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HO M E AND FA RM M AGAZINE SECT TON 4 Improving The Herd MMX II E T H E R you consider youraelf a dairym an or not no doubt yon keep cows and milk them . I f so, th en you may as well have as good cows as possible, fo r a good cow tak es no more stab le room, eats no more hay, requires no more a tte n tio n th an a very poor producer. gg I t would seem th a t everybody would w an t b e tte r cows th an ho has, no m a t te r how good they are. Y et th is is the exception ra th e r th an th e rule, ju d g in g by deeds instead o f words. A very «mail per cen t only have good dairy sires. A still sm aller per cent endeavor b y te s t to fin d o u t which cows are w orthy of a place in th e herd ns breed in g stock. As long as the scrub bull and scrub cow ex ist thero w ill be no herd im provem ent. An anim al d o esn ’t have to be pedi greed to be good— and a pedigree is not alw ays a sure indication of excellence in dairy production. So in choosing a bull especially it is necessary to know w h at his predecessors have been good for. T here are some very poor pedi greed d airy stock for sale. An anim al d o esn ’t have to be pedi greed to be good— and a pedigree is not alw ays a sure indication of excellence in dairy production. So in choosing a bull especially it is necessary to know w h at his predecessors have been good for. T here are some very poor pedi greed d airy stock fo r sale. I f the sire came from a good cow and h is lineage was noted for m ilk produc tio n , th e chances arc th a t ho w ill im prove th e herd he heads. B y testin g and selection the common cow s-can be rap id ly im proved so th a t it is not neces sary to buy pure bred stock. B ut it is useless to buy a good sire and m ake ne e ffo rt to know w hat cows are th e best to breed from. It is a slow process of im provem ent when all cows a re re tain ed and th eir o ffsp rin g also. The poorest ones keep d ragging th e record down. Besides blood o f dairy excellence it is, of course, necessary to feed pro p erly. T im othy hay and o at straw will not m ake th e best herd on e a rth pro duce very well. On the oth er hand, a good d airy ratio n for even a scrub herd will help a whole lo t a t th e pail end. No one can expect as much m ilk from a herd im properly housed and fed as from one receiving regular, in tellig en t a tten tio n . F all fresh cows will do bet te r th an spring fresh. I t has been found th a t th e farm er who made th e im provem ent and p ro fit was a stu d en t of dairy farm ing. He was a reader o f dairy lite ra tu re to th e ex te n t of becoming a disciple of b e tte r d airying. U ntil a man has am bition to do b e tte r he never does. W hen he reads w ith indifference or ridicule h e ’s a s ta n d p a tte r for whom thero is no hope. B ut when he gets enthused and begins to practice w hat he reads th en there is hope for his herd im provem ent. 3d. L arge udder, as it is here th a t i th e milk is made. 4th. L arge milk wells. I t is through th -se th a t th e blood retu rn s to the h eart from th e udder. I f th ey are large, it in d icates th a t a largo am ount of blood passes through the udder. 5th. Large, clear eyes. T his in d i cate s good nerves, and they d riv e the org an s of digestion and milk m aking. The Barthold-Barg Co. Inc. 127 Fourth Street, Portland, Ore. Exclusive D ealers in Drawing Materials Dairy Hints Steel Tape Repaired. 1 T IS well to rem em ber th a t old milk 1 is never wholesome even when it lias been kept a t a low tem p eratu re and is still sweet. You should be on friendly term s w ith your cows to reap th e benefit of th eir fu ll capabilities. Buy one and tak e T h at milk can, is it" g ettin g ru s ty f p i c t u r e s of your A ru sty can, no m a tte r how well it is s t o e k s , c r o p s and cleansed, will give niilk an o ff flavor. buildings. You cannot afford to le t other farm Wo carry all sup d u ties in terfe ro w ith the regular care plies and do fin ish and m ilking o f thn cows. ing. I t cau safely be set down th a t but te r churned and w orked too warm will PIK E & MARKHAM CO. be u n sa tisfacto ry in color and flavor. 