Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-18

both as to the condition Of the COWS
and the butter record. No mistake
will be made in feeding this ration II
1t is at hand or can be bought.
Five pounds of grain. consisting OF
one-third each OF corn meal, ground
oats and peas. and bran mixed with
fifteen pounds of ensilage. This quaint
ity was given morning and night with
all the long hay the cows would eat at
noon. Water was given three times a
day in abundance. and this ration was
fed from the time the clows were
housed until turned out to pasture in
the spring. The only variation was
an occasional feed of roots.
Raising the Grade of Cows.
The Importance of working UP a
stock of animals of low degree to a
high grade by the introduction of new
and superior blood is being demon
strated daily, and yet the subject is not
as we'll understood as 1t should be.
Under tests three certain cows known
as grade Jerseys have, by proper mat
ing for two generations. been brought
up until they are nearly pure bred.
To illustrate, the original cow was a
fair specimen of scrub with a slight
touch of Jersey blood and cost $40.
She, her calves and their calves were
bred to full blooded Jersey males un-
til the Observation-Disclosures three
cows referred to-of the original cow
are practically full blooded Jerseys,
lacking but a small fraction of being
equal to the register cattle.
1t is desired to impress upon the
minds of dairmymen that it is not nee
essary by any means, unless you can
amply afford it, to start in with a
herd of high grade registered cattle.
If the original herd is of fair grade
of scrubs and the males used each year
with the original cow and her Off
springs are full blood, in few years
one will have herd as good for all
practical purposes as if each had a
pedigree a mile long. In other words,
the lack of money to buy high grade
cattle may be made good by judio-
ious course of breeding
sheep Scab.
The common scab in sheep is con-
tagious, showing itself usually in about
a week after the healthy sheep has
been exposed. The contagion may be
from direct contact with diseased sheep
or by contact with fences against
which scabby sheep have rubbed, or
from bedding used by diseased sheep.
Great care should be used to prevent
contagion, and observance Of the fol-
lowing points will greatly assist in this
direction. Never permit scabby sheep
to be driven upon public road. Sheds
in which scabby sheep have been kept
should be cleaned and disinfected thor
oughly and allowed to remain vacant
for six weeks or more before using for
healthy sheep. Fields in which scabby
sheep have pastured should not be
used by other animals for month or
six weeks, or until one or two drench-
ing rains have fallen to assist in dis
injecting them. All fences, posts and
trees in such field should be thor
oughly whitewashed before healthy
sheep are turned in.
Long, coarse wooded animals and
those that are weak are most suscepti-
BILE to the disease. AS preventive,
clean, comfortable, well ventilated and
dry quarters are necessary. Sheds
should be open to ventilation and sun
shine. The food must be of good quail
ity and abundant. Attention to the
above points and a thorough dipping of
the sheep, using any reliable dip, will
take the disease out Of thet list of for
midable troubles.