Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-11-15
WITH The COUNTY AGENT
Hi Spots From the County Agrieul-
tural Agents Office
Cow Testing Notes


Mr.. Ed Lindow of the Viroqua Cow
Testing Association reports for the
month Of October. The association
has relatively small percent of cows
producing at the present time. A ma
jority of cows are now being condi-
toned for the next lactation period.
Corn fodder, hay, silage, ground oats
and corn serve as a large part of the
ration in conditioning these cattle.
During the past months we find that
the Guernseys and Jerseys are again
in the lead. The high herd average
for the month is held by a registered
and grade herd of Jerseys that aver
age $50 pounds of milk and test 5.45
% butterfat. The total production
being 28.9 pounds of butter. The sec
ond high herd average for the month
is held by Albert Hegge & Sons whose
herd of II grade Jerseys, average 494
pounds of milk, test 5.66 or total of
27.9 pounds of butterfat. The six
high cows for the month are as fol-
lows:
Owner, name, bred, pounds milk,
percent of fat, pounds butterfat
A. M. Langhus, No. 2, CD, HOT,
4.6, 500.
Ole oberson & Sons. No. 6, G.H.,
801, Sc, 44.8.
syverhus Bros, Dolly, &C., 81, 4.s,
Alb.
c. H. Buxton, Nell, CD, TAT. Sc,
I. E. Cass, No. z, re-, sss, A,
Alb.
Vernon Co. Asylum, No. SO A, G.J.,
SOC, so, 40.3.
Poultry Culling
Among the many fiocks of poultry
culled during the past two months
great variations have been found as
to the relative productivity of differ
ent fiocks cared and fed in different
manner. In some fiocks it has been
found that from 80 to $50 of the
birds are non-producers. Also from
10 to 20@o of exceptionally good pro-
ducers are found. These facts con-
Germ all breeds of poultry. In the ma
jority of cases the low production is
attributed to the lack of animal pro-
tein in the ration together with lack
of variety of feed and, moreover, the
unpalatable condition of the feed fed.
The experience of able poultry reals
ers in the county demonstrate that
there are but two months in the year
when sufficient animal protein can be
found on a range by the average farm
flock. Owing to this unbalanced con-
dition of food many farm fiocks do not
pay their way. 1t has become neces-
sary that this animal protein be fur
nished to the flock by the addition of
commercial feed. The best usited for
this use is meat scraps. Their par
ticular keeping quality and uniform
protein content make them very well
adapted for farm feeding.
According to Mr.. Eyler of Ontario,
his flock of 81 Notified Anconas pro-
duced $40 worth of eggs for every
$4 worth of meat scraps fed during
1922. Mr.. Eyler further recommends
that none but old hens be culled. 1t
is Improbable to Gull pullets where
proper ration is being fed. He fur
ther states 81 aim to have my pullets
start laying at a "a months of age and
continue this production with very
short periods of intermission for at
pullets that could logically recon-
mend wiuld be the sorting out of in
ferior birds, that is, to pick out for
market all birds of late Matching that
are slow to mature and have shown
PuyolCd1 WtdhIlcSS. III JULIET WOIuS,
| would not keep any birds that do not
show great physical strength. l can
further assure all raisers of poultry
that they will achieve success with
their fiocks if they will first Gull for
production and, second, feed the pro-
per ration. / am assuming that in all
cases plenty of light and ventilation
is given and that att all times an abun-
dance of water is kept before them,
for we cannot loose sight of the fact
that some over 1000 of the contents
of the eggs is water. The ration !
would recommend together with an
abundance Of uniform sweet or sour
milk would be as follows:
100 lbs. of wheat bran, 100 lbs. of
middlings, 100 lbs. of ground oats, 100
lbs. of ground corn, rs lbs. of meat
scraps, lbs. of charcoal, lbs. of salt
Note-Feed this mixture in an open
feeder and have it before the birds
at all times"