| Show DAIRY X FIX YOUR IDEAL SAYS DAIRYMAN do you know what you want dairymen must first answer that question if they are to succeed in developing ve a good herd of cows it seems to 16 0 L blackman extension specialist in animal husbandry at the ohio state university writing in the monthly letter to ohio dalry dairymen iuen in the 29 0 operative cooperative co cow testing associations in the state mr bl kmon presents tho the problem this 11 WILY way probably the first necessity for any constructive breeder Is to establish in ills his own mind the type of cows he Is aiming to produce the several national dairy breed associations have recognized this fact and in soine eoma cases have spent thou thousands sande of dollars to establish tilts this typo type and to fix it in both models and pictures every practical dairyman recognizes that the purpose of the dairy dalraj cow la ii to produce large quantities of milk and fat economically and besides this to produce her likeness almost annually and to continue to perform both functions until ripe old age sires accordingly must come from cows with these characteristics of couric in order to produce really great animals the immediate dams in the herd heid as well as the sires must be good individuals and the longer one constructively breeds the fewer culls culla should appear since the immediate sires and dams dama have a larger influence on the progeny than animals farther back feeds for use in winter require attention now ilay bay crops have been making a gallant fight for recovery but the handicap imposed by unfavorable weather last winter and last spring Is too great to D be fully overcome it therefore behooves dairy farmers to ar arrange for supplies Bupp lles of feed BO that they may be on the safe side when winter comes andrew boss vice director of the minnesota experiment station advises farmers who foresee a hay shortage to begin making contracts now for winter supplies it Is probable that taint the price ak will be high he be says saye but nothing Is 13 likely to be gained by waiting in fact the trend may be higher and he be who wal tsmay have hake to pay more live lh e stock can be wintered on good clean straw and on corn fodder or corn silage especially if they are supplemented ted with high protein feeds says professor boss good quality hay Is of course best for keeping up the production of dairy tows coas but plenty of straw and corn fodder la Is much better than no feed at all prospects are good glod for a corn crop straw Is clean and if it Is well cared for will make excellent feed blittle Allt tle extra attention to curing and ing the straw and corn fodder crops may be the alio best way out of the prospective feed shortage attention I 1 to these details duran during the summer and early fall may save a lot of worry next winter scours in young calves caused by indigestion diarrhea or scours in calves Is caused by indigestion which may be brought on by over overfeeding feeding or by feed ing milk irregularly it if ahe the diarrhea Is not clie cLed it become 4 chronic and to IB hard to cure when a severe case of scours comes OP oil tile tho feed should be reduced reduce at once give ghe three ounces of castor oll oil in it a pint of milk to clean out tile the bowels follow this by giving a teaspoonful of a mixture of one part salol and two parts of rate of bismuth three times dally for two or three days it will be well it if the calf gets some frosh fresh milk twice a day say a gallon at a time just as it comes from the cow take one half ounce of form alln and mix it with wa ounces of water nil mi one teaspoonful of the solution with each pint of milk the calf Is fed if you decd a gallon at a time add fight eight teaspoonfuls of the form alln solution to the milk it will be well to continue feedon feeding g milk until the bowels are normal again do not overfeed and the teed feed the calf gets must be the best quality livert invert utensils following sterilization unless used immediately utensils should be in averted upon tt a draining rack to dry an outdoor rack placed in the sun Is desirable with free circulation of air the utensils will soon dry checking the multiplication of the few surviving bacteria and insuring that the benefits of tile the sterilizing treatment will not be lost through further development of bacteria in the moisture inside the utensils fall freshening fall freshening cows are not so bad on off they freshen at t a time when the farmer la is not not so busy but that he can give them good attention endon As aa a result of good feeding they keep keell up their milk production throughout the winter and d when they aliey are beginning to drop a little with the advancing milking period tile the fresh gram crass of spring comes along alone to bolster them up under such favorable conditions these thesa more milk from idne ine end of lot abo year jear to the other |
