Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11

If Won are having trouble teaching
the Young calves to drink, starve
them for 12 hours.
The apparently mysterious occur
renee of rain at temperatures below
freezing is explained by the fact
that there is sometimes a thin lay
or of cold air on the earth with a
much warmer layer above it. Rain
NAV get through this thin layer OF
cold air before it has time to freeze
tuberculosis of cattle is gradual
ly being reduced in the United States
as the result of continued eradica-
ton work carried on by the United
States Department of Agriculture IN
cooperation with the various
States. OF some twenty million cat
tie under supervision for this dis
ease, nearly three-fourths are IN
herds which have successfully pass
ed one or more tuberculin tests.
1t has been a mooted question as
to which are the higher producers,
grade or pure bred dairy COWS. High
production of milk and butterfat Is
of course important only If 1t re-
suits in a high income over the cost
of the feed. Records obtained Dy
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
on over 100000 pure bred and grace
dairy COWS in all parts of the Unlteu
States indicate that, although the
cost of feed per cow was greater Tor
Dure breds than for grades, the for
mer returned higher income over
the cost of feed. The average return
for pure bred COWS over the cost Oh
feed was S97.79, while the average
for grade COWS was only SS9.lS.
Soybeans utilize the nitrogen IN
the air through bacteria on the roots
of the plant, the presence OF these
bacteria being shown by the devel-
onment of nodules (small knots) on
the roots. When soybeans are
grown on land planted to this crop
for the first time it is advisable 10
inoculate. One of the most COM
mon causes of failure in growing q
first crop of sOybeans is lack OF IN
Oculation which is usually Indicated
by a pale or yellOwshi green Color
of the plant. incubation may De
accomplished through cultures Oh
bacteria which are applied to the
seed before being planted. Another
method is to make an application Oh
soil from land on which lnoculateu
soybeans have been previously
grown. about 25O pounds of inoculat-
cd soil being applied to an acre. rms
method of course involves consider
able labor. incubation is most cas-
lily accomplished on neutral or aka
line soil. When the soil once be-
comes thoroughly inOculated, it need
not be done again if a sOybean crop
is grown occasionally on the land'
Young chicks just hatched need
not be fed anything until they are
about 60 hours old, as they are sup
plied when Matched with a certain
amount of available food in the yolK
sac which is absorbed into the body
In fact, if they are fed too soon al
ter Matching, digestive trouble may
result. When 21a days old, the
chicks should be fed times day
for the first two or three weeks and
about 8 times a day after that. IL
is important not to let them overeat;
feelings should be frequent but Oh
a small quantity at time. A good
feed for chicks up to two weeks old
is a mixture of parts of corn meal
2 of bran, 2 of rolled oats, OF MD
dlings, and 1 of sifted meat scraps
This feed should be given three
times a day and alternated with
mixture of equal parts of tinely
cracked corn and cracked wheat ted
twice daily. When chicks are two
weeks old, a good mash may be
made of 4 parts of yellow corn meal,
2 of bran, 2 of middlings, l of sifted
meat scraps, and II of bone meal.
This feed may be left in hopper
where it is available to the chicks at
any time. If prepared chick feeds
are purchased, they should be
bought from a reliable place.