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Show UTAH STATR EXTENSION BJWVICB SoitfCULTim" - HOM ECONOMY By Louts A. Jensen County Agricultural Agent Milking cows before calving has produced more colostrum on freshening day and the 4th day after freshening on Holsteins and Jerseys at Montana State College, in addition, along with massage, congested udders of Holsteins were relieved, and udders ud-ders returned to normal sooner. Cows that produced colostrum readily before freshening did not have milk fever. F & R Dairy farmers are reporting the successful feeding of calves with cheap raw chicken eggs. Hal Farr, dairyman, Payson, Utah, can be contacted about this practice. He claims raw eggs are a cheap protein supplement sup-plement and conditioner. F&R Arrange to have your cows bred in the months of January or February for most milk at highest prices. U.S.D.A. figures show 250 lbs. more milk from cows freshening in the fall, compared com-pared to winter; 446 lbs. over spring freshening. Not only higher production, but fluid milk prices are highest in the fall and winter months. F&R Bill Fieldstead, Boneta. tells me he has improved his purebred pure-bred Suffolk sheep with breeding breed-ing from the purebred Suffolk flocks of S. P. Nielsen and Sons at Nephi and Carras Brothers at Spanish Fork. It isn't any wonder Bill has such outstanding outstand-ing individuals. That breeding, along with his excellent care and management, can't help but obtain results. A well bred and managed farm flock of sheep is a good investment. Farm sheep flocks offer a good opportunity to increase income on many farms. Make sure you are fenced to take care of them. Some farmers are buying buy-ing old ewes in the fall when they come off the summer range, keeping them over the winter, lambing them out, and then selling sell-ing all the lambs and ewes as pairs. Lambs from farm flocks should be marketed in early summer at 80 to 90 pounds to produce highest returns. Prices usually decline in late summer as more lambs come to market from the range states. I |