The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-22

4 &Continued from Wednesdays Issue)
THE coddling moth is one of the
host important insects to treat IL
fou want clean fruit. Seventy-five
ber cent of the apples raised in
Eastern Pennsylvania are worthless
rs marketable fruit owing to the
oddling moth. Out of 5000 bush
kls of apples / had last year, less
han one-tenth of one per cent. were
Eormy. They may be controlled en-
tirely. by two sprayings. This spray.
ing comes Immediately after the
= blossoms drop. Wait 25 or 80 days
ater for the second spraying
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session of the
Wayne County Farmers Institute
Opened at 1880, w. e. Perham pre-
2fding. The attendance was good.
R. P hester was the first speaker of
4he afternoon, his subject being
making the Dairy Pay" Among
bther things the speaker said: "One
way to make the dairy pay is to have
better cows. Raise better stock.
Breed higher breed cows. Work on
practical methods. The average
farmer does not know which are his
Improbable cows; only that the
milk checks at the end of the year
Brought him a given amount of busi-
hess. A census made of 1000 cows
i IN Horde's dairy, a short time since,
Relative to the milk produced, what
Hhe COW ate and cost of keeping,
Demonstrated that there was more
tctual profit in 25 cows than there
were in 975 cows.
i There is at present a similar
condition of affairs in the State of
pennsylvania. The average test of
he herd and the gross return in
bounds is not enough to know. The
practical farmer ought to know what
weigh the milk daily and keep a rec
brd of her. 1t is not how much milk
Bhe produces but how much butter
fat is in the milk.
when you build up your herd
Fou first want to get a good sire.
When you buy a good one you are
hctually buying half of your herd.
Don't be stingy. Pay enough and
get a good sire. Good lines is no
triterion. You want to know what
bis parents and grandparents were.
When you get his pedigree then you
will know what to expect of him.
Wayne county should have a
low testing association if it does not
hlready have one.
"After we have established our
herd, the first essential is to make
! t pay. All cows intelligently fed
tan produce more than las pounds
- bf butter fat and $500 pounds of
milk.
There is no economy in under
Feeding a good COW. When feed is
high the farmer is inclined to skimp
the ration. A COW that is worth
keeping is worth feeding well. The
Hairy cow ought to have some fat.
! No well-fed, healthy productive COW
$s long-haired and shaggy. Straw
has no place in the economical feed
Ing of COW. Ensilage is one of the
essentials of economical feeding.
One of the first and most universal
of feeds is wheat bran. The de-
mand of the glutinous feeds is the
cause for their high price. In the
Western States where they are pro-
duced the dairy business has in
creased by laps and bounds. They
have low rate on dairy products
and are sending them to Eastern
markets. We are trying to compete
with them by more expensive pro-
duct. One carload of ours is equal
ito ten of the Western farmers. We
are up against a serious proposition
and the Eastern dairymen will not
be abe to compete with the Western
3dairymen until we raise protein
feeds.
1.-The farmer who does not use the
|by-products of his farm can never
make a profit. He who can't show
Il his farm is better than when he took
Z it is a poor farmer.
1.-The Pennsylvania State College
I is doing much in the study OF
feeds. 1t is not how much there is
I in protein, but how much can a cow
/ get out of it is the question. Only
4 ten per cent. of wheat bran is avail
able. This is also true of all other
s like feeds. There are many patent
feeds on the market. Pennsylvania
+ has the best feed laws of any State
in the union. 1t is the best protect.
ed. A COW can produce more il
three or four grain feeds are given
{ in a mixture, than if one is fed. One
pound of grain feed produces three
pounds of milk. If we feed more we
can't make it pay"
The Following questions were ask
ed and answered by Mr. Kester:
Q. Would you feed heifer more
accordingly than a grown COW?
A. No. When we begin to feeC
alone maxium, then we begin tt
ruin her.
Q. How can one tell when to be
gin to force?
A. The rule of one pound of feeC
produces three pounds of milk ap
plies here. Watch the milk sheet
See if you can afford to give more
A man working in the stable can tel
when a cow is overfed. UndigesteC
food makes a foul odor.
@. How is the best way to feed
with ensilage or separately?
A. Put on an ensilage feed Ais
mixture of three or four kinds o
feed can be fed profitably alone.
Q. Who can tell about a diseas,
plant for liveforever?
A. Robt. Ransom and w. e. Per
ham both told of instances wher
diseased plants were transplantet
among this weed and in a few year
tha waad diad Out