Show gato K LINE LIME NECESSARY IN STOCK RATION tests show need Is one per cent per animal how much lime Is needed in on an animals ration this Is one of the most frequent questions asked about animal feeding harry and his asso associates cIntes at the university of wisconsin have now DOV 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 isolated and studied by autri nutrition tion workers vitamin D the factor responsible for lime assimilation and the deposition p os atlo n of lime me in the bones has attracted the ma most st widespread interest because it Is s the vitamin most likely to he lacking in the ration of farm animals and in the diet of humans for years fundamental studies of the nature of vitamin D and the factors responsible for calcification in the animal body have been under way at the wisconsin agricultural experiment I 1 station recent findings of bock and ami his workers coworkers co regarding factors in certain foods which interfere with the normal process of lime ath in the body add support to theories advanced by the noted english research chemist that these fil etore 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 past year by rolled oats ants 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 from a wholesaler when it reached his shop and tie lie started to cut it into the longest strips he could he found out why it was he had been neld to get it for 85 35 cents per pound as compared to the price of which had been asked for the same quality leather unblemished well up on an the rump a large brand had been burnt in the lie hide burnt almost completely through the skin while along the back were several telltale tell loll tale tnie holes the work of the warble fly branding Is no doubt a necessity for ranchers whose ahn e stock roam tile open range hut but why cannot the mark be placed on the neck or other less valuable part of tile the tilde than the rump with regard to tile 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 and many make halfhearted half hearted efforts to eradicate tile flies files by aque ing the grubs out of their animals backs experiments in feeding beef calves for market live stock growers and feeders fire 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 as possible to replace the higher priced grain feed with this thought in mind a number of experiments peri perl ments in feeding beef cahee for market have been conducted at the michigan state college it has often been said that the production of baby beef Is a special project which requires export expert knowledge e of cattle feed ing this tradition has been hcan upset upsel repeatedly peat edly when these vigorous young have hae outstripped the older cattle in the feed lot it Is an outstanding fact with any class of live stock that th it the younger tile the animal tile the more pounds he wui add to his cef weight ait on an a given amount of feed overworked horses and mules need treatment in the spring when tile tempera ture Is 75 to 00 90 degrees fahrenheit soft mules and horses are quite easily overworked and may sweat excessive ly give out nut and sometimes develop very rapid breathing rapid henrt heart ac lion and show nervous symptoms or become sleepy drowsy and sluggish when such eases cases begin to abow signs of exhaustion take them out and ruh rub them down in the hent heat of the day they may be bathed nil all over with tepid or warm water then rubbed dry A little itle coot cool water may he applied to tn the head such sick horses or culps should not tie be fed until they are cooled out and rubbed down then give a little feed pure bred sheep men afen who breed pure bred sheep must of necessity have at least three flocks at this time of year rear don leave the ram ind ewe lambs to together too long first because yon must not nit permit these ewe larohn to tn bring brine n lamb iamb at one year old tile ohp lamb Is IF seldom or of much value and the PW Is if stunted for life another thin if n innab resulted how would you register it the answer is IR such kuch n iamb ts n 1 eligible to tn registry br rou yeii mm i hp surp if the flip sire kiy |