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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1912)
FAGR TI1K 11KSI) lU'l.l.KTIN, 1IKNI), WWSKH1AVt NOVKMIIKU 80, IWlp. DETERMINING THE VALUE OF A GOW In conversation with n dairy farmer rwtitly lie stated tUitt lie Old not tieed denies, or tester lu wccdlug out nnd Improving hist hcnl became hu kuew the cows which tilled tho milk pall. The fact nre that as n rule (he cows producing the largest quantities if but ter fat nro those which produio. milk In liberal qunutltle. says tho Kansa Farmer. However, thin u by no menu n certain guide as to the value of tho cow. For vxnaiple. one cow might till u tea quart pnll night nnd mornlug and yield 1 pounds of butter fat per day. whervn another cow might fill a ten quart miII three-fourth full night and illumine uud produce. 15 ismnds of butter fat per day. The dlffercnco be tween the et of the milk and the two row In tbU Instance would lie that the milk Of tbe first tested a iwr ccur fat. wuereua the milk of the second cow tested S Mr cent fat-not ungual dlffereiicerf between cows. When the milt la not actually welched the owner might dolhde himself ulso a to the comparative amount of milk given. This I a crude but nevertheless fair ly accurate example of how the cow owner may be fooled unless he uses Uidy Viola, Imported from the uiana oi arrrvx w u. iiatfcu. ranks among the famous cowi of the Jersey breed. She Inhrrlte gual Ity ant) excellence from splendid line of anceatry Sli It the U'atn of Noble of Oakland. Vlola'i (JolJca Jolly (which sold (or t:3.lu). and la a nne type of the breed. She U a great butler producer and ha thr daughters with butter record on tba Uland ot Jersey, j the scales, and test There la one other point lu this connection, nnd that la the economy with which the two respective amounts of m(lk arc pro duced. The cow yielding the moat but. ter fat aud giving the smallest num ber of totinds of milk may require more feed In (he production of that milk than tbe cow giving the larger amount. Due other point, too. U that me cow may milk mure months dur ing the year than the other cow. It 1 apparent, therefore, that the only accurate way of knowing cow value Is by employing accurate means of de termining the accurate production and value of the cow's output. ome les-wns taught by the scale and text are that it la Impossible to gauge with any degree of certainty the value of Individual cows without their ue. nnd that a cow whkb Is n liemMeiit milker with a fairly high tent although giving but a moderate amount of milk at each milking gen erally Is tbe largest ylelder Feeding Tankage to 8win. Tbe use or tankage for swine is a comparatively new thing. Tbe experi ment stations or Ohio. Indiana. Iowa and Nebraska have done seclal work in feeding' tankage to swine. At the Nebraska station a combination of about one-balf part tankage and ten twits silk corn gave an average dally gain of one and a half ponnda per day. Three hnndred a6d tenty,-oue pou'udi of tbls feed were required to make 100 pounds up-against 410 pounds of soaked corn for the same' gain. At the Ohio station they secured a dally gain of one sod faff pounds, for tankage fed bogs following steers compared with those not fed tankage. One-third of a pound of tankage wua tbe nmouut fed There Is no better food for rattening hogs than corn, but com aloue as an exclusive diet la not desirable. Tbe use of tankage adds greatly to tbe use fulness of tbe corn and makes better pork. Handling tha Bull. "As a rule the bull buuda back to a mnu ou the xlnts of hi burns the ex act treatment accorded liliu at the points of the pitchfork prongs." point edly wtys Dean Hbaw of the Michigan Agricultural college- "The club hua no place whatever In the bundllug of a bull, nnd the same Is uio true of boisterous conduct of any kind on the Htrt of tbe attendant Quietness nnd geutle. but tirtu. treatment are esseu tin I to the proer training of the bulL Never undertake to make tbe uulmat do uuythlug without accomplishing the mine. If there should lie tiny question about tbe result do not undertake It The man who Is afraid of u bull should not attempt to tuauuge blin. us the hull will detect tbe tlrst evidences of fear uud begin to take advantage nt unco, finally liecouilug ungovernable Ou tbe other hand, no man should pursue foolliiirdlue aud expose him self to duuger unuecessarily," Alfalfa and Silage. A 1.000 pound cow should be given thirty (o thirty-five pounds of silage per day and permitted to eat alfalfa hay at liberty. With this amount of ullage such aufmal will consume seven to jen pounds of alfalfa per