Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-18
AGRICULTURE SCHOOL
Items Of Practical Value To Farmers
From Lectures Given BY Instructors
In Fulton County Extension School
Value of The School and Finan-
eial Report.


From additional notes taken on the
lecture by Mr.. l.. p. Bailey on Feed
ing the Dalry Cow, winch was in
tenseiy practical, we CLEAN the follow
ing:
A balanced ration is important, but
wider ration than formerly used has
been proven efficient; a ration of from
1-6 to 1-9 may be used; in making
the ration we should consider the
cost. When protein feeds are high
IN price and carbohydrates are low
in price as wide ration as one part
portein to nine parts carbohydrates
may be used. Cottonseed and linseed
meal, gluten feed and brewers or dis
tillers dried grains are the highest
carriers of grain protein: Corn, bar
ley, wheat and rye are all high car
riers of carbohydrates.
Alfalfa and clover hay, bean and
COW pea hay all are high carriers of
protein. Timothy hay, corn stover
and silage are high carriers of casbo-
hydrates. Bulletins and agricultural
papers should be consulted for analy-
sis of feeds.
The cow Is creature of habit and
rather particular about the quality
of feed; SO it must be palatable and
can be made so by mixing two or three
ounces Of salt per COW per day with
the feed, also try molasses.
Cows should be fed well DUNG their
dry period so as to lay on plenty of
fat to draw from during the two or
three weeks after calving when they
should be fed sparingly and with high
cooling feeds such as wheat bran,
oats crop and linseed meal; this char
acter Of feed should also be fed dur
ing the two weeks preceding calving.
Corn and oats chop, wheat bran, cot
tonseed meal, linseed meal and brew
ers grains are all excellent feeds,
though care should be taken not TO
feed more than 2 pounds of cottonseed
meal to COW per day. As a rule one
pound Of grain should be fed for every
three pounds of milk, tho this rule
does not apply TO all cows. How much
grain 10 feed Is a matter that must
rest on the Judgment of the feeder,
who should study the likes, dislikes
and needs Of each COW.
S'sge or some succulent feed
should be fed every day in the year.
Roots will take the place Of silage and
in the summer green roughape or mas
ture should be fed always bearing in
mind that silage is Just as needful in
drv summers as in the winter.
wednesday morning Mr.. Bachtell
took up the subject Of "Corn'', show
ing that soil fertility is a large fac
tor in growing corn and going into
detail concerning the planting and
growing o. this grain. He stated that
improvement in corn could me made
by careful selection of seed; in plant
ing, the hills should be three feet and
eight inches apart, making 3241 hills
to the acre. Three plants to the hill
making 9723 plants to the acre, with
one ear weighing one pound TO each
plant the yield would be 143 bushels
from the acre. Corn should have shall
low cultivation.
Mr.. Bailey on Bacteria in Milk
said that bacteria could be controlled
BY cooling the milk to 65 degrees anc
by cleanliness. Mr.. Waid brought
two samples Of milk from the conden.
sorry which were used by Mr.. Bailey
in demonstrating; the samples strain
ed through cotton showed some quite
visible results.
Mr.. Baehtell followed with a very
practical lecture of the subject o.
manure and was in turn followed b,
Mr.. Bai'ev on the subject of "TestinI
Milk" Much interest was shown il
this subject; twelve samples of mill
were brought by different members O.
the school and tested. The sampl,
brought bv Mr.. Chas. Leist tested tn,
highest, 81 per cent. the other sam
pes tested from 30 per cent. TO a.
per cent. One sample of SKINNED O
separated milk testing a small frac
tion Of one per cent. Mr.. Bale,
showed that various conditions i