Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-19
digested as beef or pork and should
be used more extensively.
Healing a Case of Congested
Udder

be used more extensively.
Healing Case of Consested
Udder
]. D. O., Cleveland. Ga,
writes: Can you tell RIO what
als my cow and give me a rem
edy for the same? She has a
young calf, and her milk and
butter smell and taste bad. She
is not very hearty, but seems to
be in good order. She has the
run of good pasture.
Presumably, the udder of the cow
about which you inquire needs at
tention. The chances are that the
udder became hard and caked at the
time of calving and has never clear
ed up properly. Troubles Of this
kind are not uncommonly met with.
When neglected, they become chron-
ic. The chances are that bacterial
infections have occurred, and that
these organisms have multiplied to
such an extent as to produce the
condition you have described. We
suggest the following treatment in
the hope that it may relieve the
trouble about which you write:
Wash the udder with soap and
water and wet with a solution of
two teaspoonfuls Of carbolic acid in
a pint of water before the cow is
MIXED. The stall should be we'll dis
infected. After it has been thor
oughly cleaned and scraped, spray
it with strong solution of blue
stone, made up in the proportion OF
five ounces to one gallon of water.
Draw the milk off very carefully and
completely, and inject into the milk
Of n n Yrn.
gen or iodoform. After this material
has been allowed to stay in the I'd
der for a little while, thoroughly
strip it out It is necessary to re-
peat this treatment every day for
several days and then every other
day until a cure is effected. In the
meantime, you will not be able to
use the milk. The thorough disin-
lection of the udder is the object
sought. If this is attained, then a
cure will almost certainly follow.
1t is important to see that the
hands of the mixer are thoroughly
washed before milking, and that his
clothing is also clean. 1t is desirable
that the cow be kept out of low,
swampy places, and that she should
be given a clean, shaded pasture in
which to run. Naturally, liberal
feeding is desirable.
Preparing Suitable Ration for
Dairy Cows
A correspondent, Augusta,
Ga, writes: 1 have a half dozen
COWS which are probably the
largest milk producers in the
county. 1 have to buy all my =.
cow feed, and will appreciate it
if you will give me one or two
good formulas for the feeding
of these cows.
The best and most wholesome
for moi roughage which one can
provide for cows, IS grass, or the
most acceptable substitute therefor.
At certain seasons of the year when
pastures are lush, additional rough
age is not needed but for at least
several months in Georgia substi'
! tute foods must be provided. Two
kinds Of roughage may be used for
this purpose.
The first group consists OF crops
planted at different seasons of The
year and cut when in a green con-
dition and fed on the basis of what
is known as soiling crops. A great
variety of such crops may be grown
with satisfaction and success in
Georgia, beginning with rye. oats,
and Vetch seeded in the fall, cu,,
and fed, say, during February,
March, and probably part of April.
Millet, Sudan grass, corn and sor-
ghum seeded in succession, either
separately or in combination with
legumes, will provide the necessary
green foliage during the late spring
and summer.
The second grow comprise: those
crops which are adapted for use in
the form OF silage. This is the best
type of roughage to use during thu
winter months. The largest yield
will be obtained from sowing alter
nate rows of Red Head or Sumac
sorghum and Wh4te kaffir corn.
Concentrates must be fed 10 ,..II'y
COWS, particularly where they are
yielding q heavy flow of milk A
formula which we have used eX-
tensively here at the college con.
sists of one-third high grade cotton.
seed meal, one-third wheat bran
and one-third shorts, corn or GA s,
depending on the price OF these ma
terials and the season of the year
which naturally affects their avail,
ability. Another desirable formula
may be made up on the same ba 5is,
but peanut meal or soy bean meal
may be substituted For the cotton,
seed meal. Velvet bean meal from
which the hulls have been excluded
can also be substituted for the corn
or oats. Either one of these grain
rattons would be considered as stand
ard, if supplied in desira Die variety
and quantity. The amount of grain
to feed depends on the size, age
weight and flow of milk We sug-
Sest the use of scales and a measure
in feeding concentrates. In this
way. the owner of the animals can
easily determine the right amount OF
grain to feed TO insure the largest
| profit