because during the dry period she stores up these elements to be used In part for making milk during the next lactation. Balanced Mixtures for Cows Mean More Milk In spite of much experiment to determine the best ration for milk cows, there are still farmers who feed unbalanced mixtures that do little more than keep up the animals normal weight, leaving only a small amount to produce milk. Prof. W. J. Frazer of the dairy department of the University of nilnois says a great loss of milk production ' among cows Is due to insufficient feeding, and a still greater loss to an unbalanced ration. He has been making an Intensive study of the way Illinois dairymen feed cattle and urges them to feed a better mixture, which will return more than enough extra money In the cream or milk check to pay for the additional trouble and expense. He says alfalfa and clover are the crops needed to balance corn In the necessary supply of protein and minerals, and that the dairymans lowest factor today lies In his failure to grow enough legumes for this purpose. The average farmer In Illinois can grow both of these crops, but only a small percentage Is doing It, according to Professor Frazers figures. d of 1 per cent of the Only tillable land In Illinois Is alfalfa, and only 4.10 per cent Is In clover. Here In the Intensively farmed section of Illinois, In the five dairy counties of the northern end of the state, there Is only 1.6 per cent of alfalfa and 4.7 per cent of clover. one-thir- Keep Separate Record of Production of Each Cow With the Increasing cost of farm operations and keener competition In selling, success In farming Is coming to mean the application of business principles, says the dairy husbandry department of the Nebraska College of Agriculture. In the past, general success has been attained without the use of business methods, but the future will require careful attrition to such details as keeping recof'of the production of Individual cows.' The use of the Babcock test and scales enables the farmer to keep an accurate account of what each cow In his herd is producing, thus making it possible for him to weed out his poor cows Intelligently and build up a strong, producing herd. This method is simple, easy to understand, and requires but little labor. Information as to methods used In the test may be obtained from the dairy department of your college of agriculture. Liberal Feeding Most Profitable in Dairying Experiments and experience have taaght that the most profitable feeding Is liberal feeding. Quick growth is profitable growth, large production is profitable production, and the feeder of silage Is more Inclined to feed liberally. The man with a silo has at all seasons a liberal supply of good succulent feed close at hand. Keep Young Calves In Barn. Keep the young calves In a barn for the first two months of their lives. Their stalls should be light and kept perfectly clean. Supply the calves with fresh water all the time. A calf from flve to six weeks old will drink at least ten pounds of water per day. Change Calf te Skim Milk, Between the sixth and seventh weeks - the calf may be gradually changed to skim milk. A dally ration of skim milk is from 12 to 16 pounds, divided into two feeds. by Diseases Not Recognized. Production of Wisconsin Cow Has Been Profitable. An average yearly production for IB consecutive years of 12,520 pounds of milk and 532.7 pounds of butter, or a total of 93.9 tons of milk and almost four tons of butter, Is a record held by a pure bred Holstein cow, Artis Piebe de Kol, owned by the Wisconsin College of Agriculture. This production of milk Is sufficient to supply one quart of milk to every family for one day In the city of Washington, D. C, or Milwaukee, Wis. The production of this cow has also proved a profitable one. During her 15 years of milking she has returned a profit of $2.45 for every dollars worth of feed consumed. Her net during her lifetime thus far is $2,223.76 over cost of feed In addition to the value of her offspring. Artis is a cow with a large frame and weighs around 1,400 pounds Her ability to convert feed Into large quantities of milk and butierfat is due to n Other diseases not similar In appearance to hog cholera are either not recognized or not deemed of sufficient importance to require attention. Any deviation from normal In the functions of an animal, such as gait, appetite, or digestion, deserves the closest watching in order that measures may be taken to prevent serious results and While some minor possible losses. ailments of swine might be treated successfully by the owners, it Is always well, in case of doubt, to call for experienced service. The owner of hogs Is interested In having his herd free from disease. The healthier the animals the quicker they will finish for market. In a large number of cases sickness and are due, directly or indi- Artie Piebe de Kol, Owned and Bred by the University of Wisconsin. rectly, to improper care In housing, feeding, and at farrowing time. Even under the best conditions hogs are good breeding, large capacity, proper liable to sicken, and in all circum- feeding and good care. She la still stances