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Show , 7G-DES- Salt NEWS, ERET Lake r...1":".101,4011,0001mook ' 11 ISta11-- L51' 7 i) Sunc lay Morning, February 25, 1951 , - f17 irijirP i''(itil raj 11111141(1J ' Utoh, City, É4I:1::. .. t 4,1 (11 ' - '. DISCUSSKNS ....Ia. ,.tst By V. R. MAGIEBY, 171,.,.,,,..i, - , , .. ..,,,,,, 4i7 ' - .. : hard-to-settl- ur e ". ' E I T''. . ' 1; ''''' 4 t'4. .14.' s a1 . Start Chicks Much Earlier J. S. LEE ei SONS - egg-layi- I . I,,,ts - -- . - : ' ' ,'. 1t - ,, , IF - ,..t. tit " tV - Z.t. , : tflfil II 144 ' 4 ,..., t - , -- ; - , , .1 f...,:!,41.7,-,-,;,4- ..tic.,- ,..sti, ' "''' 1,' , igi..41:11 '.; v: L,,. ...,.1,3 ..tec., 1 , ": , d a s --- , , ,:;.,;, N..12;,,..' ' it4..k ' s ,,, C'ie I ' . 11'. 1 l'i:' ' ' '. A ' ., . 't . ., , , -' V, : , . ,.,;s - ,l,..,- , 0,j,...,,,,p , , ,.- tf ..- .. i : , ..::: t At ,...,, ,. ,e,-- tl kt, , , - , , ,, ; ! ANIMAL KILLERThis is the plant which is causing so much animal death in the Intermountain area. The plant grows very close to the ground and is extremely hardy, gaining much of its growth during the cold winter months. A is the plant and B is the flower. STILL RAMPAGING Halogelon Menace Remains Imminent be-sh- 7, 'Id' ; ,, ,.. ,;. .::, ,,s.,-- Fss , - 0 ''., ''. : , 4.".1'4i , ' ,t 4. lf (1:1 irtritTe 1 4 ,.:,, e- 111 eleier-Ord- 11: '' 1 Itobe...1 r4 i ' - ' ,,'!;,.4., , - Whenever dairymen get together a subject often thscussed is the one.about cows. Interest in this s''Osbject seems greater since artificial breeding has increased in popul's ,.. ity, and very often artificial breeding is blamed for the trouble. Ilowever, it isn't a new probfor lem. Farmers have always had carefully observe.his cows both and the heat in morning some'dirficulties getting cer tam n cows to settle; its just that in the afternoon. It will help to artificial breeding has made us keep a breeding chart in the mOre conscious of the fact, It barn so that you tit know . has shown us what 'e've when to a cow in heat expect st known all ilongthat cow her. for be will nd 4 watching don't always settle on the first bred are service DISEASE whether CHECK they """' naturally or artificially. On the Even though you follow all SYSIMI fif AflIA7N6 COW; average it takes from one and one-hato two natural services the rules the cows won't settle to settle a cow, or about 60 per every time whether the cow is With the SURGE system. of cent will conceive from the first bred naturally or artificially. inilking she walks the milk to service. The others will require .11 you are having serious you. She will put her udder two, three, four or more serv breeding trouble the best thing and teats where you can milk icesand there will always be to do is to get a good veterithe infertile or problem cows without stooping and squatnarian on the job and have him that may never settle. ting. There are lots of other Artificial b r e eding hasn't test your herd for Bangs disadvantages toofor further the conception rate, it ease, trichomeiniasis and vaginlowered ,. details phone or see has simply made the picture Ws. Individual, cow problems clearer and shown us what cat may be due to Such irregular-b- e WALLACE TAYLOR done to help. ities as cystic ovaries or the cow is bred tamed yellow bodies. More 1148 So. State naturally or artificially, one of than half the cows that have the most important factors is to breeding trouble have some disSalt Lake City see that she is bred a'1 tilt ease of the reproductive system. A few other factors might be right time. This presents more of a problein when the breed- - mentioned that will lave a ing is done artificially because direct bearing on your breeding In feeding your cattle, Utahts Pump Center one must notify the inseminator program. don't worry about special diets, ahead of time, fancy feed ingredients or NEEDED les: just feed a good production .t As to why there is a right ration of wholesome farm time to breed is explained by a grown feeds. Feed your teifers . i brief review of the physiology well and don't breed them unof the cow's reproduction sys, til they are sexually mature. tem. Cows do not release their Well grown heifers should be 1 k l eggs from the ovary at the same ready to breed at from 15 to 18 time they have their heat months. Allow two or three t e period. The egg is released after heat periods after calving or at least has gone out of heat, and fore you one can't tell just when. Studies 50 days. The cow needs this I have been made where it was time to regain her strength pilitsANIKemoisz found that eggs were shed from Don't save calves from parents I t Cellar Drainer three to I8 hours after the heat with poor breeding records. It period with the majority of is known that cows inherit 1 Let seepage gather! Let them being released in from 10 some fertility, but we still have flash goods comet As long 4... more to learn about this. to 12 hours. as you have a Fairbanks- Don't expect too much even The trick then is to breed Morse cellar drainer in under the best of Management. cow the so at the time right your basement, you are A'Al! that the sperm will get to the If you get a calf from six of 10 whether you protected first services, its a good averegg neither too early nor too are at home or away! Its late. The sperm cells in the age, and no matter what you automatic. Tho instant semen have been found alive do, one- cow out of every 10 water reaches the danger 20 is going to go sterile in the female from 24 to 30 or point, the pump starts! hours