Evening star., 1916-06-18

A heifer does not like unnecessary
noise or delay and shows her dislike
by diminished quantities of milk. MILK
ing her regularly at as near the same
hour night and morning as possible Is
important. The first streams OF milk
contain many Objectionable bacteria, and
onto the ground is where they should go.
It is poor policy to wet the hands with
milk. Instead rub a little vaseline on
| the hands. This keeps the teats in nice
condition. and makes milking easy. OF
course. the milker ought to be clean.
kind and sympathetic. He should not sit
of at distance. but his left arm should
be In close contact with the leg Of the
heifer, SO that she cannot kick. II she
makes the attempt he will only get a
push instead Of a blow. 1t is necessary
to do the milking quietly and in the
| shortest possible time, and 1t Is impor-
tant that the heifer be milked clean and
| dry every time, otherwise she will be
| injured as a mixer, besides the richest
| and most valuable part Of the milk will
| be lost.
Aim to produce butter that is visibly
| dry while yet containing percentage OF
|
proper system of manufacture will pro-
| duce a butter in which the moisture Is
! in such a fine state Of subdivision that
| it will not ooze out in transit or when
! the butter is cut up.
| Avoid letting horses overfeed on alfalfa
| hay. as there is danger Of causing kidney
| trouble. A rule that has been followed
give one pound of hay for every 100
pounds of horse weight.
Management. dogs. stomach worms and
poor fences are few Of the causes Of
| failure with sheep.
! Since It is much easier to prevent
| scours than to cure it, certain precau-
milk; do not overfeed: feed the calves
i individually; feed regularly; keep the
calves in clean quarters;
Wen feed this spoiled hay to the
dry cows" This statement shows
common attitude, but wrong one.
True. the dry COW can utilize to ad-
vantage. as part Of her ration. some
loff-grade Shay, but the advisabfltty OF
feeding her well is not usually recog-
nized. A cow will do better in milk
has six weeks to two months vaca- !
tion on full pay" While she is dry
she is nourishing her calf and getting
her sytem into condition to give a
While drying on the COW she may be
given the starvation treatment-no
grain and only a poor grade Of dry
Iroughage. but as soon as she Is dry
she should be well fed again. The good
dairy cow cannot be made too fat when
dry. All the fat stored up in her body
will be milked of again. increasing the
yield Of milk, and also. 1t has been DEM
Ionstrated. her milk will test higher
| throughout the following lactation pc
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Ten days to two weeks before calving
the feed should be reduced, and light,
loose feeds Of choice quality should be
fed. Bran. ground oats and linseed oil
time. A bran mash fed as warm
Cruel is excellent to cool out the cows
system. It is important to have the
bowels in q laxative condition at calv-
j ing time. The COW should get plenty
of exercise and water not too cold.
I After calving she should not be crowd
| ed with feed; two weeks should pass
before she is on full feed. If cared
and healthy, and the COW will be ready
| to do a big years work.
Sheep are the sworn enemies of
weeds. They clear UP waste vegetation
and turn 1t into mutton. BY eating
aelds and along the fences they destroy
many insects which harbor in the weeds.
II the sheep merely pay for the extra
grain given them 1t is profitable to
keep them as scavengers and insecti-
cides
| 1t is now fairly well understood. says
the Nebraska College of Agriculture,
that calves properly raised on skim
milk are equally as growtby, thrifty
whole milk or those allowed to run
with their dams. In fact. the skim
milk calf will oftentimes show a more
rugged framework than a calf raised
on whole milk. Except for the fat
that has been removed. skim milk is
identical in composition with whole
milk. When whole milk is taken into
the calfs body the fat of the milk is
used to produce heat to keep the calf
warm and also to form body fat. This
same function can be performed very
much more cheaply by starchy grains
such as corn. kafir corn and oats. The
protein of milk. which is the constiu-
ent most concerned in muscular growth
and the building up of the vital or
gans. is equally as abundant in skim
milk as in whole milk.
| 1t has been estimated that 15O-
pound hog has $4,000 drops of blood
Suppose he is supporting 1000 lice and
each takes one drop of blood per day.
What per cent of his blood will be
lost daily. and who will pay the bill?
The question is important right now
| ior hCe are WORSE IN winter lnan In
summer. The hogs pile up closely and
spend much time in their beds. The
lice take advantage of the situation and
breed rapidly To remove the lice Ia
neither difficult nor expensive Dipping
or spraying with coal tar compounds Is
dangerous in winter, but three other
treatments are available. These are:
| l.. Equal parts kerosene and machine
oil mixed together and applied with an
oil can, brush or swab.
2 Crude oil (thinned with kerosene
il too thick). applied with brush or
as spray.
3. Powdered staphisagria busted on
the pigs, or stepped as q tea and ap-
piled with a brush or as spray.
| For small bunch the first treat.
ment is the most convenient, but when
one has many hogs the crude oil is
! cheaper. Be sure to apply behind the
/, ears and in both fianks. The lice pre-
| fer folds of the skin.
| Clean the beds and pens thoroughly
also. II these are thoroughly sprayed
with the oil there should be no fur
ther trouble from the lice. II the hogs
sleep in straw sheds, one can keep
POULTRY. DOGS, PET STOCK.