Evening star., 1916-01-09
higher when such feeds are given &c
poor cows instead Of good cows.

higher when such feeds are given to
poor cows instead Of good cows.
The future usefulness of the calves
depends largely upon the care and feed
given during the first year of their
| lives.
Wash the hands before milking and
wipe them dry. Also wash the udder
and wipe it dry. These two operations
are essential in the production of clean
milk.
To produce good milk, cows must be
comfortable. The dairy barn should be
roomy, clean. dry, light and well ven-
tNated.
If cream has an unpleasant taste or
ordor before it is churned 1t will make
butter of poor quality. 1t is impossible
to make good butter with dirty, sour
cream.
Perhaps many farmers were troubled
last summer with calf scours. This
trouble is caused by a deranged diges-
tive system, which in turn may be
caused by various conditions. Chief
among them and one that can readily
be guarded against is unclean feeding
pals Another common cause is a
change from sweet to sour milk or
vice versa. The milk should be either
1ailk often brings on scours. Feed the
calves regularly. A little bran or crush
ed grain. fed dry. Immediately after
their milk is desirable. Successtu!
herdsmen claim that tabiespoon!ui gu
of pure dried blood mixed with the milk
at each feeding is partially effective in
preventing and relieving cases OF
scours. Four tablespoonfuls of castor
oil every two days until the trouoie
disappears is one of the most valuable
remedies for scours.
1.-The future of dairying." says Prof
Reed of the Kansas Agricultural Col
leee, depends on grade dairy cattie
important that the farmers pay more
attention to the selection of bulls. so
as to get animals from high producers
to use in the production of grade cat
tie The farmer cannot pay too mucn
attention to the quality of the sire. He
should be of a good mother and fami-
ly having high producing records.
As feed wheat is not comparable
with gluten meal, oilmeal or cotton
all higher in protein and fat. How
ever. experiments have proved that
for mature dairy cows ground wheat
is about equal to ground corn or to a
mixture made up of equal parts OF
ground barley and oats For imma-
ture or growing animals wheat Is
somewhat more valuable than corn,
since it carries more protein and more
phosphorus and potash.
The very best way to feed the calf is
to allow it to run with the COW. There
is nothing like its mothers milk
to make it grow rapidly. But since the
advent of the separator it has become a
common practice-to separate the butter
fat and feeds milk to the calf. This
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nourishment. In preparing this sub
stitute it is well to consider the COM
position of whole milk Chemical
analysis shows that whole milk con-
tains one pound of protein to every 3.S
pounds of carbohydrates and fat COM
bined. This, then, will have to be our
tandard for the calf rations.. The
average nutritive ratio of skim milk is
to 1.s. Taking the adopted standard
ratio of to 3.s, we find that some
thing wider than skim milk will have
to be used. In making up calf meal
there is nothing better than unbolted
cornmeal, ground oats and wheat bran.
This gives us the following proper
ton: Cornmeal, thirty pounds: ground
oats, fifteen pounds; wheat bran, SIX
pounds. Mix the ground feed together
and give the calf two parts of this to
nine parts of skim milk. The main
thing is to get the calf to eat it. The
best way IS gradually 10 iHlTouuce the
substitute till the whole amount is
eaten. This combination will be found
thoroughly reliable.
When the weanlings are first sep
arated from their dams supply a mix
ture of oats, wheat. bran and linseed
meal in a handy manger.
Not more than two breeding sows
should be kept in one pen, and then
care should be had that they agree per-
fectly,
Do not let the sheep flock run down
on the frostbitten grass.
1t doesn't pay to have early pigs
and let them chill and die for want of
proper quarters.
Box stalls with ground floors. if
possible, should be arranged for the
colts for the winter.
The sheep flock will do lot in free
ing land from weeds while the weeds
are green 1t is another question when
the weeds have seeded and dried