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Show 1 i THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH Roof Leaks Take Toll of Profits flfFACTS Hard to Find an Excuse for Farmer Who Permits the Condition. HOW COW TESTING PROVED ITS VALUE High Prices Commanded by Recorded Animals. SpeBy W. A. FOSTER. Rural Architecture cialist, College of Architecture, UniverService. WNU of Illinois. sity Leaking roofs over stored grain and roughage are one threat to market price and value which farmers can now beBecause his records control. Grain and roughagewill be in stored and showed exactly how much his cows ing harvested roof were producing, and because he knew danger of cbstly losses unless leakA In time. are repaired the history of his herd, Arthur Lowes, leaks be bettor than no roof, young Sedgwick county dairyman, was ing roof may it soon becomes not If but repaired, able to command exceptional prices the roof In alL addition, no at roof for his Ayrshires at a recent auction of its weakened is decay by frame sale. In members. plaster is Although many feared he would be loosened and dwellings, continued from falls able to get only $50 or so a head for Is broken down, insulation and leaks, his dairy stock, 9 of his purebred cows or made ineffective by moisbrought $940, his grade cows aver- packed ture. aged practically $80 each, one pureAfter a summer shower is a good bred cow brought $140, and one of to spot the small roof leaks. time the grade cows sold for $98 ! can then be repaired as time They Prices like these under present conditions are paid only when buyers permits before the rainy season are able to know exactly what they opens. If these small holes remain, are getting for their money, It Is em- they quickly grow in size. Rodents to get water after rains. phasized by 0. A. Smith, extension enlarge them and tears until the wears wind The dairyman for the Colorado Agricuholes get bigger or the roofing is enltural college, and George E. McCrlm-motirely destroyed. Sedgwick county agricultural A wood shingle roof may be agent g patched by Inserting new shingles and records kept by a nailing them in place. Slate may be party, and checked for and fastened with clips or replaced Colorado the by Agricultural lege, take the gambling out of the the exposed nail head covered with ' chase of tested dairy cows, says mastic. A sheet metal roof loosened ith. Such records tell what a cow by wind or expansion should be reWithout a production rec- - nailed or the wind will soon tear it i worth. off. Roll roofing tears from wind or buyer is taking a chance. from stresses set up by settling. Such breaks should be repaired by cement,h Depends on Cows ing and nailing a piece of new mat Health at Calving Time terial over the tear. Many sheet metal roofs are disof our subscribers writes In to colored with rust All such roofs that he is having difficulty In should be painted with a suitable his best cows In good flesh. ping roof paint to arrest further rusting. ' Is feeding a ration In or selecting a roofing what would seem to be adequate best is always the most the material, ounts. He cites a Jersey cow economical. and repair soon tig 45 pounds of milk daily on silage make a cheapUpkeep roof a one. and legume hay to the limit of appetite and on grain fed at a rate of one pounds Manure Losses Stopped pound for two and milk produced. This cow is getting by Early Applications unsatisfactorily thin In flesh. Our inTo test the loss of food elements in not does us condition what tell quirer manure that is left out of doors, Ohio she was in when she freshened. In the feeding management of State university agronomists placed dairy cows, and more particularly 4,000 pounds of horse manure in a wooden box that was not waterproof cows, It is important that they be in good condition at calv- and left it exposed from April 1 to ing time that they have been given October 1, Prairie Farmer reports. opportunity to regain any body deple- During this period there was a loss tions occasioned by the last previous of 41 per cent of the nitrogen, 47 per lactation. When this is done it is cent of the phosphoric acid, 76 per h less difficult to keep good cows cent of the potash and 57 per cent of atisfactory condition during the the total weight About 65 per cent f greatest need for nutrients In of the value of the manure vanished lactation. Hoards in' this six months period. following nan. The losses from 1,000 pounds of cow manure exposed under the same conditions were 41 per cent of the nitroWater for Cows gen, 