Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-12-21
state Agricultural COLLEGE.

CREAhHRY EMPLOYEES TO STUDY FEEDING
The Neriden Creamery Company,
of Heridsn, Kansas, find that their
patrons who know how to feed get
from $40 to s55 income per year from
each cow, while the patrons who do
not know how to feed get from $18 tc
$25 per COW per year; and the net
profits received from each COW by
their best patrons are eleven times
those received per COW by their poorest
They also find that some of their
patrons get no profit whatever from
the skim milk, while other. who know
how to handle it get from 25c to SOC
from each hundred pounds of skim
milk fed. AS there are 500 10 of skim
milk from each good COW yearly, the
way it is handledlmakes a great differ.
ence in the profits from dairying.
The Neriden Company believe that
if their employees are thoroughly in
structed in these lines of feeding, they
can help the farmers to sell milk to
creamery and to largely increase the
farmers profits, and at the same time
increase the profits of the creamery.
For this reason the stockholders of
the Meriden Company have decided
to send all their employees to the
Kansas Dairy School at Manhattan,
and require them while there to make
a special study of feeding dairy COWS
and feeding skim milk to calves and
hogs.
GREENHOUSE NOTES.
The Chrysanthemum show il now a
thing of the past. Forty varieties
were shown, and the plants of each
were placed together to show clearly
the leading characteristics. The
special students have been busy study
ing the Chrysanthemum, to the cul-
ture, classes and characteristics of the
leading varieties.
The spores form several species of
ferns have been sown; the work has
been very interesting, as we'll as in
One of cur largest specimens of
Palmata, which is palm
like stove plant, has produced an e1-
cellent spike of seeds, which have
been carefully cured and will be
planted with the hope of increasing
our collection.
Ninety nine per cent Of the Cyper
us altsrnifolius (umbrella plant) cut
tings that were made by the special
students grew and are fine looking
plants.
W. III. HooRF.
IN BIOLOGY.
Classes In Psychological labora-
tory practice meet now every week day,
both forenoons and afternoons. They
seem very enthusiastic in their work
AN INSPIRING RECORD FROM GRADE
HoLsTEINs.
Mr.. T. 4. Borman, Navarro, Kansas.
presented very interesting and able
paper before the Kansa. State Dairy
Association on How we breed, Feed
and Handle Our Cows Results" A
ears report of a herd of IL grade
Holstein cows shows an average an-
nual yield per cow of S,263 lbs. of
milk. This brought cash income of
1870 Add to this the value of the
calf and the skim milk, and we have q
total annual income per COW Of e81.I7.
This is the highest record We have
seen Of Kansas herd. Mr.. Borman
weighs and tests the milk of each in
dividual COW and says that his COWS
will actually give more milk when a
pair of scsles hang in the barn. II .
cow falls off in her milk supply the
cause is sought for and if poss ible re-
moved II on the other hand the COW
increases her milk flow the cause is
likewise investigated aud sim lila con.
ditions supplied to the rest of the herd. i.
By keeping these individual records
Mr.. Rorman finds that while his aver
age cow produces $50 lbs. of butter,
his best COW yields 47S lbs differ
ence of 116 lbs. These kinds of rec
ords are OF immense aid when he wants
to tweed out" his herd. He further
more says that his yields are larger the
nearer his animals come to being pure
hoods.
Mr.. Borman II firm belisv or in the
scientifically balanced ration" and
thinks that the profits of thel; ;dairy
farmer may be considerably increased
by the exercise OF more brains along
the line OF feeding, and in this con-
nection mentions the high feeding
value of alfalfa for dairy cows.
Such records a. the above are Ger.
tAinly inspiring. Comparatively few