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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1914)
TTOMF, AND FARM MAGAZTNtf SECTION" Improving The Herd t "III ETHER you consider yourself a 4 dairyman or not no doubt yon keep cows and milk them. If so, then you may as well have as good eows u possible, for a good cow takes no more stable room, eats no more hay, requires no more attention than a very poor producer. It would seem that everybody would want better cows than ho has, no mat ter how good they are. Yet this is the exception rather than the rule, judg ing by deeds instead of words. A very small per cent only have good dairy sires. A still smaller per cent endeavor by test to find out which cows are worthy of a place in the herd as breed ing Btock. As long as the scrub bull and scrub cow exist there will be no nerd improvement. An animal doesn't have to be pedi greed to be good and a' pedigree is not always a sure indication of excellence in dairy production. So in choosing a bull especially it is necessary to know what his predecessors have been good for. There are some very poor pedi greed dairy stock for sale. An animal doesn't have to be pedi greed to be good and a pedigree is not always a sure indication of excellence in dairy production. So in choosing a bull especially it is necessary to know what his predecessors have been good for. There are some very poor pedi greed dairy stock for sale. If the sire came from a good cow and ti lineage was noted for milk produc tion, the chances are that he will im prove the herd he heads. By testing and selection the common eows can be rapidly improved so that it is not neces sary to buy pure bred stock. But it is useless to buy a good sire and make no effort to know what cows are the best to breed from. It is a slow process of improvement when all cows are ro tained and their offspring also. The poorest ones keep dragging tho rocord down. ), Besides blood of dairy excellence it is, of course, necessary to feed prop erly. Timothy hay and: oat straw will not make the best herd on earth pro duce very welL On the other hand, a good dairy ration for even a scrub herd will help a whole lot at the pail end. No one can expect as much milk from a herd improperly housed and fed as from one receiving regular, intelligent attention. Fall-fresh eows will do bet ter than spring fresh. It has been found that the farmer who made the improvement and profit was a student of dairy farming. He was a reader of dairy literature to the ex tent of becoming a disciple of better dairying. Until a man has ambition to do better he never does. When he reads with indifference or ridicule he's a standpatter for whom thero is no hope. But when he gets enthnsed and begins to practice what he reads then there is hope for his herd improvement Sheep on Small Farms IN DISCUSSING the future meat supply in a recent government bul letin one of the writers said: "Sheep are not generally profitable to the farmer. Their numbers are slowly decreasing nearly everywhere except on the ranges, and the latter are so fully stoeked that not much increase is to be looked for in that direction. There is no probability of any considerable future increase in the number of these animals." It would seem that this writer is over looking the possibilities along the line of sheep growing as a small farm in dustry, says the Kansas Farmer. Prop erly handled there is no more profitable farm aninal. Another writer in this same bulletin seems to give the sheep more consideration as a meat producing animal. This writor takes up in detail the various ways in which the average farm can get into the meat production business. One of the possibilities he mentions is: "By raising sheep more extensively in the corn belt and in the eastern states. The importance of the wool industry causes farmers to over look the value of sheep for mutton and as weed destroyers. A small flock of sheep of ono of the mutton breeds should be kept on every farm to graze the roadways, the stubble fields after grain is cut and the corn field after the corn is full grown. Both wool and Iambs are salable" Many a farm would be a more profit able enterprise as a whole if a small flock of sheep was-added to the live stock equipment. 8heep reproduce more rapidly thau cattle and eome to matur ity at an early age, rivaling swine in this respect. Being ruminants they handle the same class of feeds as eattlt and are far more useful than cattle as gleaners of waste. The meat is verj healthful and, as the carcass is small, furnishes possibilities in fresh meat, which would be most acceptable on most farms, especially during the sum mer season. This alone should give few sheep a place on every farm. On Some farms chicken is the only fresh meat available during the summei season. Even fried chicken, become!" monotonous when it is the only fresh meat appearing on the table for days ai a stretch. Cream Separator Bowl Leaks 3d. Large udder, as it is here that the milk is made. 4th. large milk wells. It is through these that the blood returns to the heart from the udder. If they are large, it indicates that a largo amount of blood passes through the' udder. 