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Show TEB VZmiL BJCT EOHS Sunlight Not So f Vital for Cows rrKaj3 i Have Remarkably Beneficial Effect cn Chfdc Pigs and Gcafx 'and on forks. There Is no known1 cure for tils diseases. AH we can do Is to control ft by not carrying the germs to the feed ef other cows. It Is always advisable to employ a competent veterinarian to help control the disease. It will not pay to sell a cow that has aborted, since any new cow coming fat the herd wHI take the disease. with fee dxvefapmest ef know!-edg- s that Eght playa as fcsportanr Is jpart fea retastlca ef mlaerala fed to aaZaal th qxestlaa iiatsrally arose. r fDoe exposure of dairy cows to csashfa enable (Seas to ebtafa land ctElxe firsts tie paxture greases faagdeat Eats to keep thaa ea a post- ,i Proved Sire Is Dairy Hope area-liae- tire Base basis? Effects ef fee Can. i To answer this very practical goexy f Messrs. Bart and Steenbock carried ea careful experiment Is June, when ,'fe protective properties of tie ans i are at a peak; using cows giving 45 to O pound ef milk dally. Th cows I (Prepared ; - were fed a grain mixture, s&agsw and :40 pounds dally of freshly cat green grass. This approximates what would fee gives cows ef tils character os better dairy farms. The results Indicated that this ratios was fnenffiefonr to keep the cows os a positive Eme basis In fact, there was only s sllg&fly Improved sltnatlos as concerns Erne as- similation when these cows were placed Is direct sunlight for etx boors dally as compared to afaaEag Is a darkened bars. Apparently then, the aye of the sms have a remarkably beneficial effect on Kit! chicks. pigs and goats; but with dairy cows no sack positive benefits can be observed. Cows Again Studied. When these same caws were again . studied is September, after their milk ! ' or 30 1 production had dropped to pounds of mUk daily. Erne balance was i r maintained, even though the aunEght at this season was less potent. It I ?2eems apparent from these results that g the feeding of extra lime to high on summer while cows, dairy pasture. Is a very dealrahfe procedure. It may very well be true that the com- monly noted falling off In milk pm dnctlon In midsummer; on the part of heavy milking dairy animats, may .be due to a depletion of their lime lost as nracf as to the more jeomraonly attributed causes such as ' heat and files. It has been concluded that light plays no role In the utilization of time fcy cows. Possibly this also explains w,6y younfg calves grow better when .'kept In a barn, rather than out of .doors; as contrasted to young chicks. little pigs; and other young animals which seem to demand sunlight as an essential for normal growth. Wiscon-Is- ia Agricultural Experiment Station. 3 pro-Csrfn- , -- ; Abortion Is Most Dangerous Disease j Contagious Necessary to Compare ly Records of at Least Five Daughters. fertilizer.. This grade blood" wilf fSeoreticalfy fie bred iniTe and cmnaTerHUT extension of Is the specialists an opinion out, though for registration such at the Ohio fa gardening; can never vegetable become eligible, la animal State animal university. the seventh the generation WEI be 99.213 peri cent pore bred. If the garden soE has become sour, say the specialists, ground limestone should be applied after the ground has Lamb Feeding Offers a been plowed. Enough Erne should be Means of Marketing applied to make the ground look lime should then be Lamh feeding baa Been profitable white; and the soil. When worked fat the It has (faring the past few years and offers once been sweetened with Erne; fit will s splendid means ef marketing feed be four or fire years before another at a profit. Good western range lime will be necessary. Iambs are generally safer to feed application ef "The way to Improve the garden since farm raised native Iambs are the specialists, "la to plow soIL frequently troubled with stomach under say as many tons of organic matter worms. Lambs Infested with stomach Tat much, manure can worms wEI not make good gains fa as possible; to the garden soil, be the feed lot and fames are likely to hardly Ifapplied fa It put on fa the fait or occur. The market prefers fat Iambs especially d when It Is applied fa If It that do not weigh over 93 pounds and five big loads At least the fa spring; wEI not pay as high a price per hundrebe should manure put on every d-weight for fat Iambs weighing ef each fell. 'Well-rott-ed quarter-acr- e ef garden over 90 pounds. Feeder Iambs should manure can be harrowed fat not weigh over 70 pounds when put soil fa the spring, but strawy, the to? fat the feed lot. fresh manure should be turned under fa fee fall and given time to decay beGarden Needs Only fore planting begins the next spring." weil-rotte- Ufettat Btmtam Department ty th ft AfrUroUmr.) A factor of great Importance fa the building up of a dairy herd Is the use of a good proved bull, says O-- EL Heed, chief of the bureau of dairy Industry, Occasional Liming United States Department of Agrfcol-- F tore. To prove ' m bull, according to the When Soil Becomes Sour standards set by the bureau, ft Is nee-- i esaary to compare the yearly records Apply Some limestone- of at least his first five daughters with the records