Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-06-26

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The brisk demand for pedigreed ami
mails of all classes is not q mere pass
ing craze. A history of the develop
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-
yidual merit a overshadowed 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 a foundation so
false. However, our fathers passed
through the deep waters, leaving to us
an Inheritance invaluable. 1t 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.
S3S opG " SSL IL LIZ lSSS4OlS uol-
ing the sale season particularly, that
the country is flooded with improved
stock. Such is not the case. There
should be q thousand bidders for every
blooded animal sold. The best interests
of Jul country are allied with those of
individuals, and we can conceive Of no
greater display Of loyalty to oneself as
well as to country than may be mani
fest in an effort to improve farm ami
mails. When n 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 a 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 no record Of one
who has established himself in the
breeding of animals of the latter class
and afterward gone back to the scrub
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 a comparatively
small herd Of cows. There never was a
more opportune time to begin the i'm
provement by the employment Of a
meritorious registered sire. Home
stead.
For Scours In Calves.
To cure scours in calves put about
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 a pint
at a 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 a trial just to see
what it will do. I have used it Oh a
good many calves, always with sue
cess.
Plants For silage.
To those who ask about the adapta-
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
make silage that the cows will eat
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 a 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 sllo. We
do not recommend cowpea silage.-
Practical Farmer.
The Pan-American Test.
Guernseys won in butter production
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, $500; Jersey,
$215; Ayrshire, $213; Holstein, $193;
Red Polled, 1892; Brown Swiss, SIT;
French Canadian. S1S2: Shorthorn.