Corvallis gazette., December 27, 1907, Image 4

THE GOOD COW. -
Truth Not Always at tha Bottom af a
Big Milk We!L
If W.r. M SPARRAN. before Connecti
cut Dairymen's association.
The average dairyman Is not as
mart as he thinks he is and cannot
' tall a good cow or a bad one under all
circumstances by looking at her, by
pinching her. hide, pulling her teats
and with his hand following the tortu
atts course of her milk veins to their
nd In the milk well.
It is possible for a well bred cow to
inherit a great many of the points that
we have come to look for in a good
dairy cow and still fall in her per
formance. I think I state a tact that
experienced breeders of cows will con
cede as beyond controversy that iato
' no breed of cows has man yet . been
able to so prepotently Ox the habit of
profitable milk giving that the tenden
cy to the exercise of the habit may not
be perverted or permanently arrested
by the early injudicious care of the off
Spring as a alf and as a heifer and
van on up into her cowhood that is
to say, a calf may be from an excellent
dam and a great sire and be serieusly
polled1 in the making of her Into a
cow. Such a one might carry many
Barks which the Judges of cows would .
look upon with favor and she still be a
SaUure. ... . : - . ..- j
Mechanical Dairying. ,
Having got good cows, we need to
keep them good and as far as possible:
take them better. . j
There are many so called dairymen
Who keep their cows Just as we work
With a gasoline engine. They think as
tile cow Is a machine she needs "to
have the current on only when she is
working. When the cow Is fresh she Is
at her best, and one may save feed on
her, as at that time- she will do well
any way. When this period of natural
activity begins to wane and the flow
of milk reduces Itself to the level of its
source, there isn't much use of feeding
heavily then, for a cow that doesn't
pay for generous feeding should not
have It In consequence of such me
chanical dairying, when milk la high
the cow is' kept by sufferance and
mighty cheap feed against the coming
of pasture.
The Cow Comfortable.
Why does this cow fill her udder
and the milker's pall when the sun
shines and the breeze Is soft and the
clear waters run and the grass is
green and plentiful in the pasture?
Simply because the cow is comfortable,'
has sun and air to make her good red
blood, has all the pure water she wants
to drink and all the rich nutritious
grass she can eat. Her nutrition Is
both balanced) and abundant and her
environment such that the wonderful
functions of her organism are in per
fect normal operation.
If my cows are to carry on through
the fall the good work they inaugurat
ed in the spring pasture there must be
no diminution In feed or attention. If
they are to keep at it all winter and
Bprlng and even do their best at early
pasture there must be always the full
and sufficient feed and unremitting
care. . -
NEWS AND VIEWS.
The western live show show, which
Is intended to draw a good attendance
from the Rocky mountain states, ' Is
scheduled for Jan. 20-25 at Denver.
Awards will be made for forage, feed
grains and feed products. Professor
W. H. Olin, Fort Collins, Colo., will
furnish full Information.
Sweet Cream Butter.
From experience In making sweet
cream butter Messrs. Shutt and Char
ron of Canada conclude that by the
weet cream process there is no great
er loss of butter fat than In the ordi
nary method with ripened cream and
that the keeping qualities of the sweet
Cream butter are distinctly superior tc
those of the ripened cream butter.
, Pork Making In Carolina.
1 The farmer who will avail himself
Of the natural conditions for swine
falsing In South Carolina can produce
pork with less labor and at a lower
cost of feed than la possible In the
bast sections of the corn belt, claims
Professor John Michel. . ,
alt For Steer Feeding.
A South Dakota test Is reported as
showing that a pound of corn Is equal
to L2S of spelt for steer feeding.
Where the corn and spelt were mixed
half and half by weight the relation la
about the same, with a small Increase
In gain In favor of the mixture. . It was
found that there Is very little feed for
swine when following steers fed on
ground spelt.
In Brisf.
The Angora Goat Breeders associa
tion has elected as president N. A
Gwln, Lawrence, Kan., and secretary
treasurer John W. Fulton, Helena
Mont.
In the production of winter lambs at
the Wisconsin station the use of a
Southdown ram with grade ewes hat
given compactness and excellent mut
ton quality to the lambs, and the cross
Is one which can be recommended.
Tuberculosis has been observed Ic
hogs and poultry fed on skim milk
products, and to estimate this source
of disease H. L. Russell of Wisconsin
believes that pasteurisation of skim
tnllk should be required by law.
