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Till) (. . HI -TIMKS, HI I'l'NH'.. OKI:., IHIUnIiW. MM!. -, iwZO. r mm: P j 1 COW-TESTING IS PROFITABLE Best Scientific Agency for liolatlng and Eradicating Dronei From Dairy Herd. (Prepared, by the United Btatee Depart ment of Agriculture.) Practical reports from the various cow-testlnK . associations throughout the country flhow the value of this work of separating the chaff from the wheat In cowdora. The modern cow tenting association la the bent scientific ager.cy for Isolating and eradicating the drones from the herd, while It also Is of value as a detector of the highest producing animals. Such studies of the cow's appetite, digestion and pro duction are the economical and logical methods of Increasing the net earn ings of the dairy. One Ohio cow-testing association, whose members owned 385 cows lual year, reports an association average of 845 pounds of butterfat per cow, and that the present production of the cows is 72 pounds of fut more apiece than It was at the first of the year. Another cow-testing association an nounces that its expenses during the last five years have been below $4,000 while the value of the Increased pro duction during only the last year 1ms aggregated over $11,000. This remark able Increase In Income Is not abnor mal for this particular association as during each year the production of the cows has Improved and the returns greatly Increased. Members from an other association reimrt that all other cow owners are feeding the Individual animals according to the capacity and production of each cow.' This is a re- run Cow-Testing Associations Improve Production and Increase Returns From Dairy. markahle change from conditions a few years back when the cows' feed boxes at mealtime always contained the snme allowance of feed. "There Is certainly all the difference In the world between bulls," comments a member of a successful bull club. "Do you recollect that old 'Bonnie' cow of mine whose record was only 5-17 pounds of fat? I have raised three heifers from her, the best of which produced 715 pounds of fat during the Inst year, while the other two heifers, which are younger, yielded respective ly, 8fi3 nnd SlU pounds of fat. These heifers were sired by different pure bred bulls and evidently the difference In the qualifications of the sires as re gards fat production Is nptly character ized In the production of their daughters." RETAIN ALL DAIRY ANIMALS Mora People Than Ever In Country to Feed and Milk Will Be Used If Price Is Fair. There are more people to feed than ever In this country nnd If prices can be brought to a point where they can afford to buy they will buy and use a grent deal more milk than they did. As for selling of dairy cows, think how disastrous It would be. Many do not even now get as much milk as they would like, and thousands and thou sands of pounds of butter substitutes are used every year. HERD. BULL REQUIRES GRAIN Good Ration Is Composed of Oats, Barley or Speltz, Bran, Ollmeal and Wild Hay. A herd bull In heavy service should be fed grain. A ration composed of 6 pnrts oats, 2 parts of barley or spelts, 2 pnrls of bran, 1 part of ollmeal, to gether with good upland wild hay makes a good ration. HAVE COWS FRESHEN IN FALL Practice of Many Good Dairymen to That Profltablo Work Is Fur nished Farm Hands. Many dairymen have cows freshen In the fall, so that profltnble work Is furnished the farm hands In the win ter when work Is sometimes slack on nn overnge fnrm. SURE RETURNS FOR FARMERS Bull Assoclatlona Now In Successful Operation In 21 8tates Mors Milk Produced. Prepared by the tTnlto States Depart ment of Agriculture.) "A bull association would Ire a pay ing enterprise for our county, but the farmers here simply won't pull to gether on nny proposition." Tills Is the usual answer a repre sentative from the United States de partment of agriculture gets when he goes Into a new community nnd asks tba ludlvlduul farmers about the feas- lMHty (if nr;.Mhl.Uit: a '.uil neurit: r.ut Kl bull avWH-!:,!'..!. lav I n i r gSitllZi-il in 'Jl Htii1" hi. i ar - v-v fully niH-rutiiig. A . h:li t lmm II. O.ilry division recently ri-tiuu-d fmi: a two in. unlis' trip In Kansas, l.oiua. Cn.rsiia, Louisiana, TV:ii.eM. and Mississippi. In those states he 7 i Only Purebred Sires of Known Breed ing Value Should Be Used In Bull Associations. assisted In the initial steps for the or ganization of 14 more bull asocl i tlons. The first bull association was or ganized in Michigan In 100S. Sine then 20 other states have taken up this work. Not a single farmer has ever lost a dollar by belonging. Bet ter bulls nre obtained for less money. Better dairy offspring results. More milk Is produced for the same money. The Investment for the Individual farmer is smull and the returns are sure. t-rs fuii I.I !..;, hulls nr.- ti-w! i, are ir(--'!iif1i in tli srr.H.;! p u- r . : :,,t,. and the cilv. s i.f the lifili ,: '..:, are tbir:y-nne Ih'rTy-xe ii'N f.;.: Miiod. The ''har-.trteristii'S "f the breed rapidly become ti.' 