of their dams. Such a Although most vegetables are "line comparison Indicates the probable valfaring; ft fa not often necessary to ue of a bun to a herd. apply ifTni t the garden If It has been Record ef One Sire. receiving yearly applications of mtb-The record of one outstanding shre that was proved fa m Vermont dairy-her- d Improvement association was pointed out by Mr. Seed. The first reports received of this buO Included records" of IS daughters and tha&r dams. The dams were, without option. much bettor tons the age dairy cows of this coustry. The lowest producer bad a record of 214 pounds of butterfat. and the average of all the dams was 2SS pound. The IS daughters of this sire, however, averaged 545 pounds of butterfat. Here was an average gain of 153 pounds of butterfat, or more than 40 per cent. Even more remarkable; every etre of the 15 daughters was a better prodkser than her dam. The sire Is to be credited with most of the improvement; Last year, according to Mr. ReedLji only 200 dairy bulls were proved; to 660 fa fee production of high quality or cream, fee Importance of mUk clean, sweet dairy ntensEs cannot be overemphasized. Fteassts ore adapted t the sandy soils, and fit well Into x erop rotation, They produce forage comparable with the clovers as s feed for dairy vat fie. ;ruit Muffins And Pancakes j Improvement asaoclatfens; was found that of this number only dairy-her- d It one fa six was still alive at the time he was proved; Some proved hulls should! be slaughtered, because their records are had. but the prepotent hulls which have demonstrated their ability to sire daughters more productive than their dams should Be kept as long as they are useful. Exchange of Bui fa. When the exchange of bulls Becomes a regular practice they can Be kept until they are proved. This Important phase of the work fa the (fairy Industry Is not receiving the attention that It should, and much greater effort than Contagious abortion Is s germ dl lease which. If it Is sot controlled. wQ Is now Being expended should Be put meritorigo through an entire herd. The germs forth to preserve the Eves of iare usually carried from the fetus; or ous bulls; The general practice ef Uftertirth. of a cow that has aborted, usfag only good proved bulls, Mr. Reed to the feed of other cows which In believes. wIH result fa s material Inturn get the disease. The best way crease fa the production of the dairy It control this disease Is by cleanll-tites- a; cows of the country. Isolation and disinfection. As soon as a cow shows any signs Breed Up Grade Animal ef aborting she should be Isolated from the herd and krai seoarate until by Use of Pure Bred come The have away. all discharges At what rate wEI a grade animal must be cleaned and disin- be bred up By the use ef a pure fected as well as the hind quarters of Bred sire and the resulting offspring the cow. The fetus and afterbirth of each cross? The offspring from must be burned or hurled, the manure the first cross of a pure Bred sire on from the stall taken directly to a field a grade female will be 50 per cent to which cattle have no across. Care grade and 50 per cent pure bred. must be taken not to carry the germs This offspring then bred to a pure of the fEsease from the stall where bred sire will produce an offspring Is 25 per cent grade an Infected cow stands to the feed of whose make-ur are cows. These cent usually and 15 per germs ether pore bred. By attendant the of shoes on the carried repeating this opera tiou. the -- p eon-tfnnon- sly ROif hot cross buns for Easter one cup crushed Hawaiian: pancakes on Shrove Tues-da- y. quick breads maintain a S'road position in our menus. Everyone loves the airy popover. the luscious muffin. or the tender biscuit. But sometimes for instance, when company comes you want to have something just a little special, something more tmusnal than a plain hot bread. Sa why not dress them up ttt party clothes by adding a CttTe to the batter? You can't how good! the fruit biscuits and muffins will be until you try them. And they are simple to make, too. FriAeful Economy Here are a few recipes which were worked out by an enthusiast lor canned fruits. Pimcpple Pancakes z Mix and sift two cups Soar, one-huteaspoon salt, and four teaspoons talcing powder. Add one beaten, egg. mixed with a ke and cups mElr. to- - t im-?ai-ae if one-four- th pinea:. jU and one tablespoon melted fat. Bake an a hot greased griddle. Blueberry Muffins z Mix and sift two cups flour, three tablespoons sugar, four teaspoons baking powder and one-ha- lf teaspoon salt. Add two well beaten eggs mixed with one cup milk; stir in three tablespoons melted butter and three-fourtcup drained, canned blueberries. Bake in greased muffin lias at 4001 degrees F.. for twenty to minutes. twenty-fiv- e Wholewheat Cherry Muffins z Beat one egg, add two tablespoons sugar and one cup sour milk. Mix and sift one cup floor, one and one-ha- lf teaspoons baking powder, one-ha- ll teaspoon teaspoon soda and one-ha- lf salt, then stir' in one cup wholewheat flour. Mix with fee egg and milk mixture, and add four tablespoons melted butter and one-ha- lf cup drained, canned red pitted cherries. Bake in a hot oven for twenty to minutes. twenty-fiv- e hs |