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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1912)
w X'.VOK 4, Till: lKN Ill'liM'.TIX, IH-JNIi, WKI.XKSDAY, HKI'THMIllMt II. 1 1) IS IS ! KEEPING RECORDS "" OF DAIRY COWS, A MflMacluiictln dairyman gives tho New Kttgland Knunor some good hints on tlio subject of keeping record of cowa, ns follows: I 'or Homo tlmo past I hnvc been road-' Ing ot persons who kept account tpIIIi their cown, nnd I put It down ns fntl. Having n few days off nbout n year ago I called nt some of the different farm Ju.it to nets what I couM ee, ami I notice! that all Wept record of their cown. So I commenced to alt up and auk questions, 1 asked the. foreman nt ono place what ho thought of such n plan. Ills reply was: "When first I came to work hero I thought It was a waste of time and a bother, but now It I had but two SsJmSx & The Ayrshire have not made any phenomenal records lo comparo with thellolatclns. Jerseys orUuern seya, but their svornse production li perhaps equal to any dairy breed's. They hsv wonderful adaptability and will do well on rather poor land. Thta quality, with their hard! neaa and frest milking qualities, has mad them very popular. No dairy breed produces as food beet as the Ayrshire. They fatten readily when dry and dress out a cood propor tion of meat. Th Ayrshire cow shown Is from th herd ot the Or son Agricultural colles. 6'eep account of my cows. I got n act of milk settles mid record sheets, utul I welsh the milk morning mid night nntl put It on record. What aeeuied a bother nt first appears of uo moment now, nud the satisfaction of knowing what my cown tiro doing Is worth moro to me Hutu tho extra time It take to welch the milk. What n title that sheet nnd scales telll If u cow t not milked dry. If n cow Is not feeling well or If uiiy change I made lit tho feed It will be tndlrated by the nettle. Hy n glance nt the record I atari an Investigation to Hud out what I wrong. And, any, brother farmers, aomo of my pet cows have lost prestgc, nnd some ordinary cows have taken on now value, while other have luul to go to the butcher, na I cannot afford to keep them when l know what they are doing. , The scales nro nlso useful In (tail ing the valuo of the different feedlug rations. I feel satisfied as to the results of keeping records of my cow, tkiitl I think If farmers once started the prac tire they would not keep cowa wltb out It. Fsullna a Foal. Probably nothing nt tho farmer's dis posal contain mora mineral or bouu fortiilint material thiiti bran nud oats, niitl tho colli should have plenty of those null good clover hay front the stnrt It It quite safe, us n rule, lo give n liuieh as two quart of these concentrate mixed Hr illoiu u noun n the colt can be taught to eat them, nud this tuny be gradually Increased. The colt's tempernment mid character should lie closely studied, however, nnd the ration gauged accordingly. These concentrates and elover hay, Ik lug rich In protein or Itesh forming material. Induce rapid development of music, sinew and tendon, a well n bone, nnd such are the great desiderata In colts. Feed liberally of the right kind of fml and nature will do the rest sn far as bodily development Is concerned. Fall Freshening Cows. Cows freshening In the fall give their very highest production during the most favorable season for milking Dy sjwlng they have lieon ta milk. t cowa I would keep au account with them. You see that young cow thcro (pointing to a atnall. ordinary looking cow). Well, aho never gavo any bet ter than thirty pound of milk rr day when fresh, and t did not think much of her. So I told her owner that she was not much of a cow to keep for profit (all other cowa of tho herd were giving from forty-Ove to fifty ponnda when freahi. Uut the owner aatd he "would keep ber, aa she was a well bred cow and wo would give her another trial before we cot rid of her. What was my surprise when the end of the year came and accounts were taken to And that satno cow the third best cow In the herd and better than her mother, whom wc thought a great deal otP Well, brother farmers, thut act me thinking. As I was buying a cow for Which I paid S73 to $SQ. 1 decided to. ROUNDUP PENDLETON, OREGON ' SEPTEMBER 26-7-8. 1912 EXCURSION IARES Wild and Wondorful rosy cirsm racii aaoNco suiTutc inouu-j,coriorl outvw Noam Cat Fares and Particulars Furious and Exciting Htm ClMUll te (Me- OU CKAMtees, mu e4 wK Htt4 Vm I(Wi.iI wmt, From any ABntOW.n.SN. or U uiiititlis and naturally begin to decrenxo An the hot days of July and August approitcli and the llles maUo It iinpleilsaiit for milking the cows nre giving ii small Mow At this time we generally llud a drought In most sec (Ions, nnd If no soiling crops or silage are nt Initial the cowa drop olf In their tnllk How All of these iidverso condi tion me avoided If cows arc drying off nt thl period.-Kimball's Dairy rainier Provide Gholttr For Pigs, When lett In oum lots the pig should he ghen shelter from the hot sun by placing a few hoard across the comer of the fenre. under which a little clean straw can l thrown. I'nder this the pigs will seek protection frets sun nud storms. WEANING THE LAMBS. Ewas Should Da Watched to Foreitall Pottlbl Udder Trouble. I nlwnys cu my early spring Intuha when they are nlnnit three nud a half months old, says an Illinois shepherd In Utiml Now Yorker. Some sheepmen advocate allowing them to continue to run with the ewes, but In my esrl enco I hive found that the latter will do much letter without the lamb nud with plenty of good pasture tin littnb. will mnke better growth If they nre sepnrated from the ewes. I seivtrnte the lamb entirely away from the moth ers. I niiike the distance Itetwecu the ewes nnd lamb so great that neither can hear the other blent. The ewes require some nttenllon nt this time. They need to be carefully dried off In milk giving. To do this I put my ewe In the shortest nsiure nnd nllnw them to hae no grain until the milk secretion ha dried off. Kverr two or three days during the time the ewe nre being dried off In milk How I look them over carefully to si-o If any need milking out. I regard milking them nut nn Im portant matter and not to lie neglect cd under any clrcumstnnrvs. In this regard my reason for lielng so particu lar 1 that It in the best milker and the most deilrable mother owe that I most KrsUtcnt: consequently t would not hnro her udder spoiled for a little tack of enru nt thl time. Aa soon as tho milk secretion has ceased the ewes are turned on to plenty of good pas ture. I do not fatten the ewe, but put them Into a plump condition prepara tory to entering the breeding H'riod and tho winter. The lamb, on tho other hand, are pushed rapidly, n quick maturity l n matter of coiield- ernhle Importance If n good profit U to be iniiit- from them. I allow my owe I lie run of n good mixed p.iKtiirv. with access to n little elover. and they do exceedingly well with thl nnd n little grain. The flock Is provided with a plentiful supply of good pure wnter, which Is very essen tial, n n discounting outcome Is at lo ho the result If they are allowed to drink water that I Impure. I feed the lamb a small quantity of oat mixed wllli siiiiio 'bran n an nppctlxor nnd nllow them Ihe run of u fiusli cloer pasture, which keep tliuiu growing nicely, rivquciit change of pastille I u great help with sheep, piutlciilarly with the lamM, which me rather par ticular about what they eat. It I just us necessary to see Hint the Miccp have n plentiful supply of good wnter, especially during the hot weather, n It Is to supply plenty of suitable nud palatable food. The Itock should also ho regularly supplied with salt. A Itock of sheep stilled reguliirly do far better, remain In n niure thrifty condition and mnke greater gain thuii those which are supplied with this cle ment nt Irregular Intervals, I'rolect lug tho nulitinls from the heat Is nil Inqiortniit feature. 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