day. This wll for all practical purposes make a' wtlsfactory and economical milk pro ducing ration. In cold weather for tbe general good of tbe cow feed a little grain In tbe bsru. Grain fed U good uy time. H4sHHv$$vHt$i4 IN THE DAIRY. S 2 A liberal banking of sheds on g .t the north side will prove n boon S r to the cows when the cold wenth- $ cr conies. t One of the most common mis- S takes that would bo raiitlou. jy t dairymen make Is to buy aires S that are eonoinlenl In tlrst cost, t Thce cheap bulls nre the most $ tiviMtiwIi. In Hit litii,. rim. V i. -" - " I The cow that freshens within ' the next month Is going to bo it X prolltitlilc cow for this season. $ Till the producing cows up on clover buy, or alfalfa hay If you v ' call get It Instead of fodder or S other course stuff containing low T 1 fel valuea. .1 Tbe dairy utcnll to be prop- S T erly clean should be washed as fsiKiu us imttlble ufter having & . lieeu iiitl. V I Itoth the milker and hl clothes g should lie clean If the best Mtialt Ity of milk Is to be produced, THE BREEDING EWES. Animals Should Da Ineraatlng In Flash Whan Mating Tima Arrivas. Tbe relation between the nature of the lamb crop and the management of the ewes at the time of mating U closer .than l usually sup)ocd. says u sheep grower In town Homestead. When the et-cs nre oterfnt at such u time, or when they are on tWHturc dry aud dead. Impregnation Is less cer tain than wheu the opinwlte conditions pre all. When tho ewes are falling lu flesh nt such u time It becomes even les certain. The greatest certainty lu breeding Is attained when the ewes nru Increas ing, hi tlrdt. The renovating Influence which at tii-li a time comes to the sys tem extends to the generative organs, and this adds not only to the icrtalnty of ivriceptlon, but It tends to hasten the tliuV for breeding. When the Inmlis nre wenned tbe en os nre usually thin lu (lesti. The better their milking properties the thin uer they are likely to be. Iiecuttsc of the amount of dally' rptlou that has been converted Into milk. If tbe ewes are then put lii succtiteut xisturvs they at once begin to reguln tbu flesh that has been lost. It Is when tbey are thus building up the system that tbe breeding season come on. The relation between tbe tmlckness or slow ness with which It comes Is dependent on the character of the food. The In Knslaml the Shropshire Is the moft popular ot toe ihrp brrinls. more of I hem being fed snd mar keted than ull other mutton breeds comblorU Shropshire tre tried at the Wisconsin experiment ela tion, and among alt the different mutton brrrJi they were found to tw tba moil profitable (or wool ami mullon. The Shropshire ram shown waa grand champion at the WU contln state fair this year richer It U In tbe proper elements of nutrition tbe toouer will tbe ewc'Hwu In beat tjsually tbe uncertainty n breeding la greater with ewes one year old (bat have never produced lambs than with those that are older. Tbls is cvlug to the1 fact chiefly, that such ewea are liable to carry mncb flesh, esiwclnlly If jbey have been fed ou nourishing pastures ull through tbe season. Tbe remedy lu this case would be to con fine tbem to pastures succulent, and little lacking lu imantlty If such could be fpund us. for Instance, young win ter rye. where tbe abort growh would force them to do much traveling, The ultn should be to have ewea n good conditlou at tbe time for mating. Where tbey are not they do not pn dnce ua many lambs, nor Is If likely that tbe lamb will be so strong. Tho ewes retpilre more food also to carry them properly through the whiter. It Is an easier matter to lay tlesh ou it ewe before she Is pregnant' than subset qnwitlyj when n pnrt of tbe food la used In sustaining tbe fetus. Put Color In the Dutter. Pall and whiter butter made on the rami Is naturally white. It Is our Idea (but It should be colored by the use of pure veegtuble color lo resemble as lonely as possible June butter, says Kansas Knrincr Uniformity in butter, both as far its color, suiting uud flavor are concerned. U ulwaya detlruble nnd adds to the market price There la no barm or deception In the coloring of butter, mid to do so Is worth lis tiiucb to tbe fanner who has a butter market to take cine of as It Is to tbe creamery. Tin creamery would be sure to lose Ita custouiurH ir It furnished them with yellow bultiu In summer nnd white butter lu uluter. Ths Sow to Dlieard. IMg flesh Is more rapidly nnd cheaply made than any other form of rk, hence teed tbe sow liberally and stimu late deep milking qualities, Dlv.