'I in a Moo!; In which only purebred fir-.! ar-' used, while after any number of ineratiioN of breeding to thr.'e-'i.iirter-;i!e,id sires the characteristics of sTih s'oek still frequently appear. A threo-qn:,,-tor-Wood bull Is much more likely to transmit unfortunate oltanoteristics which are not visible In himself than BROUGHT STRIKERS TO TEP.VS FEEDING CORN OR MOUSSES Both Are Rich in Heat-Producing Ele ments and Relatively Low in Protein. Corn and molasses are about the same In composition. Both are rich In carbohydrates, or heat-producing elements and relatively low In protein. Molasses Is not quite as valuable as a feed as corn, but when the price of com Is $35 or $40 per ton, as it is in some places, and molasses $25 or $30, the latter is cheaper feed. The dairy cow may be fed three to Ave pounds of molasses daily. More than this tends to lessen the 'digestibility of the other feeds In the ration. Molasses Is very palatable to the animal and will al ways produce a sleek coat when fed. It can often be used to make unpala table 'roughage most toothsome. Thero Is difficulty always in feeding mo lasses. It may be put In the drinking water or diluted slightly with water and sprinkled on the roughnge or the grain portion of the ration. i ife. '.. 41 -Bi'!(TSin-MtTSIofn; Booth at National Dairy Show at Chi cago Devoted to the "Better Sires, ' Better Stock" Campaign. , a pure-blood bull. A single bull of this sort may undo the work of years of selection in building up a herd. The conclusion Is that In grading up live stock, only purebred sires of good African Exp'orer Pjt H,s V u to L.jr in Controversy Wi'h Ooitrtp. eroue Fadd.crt. Although the plan Is not capable of wide application, the tale of a sinks in central Africa, told by an csplorins: member of the English Itoval Aniline nologlrul Institute, is pNnwrit reading for the promptness with which the matter was settled. Tie- explorer was Journeying by water and, coming to an African village where he needed a new relay of paddlers, he found that all the available peddlers hud "struck," not for higher wages but against nny Middling whatever. The expedition was held up, and the uu-ti who refused to paddle stood npart and evidently considered the plight of the explorer a matter of considerable unsympa thetic amusement The explorer, how ever, thought he saw a way out He asked some of the women of the vil lage to come alxiaid his boat and sell him fyod; and as soon as several of them were on board he unfastened the hawser, the boat swung out from the shore and began to travel with the current Ashore and afloat anxiety followed. Presently the men who had refused to paddle the explorer were paddling their own little canoes In pursuit and volubly demanding the return to their womenfolk. The larger craft, and presumably the armament of the traveler gave him an advantage. He was able to Issue an ultimatum. No women, he said In effect without paddlers. but one woman for every can of the tr;t..- who woiid t.i.v-c help .ad'll- the e;.edi!c.n l!.p'Mdl the ncM sla.-e. The n.en acc. p'ed tbe 'art-alii ; and us there were sola. blrty women on the boat W expodi- Hon rot its necessary ccnpieuient of I peddlers and the sirike was over. WATCH WINTER FEED OF COW Very Easy to Have Grain Ration So High That It Won't Pay for Itself In Milk. The feeding of rows for milk will need to be watched more closely than ever this winter. With cows such as they run, It Is very easy to have the grain ration so high that It will not pay for Itself In milk or cream. A very successful eastern dairyman feeds his cows only alfalfa hay and silage with a very little ollmeal, limit ing the sllnge to 25 pounds a day to the cow and 20 pounds a day to the heifer, thus getting them to eat more alfalfa. He admits that dairymen feeding grain will beat him In amount of milk produced, but says that his business Is turned at a greater profit. Doubtless true nnd he Is also putting all his cows Into advanced registry. BETTER BREEDING BIG HELP Most Economical Way Furnished to Obtain Large-Producing Cows Use Best Heifers. (Prepared nv the fnlteil PUtes Depart ment of Agriculture.) In dairying large production nnd profit go hand In hand. Breeding fur nishes the most economical way to obtain large-producing cows. The pure bred bull, with generation:- of high producing ancestors back of him, must be used for breeding, and only the best heifers from the best cows should be chosen to be the dams of the next generation. DEAL ONLY WITH DAIRYMEN Not Safe to Buy Dairy Animals at Stock Yards Calves, Physically Unfit May Result In buying dairy animals It Is Im portant to deal only with dairymen Do not buy from men who purchase cmIv, s ui slock yards to ship back to the farmers, because It Is not alway possible to determine the breeding of the calves; nnd calves thnt are phys icnlly unlit may be shipped. PUREBRED BULLS VS. SCRUBS Early Rewards Clearly Indicated to Stock Raiser From Using Purebred 8iree. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) A few calculations In fractions Indi cate clearly the early rewards to the stock raiser from breeding with pure bred sires Instead of grade sires. The bureau of animal Industry, which Is sponsoring the nation-wide "bettor sires, better stock" campaign, calls at tention to a series of diagrams Issued In Wisconsin which show the prog ress of breeding native cows for live generations with purebred bulls, com pared with five generations of breed ing With 'grade three-fourths full blood hulls. Afler live or, In fact, nny number of generations of such breeding, the calves are still less than three-qtiar- Clothes That your friends admire that's the kind you want Heppner Tailorings Cleaning Shop Hand Tailoring costs no more than ordin ary clothes; in fact less, for your garments last and look irood longer. Have Ivour next Suit made-to- 0 measure. Our Tape Line Is Ready Are You? G. FRANZEN, Proprietor "Here's Something for You to Remember says the Good Judge And any man who uses the Real Tobacco Chew will tell you so. You get a lot more satisfac tion in a little of the Real Tobacco Chew than in a big chew of the old kind. 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