of that character there is need milking, despite her old age. This cow, now 17 years of age, has of correct diagnosis in order that efthe distinction of having had more treatment fective may be given. Many factors are to be considered In dis- students study and work with her than with any, other animal on the tinguishing between hog cholera and university farm, according to Prof. H. conand the various other ailments S. Hulce. She Is always patient and ditions that resemble that disease. submits to handling by students as if Less Loss From Cholera. It were a pleasure and an honor. Although losses from hog cholera have been reduced over 60 per cent from the peak years of destruction, Destroy Red Cedars and the lack of attention on the part of Save Valuable Orchards farmers in the proper care of swine herds still occasions a serious moneApple rust cannot live without red tary loss each year to the swine In- cedar trees. The moral then Is to cut dustry as a whole. In all diseases, out all red cedars within a mile of ailments and abnormal conditions of valuable orchards. The Wealthy, and swine, the sane, simple and effective many of the crab apples are particumethod to adopt is one of prevention. larly susceptible to rust. The disease Is caused by a fungus Knowledge of the symptoms which denote the minor ailments Is one of the which lives on red cedars and apple best assets the swine raiser can have trees. In winter the fungus abides on In insuring himself against losses from the cedars while waiting to spread milthem. lions of spores In the spring to the apple leaves and fruit Under the attack the upper surface of the leaves reveals Kniffen System Favored d small, sticky, spores. for Pruning of Grapes Later, orange-colore- d spots, sometimes Horticulturists at the New York ex- surrounded by a red margin, are properiment station have tested out seven duced on the lower surface. Trees badmethods of pruning grapes over a pe- ly infected become partly defoliated riod of years and have published an and have a rusty appearance. The pccount of their experiments which fruit is dwarfed and misshapen. Buds will be of Interest to both the profes- which form this year are weakened and will make only a poor crop next sional and amateur gfower. The single-steor four-can- e Kniffen year. The spots on the under surface of method Is said to be the best. According to these authorities, this the apple leaves are the cluster cups method consists in training a single of the rust and the spores of the funbranch to serve as the trunk of the gus produced in these cups are blown vine with two canes developed at the to red cedars on which they produce cedar galls or cedar aplower wire and two at the upper wire the and tied one to the right and one to the ples. This Is a game which only two left of the trunk along each wire. It can play the red cedar and the apIs stated that the system may be fully ple; Infection cannot be transmitted established by the end of the fourth from one apple tree to another. Several instances of losses from rust season and that subsequent pruning consists In cutting away all canes but In southeastern Minnesota orchards the four mentioned above, leaving suf- have been reported to J. O. Leach ol ficient buds at each level to supply University farm, an authority on fruit fruiting canes for the following year. and vegetable diseases. Doctor Leach The amount of fruiting wood is thus says that in Virginia and West Virgieasily limited to the capacity of the nia, where many apples are grown, tha vine by regulating the length of the red cedar is being systematically eradicated by counties. No red cedar Is left four canes. Experiments at the station have led standing within a mile of an apple orto the conclusion that there Is little chard. choice between early winter pruning and spring pruning of grapes so far as Feed Fowls More Roots the effect on yield, wood growth, or arid Vegetables f or Eggs maturity of fruit Is concerned. It Is pointed out, however, that a better seBy feeding more roots and vegelection of fruiting canes can be made tables, the average poultry raiser can in the spring after the severe winter reduce his feeding expenses materially temperatures have passed than Is pos- and also get more eggs. The cheapest sible earlier in the season. food is that which will make hens toy, and the way to make hens lay is to Marked Ability of Idaho keep them in good health. It is imto have a flock In good laying Boy as a Stock Breeder possible condition when only grain is given. One Shorthorn cow for which the Such foods as carrots, turnips and youthful purchaser gave his personal potatoes are not rich In note three years ago so that he might elements, but they perform a service feed and care for the animal as a part which renders all the other foods of his club work, was the means of an eaten more valuable. Let the farmer Idaho club boy, Frank Hankins, devel- give his cows nothing but corn and hie oping marked ability as a stockman. supply of milk would soon be reduced. For three years he has cared for and It Is the same with hens and the egg managed bis live stock according to the yield. From