Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-12-06
WITH THE COUNTY AGENT
Hi Spots From the County Agrieul-
tural Agents Office
State Record

In a recent publication of the pro-
duction of the state champion milk
and butterfat COW, Lady Jewell DeKol
Colantha, a five year old Holstein,
much comment has been made regard
ing the performance and the cost of
production. The facts and figures
concerning this record for the seven
day period are given herewith:
The ration for grain mixture as
prepared by Mr.. Lawton consisted of
the following:
100 lbs. of American dairy ration,
80 1I3 lbs of corn, 80 lib lbs. of oats,
SO 1I3 lbs. of bran, 90 lbs. of oil meal,
Z lbs. of charcoal, lbs of salt.
The American dairy ration costs
$4,000 per ton, the corn and oat mix
ture $4,000 per ton, the bran $20.50
per ton, the oil meal $4,000 per ton.
In this ration it is quite evident that
the American dairy feed formed a
major part of the ration. The analy-
sis of this feed shows 45Go carbohy-
drates, 249o protein, 1870 fibre and
Az 60 fat. It's particular digestible
composition together with its pala-
liability made it ideal for a test ra-
ton. The particular value of this
feed as a test ration lies in the num-
Der of variety of feed it contains. The
basic ration lies in the number of va
riety of feed it contains. The basic
feed being corn distillers dried grains,
Other feeds contained in this ration
are gluten, oil meal, cotton seed meal,
coconut meal, peanut meal, corn feed
meal, midlings, bran, dried sugar beet
pulp, calcium carbonate and salt.
The following itemized statement is
based on the seven day production
which consisted of 1855 lbs. of milk,
test 1925 or 26.04 lbs. of butterfat.
Production per day
3.72 lbs. of butterfat at soc per h.,
81 SO; los lbs. of SKINNED milk at 40c
per cwt. 42c, total 1928.
Costs per day
80 lbs. of grain ration at $.0177 per
Id. SIC, 46 lbs. of silage at $500 per
ton, lac, lbs. of bran plus one ID. of
moiasses 7c. 10 lbs. of alfalfa at s25
per ton 13c, labor and care l hour at
5Oc-total $1.41. Clear profit SIC.
1t must also be remembered that
water formed an important part of
this ration About $50 lbs. of water
was consumed daily.
In this particular calculation no ac-
and the feeds fed. 1t is estimated that
this value will equal the cost of labor
Of handling plus the rental and de-
probation fthe barn space occupied
by the animal in question.
Cow Testing AssO'n Notes
Mr.. Werner Sorenson of the Hills
boro COW testing association reports
for the month of November, i"0ur
members draw the largest checks of
all dairymen in this lacality. One
purebred Shorthorn sire replaced by a
purebred Holstein. The Holstein was
purchased from Gust Knick. A con-
siderable increase in milk production
has resulted from better feeding. One
new member is now getting twice as
much milk as year ago, with less
cows. Ten cows were sold for beef
All three high herds received balanced
rations. These in turn are as follows
Mrs. J. NJ. Wagner, purebred Hol-
stems 707 lbs. of milk, 1913 lbs. of
butterfat. End Albert Kahler pure
bred and grade Holsteins with 1913
lbs. of butterfat in 749 lbs. of milk.
Mr.. Albert Flick registered and pure
bred Holsteins is 3rd with 29.9 lbs. of
butterfat in 6S7 lbs of milk. The
twelve high cows of the association
are listed herewith:
Owner, breed of COW, lbs. of milk,
20 of fat, lbs. butterfat:
Julius Flick, P.B.H., 1913 Az, $50.
F. A. Havlick, P.3.H., 1401, as, $3.50
Stager G. Wernick, 1144, 40, SOL.
Albert Flick, CHI, 1916, 4.3, 52.3
Winchell & Eastman, PIG, 933,
So, 49.4.
Albert Flick, CHI, 1890, 40, 49.2.
j. C. Amberg, Phi, 100, 81, 4S.2.
Mrs. j. M. Wagner, P.B.H., 1900 40,
$50.
Albert Flick, CHI, 1923, So, 4s.O.
Ed Ratzburg, GIL, 1167, Al, 47.8.
Stager & Wernick, GIL, 1401, 3.4,
47.6.
Jos. j. Sinkule, 981, AT, 46.1.
Poultry Show
All plans and preparations for the
1922 second annual poultry show of
Vernon county have been completed.
Mr.. George B. Fisher, president of the
association assures all poultry fan
ciers of ample accommodations for ex-
hibiting their poultry in the Viroqua
Opera House on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, December 10, ID and
Is. Mark your calendar now and
make entries early.
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