Show D AM Y CATTLE LICE TAKE HEAVY DAIRY TOLL eradicate the pest before heavy infestation cattle lice which run up a heavy toll in the form of reduced milk yields and slackened gains are likely to be more troublesome this winter than us ual according to a report to the hersity of 11 II enols by an entomologist of the illinois state nat ural history survey there has been a gradual increase in louse population on dairy animals and other stock in the past two years owing largely to lack of proper control measures fortun Fortuni fortunately tely the lice are not hard to er ideate until a heavy infestation Is 1 allowed to develop from the standpoint of cheapness availability and effectiveness the best treatment is raw linseed oil boiled or refined linseed oil Is likely to injure the skin and should not be used the oil may be applied with a hand brush or in the case of short haired hatred animals with rith a wad of cloth A bruah bruh having uneven bristles Is best adapted to tl Is work A second treatment should be given two weeks following the first and then monthly applications 0 ns should be made until spring the oil should not be applied too vigorously but enough should be put on to reach the skin it is a good plan to keep treated animals out of the sun for a day time and work saved by use of milking machine th man libor labor used in caring for dairy cows cos in nevada varies all the way from 81 hours to hours a year for each e irh cow as indicated by 44 detailed farm records secured by tl ti e experiment station of that state the average chore time tor for herds which were machine milked was hours as against hours for all herds of lo 10 or more cow cows milked by hand the average time required in all hand mill ed I 1 erds which on the whole had fewer cows than the machine milked herds was 15 hours ours which showed that where labor saving equipment was not available labor costs were higher for a 25 cow herd a milking machine wil make a net saving in labor of each bear ear accor according dIg 0 to this ex perin kennent ent station this calculation assumes that labor is valued at 40 cents an hour and allows an expense of 00 annually for the machine fall calving fall calving Is here it brin brings tain problems that need unrelenting attention the act of bearing young requires great sacrifices on the martof part of mothers it brings about rapid and extreme changes in the physical body of the mother instinctively the moth er Is willing to make extreme daerl fice lice tor for her young she Is not always physically fit or capable of doing so heifers calving for the first time should be watched carefully as they approach caling breeding dates are essential most heifers will bring their calves along without help what they need is clean sanitary surround ings the right feeding before and after calving and some attention to their udders heifers that need help in calving should not be denied the ad vantage of the help of one who under stands what to do and how best to do it wa warm rm the drinking water water which has had the chill removed mo ed aiom it will be consumed more read ly by dairy cows in winter and will rill cause beav er milk production ac cording to C A smith colorado state college ivery pounds of milk contains 87 pounds water in order to produce tl tt e maximum quantity of milk a cow must consume large amounts of wa ter sm th tb davs it has been found that producing cows consume much more water tl an dry cows they will not drink much water when they have to break the ice lee but drlak drink large quan titles of water if the ch eh 11 Is removed A small link tink t eater will do the work at a very small cost DAIRY NOTES whole milk will be delivered dally daily or twice a day wh ie cream will likely be delivered just two or three times R week ivery 48 hours Is better un less conditions for holding are very good continuous testing for production in da rv herds provides the only means of intelligently weed fir ng out poor cows cors and improving the nit milking bilang ability of the herd this Is especially important when prices are low by culling and breed ng stock dairy men of cal fornia increased butterfat production from 18 csc to pounds a sear only comfortable cows can do justice to themselves at the milk pall As far as possible fl es must be con rolled it has been found that cows that have the ind vidual water cups in the r stalls I 1 reduce more wore milk than those th that tt just get their water morn ing and evening evenin baat A i it if 0 k w |