The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-06-13

| ment of our great middle west would
be far from complete did it not embody
the accomplishment Of breeders of i'm
proved farm animals. There have been
times in the past when undue emphasis
was placed upon pedigree, where indi-
| vidual merit was overshaGowed by lin
cage considerations. During such times
| beginners encountered much risk in
| their early purchases, as there was
| bound to be q strong reaction when the
| business stood upon q foundation so
| false. However, our fathers passed
through the deep waters, leaving to us
an inheritance invaluable. It seems al
most as though their errors were nee
| essary to place the improved stock
| business on the firm footing upon
which it stands today.
One is apt to get the impression, dur
| ing the sale season particularly, that
the country is flooded with improved
! stock. Such is not the case. There
should be thousand bidders for every
blooded animal sold The best interests
of our country are allied with those of
| individuals, and we can conceive of no
| greater display of loyalty to oneself as
we'll as to country than may be mani
| fest in an effort to improve farm ami
mails. When one stops to consider the
| enormous number of inferior animals
and in conjunction with this the great
improvement that may be impaired by
| even one cross of blooded sire, it is
surprising that there is not an even
greater demand for recorded sires.
The test argument that can be given
| in favor OF tranSplanting the scrub or
even the grade by the blooded animal
| is that there stands nc record of one
who has established himself in the
| breeding of animals of the latter class
and afterward gone back to the scrub
or ,"ade. Even for COMMON COWS q
few hundred dollars put into a male Of
| good blood and form is the best invest
ment a man can make. The improve
ment in one crop Of calves will more
than pay the bill. We should like to
see more competition in sale rings COM
! ing from the small farmer, even though
! he be the owner of comparatively
| small herd of cows. There never was q
| more Opportune time to begin the i'm
provement by the employment of
meritorious registered sire. - Home
stead
| For Scours In Calves.
| TO cure scOurs in calves put about
1 two quarts of boiling water on SO much
tansy as will make a strong tea, says
E. X. Levan in National Stockman.
| Cover and let stand till COOL when it is
ready for use. Give One-third of pint
| at dOse-if a bad case mOre-mOrning,
noon and night. but always before let
| ting calf drink. Keep on till you see
/ the calf is all right. With US tansy
grows without any attention on most
every farm. The Pennsylvania Ger
mans call it cow bitters Please let
some one give it trial just to see
what it will do. | have used it on a
| good many calves, always with sue
| cess.
Plants For S;1HGe.
To those who ask about the adapJa-
bility Of the cowpea to the making of
| silage we would say that the best use
of the pea is in hay. Indian corn is the
! great ensilage plant. Cowpeas will
Iudhc SlldSc ludI TIC COWS Wal cat
readily, but it is always sour stuff. Soy
beans make better silage than they do
hay, but the cowpeas make such good
hay that it seems to be pity to put
them in the silo. Then, too; having
corn silage alone, the farmer can bal
ance his ration better with the peas
than if they were mixed in the silo. We
do not recommend cowpea silage.-
Practical Farmer.
The Pan-A1nericna Test.
Guernseys won in butter production
J at the six months test at the Pan
American exposition in spite of the
fact that one of the best COWS was sick
several days during the test. The value
of the butter churned of each breed
during the six months of the test was
as follows: Guernsey, 1920; Jersey,
$215; Ayrshire, $213; Holstein, 1888;
Red Polled, 1872; Brown Swiss, SIT;
French Canadian, $1S2; Shorthorn.
$165; Polled Jersey, $1G1; Dutch Belt
ed, $112.-Exchange
A Famous Mixer.
In British journal is announced the
death Of q famous mixer. 1t was q
crossbred Shorthorn- Guernsey. She
was in her ninth year when she died.
Some idea of her value may be known
from the fact that in the 1917 months
prior to her death she had produced at
the rate Of 100 gallons of milk per
year. On the day before her death she
gave siXty-six pounds Of milk.
The Heifer That Kicks.
To cure kicking heifer tie a rope
! around one hind leg down near the foot
and then take slip hitch around the
horns, says an experienced dairyman.
Now make ner kick to her hearts con-
tent. Then shift over to the other side.
One dose was enough for the one | had.
For a colt would put on a surcingle
with ring on the side to slip the rope
through. Hitch first around the neck
and then q moose around the nose.