a dietary standpoint the improved methods advocated by his use of roots Is recommended, and they agricultural extension agent, adding to will enable one to feed more hens and his herd until he now owns eleven more eggs with little or no addihead of exceptionally fine pure bred get v. tional cost Shorthorn cattle. His profits for the year 1922, according to reports to the United States Department of Agricul- Permit Hens to Select ture, were $1,848. Own Mash Constituents honey-colore- Cut Soy Beans for Hay Just Before Seed Forms Is generally considered that while soy beans may be cut for hay at almost any stage, the best time is just as soon as the pods are fully formed, but before the seed is formed. At this time the maximum feed value will be secured and the hay is also more palatable than when cut later. Later harvesting gives somewhat greater bulk, but less of digestible protein and It somewhat lower palatablllty, thus rendering that method less satisfactory, according to years of experimenting by the Ohio experiment station. ( A study of the free choice system of mash feeding for chickens made by the United States Department of Agriculture at its experiment farm located at BeltsvIUe, Md., showed that the best results and highest egg production are obtained when hens are allowed to select their own mash constituents. It was found that hens selected s mash composed of 66 parts cornmeal, 26 parts meat scraps, 4 parts wheat bran, and 4 parts wheat middlings. This mash gives best results with Leghorns, and a less stimulating mash, containing more bran and ground oats, with less meat scrap, has given better results with general-purpos- e breeds. Fitting Stock for Show Requires Careful Work Fitting cattle for show meang the preparation of an animal to appear at With the Its best animals, fattening Is the most important part of fitting, but the fat must be firmly and evenly laid on. This holds true with breeding animals as well as market stock. While the breeding animal may never go directly to the block Its value depends on its ultimate ability to produce meat stock. It cannot demonstrate this ability In thin condition. The judge has to make his award on the animal as it appears before him, not' on what It might be like If given a fair chance. The failures of new exhibitors are mainly due to poor fitting and showing. Most judges prefer to encourage new exhibitors where possible, and generally regret to turn down good possibilities for lack of condition. Getting an animal fat enough is If Is a only part of the problem. greater problem to get it at Its best at Just the right time. After show cattle have reached their prime, their flesh may get hard or too soft and blub-berSheep may be so highly fitted that they are practically ruined for breeding purposes. Ideal condition or bloom is reached when the covering of fat Is evenly distributed over the body and Is springy, but firm and smooth. Rolls or lumps of fat that d appear on the ribs or around the are objectionable, but are sometimes hard to avoid. Where animals are to be carried In show condition over a fair season lasting five or six months, they are started In comparatively light condition, both on account of the warm weather and the danger of overdoing them later. meat-produci- Foods Better Sales 7htimes asmuch for over one third asthat of a con ofany tury other brand He Was Anxious to Go. His Proper Sphere. Neversweat I was readin about a The girl looked distressed when tha feller who believes that when yon die young man kissed her while in tha your soul goes into some other pferson haU. or anlmaL Oh, Tom, she murmured. "Do go His Wife If thats so when you die In and put dad in a good temper. Hes Ill expect to find your soul In a set-ti- n been shouting and stamping about tha hen. place for the tost hour. Why, whats the matter? I told him' you vented to marry GIRLS! HAIR GROWS me. London THICK AND BEAUTIFUL y. tall-hea- Hand-Rearin- g Bakings Tlt-BIt- s. nt "Danderine" Does Wonders for Lifeless, Neglected Hair. Halls Catarrh Medicine Treatment, both A gleamy mass local and internal, and has been success of luxuriant hair fill in the treatment of Catarrh for ovet full of gloss, lus- forty years. Sold by all druggists. ter and life short- F. J. CHENEY & CO Toledo, Ohio ly follows a genuine toning up of At the Beach. She How Is Gladys this summer? neglected scalps with dependable He Oh, she is getting along In flna Danderine. shape of Orphan Foals Is Difficult Job With the best of good fortune there are always a few orphan foals to be cared for every year, and their feeding Is a problem to those who have never attempted it on artificial food 1 hair, Falling Chow. Itching scalp and "Do you like Pung Chow? the dandruff Is corrected Itamedlately. supplies. "I dont know that I ever ate" any Thin, dry, is not an easy task wispy or fading hair to quickly Invigoof that chow. and Involves close attention to details. rated, taking on new strength, color Naturally cows milk Is the common and youthful beauty. "Danderine is MOTHER! GIVE SICK CHILD substitute for the milk of the dam, delightful on the hair; a refreshing, CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP