| Show LOWER PRICES IN SURPLUS OF COWS new york dairy official Is pessimistic it 11 we do not have another drought this summer the manufacture of dairy products will increase and thus lower the farmers return said H A ross of 0 the borden company at cornell vers itys farm and home week the tha farmer has not heeded the trend in the supply apply of cows and today to Is facing the situation of having per cent mors cows than in 1020 11 doctor ross rosa predicts however no material reduction in the number of cows and perhaps even a slight blight increase 1 I cannot blame the farmer for not cutting his herd he said because of the overhead expenses and the lowered cost of feed but the situation today Is serious butter Is now going into storage rather than being drawn from storage many people seem to think that with the prie present sent lowered prices demand will increase doctor ross rosa indicated however that such might not be the case he estimates that the buying power of the people Is about one halt half of that in 1029 1929 this Is due to both the unemployment situation and decreased sed wages of those who are working in new york state the farmers tire are facing the situation of store sales of m milk ik as contrasted with route sales it if more milk Is sold in stores the farmer will receive less for his investment he said that the basic situation could not be remedied now but that the farmer could help by his herd and aiding the control of store sales ration that fills bill in variety of proteins since some proteins are particularly rich in some amino acids while others may furnish more of some others one protein may supplement another we know that every feed a cow eats whether roughage or grain contains some protein and different proteins it has been shown bbown that the protein of alfalfa or legume hays bays supplements those of silage and grains the protein of the high protein feeds supplement those of the grains there la Is little supplementary value between the cereal grains from this an iowa experiment concludes that where a cow Is getting a ration consisting of plenty of legume hay silage and a grain mixture of 1012 10 12 per cent digestible protein her demand for protein variety la Is fairly well met with mixed hay the grain mixture should contain from 14 to 18 16 per cent digestible protein while with non legume hay bay it should contain 18 16 to 20 per cent digestible protein hearda dairyman why milk tests vary milk tests vary from day to day due to perfectly normal factors state jallits at new york state college who hare tested samples of holstein Holst eln and jersey milk to determine effects effect S of sampling ing on fat tests some borne of the factors are advancement of the lactation period of the cows which means more fat in the milk the amount of exercise the herd receives completeness of milking feeding practices age of the cows the breed individual difference of the cows the seasonal changes with higher tests testa when the temperatures are low and lower tests testa when temperatures are high during the tha heat of summer in new york state two testers working independently will check 01 per cent in 60 00 per cent of the samples they test the babcock test Is not expected to give greater accuracy than this methods of sampling have been hold held responsible for dally daily variations and the recent investigation indicates the reasons why tests may vary even though all sampling Is done uniformly prairie farmer keeping calves healthy dirty feeding palls are often the th contributing cause of an outbreak ot of common scours in calves avoid this b by y a scalding the palls pails after each feed lug bag allow the sun to shine on the them M during th the e day some dairymen ke keep ep a separate pall tor for each calf over feeding Is another frequent cause of scours feed around one pound of milk for each ten pounds of live ilya weight and during the first few days day 91 give ve the calf several feeds per day the milk fed can be gradually increased with growth until the animal to IB getting around two to t two and one half gallons of skim milk per day bekin giving the calf come ground grain or other concentrate as soon as it will eat wallaces farmer tests for mastitis tests tor for the tha presence of mastitis ma la in dairy cows was one of a number of features of an exhibit at a group of dairy meetings held in syracuse N r 1 17 n this exhibit was waa prepared by the experiment peri ment station and the college of agriculture ri and was of much interest to the various cattle breed associations as well na as to the state dalty daily mens association Ma mastitis has long been a baffling malady in dairy herds and much attention la Is being given to its iff detection and treatment |
