Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
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it in.
The brush and the comb are just as
necessary to dairy success in winter as
the milk pail and scales.
Any breed of cows is a good breed.
provided the right kind of individual
selection is made.
A heifer on starvation rations while
she is developing will never make the
COW she would have made if fed with
Intelligence and a generous hand from
cafhood.
Good lambs are money-ma kers.
Keep dogs and strangers out of sight
of the flock.
Lambs will make great growth on
clover and alfalfa hay and corn.
The ability Of the eve to properly
nourish her lamb is one of the most
important considerations in selecting
breeding stock.
The mich goat seems TO have a place
on the backyard farm. but it should be
remembered that in most cases a lik-
ingS for goats milk must be acquired.
1t is much cheaper to milk and care
loi oHf COW giving JUV POUNDS OF Out
terfat IN year than it is to milk and
care for three cows giving 100 pounds
OF hutterfat each and if the 300-pound
COW is heavily fed she will not eat as
much as the three O0-pound cows.
The COW that is not naturally free
mixer and n large producer of butter
fat cannot be improved by all the bal
ah'ed ratiohs that one may figure out
The best indication of the breeding
value %>f a bull is furnished in the milk
records of his dam.
Skimmilk fed to calves should he
supplemented by oats, bran. cornmeal
ana nay or pasture.
The skllful breeder does not need
TO have it pointed out to him that
the bull is half the herd.
Build the milkhouse with no Lodges
inside to catch dust and collect
wrenches. milk bottles. etc.
Lice frequently cause trouble with
calves by Keeping them from thriving
properly. says an Ohio experiment
station bulletin. They are apt to be
more plentiful in the winter when the
calves have long hair and are kept in
rouGhness of coat and by the calves
licking themselves. Such symptoms
should cause one to make an eXami-
nation at once. 1t is difficult to get
get well established in herd, but
they can be kept from doing much
damage by proper methods. Spray the
calf carefully all over with some of
the commercial coal tar disinfectants
or fly repellants. Repeat the spraying
in FIVE to eight days to kill those
which may hatch from the nits. At
the same time clean out and disinfect
the stalls and managers. DO not make
the disinfectants too strong or the
hair may be removed from very young
winter should be done on warm days.
and the calf should be kept warm
until dry.
Ia order to put dairying on a bust
ness basis every farmer needs to use
the milk scales. the tester and the rec
ord book. Farmers must come to this
proposition and do a little simple
bookkeeping to know where they are.
Every successful business man has
ledger to guide him in his transac
tons.
Every dairyman needs to enter a
separate account with each of his cows
SO that he may have indicator to
tell him al the end of the year just
how much feed each has consumed.
the amount of mill; produced and the
percentage il tests.
Too many farmers Of this country
are still keeping scrub cows. feeding
and milking them twice each day.
fourteen times each week and sixty
times each month.
Fortunate indeed. is the breeder who
his herd ram full of