The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-11-10

Each year he must Gull out his poor
est and replace with better. Buy
nothing but record COWS and breed
from no sire whose antecedents can
not show creditable butter record.
The sire is more than half the herd
and 1t is much better to breed from
one with good butter records be-
hind him than fancy pedigree.
AS to the kind of breed, the
speaker advised selecting the one
which the dairyman likes the best,
providing it be one of the four
standard dairy breeds, and one
common to the neighborhood. He
strongly advised dairymen in a GER
tain community to go in for some
one standard breed whenever prac-
tical. In doing so there is less diff
ticulty in disposing of the surplus
stock.
The speaker gave the character
istics of the various breeds, but re-
commended no particular ones
While the Holsteins and Ayrshire.
might be better for some climates
on account of their being larger and
harder, the Jerseys and Guernseys
will do just as we'll in this section
OF mild winters. The larger breeds,
Of course, require more feed and
give the greater volume of milk,
but OF lower test. The smaller
breeds eat less and give less milk,
but their milk is richer in butterfat.
w. T. Bowman, who was to have
talked ON Profits in Dairying, :"
was present, but as he had had but
little time for preparation he did
not follow the subject assigned him.
and his remarks were very brief.
He retired in favor of State Veter-
marian Nelson who gave a highly
interesting off-hand talk on herds
and dairymen he has become ac-
quainted with since he has been in
the state.
DR.. Nelson is one of the most en-
tertaining speakers we have ever
heard at farmers institute and
his address on tuberculosis in
Dairy Herds" which opened the
afternoon session, was strong lec-
ture on subject which, perhaps, is
of as great importance to dairyn,en
as any phase of their work.
Some Of the statements made by
DR.. Nelson were of a startling order.
For instance, out of some 400 herds
tested for tuberculosis in this state
last year, II per cent were found to
contain infected cows. In some of
these herds, the per cent of infec-
ton was as high as one-half. He
urges that each dairyman have his
cows inspected for this disease.
While it would be out of the aues-
ton for the veterinarians office to
send a man here to test but a few
COWS, unless at the expense of the
owners, yet if several herds be
gathered together so that the in
spector may put in a week or more
in one locality, the inspection will
will be done at the expense of the
state.
Where COWS are found to be in
fected. they should be segregated
from the remainder of the herd
and the milk from such cows should
be sent only where it will be steril-
lied or pasteurized before reaching
the consumer.
Miss Louise M. Allen, deputy
state analyst, next took the floor
and gave the audience some good
advice on buying good seed and how
to tell good seed before they bought
it. Her lecture was illustrated by
many stereopticon slides showing
clean and adulterated seed samples.
Miss Allen said that this state is
one of the few having an adequate
pure seed law. It is an infringe
ment on this law for any dealer to
sell seed less than 80 per cent pure.
Seeds testing up to this standard
are entitled to be marked Stand
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