Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-12
Nebraska
ONE cow VARIES
FROM ANOTHER cow
Two Look Alike, But One Pro-
duces Five Times the Profit
of the Other.
RESULT OF CAREFUL TEST

always tell by her appearance how
much milk COW will produce is
shown by a test recently completed
at the college of agriculture by the
dairy husbandry department.
In this test, two cows OF similar
general appearance and conformation
were fed in the same way, but pro-
duced widely different quantities OF
milk. The first COW produced in one
year only 249 pounds of butter fat,
valued at 80 cents pound, and con-
tsumed $64.15 worth of feed, leaving a
net profit of $10.55 above the cost of
feed, The second cow produced 3S7
pounds of butter fat and consumed
S66.50 worth of feed making the pro-
fit from her year $4,000. In other
words. the second COW paid her owner
five times as much for his labor in
caring for her as did the first cow. Yet
the cows were similar in appearance,
and probably would have been rated
as of equal value in herd where the
owner does not test. Consequently.
the only accurate way to determine
what cow is doing is to weigh and
test the milk of each individual in the
herd.
Keeping Records Of Dairy Cows.
With the, increasing cost of farm
aud Goarar rntflnatStIar
selling, success in farming is coming
more and more to mean the applica.
ton of business principles, says the
dairy husbandry department of the
college of agriculture, Lincoln. in the
past, general success has been attained
without the use of business methods
but the future will require careful at
tention to such details as keeping
recor I Of the production OF individ
uaLcows.
The use of the Babcock test ane
scales enables the farmer to keep ar
accurate account of what each COW ii
his herd is producing, thus making i
possible for him to weed out his poo
cows intelligently and build up ;
strong, producing herd. This methoc
is simple, easy to understand, ant
requires but little labor. Information
on the methods used in the test may
be had on application to the dairy hus
bandry department OF the universit,
college Of agriculture.
Care of Pullets. s
As pullets furnish most of the win
ter eggs it is necessary to handl,
them with care when they start t.
lay, is the word that comes from TIL,
poultry department of the state uni
versity department of agriculture.
Pullets of the heavier breeds tina
were Matched between April | an,
the middle of May are pretty wei
.patured by October /.
This is critical time for handling
such birds. Special care in prepar
ing their winter quarters will be f1lor
than paid for in winter eggs. Sud
den changes are to be avoided. Bird
housed too closely after being use,
10 free range are likely to mott an
quit laying. Keep the house oper
and try to minimize drastic change
in feed and housing.
Use of Grapes and Grape Juice.
Eating grapes and drinking crap
Juice will make you thin, accordin
to the home economics extensio
service of the University of Ne
braska.
Grape juice is composed of tai
taric acid, sugar and water-a goo
combination for an, obese person
Tartaric acid acts as a weight re
Queer, and is found in most pater
medicines of the Get Slim" class.
The value of grape juice lies in tn
TACT sthat it is acid and refreshin,
The acidity of the fruit helps to 81
rid Of many poisonous acids that az
cdmulate in the body from digestio
processes. The free use Of Crap
Juice also means introducing nor
water into the diet, an essential poir
since doctors declare that many di.
eases rae coused by constipation
which is the result of lack of waite
in the diet