Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-09-06
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FAFTENrNG COWS INTENDED FOR
BEEP
W. V. c., OF Lee, Flaw writes: Please
advise me Of a good way to faten an old
mileh COW for beef | have been feeding
her a great deal Of green corn in addition
TO her Outside grazing, but il doesn't seem
TO fatten her She is old COW with yearl-
ing calf.
1t is sometimes very difficult to fat
ten an old milch COW. Occasionally the
teeth are ground down to where she
does not masticate the food thoroughly
and hence il is not as readily digested
and assimilated as il should be. If you
have plenty of green feed available we
suggest that you. put this COW under
comfortable shelter where you can pro-
tect her from the direct rays of the sun
and keep her reasonably cool and IN
sanitary surroundings. Protect her from
flies If possible, as they are most an
noying, and a part of the energy which
should go into beef production will be
lost in fighting flies. If they have free
access to her a partially dark stable
IS helpful in keeping flies away. We
believe 1t is better to bring the feed to
the COW rather than send her to the
feed. where you desire to fatten her
To this end we suggest that the green
feed be cut and brought in when in the
most palatable form and condition and
fed to the animal ad libitum. Along with
this we would provide an abundance of
good pure water and a considerable
grain ration as well. You may use cot
tonseed meal at the rate of to pounds
per day, or better still, an equal mix
ture of cottonseed meal and velvet bean
meal or a mixture of cottonseed meal,
velvet bean meal and peanut meal. If
you have a reasonably good supply Of
Ncorn on hand make one-third to on-half
OF the ration corn and an equal amount
of cottonSeed meal, or any of the 9TH
er concentrates mentioned. Corn, as you
know, is the most fattening grain we
have, therefore it's fairly liberal use is
advisable. We would begin by feeding
only moderate grain ration say to 5
pounds, and then increase it gradually
by one-half to three-fourths of a pound
a week By supplying plenty of nour-
ishing green food, as varied in character
as possible, and the use of some of the
concentrated foodstuffs mentioned above
you should be able to fatten this COW
fairly well in a period of about 80 days.
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When and How to start Bermuda Grass
Mr.. G. NJ, OF Cuthbert, Ga. writes:
Please advise at once how TO plant
Bermuda grass and the best time for plant
ing.
1t is now late in the; season to plant
Bermuda grass seed. This should have
been sown along about the first of May
when the growing season first opened
up. Bermuda grass terminates rather
slowly and 1t takes it some time to es-
tablish itself. hence early seeding is de-
sirabe No doubt if sown at this sea-
son of the year il would terminate un-
der favorable conditions and make some
OR at Il
cal, however Possibly it would not es-
tablish itself well enough to escape de-
struction by hard freezes should the
same occur during the fall and winter
seasons. We believe it would be per-
fectly safe for you to plant Bermuda
sets at this time of the year, however.
You'd could put them in Immediately
and they would have a growing season
as their disposal of two months yet.
The sets would establish themselves
more quickly and completely than plants
deve: ope1 from seed. They would also
have greater powers OF resistance to
frost and adverse seasonal conditions.
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TREATING A cow WITH BAD
COUGH
r. e. B.. Of L-avonia, Ca, writes: l
have a cow about four years old which has
severe cough. Up until about two weeks
ago l had been feeding her some damaged
frOst-bitten cotton seed Please advise me
of a remedy.
cow may develop a cough from va
rious causes. When it is deep-seated and
Of a dry, hacking nature it is a general
indication that the cow has developed
some sort of a more or less chronic dis
ease. In cases of this character there
is a disposition to feel that the trouble
arises from infestation of the lungs with
the hacilli, which causes tuberculosis
or consumption. There is no way of
diagnosing that a COW is affected with
this trouble save through the application
of what Is known as the tuberculin test.
This should only be administered by
competent veterinarian. Under the cir
cumstances, we would advise you to
have an examination or test of this char
acter made. 1t will not cost more than
1t is worth if you are using the milk
in your family, and it is a safe and wise
protection not only to them but as
against the spread of the infection to
other cattle from diseased animal.
You might think that the exterior
symptoms would indicate the presence
of tuberculosis, but this is not ordinari-
ly true. There are many, many cases
on record where the animal was liter
ally infested with tuberculosis bacilli
and yet appeared to be in good health
and condition.
This matter is, of course, so serious
that you should give it your immediate
attention and consideration.
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Handling milk In Hot Weather
w J. Y. Of Ocala, Fla, writes have
a three ear-Old Jersey COW with her first
calf / feed her shorts and cottonseed meal
and give her green pea vines and shucks to
eat Her milk clabbers in eight hours and
the cream does not come as 1t should. She
is hard TO milk and the milk does not smell
right. Please advise what to do.