East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-19
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The COW in a dairy herd that yields
small does big work in eating I'D the
profits.
The best dairy herds are the pro-
duct of long, careful selection and
breeding.
| Keep the COW quarters clean and
sanitary. A dirty stable is an abomi-
nation to any good dairyman.
In speaking of dairying too often
everything centers about the butter
output. This is only one of the many
lines OF profit incident to the busi-
| ness.
The dairy heifer that will make a
| good dairy COW never has a setback
in her development.
No feed produces better milk or
more of it than good June pasture.
Next to this is good soiling crops and
third in the list lis ensilage. AS the
first and second of these are avail
able for only short seasons, the silo
Is worthy Of consideration as the best
year round substitute.
Send the butter fat to the cream
cry and save the good skim milk for
the calves, pigs and chickens.
Never will dairying reach the climax
Of its possibilities in great and eco
nomical production OF milk and but
ter fat until succulent food in abund-
ance Is provided the dairy herd the
year round; and the way to do that
the cheapest is to build silos.
One of the chief values OF corn sill
age for dairy cows lies in sucsulence
the bulk and the palatability 1t adds
to the other foods forming the ration.
Many dairymen follow the plan Of
planting in succession green crops to
be harvested when the drouth appears.
The main objection to this method is
that II never is possible to determine
in which OF the summer months the
drouth will come. This obstacle Is
overcome by the summer silo.
When dairyman begins to figure
on economical milk production he
first thinks of the kind of COW he
is using and then the feed she gets.
Then he thinks of a silo.
Treatment of Big Jaw.
Big jaw or lump jaw in cattle is
caused by a fungus growth in the tis-
sue. and in some cases it may be re-
moved by an operation, IL the growth
is in the tissue. but when it Is in the
bone this is generally not advisable.
The administration of potassium
iodide in two drachm doses to adult
cattle twice a day in feed or as drench
Is the best treatment. Give the drug
for week then allow a weeks rest
and then repeat again. Continue CIV
ing the drug on alternate weeks until
you have given the treatment for four
periods or weeks. This treatment will
prove effective in most cases.
Cows Do Their Best.
The good dairy COW is honest and
has no disposition to shirk her duties
She always does her best, be II big
or little. You may have a COW that
was so bred that she is not as good
as some other COW is and she may not
be fed as well or attended as intelli-
gently as the other. but Of course these
things should not be charged UP
against her. She simply does the best
she can under the circumstances.
If the COW does not come up to
what Is desired of her-if she falls
short-lt suggests that the matter be
inquired into diligently to learn if the
fault lies in the COW or in something
she has no control over; perhaps in
the keeper.
If she needs protein in her ration
and has to get along with carbohy-
drates: IL she needs carbohydrates and
suffers from a stimulating surplus of
protein; If she needs protection and
gets exposure; II she neds regularity
and method and the fuTlness of
simple life and has instead irregular
ity and uncertainty and a strenuous
hustle all these things are not her
fault but, like true philosopher and
a gentle, generous creature, doing the
work her hand findeth, she does her I
best.
There is a moral in this that much |
can be learned from. They can be
helped to help their owners by the |
owners emulating the cows and do
their best for the cows They will |
II this is done and will pay |
for the good care given them. They |
will do their best
Poultry Pointers.
The late hatched chicks need and |
a little extra care and atten- |
ton, but they are so valuable when |
they reach broiling and frying size |
that it pays to get 1t to them.
Success in poultry culture as we'll
as success in any other line of farm
ing consists in close supervision of
all the details.
Bread crumbs are splendid feed for
the young chicks-the crumbs that
are usually thrown in the slop bucket
or often into the stove.
A clumsy hen seldom makes a good |
Do not set a hen that is full of lice.
If she is broody and you desire to set
her, first fill her plumage with a good
lice killing powder, and also make
sure that the nest is free from the
pests.
There is a growing demand for
pure bred young chicks and baby
chicks just Matched. 1t has been found
that baby chicks can be shipped by
express for long distances with per-
feet safety. II you are in position
to hatch some of the pure breds let
people know that you have them. 1t
is is a good business when once
learned.
A hen with a nice clean cut head,
full bright eyes and a square stocky
built body is generally a good layer.
II YOU have any hens that are too