The Redwood gazette., 1901-01-02
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mixed blood but the sire being Of
pure breed would transmit more
operties TO the progeny The
percentage would be about 75 BY
the sire and 25 by the dam He ad-
Ivised breeding straight The more
mixed the breeding the more it is
weakened. In choosing a COW he.
would get one of large size large,
eapaeious body. One with lip in
clined to lop, head long rather than
shert, good width across heart and
should ders, hind part wide through
hips, and squarely quartered udder..
The sire should be one whose dam
had good milking qualities.
After this talk the Professor gave.
the farmers an account of the Live
Stock show at Chicago last summer.
The meeting then adjourned until
Friday morning.
FRIDAY MORNING.
Although it was announced that
Pro. Sha V would speak at 4. o clock
il vas about Il when sufficient
number Of farmers had arrived, and
the speaker came into the court
house, and began to speak on the
subject Of eding &
s1 Ise at once took up the matter of
choosing the right type ola growing
animal to make a success. If il. is
notsof the right type the good re-
suits cannot be obtained This.
matter he said, was very important
He Thought it did not require much
skill or money to secure the right.
kind Of an animal. 1T was a matter
Of great imp portance il, selecting a
good sire. 6 also made some differ
|ence what elements were in cow.
In growing an animal for beef the
dam can equire a little more fat
IN getting the animal read for mar
ket lts should be pushed ID feeding
fron the start Mr.. Shaw shoHed
|3eoncIn iVelY that the nearer the an
imalaWas to the birth period, the
easier it was to put on a pound Of
flesh hat s the younger the ami.
nal the easiie { fat The rel.
sso - tai m TFlhe fart her the
|7as IS i,ss;
barder to put on a pound Of flesh.
He advised selling stock young. He.
also believed in doing the growing
and fattening at the same time.
There is more money in growing
calves by hand than in letting them
follow the COW. For growing calves.
by allowing them to follow the COW,
the calves should be the best of ami
NAL form. Oats and bran were the
best food to give to the dam. It
was not necessary to have the oats
ground. Calves raised by hand
will take meal sooner than those al
lowed to follow COW. In response
to the qurstion as to whether he
thought there was any danger Of
the calves eating the meal when too
young, he thought there was none.
In changing from new milk to
SKINNED milk, he would wait until
the calf was about two weeks old.
He thought that the farmer who
had a separator had the advantage
1 over a farmer who took his milk to
the creamery to be separated, oW-
ing to the fact that the milk which
/ is separated as soon as taken from
the COW, does not get chilled or
temp perature changed before feeding
to the calves. The calves should
Ealso have free access to pure water.
Fine corn fodder will do well with
milk.
It was question whether it was
good to give calves meal at the same
time that they were feeding on
grass. Rape, the speaker said, was
/ good to turn calves into until fall
land will give growth without meal.
An acre Of rape would keep a good
number of calves. If a person did
not have rape or pasture it Wonld
do to give plenty Of meal. In. an
sWer to question Mr.. Shaw
thought that there was very little
danger Of bloating calves from eat
ing rape if they were not turned
out when very hungry. There was
not 50 much danger if fed dry as
when wet. There was very little