Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-25
COWS THAT Arc Thieves.

mixture of bran and cotton seed meal
equal parts by weight.
Cows That Are Thieves.
IF the man behind the cow In Kan
sas would do his part, no improbable
animal would masquerade under the
fictitious appellation of 'milch cow,
and she would either go to the butch
ers block or made to return a profit
by more intelligent care and manages
ment." says Secretary Coburn in the
last quarterly report of the Kansaa
board of agriculture. ut passeth un-
derstanding why theft by a COW should
be tolerated more than theft by
human. In effect, the result to the
loser in either case is the same Our
government has found 1t wisdom to
study and establish far-reaching meth
DDS for the detection and repression OF
the latter; and by the same token
why should our farmers and dairymen
be less yigilant in regard to this pos
sible proclivity in their cows-beasts
described as dumb, yet outwitting their
owners? So long as cows Of this class
are permitted in the dairy herd, SO
long will there be dissatisfaction and
failure. Improvement Is the route to
success, whether by breeding. better
management, or other way, and intelli-
gence in our cow men Is the power that
will force advancement in the right de
rection.
clarifying has come to be one OF the
most important factors in Kansas agrt-
culture, and. rightly conducted, Is one
of the surest money makers OF our var.
led industries. 1t is incomparably
more rational than any one-crop sys-
TEN, or even general farming, as its
practice tends to rotation OF crops,
maintains or increases the fertility OF
land, and affords steady employment
with returns remunerative to the brains
mixed with the business"
Grinding Grain for Stock.
Opinions differ as to the economy o.
grinding grain for livestock, particu-
larly for horses. Many corporations
that employ large number OF horses
practice feeding ground feed and say
that their horses keep in better condi-
ton than when maintained on ration
of whole grain. When horses are sub
jected to severe work, 1t Is the practice
Of many large firms to feed ground
grain mixed with chopped hay. For
horses in idleness the grain should
not be ground or the hay chopped. II
animals have time to masticate their
food. nature has provided the means
of properly grinding it. When whole
oat ration was compared with ground
wheat and bran, at the North Dakota
experiment station, the horses fed ON
the former ration ate somewhat more
and lost in weight, while doing less
work than those fed on ground ration.
In other tests at the Utah agricultural
experiment station no material diner.
ence was shown in the general re-
suits between ground and unground RAJ
tions for horses.
Compressed Fodder.
According to Professor A. NJ. S0uies
director Of the experiment station q
Knoxville, Tenn, the fertiltzing con-
stituents in q ton OF old process Nn-
seed meal are worth about $l9, whMo
in a ton Of cotton seed meal they ara
worth about $3.50. 10 this we may
add that the feeding value Of the two
is considered not to be far different
when fed to cattle for beef. When
therefore they can be obtained ZOE
about the same price, the cotton seed
meal would have some advantage IN
the fertilixing constituents which It
would bring to the farm.
A remarkable milk record has re-
Gently been made by the 6-year-old
Brown Swiss COW F7ourine OF River
Meadow No. 1907. This COW 10 owned
by F. r. Hazard. Syracuse. n. =.
The test was conducted by G. @. Cole.
supervisor Of milk and butter test
for the Cornell Univeysity experiment
station. This cow produced In seven
days 1851 pounds Of milk and 1s.4s7
pounds OF fat, equivalent to % pounds.
Is OF. Of butter. It Is claimed that
this COW now holds the worlds record
among Brown Swiss cattle.