The Utah State college now offers
tor the first time a course in veterinary
science.
Milk Strainers. .
, Milk strainers should be kept ex
ceedingly clean and scalded a soeind
time Just before using. If cloth ate tn
ers are used several of them shasdF be
provided In order that they ana be
frequently changed during tha al gov
lac of the milk. f
LIVE STOCK PROGRESS.
Genuine Shorthorn ' Form With Groat
Milk Making.
Instances of the possibility of beef
and milk production combined with
real Shorthorn character are noted in
the Breeder's Gazette, Qhicago. by
Sanders Spencer in connection with
the London dairy show recently closed,
lie says: . ?
One, of the most remarkable .In
stances of this combination won the
first prize for. Lord Rothschild in the
class for Shorthorn cows entered or
eligible for entry in Coates' herd
book. 'This seven-year-old cow,-Bed
Rose III., bred by William Bateman.
has had four calves, her last on Aug.
5, yet she gave 63.4 pounds of milk on
ttwj first day of the show'. As to her j
form and character, s she was a first ;
rate specimen of a pure bred Short-;
horn, having a deep, compact body.; on ;
short legs,' well sprung ribs and un- j
usually well developed -hind quarters ;'
and thigh's in addition to a. lovely shap
ed udder. ,- This is without doubt a
dual purpose cow of the finest charac-';
ter. ,-,. , ' . - . .
It rested, however, with a Shorthorn ;
cow whose pedigree could not be traced
to furnish the most sensational - re
sults. " This ' was Mr. Nelson's Daisy, i
seven 'years' old. She has had "four,
calves, her last about six weeks prior
to the show. ' She was placed first in
her class In the milk trials, her .yield
being 614 pounds of milk which pro
duced four pounds and two ounces of
butter, thus proving herself to be a.
first' rate milk cow .and a phenomenal
batter cow. , ..',..
The Hereford Advance.
The American Hereford Breeders as-'
soclation is making an advance move
ment for the benefit . of the "white
face" fraternity by opening up a for
eign demand for registered Herefords.
Last year Secretary C. R. Thomas
made a trip to South America, and as
a result of the trip a nice line of ex
port trade to Buenos Ayres has be
gun.' Among recent shipments to one
of the wealthy ranchmen of Buenos
Ayres was the . Junior champion bull
at the late American Royal show. So
says the Kansas Farmer, from which
it is also learned that the board of di-
rectors appointed Hon. C. A. Stannard
of Emporia and Secretary C. R. Thom-Mt
as of Kansas City to purchase a Dum
ber of representative Herefords from
the breeders, and seventeen head were
sent to the City of Mexico In charge of
Mr. Stannard. He sold seven of the
bulls for $2,650 in gold, and the sale
of the balance was provided for. The
prices realized in this export trade are
very gratifying to the Hereford asso
ciation and breeders generally and
will no doubt result in the develop- j
ment of a large and lucrative trade
hereafter for the breeders of Hereford diana, were shown at the recent na
cattle. j tional dairy show. These included
The Rise of the Lamb. -' I some fine specimens, and the display
The handy weight lamb has succeed-; was of great value to the progress of
ed the heavy wether in public favor, j the breed. 1
and the change suits the producer as The Brown Swiss were introduced
well as the consumer. It is hard to buy ' into the United States Jn 1869. . They
the old time heavy mutton chops now
ln any meat market. There are some
old fashioned consumers who regret
this change. Recently there were secur
ed three heavy chops at a cost of $1.05
for the three1? but they were chops to de
light the old timers big, thick and
rich. But this kind of mutton is not In
favor. It is expensive to produce, and
It Is gradually becoming scarcer In our
markets. This Is the day of the lamb,
with its handy carcass, not too heavy
nor too fat
SHEEP AND HOGS.
If the sheep's fleece gets water soak
ed It takes It days to dry, and In the
meantime the sheep Is. chilled, which
results in all sorts' of trouble snuffles,
consumption and bowel troubles.
Crossing For Fat Lambs.
The blending of blood in different
races of ovlnea never appears to . an
swer better than for the production of
fat lambs. I speak not of creating a
new race of sheep, which takes years
to establish. It is only a - matter of .
producing a carcass of size and .qual
ity, because the stock la not allowed to
stay with us long and progagate Its
kind, all being finished In the slaugh
ter house In a few abort months. From
considerable experience In
my own
nocsp ana irom ODservauons . maaa ; Bona ear's Sir' Fayne has the dlstlnc
among those of others In widely dlf-j ftoa of being grand champion. . says
farent parta of tha country , I have j Hoard's Dairyman in commenting up-
lovna max wun anrewa j augment in
blending the right varieties more prof
It may be made very often than In ad
hering to the pure breeds for fat lamb
production, says W. B. Gilbert la Na
tional Stockman.'
