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per head per month, or 18 pounds per
day, an increase of so per cent This was
done by carefully watching the calves;
the moment one of them began to scour
he saw 1t, reduced the supply of milk
gave a little castor oil and in various
other ways sought to bring it back to
normal condition. This was accom-
plished in about twenty-four hours, when
the calf would keep on gaining at the
rate of pound and a half or two pounds
per day.
Yet there are farmers who say that
education doesn't pay, and that bookIearn-
ing is farce There is no profession in
the universe that allows a greater dis
play of intellect than farming, and no.
where is it needed more in order to in
crease the profits. The farmer is called
upon to solve questions in soil physics,
in chemistry, botany, entomology, bacte-
riology, veterinary science, mechanics
and, in fact, can call into play knowl-
edge of all the sciences and arts To do
this he must be educated This education
not only makes him a better farmer, but
makes his work a pleasure. No one who
has not experienced it can appreciate the
satisfaction that comes from seeing a
plant, an insect, bird, or an animal of
any kind, and to be able to name it, tell
something Of its life history, and especial
ly to know of it's economic value to the
farmer. Such education helps the farmer
to realize the dignity of calling his and
helps to place his profession in the front
rank of the worlds Industries, where it
belongs.
The hot nights are here and the milk re-
qu1reS the utmost care if a butter bring
ing the highest price is to be made. Every
hour or even minute that the milk is
allowed to remain without cooling if II
Is to stand over night, takes from it part
or its money value. The ferments that
give butter It's flavor as well as those
that ta1nt it, are growing rapidly in the
warm milk.
Time and bacteria wait for no man
when the milk is warm. So if YOU don't
wish flavor in your butter that doesn't
pelong there, one that the dealer will
not want, nor the consumer pay for. cool
and aerate your milk and keep it cool at
all times when the thermometer is above
60 deg. F., that Is, If you expect to
make profit from your summer milk
Hoard's Dairyman.
Poor pasture heat and flies have formed
a trust to lower the production Of the
COW that is not protected from their meth
ods OF doing business. The firm of soil
ing crop dark stable and kerosene will
90 much to prevent the method of the
trust from being successful but how
many dairymen are doing business with
the last named firm, either singly or with
all the partners together?
Many of them, we fear. are allowing
the butter production of their herd to
slide gradually down to the lowest point
without making an earnest endeavor to
remedy the evil produced by short pas
lures or fies.-Hoard's Dairyman.
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special telegram from Fort DODGE
10, says: For the past ten days State
veterinarian Gibson has been here con-
Quoting dairy tests for tubercuIosis Sey-
eral herds have been examined. and in
each case the presence of the disease has
been discovered. OF thirty-eight cows in
the herd of the Oak Lawn dairy. eleven
answered to the test. showing the pres
ence of the disease in 80 per cent Of the
| animals. Other tests will be made