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S Livestock and Dairy Facta About Care of Farmers ' Feeders and Aids to Greater Milk Production. ITOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION SILAGE is the main reliance of dairy farmers in many sections for cow feed, since it has been found to be particularly well adapted as feed in this connection. While silage is an excellent feed for dairy stock, it should be combined with some other leguminous feed, such as clover, cow peas, or alfalfa, owing to its insufficient productive quality. The leguminous material will tend to correct the deficiencies of the silage in dry matter, protein, and mineral constituents. A ration of silage and, say, alfalfa hay alone is satisfactory, however, only for cows which are dry or giving only a small amount of milk and for heifers and bulls. Cows in full milk require some concentrated feed in addition to hay and silage, as they can not consumo enough of these feeds to keep up a large flow of milk and maintain body weight. Experience la Guide. The amount of silage to feed a cow will depend upon the capacity of the animal to consume feed. She should be fed as much as she will clean up with out waste when consumed along with lier hay and grain. Raise or lower1 the amount until the proper quantity is ascertained. Generally speaking. good cow should be fed just short of the limit at her appetite. If she refuses any of her feed it should be reduced at once. The small breeds will eat 25 or 30 pounds per day; the large breeds 40 or more; and the medium-sized ones amounts varying between. . Ironclad directions for feeding cows, can not be given. In general, however, they should be supplied with all the ronghage they will clean up with grain in proportion to bntterfat produced. " The hay will ordinarily range be tween 5 and 12 pounds per cow per day when fed in connection with silage. " For Uolsteins 1 pound of concen trates for each 4 pounds of milk pro duced will prove about right. ; Tor Jerseys 1 pound for each 3 pounds of milk or leas will come near er mooting the requirements. The grain for other breeds will vary between these two according to the quality of milk produced. A good rule ia to feed seven times as much gram as there is butterfat pro duced. Battong Found Good. Tho following ratioua will be found good: For a 1,300-pound eow yielding 40 pounds of milk testing 3.5 per coat: Pounds. Silage . ' 40 taovereowiearori7alfrbay7I 10 Grain mixture . 10 i For the snfa yuTnglo"iiounds : of 3.5 per cent milk: ' Pounds gjtt9 40 Clover, eowpea, or alfalfa hay. Grain mixture For a 900-pound cow yielding 30i"a"7 prncnr.e aemanas i lHB mux pounds of 5 per cent milk: flow ,w "'"'n'" l"vel all Pounds. 'me Trm parturition to dryins off. gjn0 30 It becomes necessary, therefore, tn snp- dover," e7w;a"" "c7'alfaTf7bay 10'P'r m M to ,akB th P,aM of ih Grain mixture 11 (W"t wn? t0 An tMs 18 bv For same eow yielding 15 pounds of .means of silage. Rila-M is cheaper and 5 per cent milk- i decidedly more convenient tn use than Pounds. joili"K P- J Silage . Clover, eowpea, or alfalfa hay.. Grain mixture Good Mix tor. A good grain mixture to be used in a ration which includes silage and some sort of leguminous hay is oomposed of: Parts. Wheat bran .: 2 Linsoed-oil meal or cottonseed meal.. 1 In case the bay used ia not of this kind some of the eorn chop may be re placed by Unseed or cottonseed meal. In many iasteiieea brewers' driod grains or erushed eats may bo profit ably substituted fer the bran, aad oftentimes gluten products can be uwl to advantage in place of bran or oil meals. The tame to feed silago is directly after milking or at least several hours before milking. If fed immediately be fore milking the silage odors may pass through the cow's body into the milk. Besides, the milk muy receive soma taints directly from the stable air. On Handling Dairy Sire Needs Care John Underwood Gives His Ideas on Methods Necessary to Keep Bull in Order. BY JOHN TJNDEEWOOD. , IHKN the raising of good dairy cattle is to be taken into con sideration the bull is the better half of the herd. In a majority of cases this animal seems to possess and is disposed to exercise a head of his own and, consequently, needs careful man agement and control from the begin ning of his ealfhood. I am not sure but that even beyond this period thought should be given to his ancestry in order to possess a knowledge of the traits of character and disposition likely to be developed in the calf. A vicious ancestry either on