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Show COUNTY AGHn NEWS NOTES ( liy Lvw M;ir Price ) Two w-cc-U.- j.ro the government ' iir.'cialist, Mr. V. L. Johnson, spent -i:: days in our county in an attempt '". :;riiii-ne v.'h-it bait was most ef-j ef-j Votive in around squirrel control. ! X'.iphi li'tf.-n-nt baits were used and i -ult.- cax-fuliy checked. He found ;.h bait that seemed to irive the best . suits, hut still the kill was not en-iirly en-iirly satisfactory. Standard gov-t gov-t cmenl mix was used along with (:vn others. April .'ill. t)u' acat, in company with Mr. . K. Blazzard, District Agri-r-ultural Inspector made a test in .M'lfonl with the retrular government 'i'x of ti-n to one steam rolled oats. 0'ie pound of bait was distributed hni'.t tni o'clock in the morning. At VP. -.M.- wi- returned to clieck; results. Severn 1 crows and hawks were nisily devouring and carrying siUir-r's siUir-r's av.ay. and yet 70 dead squirrels "Civ picked up and piled outside the ''.c: on the Gospill pump farm as a .suit of the distribution of the bait, so telling how many had died in the 'o!es and were never found. How-.V.:', How-.V.:', dead squirrels eat no hay. Dairymen's Day Conung. On May 10th we are to have Prof, r.-i'.'-ge B. Caine, head of the dairy department of the U. S. A. C. and '!'. K. A. Mnthiesen, one of the best hif..rmed dairy specialists in the ,n!ry representing the Holstein-, Holstein-, V: iosian Association of America, in . our county to assist with a big dairy day. ' Plans for the program are not complete, but we hope to get them in hoi h ends of the county on that day. j This should be a day of profit for every dairyman Who attends, and every dairyman should plan to be : there for the entire program. The Milford Lion's Club is cooperating cooper-ating with the dairymen in the stag-iiir: stag-iiir: of a dairy show, and is offering a list of valuable prizes- for the winners win-ners in the different classes of the j pd"'t exhibit as well as in the calf ichui project which they are sponsor-I sponsor-I h;g. Tt is evident that the business nvn of Milford are alive to the- bene-IfiU bene-IfiU all are receiving from the dairy j holiness which is starting there, and j they are not missing any opportunity to make it bigger and better. I Tore- than ten per cent of the dairy com s in our county are boarders but vr- do not know which ones they are. Watch them this summer while they ar- on cheap feed, then they can be r.'.Hed next fall when they , are likely to he fat and probably bring a fair in ice. Let's help ourselves to a bet-to bet-to price. If you are a member of the- herd improvement association. : kcp all your records straight, and i there will be no question by that time which cows should go. Any Polo Horses for Sale? r.reenville and Minersville have both been successful in securing government gov-ernment thoroughbred stallions this spring, and both have horses of ex:-ceptional ex:-ceptional merit ready for service liOW. However, it is doubtful if they will h- as successful in retaining them for use here, if more interest is not shown by the owners of mares. The government puts these horses out in order that they may be able to secure se-cure re-mounts for the army as needed. need-ed. In order to keep these horses here it is necessary that each gets a min-invum min-invum of 35 mares for the year. This is not merely to pay the custodian, hut to insure the rearing of enough foals to justify the investment. Polo horses and army remounts are in great demand, and we are now in a' position to start producing them again in this county if advantage is taken now before the horses are moved to other sections. This little test proved conclusively that the reg-ular government max is effective ,and that the pests are ready rea-dy to take it right now. When Mr. Johnson was here, he stated that the qi Hiii mixed by the government at M'Cammon, Idaho, was still available, avail-able, so it is possible to kill the major part of our squirrels this year. The price delivered in ten pound bags will be approximately 60c per bag. One ba- has at least 1000 baits. Shall we ! have some ? I What Price Abortion? j What does abortion cost the dairyman? dairy-man? Opinions differ, but occasion-1 occasion-1 ally we get facts. Dr. Robert Gra-; Gra-; ham of the University of Illinois I gives us the record of one cow for " I four lactation periods, of which she I fivdiened normally before the first and fourth aborted before the second janil third. In addition she failed to J freshen at all the fifth year, p Following her first calf she pro-jduced pro-jduced ?133.11 worth of milk in nine, a I months. Then she aborted and pro-iduce.l pro-iduce.l $75.05 worth in the next six j months following which she aborted Sand produced $107 worth in nine 1 months. The next year she freshened normally and produced $158.99 worth of milk 'in ten months. This was 44c ? ; worth of milk daily with her first 6 1 calf, 24 and 36 cents worth daily with ! the second and third following the abortions and 53c worth jlaily after freshening normally again with her . fourth calf. ' r ' The total milk following the two J normal calving' was worth $292.11 ;am! following the two abortions it ; vas worth $179.14, a difference of J1 $112.96 or $56.48 a year for the pro-9 pro-9 duct alone. Add to this the loss of calf each year she aborted and the it 'o-s of a calf the fifth year when she j failed to freshen and we have a total 0 j loss of $412.96 figuring these pure- bred calves at $100 each. J j Dr. Graham also gives us the re-Z re-Z port of 16 animals of about the same milking ability. He compares pro- 2 duction following 28 normal calving of these cows with production fol- lowing 11 abortions. There wTas a difference of 2128 pounds of milk fori each ten months of lactation and the ; difference in cash value of $54.26. This latter is a difference in value of extra milk produced in milk alone by each cow, and is the approximate loss that any dairyman in our county I ! may sustain from each abortion in; his herd. Realizing the tremendous ' loss this disease is causing to the ! dairyme n of our state, the latest le-' gislature made an appropriation to ! start control measures. Many have already taken adavntage of this pri-! vilege and had their cows tested, but the greater part have been passive. The blood samples are run free, and will be as long as the money appro- j priated by the state lasts. i Recently a letter was received by ' Dr. W. H. Hendricks, state veterin-1 arian urging that all dairymen take advantage of this privilege while it lasts. Blood samples must be taken , by a veterinarian for which a fee is charged, but there is no other expense ex-pense connected with the test. It is J not practical to advise regarding the; course to follow in the control of this j disease until actual conditions are determined thru the. test. If there is t any further information the county ji agent can give, he will be glad to do so. |