but It requires some slight modificastimulating tonic not sticky or greasy I tion. If possible choose a cow that Any drug store. Advertisement, Harmless Laxative for a Blllou has calved recently and one whose milk Is not rich In butterfat. Constipated Baby or Child. Decidedly In Tone. Dissolve about a tablespoonful of What was the tenor of your husConstipated, bilsugar preferably white sugar In a bands tost letter? inquired counsel ious, feverish, or little warm water. To this add three of the plaintiff in the divorce suit colic Babies to five tablespoonfuls of lime water, There wasnt any tenor to it; it sick, and Children love cows of sufficient a then and was the basest thing I ever read, re- to take genuine quantity milk to make a pint- - Lime water not plied the woman. Life. California Fig only serves to dilute the milk, but It No other Syrup. also tends to correct digestive trouA Lady of Distinction laxative regulates kL-th- e bles. tender little IB recognized by the delicate, fascinatThe amount to feed Is about ing influence of the perfume she uses. bowels so nicely. to half a pint at each feeding A bath with Cutlcura Soap and hot It sweetens the at first The feeding periods should water to thoroughly cleanse the pores stomach and' be about one hour apart for the first followed by a dusting with Cutlcura starts the liver and bowels acting with out griping. Contains no narcotics or few days. Talcum powder usually means a clear, soothing drugs. Say California' to freso foal does It When a suckles, sweet, healthy skin. Advertisement. and avoid counterfeits! your druggist quently, but it only takes a small Insist upon genuine California Fig Too Much Time Wasted. amount at a time. Syrup which contains directions. The tody was addicted to bridge, Advertisement. ' and the clergyman tried gentle Total Returns From Ewe remonstrance. It takes thirteen muscles to make a 1 Estimated at About $5Q Your ladyship, he said, mildly, smile. Dont smile in the wrong placet cannot fall to have noticed the time If you think thirteen Is unlucky. A sheep or lamb carcass has value in playing cards." wasted once as is when and that such, only In the rough places In life, when Thats just what I have noticed, sold for slaughter. Speaking generally, a ewe, when bred for her first was the reply; I always fret at the men use cusswords to each other, it means endearment. lamb, Is at the most valuable period time lost In shuffling and dealing. of her life, If the sheep and lamb Jor Economical Transportation market does not fluctuate. If worth $10 then, she Is worth, on the average, only about $4 when discarded after having produced, say, five lambs. During her useful life of seven years she produces seven fleeces of about eight pounds each and worth 45 cents a She therepound at present prices. fore grows wool to the value of $25.20. On the average she will raise about four tombs during her five breeding years, and one of these will be retained to replace the dam, three being sold for slaughter or fattening at $7 each, or $21 for the lambs. The ewe will sell for about $4, making $25 received from animal sales and $25.20 from wool sales, or a total of $50.20. Hand-rearin- g one-quart- Every Farm JNeeds Two liiifii Lack of Cleanliness Is - Cause of Many Diseases Nearly all disorders or diseases of calves, says the United States Department of Agriculture, are caused either directly or indirectly by lack of Filth, whether It Is In feed, pens, bedding or pails and utensils, Is dangerous to the health of the calf To be on the safe sde use nothing but clean milk (sweet or sour), scald the palls or sterilize them with steam, remove old feed from the boxes and clean them daily. Filth and dirt are the natural breeding places of many bacteria that will cause disturbances In the young animals stomach. Freedom from filth usually means freedom from disease. clean-llness- .; Good Health Necessary for Success With Pigs If you have ever gotten weighed before and after a spell of sickness you will remember that you lost weight. The same thing Is true of the pig, say Prof. L. V. Starkey, chief of the an! mal husbandry division, who state that good health is necessary for successful pig raising, and adds that if a pig la not In a good thrifty condition it may lose weight instead of gaining. 4flemson College Bulletin. form needs two automobiles, one of which should EVERYdosed model Chevrolet. The open touring car is best for general form use, carrying pas sengert or perhaps miscellaneous bulky produce or merchandise, but for cold or rainy weather, and for church or social use the family needs a closed car, either a Utility Coupe as illustrated, or the 5passenger Sedan. The extra large rear compartment is a feature of the Coup& These dosed cars are very finely made, furnished, upholstered and trimmed. The windows are of plate glass and be lowered, providing as much air as an open car, yet affording full protection against wind, rain, snow or cold when raised. With f second car on a form, one is always available for those at home when the other car is out. 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