Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-08
Extension School al North Sfoningion
Dairy Agricultural Topic Discussed Wheeler Schoo Roy E. Jones Tells How Growing Stock Should be Cared For-Karl B. Musser Explains Management of Dairy Calf.

Addresses on dairy, poultry and az
 ricultural interests featured the ex-
 tension school program at North Ston-
 | ington on Wednesday. The attend
 fance has been large since the opening session on Tuesday and promises to
 be equally large during today and to-
 morrow CFriday). The school is be- l ing condueted by the Connecticut Ag-
 ricultural College extension service, County Improvement League, the Wheeler School. and the people Of
 | North Stonington and vicinity
 The opening session on Wednesday
 l was held at o'clock in the morning. Mowings and pasture was the topic
 I discussed by Benjamin G. SouthwickS. 1 A synopsis of his address follows: l Permanent mowings should only be | maintained on heavy moist soils. l Chances for scratching in some seed
 | to thicken stand.
 Top dress in spring-heavy in nitro l gen.
 l Reasons for more frequent seeding
 of our mowings: Newly seeded fields l yield heavier; old Sods run out-Set l thin, weeds come in. less valuable i grasses surplant timothy, soil becomes hard, compact. and low in humus; !; l tillage improves soil and increases the availa bility of plant food.
 Pastures-Improv and nnainte- | nance: 1, keep weeds and brush down: l year on best portions. Kentucky and l Canada blue. meadow fescue, perennial | rye, and white clover; 3. possibly top i dress; use slag, potash and some nj l ing dry spell. Supplements to a short | hay crop: Cut early and top-dress; blow and reseed at once.
 Karl B. Muna spoke on Keeping Dairy Records, Under Methods he gave the following suggestions: Herd inn provement associations, daily milk rec | ords, advanced registry, seven day | tests, thirty day tests. semf-official The advantages he pointed out as l follows Elimination of unprofltable cows, shows the average produced in the herd may be profitable, locates the | COW producing both fat and milk, keeps good cows from the butchers | block, persistency located, increases the selling price of stock, interests boys and girls in the farm. gives de- l finite and accurate figures on cost of l feeding cows, stimulates cooperation 1 in feeding, breeding and selling, the records often aid in bec.er market prices for milk.
 All kinds of live stock make the cheapest gains while they are young; therefore young chicks and growing stock should have the very best Of care. Any stunting or set back in growth at this time can never be en- | tirely made up even with the best of care later On.
 l Young chicks should De encouraged | to run out of doors as much as pos sibIe even during the cold weather in early spring. Fresh air, exercise and sunlight are quite as important as a warm. dry hover.
 Brooder and house temperature should be gradually lowered to encour- age the growth of feathers and hurry the chicks along to the roasting stage All male birds should be removed as soon as they can be distinguished. The coclerels are larger, more raven ous for food and do not give the pull lets a fair chance to grow and de velop. Care and management of cock erels from then on should depend on whether they are to be used as broil- CTS, roasters or breeding stock Caring for the growing stock was the topic of the address delivered by 1 Roy E. Jones. A synopsis of his ad- dress follows:
 Never keep chickens of different
 ages together in small runs. The smaller chicks are always over run and never make satisfactory growth. l Grading according to size is very of- 1 ten worth while even in lots of the same age.
 Provide roasting houses which give protection from cold storms and at 1 the same time allow a free circulation of air. Roasting in trees give ideal conditions for best growth and de- | velopment during hot weather, and | the nearer houses conform to such i copditions the better results will be. PulIets should be transferred to | their winter laying houses before they start laying. The dreaded fall moult | in bullets is very often due to a
 change in housing and feed as well as | early matching.
 Egg production depends as much on | muias used.
 Given well grown bullets, good 1 houses, reasonable feed, dry litter, ex- ercise. fresh air and sunshine and win | f0T
 After MT. Southwick had spoken on alfalfa and clover MT. Jones addressed | the gathering Poultry House Con struction. The Management of the
 Dairy Calf was the topic of the last address and was delivered by MT. | Musser. A brief synopsis of the ad dress follows:
 1 The advantages of raising heifers | are as follows: Improve the quality l and market value of his herd, an ideal | way to increase production of milk | injecting herd with diseases, the satis- 1 faction of seeing animals of one's own 1 rearing Improve the standard of the 1 herd, it costs less generally than buy 1 ing cows
 The COW at calving time should be ] given a rest of from six to eight weeks. Have her in good flesh. Feed | her literally of tissue building feeds | cows. One week before calving reduce l grain to four or five pounds and feed 1 mostly bran and oats. Be present at 1 time of delivery. Assist the calf in
 securing feed within three hours Be sure the calf secures the first milk or l colostrum as it contains much needed ! nutrients adapted to the calfs needs It is important to feed the calf accord 1 ing to its weight as overfeeding is | less apt to occur.
 Suggestions in raising calves were made as follows: Take the calf from | it's mother if in thrifty condition af-
 ter two days: Feed the calf three