Show EXPERT ADVICE ON HANDLING OF BULL herd sire must understand man mail Is master most accidents occur with gentle bulls that have been trusted too much every herd sire should be taught to know that the man IQ 1 master and adv person attempting to handle a mature bull without a ring in his nose Is risking his life this if Is the expert opinion of fred M halg haig in charge of the daiev herd and associate professor of dairying at north carolina state college we have two jersey bulls in our herd here that the average dairyman would consider too vicious to ban die dle says mr haig yet thee bulls are taken out of their stalls every day are brushed and given exercise in doing this the animal Is so bandied handled that there is practically no danger of his injuring any one the bulls have been fought taught that man Is the mas ter and we are careful that they do not have the opportunity to bearr of their great strength by breaking aawar the bull are handled without displaying fear yet are watched as if they were ere seeking a chance to gore the attendant mr air haig says every bull should be halter broken and when he Is about one year old should have a ring put in his nose dehorning Is not ad the college bulls are handled with yeat ease by leaving the horns on 4 strong chain Is placed about the base of the horns and stays there at all time then when the bull Is taken from the stall for exercise or grazing the lead chain Is passed through the nose ring and snapped to the chain about the horns after this chain Is attached the attendant may drive the bull with safety should the bull give any trouble a slight whip of the chain will quickly quiet him down mr haig says it Is poor practice to confine the bull and thus ruin his health or to kill him for meanness meanne s when he may be of great value proper handling will permit him to be kept until the end of his useful years low producing cow not worth cost of keeping at no time has the low producing cow been so great a luxury as today says E E anderson of the new alex ico leo agricultural college low producing cows are never very profitable but with present price they are indeed a luxury and are los ing money to their owners every day the sad part of the situation is that a large part of the herds of the coun try are supporting one or more of these unprofitable non producers and in most cases the owners do not real ize it the only sure method of knowing whether or not every cow irr the herd Is more than paying for her board Is to keep records of her production the most practical system of record keeping now in use where herds are small and scattered Is the mall mail order cow testing plan which Is being employed in the eastern coun ties of the state the cost of this system of detecting the low producer Is so little that it Is within easy reach of f all salt the dairy herd A supply of salt should always be available so that the cows may have it when they want it salt stimulates the appetite assists d gestson and as simulation sim illation and increases the flow of fluids of the body stimulating all the vital functions of the animal salting once a week is not sufficient where it Is not possible to provide a cover for the salt box rock salt may be put in the pasture but it Is not advisable to depend on the cow eating enough rock salt to satisfy her because her tongue often gets sore from licking the the cows become accas tomed to it they should be fed a small amount of salt each day and this grad bally increased until they receive all they want an overdose of salt acts like poison and may cause serious re au bu ts dakota farmer cows like machines dairy cows are manufacturing ma chines but they are grown on the farm instead of being purchased from a manufacturer they are designed by the livestock live stock breeder instead of by the draftsman only the designs of the capable breeder can be trusted to give good service in a turing plant each piece Is inspected tor for imperfection the imperfect parti or machines are d scalded so too with the breeder the mistakes and poorly constructed machines ani ant mals must be and are discarded by the good breeder healthier milk industry A better adjustment of supply and demand has brought about a healthier condition in the milk mill industry which will gradually become apparent in the next few months according to B F beach executive secretary of the mich igan milk I 1 reducers cers association however he be says this does not nee ess essa arlly rily mean il d at producers soon will receive prices nor that consumers will pay high retail prices still there Is encouragement in the prospect 11 jk BW t |