-srd any. sowj that Is a poor milker, for !oorJy nourished pigs will be poor pigs In spite of other good environments. I arm Journal. Mr-r4HHH-H-4-H-M-Hi: ROAD RULES. Tha roadmakars ol ourooun try could copy to advantage tha mathodt utad In England, which country la notad (or ita axosllant highways. Tha English road man has a Hit ol Instructions which ha follows In tha cara of tha roadways. Tho principal rulas, which will ba found uitful to tha roadmaktra ol this coun try, are as followat Navtr allow a hollow, a rut or a puddla to ramaln on a road, but fill it up at one with chips from tha stone heap. Always uaa chlpi for patching and for all repairs during tha aummar months, Navar put (rath ttonta en tha road if by croitplcklng and a thorough uaa of the rake the tur(ace can be made smooth and kept at tha proper strength and section. Remember that the rake la tha moat utelul tool In your collec tion and that it ehould be kept close at hand the whole year round. Oo not spread a large patch of road, but coat the middle or horse track first, and when this X J. has worn In coat each of the 4- aides In turn. In moderately dry weather and on hard road always pick up tha eld surface Into ridges six inches spsrt and remove all projecting atones before applying a new coating. Never shoot stones on tha road and crack them where they lie or a smooth surface will be out of the question. t-M."!"!"!"!""-!"!"!"!"!""""!"!-!"-!,"- MEN WITH GUMPTION AND THE LOG DRAG. All That's Needed to Keep Roads In Good Condition. llere are some of the things which have bvvu said by various people-about the work of the King split kig drag ou country roads: The famous split log ilrngH did the work," -The drng Is the road maker of the future." The good results of this process nre almost be yond lasllef." Tbe split log drag Is an evidence of pnyres." The King spilt log drug Is the best solution of tbe pstd roads problem yet devised." The spilt big drag lu Lyciuulug county Is Hie king Just uow nnd no mistake.' King's split log drag I transforming Oreenvllle'a streeta from mudholea lo boulevards." The dragged roads re minded me of the best Hngllsh road. Tbey were quite as smooth aud dust free. Tbe Inst quotation Is from n letter from Rnglnnd and refers to the roads about lied Oak. la. This iiage might le fllleil with similar accounts of bene fits from this cheap, homemade mail drug. The alsne Items of experience come from Massachusetts, loa. New Vork. Texae. Ocorgkt, Illinois nnd Pennsylvania. A Nova Scot in hist rays of It: "It not only makes the read good, but keeps It so. It gives n straight, stuisith. hard, well rounded read Hut no other means appear to provide." ' The strange thing is nfter more than ten years of prmf as to these things -chAt there- Is any road anywhere to which It can Ijo applied that Is not regularly dragged with the King read drag. The trouble Is no doubt that the King drag Is not patented. No body Is Interested In pushing Its man ufacture or sale It costs little and cannot le made to cost any more with out shilling It. If It were so complex as to require a civil engineer (o under stand' It and a Nind Isftie to buy It every county In the nation would be going In debt for it All It requires Is n tog. a few bolts, a team of horses rind a man with gumption. Tbe latter article la without doubt the thing oft enesi wanting. Farm and Fireside. THE CASE OF THE MERCHANT eiaweessj Why They Need Better Roads They Spell Proeperity. To say that tbe merchants and ajl other classes of citizens In the towns aud cities would be large beneficiaries of (be national good rouds system Is merely to reicat a truism. It could not possibly be otherwise. The Kpalutlou of the cities create an ever Increasing demand for everything thut the farmer can produce ns soon as the farmer can supply It The In creased production of every American farm flowing into (be (owns and cities' nnd through tbe locnl channels of com merie. the commission houses and stores into (be homes of the people, can only mean Increasing prosperity for the men bunt, the doctor, the law yer, the manufacturer, tbe laborer and all other Inhabitants of the city, what ever (heir calling. The large Increase In tho circulation of money, which must necessarily re sult from the national roads system, sjkjIIs prosperity for every class of peo-ple,-WIII T WIthrow In Better Hoods. asewWVMMWaWNlMsWeW' WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. A run ii i i "T i" " i" --" "i-"-"!- "We strive nnd struggle; wo de nounce, complain, cry out at evils; we advance new Id ens. We clamor nnd fight for progress, "Aud that Is victory, for, after nil, the process of evolution. 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