Show D A productive COWS PAY BEST income over feeding costs advances rapidly with increased butter tat fat yield yields prepared by the ment of agriculture s the large produced tire tho profitable in tile dalf avry dairyman strives strive to till aliu jap biord 1112 hird with alth animals known to tou tie hilgh producers but few 1 ralle tally i ohp remarkable rate at rit will li art ail vance as production antrea inja avy y dalri lne specialists of the unitta states of bs agriculture the PK P K figures b tined fr the records of cows in AU com testing us bow how rapidly a 1 d mith T increased ilo tf of butterfat income ale adantes ow oter ct cwt of decd production and profit profil average butterfat pro average inforno pounds above too feed coot ISO 14 3 4 I 1 is 10 I 1 14 39 41 M M ba 68 K 10 1 lee ia As butterfat production increased from pounds to SOO pounds in come oer ne acost co at of t fald advance advanced from ia 18 to 0 or us production doul doubled led income abo e feed cost inert ased three times As butterfat production in creased crt aach from IW zo to 0 amunds income over cost of feed ad t high producing cow from 18 19 to or as prodoc ion lion trebled income aboe feed cost cast increased six 1 units it no expenses exempt the lie cost of feed are considered the tile row cov that produced pounds of butterfat was utis as profitable ni as 27 cows of the arst group whose average pro was mas pounds munds it if labor and miscellaneous expenses alo al o could be taken into consideration the results would bo be much more striking A further study of the tile ricorda irda showed shamed that the cost of roughage was mas about the tile same for all groups but that tile total cost of feed was mos some somewhat ahat greater for or the more productive cows the increased profit should therefore be credited in part to better feeding but apkari apparently antly it was more largely due to better cone coms the present hilgh cost of feed will eliminate the lor ov producing cow or it must eliminate th dairyman who nho keeps tuch such cows more cows are needed but better cows cons are art needed need ed more it pays to keep good cows and to feed them well mell BARREL TYPE OF CHURN BEST found by dairy specialists to be most satisfactory scald Pre para lory tory to churning the barrel type of churn has lin been found by dair to be one of the most satisfactory churns the dasher or plunger tiac it greater expenditure of in 1 lor earthenware Kart churns chur ni are unde ornale 1 unless perfectly perfect ir clayed since nl orb milk if pores are ix ti posed they and cream which inter later decay the churns with till mechanical devices inside them arc art to clean 1 and sometimes injure the tile body of the butter the churn should b bf scalded tory to churning but should be 1 with water mater before the crO cream if Is inside STRIVE FOR STRONG CALVES before parturition cow SIX x week weeks should be turned dry dreim alm to prevent white scour scours alt calf should start art care of the about sir weeks w bedre parturition by the cow dry wool enabling her to rest and I 1 put on flesh if the cow will is not turned led dry weak celvie ordinarily generally be the result a calf will be nursing n ursin in lc le than an calvelli ex strong hour after birth in much less les ss 9 time tile herdsman or navel attendant it shod she sho id disinfect the calf at once tn in order to prevent of the white scours A A I 1 I 1 of carbolic coir bolle of lillne rill ix be very acid or tincture effective RAISING HEIFERS FOR DAIRY main object Is 11 to 10 produce animal animals and with plenty pit nty or of f constitution high Cara capacity city lu in dairy object the main nilmah wit altu lieffers heifers li Is to pret luce and pit gienty aly 0 constitution the fx be bulky balky a nd cd nt should feed I 1 th the contain plenty of I iola 6 time me tame aid in and as ard a esh ath th the ile protein riol hone and cle a of mu tau the building distend and nd der develop elP the bulky foods alfalfa and nd clover organs digestive excellent roughage hay 5 rind silage tillage are for rn dairy calr |