Whey For Bacon Pigs.
Whey Is supposed to be worth about
half as much pound for pound aa skim
milk. It has a very good effect upon
the quality of bacon produced. Tha
portion fed daily should be uniform In
quantity, . quality and temperature.
Sour 'whey Is quite as good as sweet
whey, provided It has not. been soured
more than twenty-four hours and has'
been kept in a clean vat.
Feeding Points. X .
Where other roots have not been
fed turnips will prove quite palatable
and give very satisfactory . returns.
They do not seem at ail to the liking of
pigs that have been getting sugar
beets or mangels.
Corn and cob meal has generally
proven too coarse ana narsn ior young
pigs, but may be used to some extent
for mature or fairly large pigs.
While peas stand high as feed for
young pigs and breeding stock, a Ca
nadian swine grower says that pigs
fed on pea meal alone' do not thrive,
do not get fat and produce a very In
ferior quality of meat, hard and dry. '
la Ensope barley is the Ideal food
for fattening and finishing iacon pigs.
I Brown Swiss v V
7 Of TodaLy.
Brown Swiss cattle seem to have
finally found a rock for their feet In
this country; The Brown Swiss Breed
ers association at the last , annual
meeting determined the standing of
the breed aa far as Judging It goes by
declaring that the Brown Swiss should'
be classed In the future as a dalxr
breed. Since this variety of -cattle be
gun ra oe Known in me uuueu oiaie.
. there has been a -- certain confusion
" about its. true position.' Generally It
. PUBIS BBSO BBOWN SWISS,
rKaJserln 850; best year's record, 10,296
pounds milk. pounds butter fat, 3.8
per cent fat; weight, 1.460 pounds. .
has been .ranked as , "dual purpose."
Tne consensus of opinion at present
appears to be that while Brown Swiss
cattle will .make good beef -their milk
production is -the stronger, point and
capable of the greater development,' .
Although, first 'brought to America
for dairy purposes, the- appearance of
the Brown Swiss in comparison with
the, highest dairy type did : hot give
them a popular standing aa ' straight
dairy cattle. . '
. In Switzerland cows are kept, for a
treble purpose milk, r beef and . labor.
Until recent years high pressure' feed
ing has been unknown there, and the
methods used with cattle tended to de
velop coarseness of form. No such
radical change of character there or
here as .will rank the Brown Swiss
with the highly attenuated dairy type,
such as the Jersey, appears either
probable or desirable. But the coarse-
ness of the Brown Swiss, carries with
sturdy vigor and health; also, in
spite of the , popular impression that
this coarse form means scant milking
propensity, the Brown Swiss In this
country have won out large by their
performance at the milk pail. Breed
ers here and, as It appears, in Switzer
land 1 of late have been working for
finer, smoother appearance and .in
creased milk production and are get
ting It i
Three herds of ; Brown Swiss, one
each from New York, Illinois and In-
are of medium size and readily ecog-
nized by their color. This is a solid
brown, varying In shade from light to
dark and varying in intensity on dif
ferent parts of the body, : the head,
neck, legs and quarters being usually
the darker portions. The characteris
tic markings are a light, mealy ring
around the muzzle, a light stripe across
the lips and up the sides of the nos
trils, a light colored tuft of hair on
the poll and a light stripe down the
back from shoulder to tail head, with
black nose, tongue, switch and hoofs.
Professor Thomas Shaw, one of our
leading cattle authorities. Is. credited
with the following opinion: "Brown
Swiss cattle are pretty uniformly good
milkers. They have borne this char
acter for generations. They are also
good for beef production, but not quite
so good relatively as for milk produc
tion. They are of good size and grow
quickly. The steers attain to good
weights, but the bone is a little strong
for best results In beef making, and
yet for this purpose they answer bet
tar than any of the straight dairy
breeds. On, the, continent of Europe it
would probably bo correct to say that
this breed, of cows la more nonular
than any other.
' ' Head of the Hoteteine.