19 per cent of the phosphoric nount of water which a cow acid, 8 per cent of the potash and 49 t during the winter is hard per cent of the total weight Thirty-tw- o fieflnitely. The best estimate per cent of the value of the maive gallons of water for each nure was lost milk produced. Ii the stable Early application of manure is recand uncomfortable one may ommended to prevent these losses. difficulty in getting the cows to When applied on pasture, the grazing ls much water. On the other value is lost for some time, and not often happens that the supply more than of the available is limited. There should be covered in a season. acreage direct proof as to how low the 'er consumption can get before it tell on production. Furthermore Alfalfa Winter Injury stands to reason that low producing Winter Injury and disease, the two bows will need relatively more water main causes for losses of alfalfa than cows of high production. By stands, frequently work hand in hand, taking the chill off It, a cow may be according to the division of plant pathInduced to Increase her consumption ology, University farm, St. Paul. Reof water. cent studies have shown that the extent to which alfalfa may be injured by bacterial disease depends largely Cows No One Needs the degree of winter injury. upon Seven cows in one Kansas herd causes or cracks in Freezing made a total of $74.15 over feed costs the alfalfa roots splits which may through 14 better bred mates returned enter while bacteria causing various the total of $486.55 by test Another herd wilts, rots,i blight, or other diseases. had 13 cows that cleared $1,325.15, This emphasizes the importance oi 17 that paid only $469.10 more injury so far as than the cost of feed. In still another preventing Itfreezing has been found that the possible. herd four cows cleared $351.10 and 13 amount of cold the alfalfa roots can $393.45 in addition to paying stand without injury depend upon the pair fioard. In one herd of 41 cows, 16 hardiness of the variety, carbohydrate $1,443.50 while the other 25 reserves contained in the plants, and lade only $983.50 more than their feed soil conditions. st. J. W. Linn, dairy specialist at te college, says these records show Black-Le- g hat can be gained by culling. Kan-aVaccination Farmer. A Woodbury (county) Iowa reader sends us the following inquiry: How old should a calf be to vaccPrevention Fence inate for black leg? Is the pill as good There is some possibility of a herd as the serum? Is there any remedy fthat Is abortion-fre- e contracting con- after an animal once shows symptagious abortion from a diseased herd toms? If you vaccinate when the calf vhen the two herds are on adjoining is small, should you vaccinate again f pasture with only a fence between. Cat- before it Is two years old? tle standing near fences will someCalves may safely be vaccinated for times lick each other. While the dan- black-leat any age, but the immunity ger of acquiring the disease in this is not permanent if they are resulting manner would be somewhat remote, six months of age, and they under yet the possibility exists. To provide should be revaccinated as at against this danger in contracting dis- least Serum is used as yearlings a curative ease it Is the practice of some to build after animals are affected, another fence four to six feet from treatment not is but entirely satisfactory. Vein their neighbors fence and this way terinarians are aggress in prefthe from cattle prevent making direct erence to the using or spore form. pill contacts. Hoards Dairyman. Wallaces Farmer. cow-testin- 1 -- g V 1 7 r n, ex-nsi- Cow-testin- ac-"a- j, 5 well-balanc- high-price- one-ha- GOODYEAR TUDES are now so low priced it'e thrifty to pot a new tube in every new tire d YOU DOfor lf know what you get your money when you pay the low prices printed here? ( 1 db i I a J You get the safety of tough new high-produci- rubber Goodyear rubber tween your car and the road. - be- You get full oversized tires guaranteed for life. You get Goodyear Supertwist cord construction Goodyear quality through and through. YIRUE nv You get the extra value that Goodyear can put into tires because Goodyear builds more tires than any rubber company in the world. No wonder millions are calling Goodyear Speedway the greatest thrift tire on the market today. Read these prices and ask yourself: Why pay good money for any second-choic- e FIRST-CHOIC- on the Goodyear Program every Wednesday night over N.B.C tire when costs no more? 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