The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-11-18
DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGRlCULTURlSTS

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national Livestock Exposition to he
held in Chicago, Nov. 27 to Dec.
A team of College of Agriculture stu
dents will meet like teams from 9
score or more other states, while jun.
iors in club work will be represented
by "a team composed of William Sjo.
gren, Erwin Draheim, and Lloyd Kot-
tum, club boys of Renville county, in
i contest between similar teams about
% to 80 states. The juniors will be
coached by H. G. Zavoral, livestock
specialist from the University of Min
nesota, and will do practice judging
at college stations and on farms be-
fore leaving for Chicago. -Four
classes of stock will be studied and
judged, beef cattle, horses, hogs, and
sheep.
Eight Teams Entered in Grain
Judging Bout-A. C. Army of the
farm crops division, University OF
Minnesota, was the organizer of the
grain judging contest held annually at
the International Grain and Hay
Show, department of the Interna-
tional Livestock Exposition, which
will be open in Chicago the last of
this month. He will be in charge of
the coming contest, which is slated for
Saturday, Nov. 27. Corn, wheat,
oats, barley, rye, hay, and cotton will
be judged and 100 samples of either
grains or forages will be identified :.
College stations of Iowa, Kansas,
Michigan, Montana, North Carolina,
Ohio, Oklahoma, and West Virginia
will send judging teams. R. S. Dun
ham of the Crookston station will
assist Mr.. Army in experimenting
the contest and will also serve on the
committee which will judge the small
grain at the show.
Veterinaria as Will Meet January
Is and 1.-The Minnesota State Vet
Urinary Medical association has pre-
empted the dates, Jan. 10 and IA, for
it's winter meeting at the Radison
hotel in Minneapolis. DIR. C. P.
Fitch, chief of the division of veter-
mary medicine, University of Mime
sofa, has served the association for
many years as secretary-treasurer
and has begun work upon program
for the Minneapolis meeting.
drinking Cows" Make Money
Nearly seven pounds of water are
needed for every quart of milk pro-
duced by COW. A short daily sup
ply of temperate water limits the
amount of milk COW can produce
and at no time of the year is the
need so manifest as during winter
months when housed dairy cows are
wholly dependent upon their owners
for their daily allowance of food, wat
er and air.
Milk is 81 per cent water. The
cow producing milk requires a larg-
er supply of water than any other
farm animal. The amount she needs
depends upon her milk yield, the
amount of water in her feed and
the air temperature. The average
cow in milk requires about rs pounds
of water day in addition to that
which is in her feed. Higher produc-
ing cows require larger amounts.
The Importance of plenty of water
for milk cows in winter was shown
recently by the South Dakota expert
ment station which found serious
losses occurred when cows were al
lowed but half of the water they
drank normally. During thirty
day period each of these cows lost
an average of 95 pounds in body
weight and produced on average of
Alp pounds milk and almost 1-5
pound butterfat less per day, or 5. 60
pounds less butterfat per month dur
ing this period than they did while on
a full allowance of water. If such a
condition persisted during three
winter months, the total loss of but
terfat alone due to lack of water
would be 17.07 pounds, which, at
present prices of butterfat, is worth
1888. In five-cow dairy this loss
for these three months would amount
to $34. Is.
Cows will not drink sufficient water
unless it is kept conveniently ac.
cessible at all times, is heated to al
least 60 degrees and is provided in q
sheltered place where they will be
fairly comfortable on the coolest
days. 1t is folly for the dairy farm.
er to feed a COW expensive feeds anG
then to neglect providing her with 9
liberal supply of pure, fresh water
the cheapest thing on the farm.
lis In Colt Project-Honors JUS
Awarded-In the second year of The
colt project, which is promoted by
the agricultural extension service O.
the University and the Minnesota
Livestock Breeders association al
part of junior club work, lis mem
bers from Ia counties have been en-
rolled and most of them exhibited al
their county colt shows. These coun
ties were Kittson, Nicollet, Lyon, East
Ottertail, Murray, Rock, Redwood
Goodhue, LeSueur, Olmstead, Polk
Scott, Stearns, and Waseca.
Boys who have won free trips tx
the National Club Congress, held the
last Of this month in Chicago in con.
nection with the international Live.
stock Show, are Milo G. Heinis o1
Lyon county, Harold Med onnell 0a
Murray county, and Howard Ballard
of Redwood county. These trips are
financed by the breeders association
Five other boys will enjoy free