Few times in the history of ring con-
a calf been made grand
champion, but -the boll calf Johanna
JOHAJWA BOHHBUB'S BIB FATSTB.V
on the exhibit of Holsteins at the re
cent dairy show-' -This calf was bred
by W. J. Gillett and is now owned by
David Munroe of Manitoba. He has a
wonderful line of ancestors back of
him, and he himself is a splendid indi
vidual, but notwithstanding all this it
is doubtful whether a calf so young
should receive so high a recognition as
to be placed at the head of the breed.
Mnch can be said for and against a
decision of this kind.
- . To Cure Pawing Horse.
To cure horses from pawing in the
stall nail 1 by 3 inch cleats to the floor
back of .the manger and another one
and a half to two feet The idea 1b
to place the- cleats- so that the horse'?
foot will be drawn over them In paW
lBg. '..
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SWINE INTERESTS.
A Point la Unloosing the Money Tied
-: - Up In "Cattle" Hogs.
, During the winter months, and, in
fact, during whichever months cattle
feeders confine their fattening cattle
to dry lota,, many hogs are fattened
upon the undigested grain which ap
pears In the droppings from the cattle.
Since corn Is the chief grain used
for fattening cattle. It follows that the
hogs which depend solely upon the
undigested grain In the steers' drop
pings must be confined to a ration
made up almost exclusively of corn.
The Ohio experiment station has
been endeavoring to determine wheth
er or not the prevailing practice can be
improved by supplying a feed compar
atively rich in protein and ash to hogs
that follow fattening cattle. The re
sults of its work are striking. It
seems certain . from ' the tests that
the gains made by-tankage fed hogs
are cheaper as well as larger.. Com
paring cases alone with corn and sup
plementary feeds rich in protein and
ash, it is found that the hogs fed corn
alone consumed less feed, made much
lower gains and required a greater
number of pounds of food to produce
one pound gain than did the hogs
Which received the supplementary feed
with the corn. -
" : The. gains made by hogs fed tankage
were, more than One-half greater than,
the gams made by the hogs that de
pended entirely upon the droppings
from th" steers,' a decided Increase
from the use of a supplementary feed
rich In protein and ash. . - -
; A decided advantage In feeding tank
age Is that fewer hogswould 'be requir
ed to consume the. droppings from a
given number' of. cattle and to produce
a given amount of gain, and they would
be ready for market much quicker,
thus reducing the amount of money
tied up In hogs and permitting a more
frequent turning of the money. . ,
Handy Hog Hurdle.' '
The hurdle shown in the diagram is
very useful in catching hogs or driving
them short distances. It is made of
twyo and a half Inch stuff eight feet
long and the strips three inches apart,
making the sections thirty inches high.
HOQ HUBDIiH DIAGRAM.
Two sections of this size are hinged
together. The hurdle Is arranged with
a hook and staple. A second hurdle
may be made with hook and staple to
correspond with this, (jnd when hooked
up the two make an lnclosure eight
feet square, which i convenient for
confining "hogs for exhibition or sale.
Salt and Wood Ashes.
Salt and wood, asha should be freely
supplied to swine, especially' young
growing swine. Pigs have a great
craving for these substances, and the
want of them will react unfavorably
upon the health, of (be animal, besides
conducing to soft textured bone.
The Straw 8tacfc That Pays.
. The-season of the year is fast ap
proaching when bedding is an Item cf
considerable Importance. Its. value Is
twofold. . In the first place, it makes
the stock comfortable and. In the sec
ond place, it increases thj size of the
manure pile. Both of these deserve
consideration. I do not believe that
bedding can be made to take the place
of feeding, but It Is plainly evident
that the animal which is comfortable
la most profitable, and In so far aa yon
are able to increase profits, although
you will not be able to reduce the feed
bill, economym bedding means using
all the straw yon can.' Try to manage
ao that the stack will last from one
thrashing time- until another, but do
not try to keep It year after year. The
straw stack that does the most good
on the farm is the straw stack: that
gets into the manure pile through tha
process of bedding and gets back on to
the land before the fertility has leach
ad out and drained away. Kimball's
Dairy Farmer.
Preparation of Coarse Foods.
One of the Implements or machines
found In operation is-the corn shredder.