after insemination, but sometime. Speeds comfort to the average length of life is about 12 hours. It takes five or Po, ot,every roomi six hours for the sperms to 111 Ar your hot crawl from the cervix to the loradiators water cation of the egg in the tubes slow in heating? rs the reproductive tract. Let us install this cow should be , hot water circa., Therefore, the bred near the end otthe heat, MOSCOW, Ida.Baby chicks from hot water feting pump! It speeds in to the tim- need an early start this sring order period get faster. toiler to radiators. Warms rooms ing as near correct as possible. if they are to more than pay Small down payment. Easy terms. If the cow Is artificially bred fox themselves next fall. To asgood results have been obtained sure chick delivery in March or after the heat early April, now is the time to by breeding 4091So. State period, if they were bred within Ph. six hours. Any services later get those orders in to the local Salt Lake City. Utah than six hours after the end of Idaho hatcheryman, says C. F. at the the heat are usually- - too late Petersen, poultryman and will produce unsatisfactory university. "Yourl birds started in ILI results. March will be laying eggs in As to when the end of the if given the proper heat period will he. depends on August care," Petersen points out. "The the individual cow. On the av- season from August to Decemerage, a cow is in heat for 15 ber usually brings more hours. But it might be for only profits because of high IIrli''''"I .;pt hours or as many as 30 egg prices at that time of year. hours or more. The dairyman Failure, to brood .chicks until hould study his cows and keep late In spring causes poiatrymen some record of their activities; to miss these favorable prices. it will help in deciding the When egg prices are down, ORM best time to breed. flock owners will be luckyto BABY CHICKS mow It has been found that for a break even after paying the White laihkettot . from feed bill:" good 'rate Neentehiree artificial breeding the cows Petersen discourages ordering Homo Whifoo first observed, in heat in the baby chicks which must be Al Coolish Neaps ' mornings must be bred, the shipped long distances. He says bvtlet hole king's . the solo hokhory In same day, preferably in the Idaho Is fairly free of Newcas$onoma (sooty. CoOf. to piece in the "Chiclown of tomorrow comsat. Don't afternoon. Cows first observed tle disease, but an epidemic et in heat during the afternoon could easily start from chicks KING'S PIONEER- HATCHERY should be bred the, following imported from areas where this P O. Soo 115-$0oot floss. COL forenoon. The dairyman must disease Is a problem. , 3 0, ' ' , '4444 : ' i ',:,10,i, t B , .i ' '','' : :: ' z ' 0' , ::. 1 .4, l' BAS, ''' , :.. , , i .4, , , 7: ., , . 4,1'0 Igt,7',ii'. - - , By NEIL K. HOLBROOK Where halogeton grows, sheep five 'million now sheep graze on lands Infested by the noxious weed. According to authorities, more d of the United than States' sheep flooks are threatened by the weed which now predominates in five western states. Twelve souther Idaho financial sheepmen suffered when their poison dying herds of out them business. wiped John Ward of Alamo, Idaho, had only a mere 80 sheep left alive after his original flock of 1700 grazed over halogeton-infestedie! More than one-thir- d Lands. Halogeton glomeratus, scientifically named, is not new in the West. Its recent spread and consequent menace to the sheep industry has given it rising notoriety. Although there is some disagreement as to how it came to the West, most authorities agree that in 1935 halogeton was imported from Russia amid some grass seed. The seed is suppt-seto have arrived in Wells, Nevada,-incommenced its ruinous spread from that point. Its seeds are mostly carried by vehicles, animals, man, and tie wind, Agricultural authorities are alert to the menags, and are presently gathering forces for Its control. Western Congress. men at the 81st Congress submitted a bill for eradication of the poisonous weed. Many agricultural colleges, especially the University- of Idaho, are doing research for control of the ' d d sheep-1411e- r. ' Halogeton contains oxalate which is not itself poisonous. The oxalate, however, combines with calcium in the blood, making it impossible for the blood to coagulate. When a sheep tbe hemorrhages internally, the and not stop, bleeding does animal soon bleeds to death. Death is greatly painful. Unlike most other poisonous foliage, malogeton thrives during autumn and winter from September through May. It closely resembles its cousin the Russian Thistlea Russia. weed also the abin best Halogeton grows of other foliage, and is difficult to destroy by fire or spray during maturity. It can best be destroyed by 2,4-spray if sprayed while the plant is yet young, 'probably during July. Dr. C. Wayne Cook, associate professor of range management at the Utah State Agricultural College, states that the weed be controlled by not since halogeton cannot compete successfully with most other grasses. Reseeding western deserts will greatly help control. Sheepherders, he says, should be educated to identify he weed so they can report and avoiii infested areas. Authorities suggest that anyone discovering a new patch of halogeton should report to the 111- county, agent,' county weed nearto the or pervisor, directly est agricultural college. Plants suspected of being halogeton may be sent to at the Utah State AgtiCtlittlfal College for Identification. m D over-grazin- g, ! m 't $ |
