Show 41 V E wa LINE LIMB NECESSARY IN STOCK RATION tests show need Is one per cent per animal now how much lime Is needed in an animals emals ration this Is one of the most frequent questions asked about animal feeding harry and his asso associates clates at the university of wisconsin have now nov demonstrated that the greatest amount la Is 05 to 10 per cent of the ration expressed in terms of calcium carbonate of all the vitamins that have been feci isolated and studied by nutrition workers vitamin D the alie factor responsible for time lime assimilation and the deposition of lime in the bones has fins attracted the most widespread interest because it la is the vitamin most likely to he be lacking in the ration of farm animals and in the diet of humans for years fundamental studies of the nature of vitamin P D and tile the factors responsible for calcification in the animal body have been under way at J the wisconsin agricultural experiment st station atlon recent findings of and his workers coworkers co regarding factors in certain foods which interfere with the tha normal process of lime assimilation in the body add support to theories advanced by the noted english research chemist that these factora can be much reduced in power by specific treatment of the foods before including them in the animals ration has been thoroughly demonstrated in the wisconsin studies carried on this past year by subjecting rolled oats wheat corn and rice to heat treatment found that the calcifying calcify ing properties are improved great damage done by warble fly in summer the other day a merchant who dealt in long leather thongs bought a steer hide bide from a wholesaler when it reached tits his shop find and lie he started to cut it into the longest strips he could he found out why it was lie had been abad to get it for M 3 cents per pound as compared to the price of ua duio suio 0 which had been asked for tile the same cin nIlly leather unblemished well up on the rump a large brand had been burnt in the hile hide burnt almost completely through the skin while along the brick were several telltale tell ell tale holes tile the work of the warble fly branding is s no doubt a necessity for ranchers whose stock room me open range hut but wiy why cannot annot the mark be placed on the neek neck or other less val valuable part of the he tilde bilde than the rump 0 side with regard to the warbles most farmers are by now aware of the trouble which they cause cattle during the summer when on pasture and the lowered value of warbled hides bides and many make halfhearted half hearted efforts to eradicate the files by asque ing the grubs out of their animals backs experiments in feeding beef calves for market live stock growers and feeders tire are interested in cutting the cost of production of the market animal one of these methods Is to use as large a portion of roughage ns as possible to replace the higher priced grain feed I 1 with V ith this thought in mind a number of experiments peri ments in feeding beef calv for market have been edri conducted ducted at the Alic michigan higan state college it hns has often been said that mat the production of baby beef Is a special project which requires expert knowledge of cattle feed ing this tradition hns has been upset repeatedly peat edly when these vigorous young have outstripped the older catti cattle P in the feed lot it Is an outstanding tact fact with any class of live stools stock that the younger the animal the more pounds he will add to his weight on a given amount of feed overworked horses and mules need treatment in the spring when the temperature Is 75 to 00 90 degrees fahrenheit soft mules and horses are quite easily overworked and may sweat excessively give out and sometimes develop very rapid br breathing eathin rapid heart notion and show nervous symptoms or become sleepy drowsy and sluggish when such cases begin to show signs of exhaustion take them out and ruti ruh them down in the heat of the day they may be battle bathed all over with tepid or warm water then rubbed dry A little 11 me cool water may be to the head such sick horses or culps should not loe be fed until they hey al are ale e cooled out and rubbed down then give a little fpud pure bred sheep men who breed pure bred sheep must of necessity have at least three flocks nt at this time of jear year dont leave the ram ind ewe lambs too long first he euluse yon ant not permit these ewe to arine n q lamb at one year old the iamb I 1 seldom of much value and the pw Is I 1 stunt d for life another hint if 0 lamb resulted how would you tr it 17 the answer Is IR rueh n lamb la Is n ni 1 eligible to registry homma you it n ditre if f fire vt V t awk i |