the part of the sire or dam will likely sooner or later manifest itself in the young ani mal and in selecting the one to head the herd this should bo carefully guarded against. One special require ment in handling the bull is with refer ence to his early, thrifty growth and proper development. Feed and Care Essential. Good feed and good care are quite essential .in order that a decent and well proportioned animal may head the herd and one that will likely leave a good impress on his posterity. The calf should be dealt with from the start gently, yet firmly, but never in a teaming or bantering way. He the other hand, if feeding is done sub j sequent to milking, the volatile silnire i odors will have been thrown off be- j fore the next milking hour. Silage is usually fed twice a dav. Feed Calves Silage. Calves may be fed silage as soon as they are old enouh to eat it. Tt i , perhaps of greater importance that the : silage be free from mold or decay when given to calves than when given to mature stock. They may be given ail the silago thoy will eat up clean at all times. Yearling calves will consume abont one-half as much as mature stock; that is, from 15 to 20 or more pounds a day. Wrmn supplemented with some good leguminous Kiy. little, ! if any, grain will be required to keep the calves in a thrifty, growing condi ,tion. ' ! I One of the most Irving seawins of tD1 "ttr 1 " tne "a"T cow is me ir- , ter l'rt nf th enrly fall.) At this season the pastures are. often I Bhort or dri(ld "' !t I M,mmnn mistake of dairvrnnn to j their cows drop off in flow of milk ! through lack of fed. Later they find 5,'1 ""!osble to restore the milk flow no matter how tie cows arc fed. Anvil .... a I .L.i ;n 2q ' rne amounts in ipci win nppmi g.irpon the conditio of the pastures. varying all the way from 10 pounds to full winter f ed nf t'l pounds. It should be remember"! in this connec tion that silage contain? a low per centage of protein, so Hint the prneter the amount of silage fid tl' greater must be tho amount of protein ia the supplementary feeds to properly bal ance the ntimi. Iuleroitt in Wool. A pronounced feature of the wool mnrkt.it t mesent i th growing ntwinth of fino wool prices. Owing to ;Ji9 tendency to brm;d mutton types n shortage in fiun wool has resulted and tho prie" in goiiitf up'.vtird accordingly. Tt i seid ther are no largo block of fino wool avail.'iW 'it "prewirf Tho London auctions indicate' higher urux for fine wool. Multiplying the height of wireless aerial by four will give it wave length approximately. should be taught to be handled quietly, to be easily haltered and led by the time he is a yearling, and a good ring should be put in bis nose to aid in his complete control. When old enough for service he should not be allowed to run with the other cattle, but be kept in a substan tially fenced field or lot. The latter is the best, and can be provided in a rea sonably cheap and effective manner. Own Method Told. My own method is to have a lot con sisting of about two acres inclosed with a four-foot wire fence substantially put up on good, well-set posts, the posts extending eight or ten inches about the top wire of the woven fence, which is put on the outside of the posts. On the inside of the posts a barbed wire is placed about six inches above the top of the women wire fence, and one also about eight inches below the same. In Jiearly every case this will be a Fufieicnt safeguard against fence throwing or breaking out. The lot is well provided with water and shelteT and a strong plank fencing gate pro tected with barbed wire on the inside, which completes the arrangement. find in my own case this kind of in closure sufficient to keep under con trol a vigorous pure bred Jersey bull of about ljnfl pounds' weight. We Make Large Loans Upon Improved City nnd Fnrm Properties IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON Making the Mutfease to secure a nnmlwr of Xnteo or Row! of $100. M0 nw! $1.00n eaeh Tlit form of the bond and mortsjasre is. so far as possible Men Meal with the Rmall loan wlierw the note and rnnrtffawe are asvisftwl to the purchaser We have at present several very attractive issues of moh bonds, maturinsr from 1 to lf years, nettin? 7 per cent. Let m tell vert about them. Jacob rnrth T. K. Strut Join Davis 7. B Patrick T. D. Hinr DAVIS ft STRUVE BON'DCO INVESTSffENT BROKERS SC7 Second Avenu Seattle If you want FEED DAIRYMEN 0 RAIN FLOTJB SHTNOLE8 I Cau Save Ten Money Write Me. s. E. 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