It Is revolutionizing the nse of corn fod
der, as It saves labor and prepares the
cornstalks for the use of stock. It re-;
moves the ear from the husks and
tears the entire stalk into shreds at one
Operation as rapidly as the stalks can
be fed lntothe machine. There are sev
eral kinds, but every farmer should
have one, as it will enable him to nse
the leaves, husks and stalks as so
mnch hay, which can be baled If nec
essary. When fodder is thus prepared
the cattle will not reject so much as
usual, and tha shredded fodder un
eaten Is suitable for bedding or as an
absorbent in the manure heap. The
saving In feed by the shredding of the
entire stalk wll be an addition, to the
profit of the fturm and will also enable
the farmer to keep more stock. Farm
ers Advocate.
. - Stable Notes.
It Is not hard work, but poor care,
which ruins the average farm horse:
Always remove the harness at the
noon hour, and nse as little harness as
passible when doing farm work.
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PLAN
Champions V s
and Others.
At the Kansas City show the Gallo-1
,ways and Angus in about equal num
bers monopolized half of the fifty-two
pens of twenty-five animals each that
constituted the carload class.- The Gal
loway display at this show was proba
bly the best the breed , has made this
season and a .very good one. While
the bull classes did not present any
thing of. ultra good value, the cows
aged, yearlings and two-year-olds and
. . . A OaIiUWAT CHAMPION.
also the heifer calves were In splendid
form. , "'
. A common origin has been claimed
by some for the Galloways and Angus
because of their similar color, ' but If
such there be Its effect has long been
lost owkjg to differences in climate,
management and standards of breed
lngr Galloways rank with the Angus In
size. In form the beef rectangle pre
sents itself broad, deep 'and symmet
rical. Possessed of ample bone, very
hardy and an Ideal hustler, the Gallo
way has "endeared, himself to. cattle
raisers in rigorous climates and high
altitudes. His coat Is specially charac
teristic, with a thick hide and a mossy
coat of long, wavy hair in fact, a sort
of double coat, a close mat of short
hair being found under the long one.
Black tinged with brown is the pre
vailing colon
. Like the Angus, Galloway bulls ane
good dehorners and strongly prepotent,
from 75 per cent to 90 per cent of their
calves from horned cows being without
horns. On the range and in the feed
lot Galloways are of great value, and
their hides are made into robes of
great beauty. '
The Galloways, both the bulls and
the females, met with a good, demand
and averaged very satisfactorily In
prices at the public sales in connec
tion with the show at Kansas City.
The accompanying cut original In the
Breeder's Gazette, Chicago, . shows a
prize winning "shaggy coat" .
Clinking Good Youngsters.'
In the two-year-od Shorthorns at the
American Royal one of the sensations,
of the year was uncovered in the
clinker Lord Champion, according to
the Breeder's Gazette, Chicago, which
further says: ,
"Of beautiful conformation, thick
and smooth In his flesh, remarkably
short of leg, well arched In rib and
clothed in a rich coat of red glossy
hair, this Is one of the most satlsfac-
BtTSBBTA'S OOOSS.
Grand Champion bull at American Royal
ghow.-Iows, Homestead.
tory showy ard propositions seen this
year. It was hard luck that he miss
ed the grand championship.. Popular
vote would have carried him to It --'"In
senior bull calves, numbering
sixteen contestants, tha grand cham
pion of the show was discovered.: Bn
berta's Goods la his name. He came
from a Nebraska farm and from not
ed ancestry. Ho resembles his grand
sire mesa closely than his sire. Ha la
a growthy chap, and mora fat would
give him a symmetry that would fill
the eye. As he stood, he was not so
Smooth over the hips and about the
tall head' aa mere flesh would make
him. ' Roberta's Goods ' has made a
trig hit as a calf, but he looks Ilka a
stronger proposition for next year."
' Good Care of the Saddle. -
A manufacturer of saddles Is credit
ed with the statement that one of the
best of polishes for riding saddles and
bridles is new milk. This should not
be rubbed in the leather, however, un
til the latter has been cleaned with
slightly warm watel and soap. Hard
working stock saddles can be kept In
good condition by thoroughly rubbing
with three parts of palm oil and one
of neatsfoot after first washing "With
soap and water. For the leather lining
of saddles that comes next to the
horse there is - nothing so good as
neatsfoot oil. -y The salt which exudes
from the animal's body is very hard
on the leather. Vigorous and protract
ed rubbing of the leather is essential,
whatever dressing is used.
Currying the Cows. ,
If you suggest currying the cows
many farmers will laugh at ybu. Nev
ertheless cows need to be regularly
brushed and curried. They need to be
kept clean as much as horses, if not
more -so. It is Impossible to get clean
milk from dirty cots. -
l7o Invite
Your 'Inspection of omt
Stock of '
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