Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-20
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We hope that the people in the
county that are so located that they
can attend will not forget the dates
and the places, Dickeyville, Febru-
airy 10 and 20, Tuesday and Wednes-
day; Tennyson, February II and %,
Thursday and Friday. Things of i'm
portance will be discussed by men
who are we'll fortified with knowledge
along these lines. Dairying, lime, al
falfa, silos, and other interesting
questions will be taken up. There
will also be a program for the ladies
at both places. We feel sure that all
/ will gain benefit by being at the
meeting. A real old time get togeth-
er with plenty of time to discuss and
ask questions. Will you be there?
1t is with interest that I learn that
Geo. w. Davies, who was county agent
in Grant county back in 1919-1920, has
accepted the secretaryship of the
American Poland China Record Asso
citation with offices at Chicago. | feel
sure that his many friends in Grant
county will be pleased to learn this
and to know that Mr.. Davies is again
working in the capacity where ne can
be of service to you. For the past
year Mr.. Davies has been at Ontario,
| California working with the fruit
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growers in that section.
Build Up Herds Now.
| 1t is always poor policy to start to
build when every thing is high Back
a few years ago purebred bulls in
nearly all breeds were selling up
wards of $500 to $500. Purebred COWS
sold at about the same figure, some
times going up into the thousands.
Purebred hogs were selling on about
the same scale. Prices were out of
reach 1t was hard for the young
man to start with purebreds at that
time. Yet even in that time many
started and have succeeded. Now the
balance of the value and price are
level. Now the price is down and
many think what is the use of build
ing up. Now is the time to start
foundation of good material that is
down in the reach of all. We are
holding from time to time this winter
purebred hog sales. In spite OF the
fact that the hog market looks bad,
we are still going to raise hogs in
Grant county, then why not raise the
class of swine that are from families
and ancestery that we know warrant
a good class of offspring. There are
this week two purebred hog sales, one
at Lancaster and one at Cuba City,
that will offer a real chance for one
to buy material that will result i'll
better class of hogs. Aside from these
are many men over Grant county that
| have some bred sows for sale that VIII
mean an improvement to most OF the
herds in Grant county. 1t costs
money to follow the crowd and al
WAYS has The crowd is small now
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! thinking men to realize that now is
the time to build a better class OF
pork. Let us consider the logic ol so
doing.
| Further. let the man that has
scrub bull stop and think. Now is the
| time to get started on the right foot.
Purebred sires mean better than 5U
percent to your herd. We hate to see
| our corn yield with half stand.
Well in the long run you have the
same thing where you have scrub
bull. Those of you that are produc-
ing herd from the offspring can
readily see it, The beef man that
produces scrub calves has a hard
time finding a good market for his
yearling or two-year-old. The real
| beef feeder wants cattle with type ami
breeding. He knows they will feed
out better Build up herds now, when
building material is cheap.
Feeding Dairy Cows For Production.
Are you feeding your dairy COWS to
make them produce or are you just
using up the feed you have on the
place and trying to keep them alive
until pasture. Profits in dairyinS are
made largely by carefully selecting
| feeds and providing cows at. all times
with suitable rations for milk produc-
ton. Good dairy COWS are highly ef-
| fcient animal machines for convert
! inc feed into milk A machine that is
running idle don't require as much
power as one that is working to ca
pacity. So is this true of dairy COWS.
A COW that is working to capacity
must be fed for it, and the one that is
not up to capacity, perhaps nearly
dry, does not require as much feed.
1t is not always possible to get the
proper ration out of crops raised on
| the farm. A COW must have in order
to be money maker for her owner,
a balanced ration. Meaning by this,
they must have mixture of different
feeds containing various food ele-
ments, such as protein, fats, minerals
and others No dairy COW can be
expected to make a large profit by
being fed timothy hay, shredder fod-
der and straw, or would ear corn help