5 til. Large, clear eyes. This indi cates good nerves, and they drive the organs of digestion and milk-making. Dairy Hints IT IS well to remember that old milk is never wholesome even when it has been kept at a low temperature and is still sweet. Yon should be on friendly terms with your cows to reap the benefit of their full capabilities. : That milk can, is it getting rustyf A rusty can, no matter how well it is lloansed, will give milk an off-flavor. j You cannot afford to lot other farm duties interfere with the regular care and milking of tho cows. ; It can safely be set down that but ter churned and worked too warm will be unsatisfactory in color and flavor. ! Somo farmers won't believe it, but it is a fact that most profitable mo ments we can spend are in spraying the cows. The evenings are warm enough yet to cause the cow s blood to surge to ward fever beat while she is being driven up by a thoughtless boy and a worthless dog. Cows ara nervous, timid and sensi tive and they suffer with homesickness. The newly purchased cow is apt to fall off in her milk flow for a time until she gets used to new surroundings. warts on a cow s teats mav be remov ed by applying tincture of iodine every day for ajout ten days. Warts annoy the milker and are often painful to the cow. The Barthold-Barg Co. Inc. 127 Fourth Street, Portland, Ore, Exclusive Dealers in Drawing Materials arfiftati 1 9 Steel Tape Eepaired. to Buy one and take pictures of your stocks, erops and buildings. We carry all sop plics and do finishing. PIKE &MABKHAM CO. 313 Washington SU, Portland, Oregon. FOR SALE-PRICE $6,000 30 ACHES H miles from Cbehalis. In Newankum Valley, on good road, all cleared and in high state of cultivation. jTwo sets of buildings (very good). In I quire of owner. J. M. BOLLTKQ Chehalis, Wash., Route No. 3. HIDES nnis, W30L, PELTS, ETC. HIBBARD 3TEWABT CO., Seattle. Wua. Write for Price List and Shipping Tags. fPlraee ift.tiow thin paper.) Frot riee midding ii dtlirimii nourishing winter dcrccrt. The hit or miss plan of raising sheep has never yet proven profitable. 7EATKI1 .The Farm that is equipped with the Waterloo Boy Engine $Kg Woodin & Little Horizontal Centrifugal Pump le not at the merer of the rather. No matter how not. sold or try It Bar be. no natter whet tbe condition thia engine and pump will work ateadilr and well. And backing np the lone and contlauoua aenrlce which thin tramp and engine will gin la the Intelligent and cheerful penonai eenrioe which the Woodin at Little Piunw Hoaae ntenda to all Ita eaetomere. Whatever la needed in the pump line row may be rare we bar it What. war ia purchaaed from ua yea can rat aaeoxed ia of tbe higheat ejaudirr. Theee wiaMng detailed deaeriptiona of the wrap and engine hen Ulaetratod together with catalogue of the big line of Pumpe for Eeery Servfca and Uie-Gaioline En am ee Wind MiOa PWCaeiag rittanga BrawGooda,etc.-caahae It free of charge, addneai . WOODIN & UTTLE-PUMP HOUSE 33 to 41 Fremont Street Sea FreavdeceiCaL Wo carry the largeet Una at Pnaipe ba tbe United State. Call poa your eareet dealer for aw propeaitiem. A BOWL leak in a cream separator is sometimes unavoidable, but in almost every instance it can be corrected by a change in your methods. When a manufacturer puts on the crank handle of his machine in raised letters, 65 turns per minute, be does it because it is absolutely necessary to turn the crank so many times per minute to se cure the necessary bowl speed of from 6,000 to 10,000 revolutions per minute. If the bowl is not revolved at its proper speed, it not only will not separate the milk and cream completely, but it often happens that not snfficictt forco is gen erated to throw the milk and cream across the intervening space between the outlet of the bowl and the spouts, and a small amount of milk trickles be tween the outlets and tho spouts into the bowl frame. This is often in such volume that the drain will not carry it off and the milk goes into the top bearing and finds it way down into tbe gears with disastrous results unless the machinery is promptly and carefully cleaned. We have seen separators utter ly ruined irom this cause, owing to the fact that the accumidakil filth in the working parts prevents the oil from reaching tho inside bearings. The pindle heats with the great speed of the machine and is'so badly cut that it is thrown out of true and iu time cuts ttho transmittory gear so badly that the machine is practically useless withont new parts. Another frequent cause of bowl leaks is from over-speeding, which either sets up sueh a pressure in the bowl that the milk is forced out through the bowl ring in spite of its apparent efficiency, or the increased speed causes tho milk to spray from the outlets and the tin ware fills with foam, which finds its way into the bowl frame. Bowl leaks are also caused by starting the milk through the separator before full Bpeed has been reached, and by dropping the speed at the last of tho run before the bowl' i completely emptied of its contents. The milk of a cow suffering from in digestion, a comparatively frequent ail ment, will foam anC pass into the bowl Jrame. Ill-fitting aLd worn out bowl rings, of course, play no inconsiderable part in the tro-ible. FIVE POINTS OF A DAIBX COW. THE five points to be observed in selecting a good dairy cow are: 1st. Lareo body and especially middle piece, indicating a capacity for eating and digesting a lot 01 loocl. 2d. Thinly fleshed backbone and es pecially back of tho shoulders. This indicates that the food is not made into flesh. SAFETY FIRST! This is the slogan of the day. It applies to investments as well as other things Can you get a big income from yonr money with perfect saretyr Isn t there always danger of losing a crop or a lot of stock or to have the market drop on youf Certainly, we all know it. But GOLD is always worth $20 an ounce and if you invest in a proven fold mine you are safe. 40o for yourmoney is tho profit we can show you. 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