Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-06

the enlightenment and uplift of the
community. If the spring should dry
up the river dwindles to a hrooklet and
finally ceases to flow. our agriculture
would be affected in the same way IL
the service work of the college Of agri-
culture were minimiZed beyond GER
tain degree. In this connection it is
important TO remember that Germany
has produced 10000 substitutes since
the war began. and we must know how
to NEE and deal with every one of these
If we are to compete successfully with
her on the conclusion of the war. There
fore along the lines of agriculture and
domestic science constitute an essential
part of the service work which must be
performed in the interest of the state
and nation at this time and this article
is written solely for the purpose of
attracting the attention OF young men
and women to the opportunities which
are afforded them for preparing them
selves for acceptable leadership.
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This Ration Needs to he Balanced Up
A. subscriber Reynolds, Ca, writes:
have recently come into possession of cow
which recommended to me for good
one, which think is true, but she will eat
nothing but grass some thing green. Her
ration has been pr ncipally velvet beans and
peayine hay, but she has been doing well
II until lately. She has. fine heifer calf
month old. Her hoOfs growing long
Any infOrma ton will be appreciated.
Cows, like human beings, sometimes
get tired of a ration and like change.
You may feed a man OH the choicest
bacon. corn bread and sweet potatoes,
but after a while he will get tired and
like the little boy who was fond of
biscuits ask that they be made i'm some
different style just for change The
greater variety you can provide in a
ration the higher its degree of palata-
bility, the larger amount of the food
therefore, likely to be consumed, and the
more milk and butter obtained. The
COW is simply a machine to which we
feed raw materials and thereby obtain
a highly finished product i'm the form
of milk.
Milk is one of the most wholesome
desirable and easily digested of foods.
1t is one of the most valuable additions
to the dietary provided il is properly
handled after il ia drawn Therefore,
we should study the COW as a machine
and try to feed her so as to stimulate
milk production. To this end there should
he a large amount of green feed in the
ration. Give her good pasture in the
summer and in the winter provide her
with green feed by grazing her on
cereal crops such as rye. When the
pastures become short in the summer
supply her with green feed by cutting
young sorghum, corn or other crops
which grow at that season of the year
Peavine hay and velvet beans are both
rather rich in protein. While a COW likes
food containing this element in album
dance, she becomes surfeited with nitro
gen in the course of time and ii is bet
ter therefore, to vary 4 ration of this
character by adding foods of the char
acter suggested.
1t is plain also that you are keeping
your COW confined or else the hoofs
would not be growing long. You should
turn her out at once. Cows will walk
normally several miles a day in saith
ering food. The ground over which rney
travel grinds and keeps the hoofs in
good condition and at normal size
We suggest that in addition to the
ration you are feeding you give some
green feed of the character indicated,
and that you buy a sack of brand and
sack of corn meal and make UP
your ration Of equal parts of each of
these constituents and feed at the rata
of Is pounds per 100 pounds of live
weight.
Sometimes a dose of Epson salts will
help to stimulate the secretion and i'm
prove the circulation of the blood,
matter essential in obtaining the high
est production of milk.