Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-07-13
WITH THE COUNTY AGENT
Hi Spots from the County Agricultu-
raj Office
Feeding the Calf

of livestock depends so much on the
care and feed that the animals re-
eeive, that 1t has become a recognized
fact that that farmer who does not
care for and feed properly all the an
finals he has on his farm, had better
be without livestock, in so far as the
actual profit in the business is con-
cerned.
Mr.. Hanson of Viroqua who is
recognized breeder of livestock says,
Fifty per cent of the success that
anyone might obtain in the livestock
business is directly dependable upon
the care and feed that the animals
obtain. This is especially true f
dairy cattle for they have been de-
veloped over such a long period of
years that any lack of care is i'm
mediately shown in their e.owth and
development. This is especially no
ticeable on She young animals. | re-
fer now particularly to the dairy calf
| sincerely believe that the calf is all
the COW and if you interfere with the
development of the calf you interfere
with the development Of TIL e cow
The dairy calf, to develop properly,
must make steady gain day by day
from the time it is born until it reach
es maturity.
At the present time / have four
calves in my barn that are of prac-
tically the same age. These calves
were given the same care during their
first four weeks but after that, two
were placed on a ration of skim milk,
hay and whole oats, the other two
calves were given a ration of skim
milk, hay and mixed grain ration.
You, therefore, see the only difference
in the ration of the four calves was
that of the grain ration. Knowing
the age of these calves and the care
they received / am thoroughly con-
WINGED that the grain ration is the all
important part of the feed of the
growing calf. This ration was Civ
en- to me by the county agent and was
recommended to be the ration best
suited for dairy calves in so far as
our Wisconsin experiment station is
able to learn. The ration consists of
five parts by weight of whole oats,
three parts of bran, one part of corn
meal, one part of linseed oil meal.
/ found this ration very convenient
in as much as | could use any GUAM
tity that ! cared to. Usually | used
Il
namely, 50-30-10-10 this made a total
of 100 pounds. To this mixture / was
told to add a pound and half of salt.
This amount | find very convenient
to take care of in a covered box that
keep just beside the calf pen. |
feed this ration twice each day and
give the. calf all it viii clean up in
thirty minutes.
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on are five months old. The two that
received the mixed grain ration now
weigh $50 pounds more than the two
that received the grain ration of whole
oats. This makes an average of 1875
pounds per calf. At the end of two
years / figure these two calves will
weigh no less than 500 pounds more
than the two calves that did not re-
ceive the complete grain ration.
wish to recommend to every farmer
today who is growing a calf to feed
this complete grain ration and further
to keep his calves under year old
in the barn at all times away from
flies and sunlight and give them plen-
ty of fresh water and clean place
to stay in. The results will be worth
many times the effort"
Grain Samples
Mr.. Sebion of Westby suggests a
way to help build up the grain depart
ment of our county, community and
state fair. He says Just before you
are to harvest crop find a long
handled corn knife and go out in the
field and pick out enough straws with
well filled and developed heads to
make bundle of 10 less than three
inches in diameter al the center band.
Carefully arrange these straws so as
to have the heads even, then carefully
bind about three inches below the
head, at the center band and at the
base. Bind with strong cord. Cut
off the loose ends. Strip off the out
side leaves of the bundle being care
full not to break the ends. Put away
in dark dry place where the sample
will not be attacked by mice. Then
watch for the date of the various
fairs and mark them in your calen-
dar."
If one grain grower in each school
district in the county would put up
one sheaf sample of grain we could
put on grain show in Westby that
would be second to none including
that grain show that might be held in
Lacrosse county.
Tom MOOrke's Version
Tom returned from long evening
session on council affairs and sank
into his easy chair to look over the
daily happenings OF our neighboring
city, Chicago. He read the account
Of the city treasurer on highway con-
struction of Broadway and Michigan
avenue. In his desire to learn more
about highways his imaginative mind
back to the local subject of
how he might induce the highway
of Chicago TO pave the
main street in his local town. As
The time went on his mind grew more
active and still more active. History
began to repeat itself. He thought
Of the neighboring towns, Hillsboro
and Westby, how they during his
early days were subjects for council
discussions and how finally the dis
cussions were ended by paving the
streets. He talked to himself and as
be talked he said, eve have lived
through an age of prosperity, we have
aiken all that we could from the time
but we have given as little as posi-
Die in return. We advanced twenty
years in four and yet we continue to
tolerate our old streets that have been
/ menace to our city and a transpor-
alton for the most part We hesitate
TO improve because we feel the burden
If taxation is being imposed upon US.
Yet we do not appreciate occupying
he position we do and the business
advantage of our position in the coun-
" We have grown into a habit of