The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-07

/ for each COW, but are otherwise pri-
vate cooperative enterprises managed
by the farmers themselves Michigan
was a pioneer in taking up this work
, in America and at the present time
/ such associations are in operation in
most states where dairying is an inn
portant industry and also in Canada.
! The college of Agriculture of the
University of wisconsin has charge of
the official tests of pure-bred cows in
! the state which have been conducted
for breeders of live stock since 1898
Six or eight men are steadily employed
in this work. The work for the year
! 19O7-S is fully described in a recent
| bulletin. No 172, of the Agricultural
! Experiment Station, University Of Wis
consin, Madison, Wis
| Mich Goats.
! For centuries the mich goat has
| been used in the old world countries.
it's milk being a staple article of food
! in many places. In Switzerland the
little animal has been used for very
production of high grade milk for do
mestic use in the whole state and for
making a famous brand of Swiss
| cheese.
1t is only recently that the mich
goat has been recognized in the United
States as an animal of much domestic
Importance. They give only a mod
crate amount of milk but the milk is
an ideal human food, especially for
infants and invalids. The value of the
| milk is recognized to such an extent
! that hospitals are willing to pay 81 a
gallon for it, and yet cannot secure an
adequate supply. The milk is also used
for making high priced milk chocolate
candy and large amounts of it would
| be consumed for this purpose if the
| product could be obtained in regular
shipments.
| There are not many mich goats in
| the United States at present and grow
| ers seem to be unable to secure suf-
fcient breeding stock from foreign
countries. The demand for the an
imals here is large over wide areas, and
| thousands for breeding purposes and
for family use could be sold yearly if
they could be had The few who are
breeding and growing them as a rule
are keeping kali the stock to increase
their own hocks. The does breed once
year, giving birth to two and three
kids at a time, yet many of the fe-
| mades under changed conditions, or for
other reasons fail to breed hence the
number in this country is increasing
very slowly
One solution offered for increasing
the number Of mich goats in this coun
try is to secure pure bred males and
grade them up with our common goats
With proper handing this would IN a
few years give us grade of animals
practically pure and perfectly adapted
to our soil and climatic conditions. If
this breeding up process can be accom-
plished. it will result in a new and
profitable industry, with absolutely no
competition for many years to come, |
IL 1ictiro Tf1- tn n
class by itself
The mich goat. like all goats, can |
make a living on brushy and hilly land |
where most other animals would starve.
They are very beneficial to land in
cleaning it of weeds, sprouts and brush. |
They cannot endure low, wet land but
thrive perfectly on rough hilly land. |
Those giving milk should be fed on
good grass, hay fodder and wheat bran.
but no grain of any kind The cost of |
maintaining a goat in milk is about 5 |
cents a day, and she will give from one
to two quarts of milk day.
Freshenins Cows.
On successful dairy farm, where |
a large number of cows are kept and ,
MIXED, special attention is given TO
the freshening and drying cows. Three
weeks before a cow freshens, if this
occurs during the winter feeding pc
Rod, the owner begins feeding about
two pounds of wheat bran a day No
shorts are fed until after calving. This
feed is gradually increased until. at
calving time, the COW is receivingi
about four pounds of bran daily.
After freshening the cows grain ra-
ton is gradually increased by adding
shorts until the amount fed reaches