343 Washington St., Portland, Oregon. Somo farm ers w o n 't believo it, but it is a fa c t th a t most p ro fitab le mo FOR SALE -P R IC E $6,000 m ents wo can spend are in spraying 30 ACRES l j miles from (h c h a lis. th e cows. In N ewaukum V alley, on good road, all The evenings aro warm enough yet cleared and in high sta te of cultivation. to cause the cow 's blood to surge to Two sets of buildings (v ery good). In w ard fev er h eat while she is being quire of owner. driven up by a thoughtless boy and a J. M. BOLLINO w orthless dog. Chehalis, Wash., Route No. 3. Cows a re nervous, tim id and sensi tiv e and they su ffer w ith homesickness. The new ly purchased cow is a p t to fall o ff in her milk flow for a tim e until she g ets used to new surroundings. FU R S, W OOL. T E L T S , ETC. W arts on a cow ’• te a ts may be rem ov I I I B B A R D - S T E W A R T CO.. ed by applying tin ctu re of iodine every S e a ttle , W ash. day fo r a.iout ten days. W arts annoy Write for Price List and Shipping Tags. th e m ilker and are often painful to the as weed destroyers. A small flock of cow. (P le a se ir.er.tion this paper.) sheep of one of the m utton breeds should be k ept on every farm to graze The hit-or-m iss plan of raising sheep Froren rice pn ddin f is delicious sud th e roadw ays, th e stubble fields a fte r nou n ah I ii g w inter dessert. has never y et proven p rofitable. g rain is cu t and the corn field a fte r the corn is full grown. B oth wool and lam bs are salab le.’ ’ Many a farm would be a moro p ro fit able en terp rise as a whole if a small flock o f sheep was added to th e live stock equipm ent. Sheep reproduce more rap id ly th an c a ttle and come to m atur ity a t au early age, riv alin g swine in th is respect. Being ru m in an ts they T h e F arm th a t is equipped handle th e sam e class of feeds as c a ttli and are fa r more useful th an c a ttle as the gleaners of w aste. The m eat is very h ealth fu l and, as th e eareass is small, la not at the mercy o f th e weather. N o m a tte r how hot. cold o r dry i t may bo. no m a tte r what furnishes possibilities io fresh m eat, tho condition«. thia engine and pump W ill work steadily and w ell. And backing up th e long w hich w ould be most accep tab le oi and (-»nlinuouH service which th ia pomp and engine w ill give la th e in te llig e n t and cheerful personal aarvu e which the W o o d in A L i t t l e P u m p H o u s e extends to a ll its customers. most farm s, especially during th e sum W h a t e v e r is n e e d e d ia th e p u m p lin e yo u m a y be su re w e h a r e it. W h a t mer season. T his alone should give a e v e r is p u rc h a s e d fro m us y o u c a n re s t assured is o f th e h ig h e s t q u a lity . few sheep a place on every farm . On Those wishing detailed description« o f th e t-nmp and engine here illu stra ted together w ith catalogue o f the big lin e of some farm s chicken is th e only fresh Pum ps fo r E v e r y S e rv ic e a n d U s e G a s o lin e E n g in e s — W in d M ills — P ip e -C a s in g — m eat av ailab le d u rin g th e summei P ittin g s — Brass G o o d s, e t c .—can have i t fre e of charge. Addrsas: season. E ven fried chicken become- WOODIN & LITTLE-PUMP HOUSE m onotonous when it is th e only fresh 3 3 to 41 F re m o n t S t r e e t S a n f ranciaco. C a l. W e c a r r y t h e la rg e s t lin e o f P u m p s in th e U n ite d S ta te s . m eat ap p earin g ou th e table for days at C a ll u p o n y o u r n e a r e st d e a le r for o u r p ro p o sitio n . a stretch . • H ID E S Sheep on Small Farms |N D ISC U SSIN G th e fu tu re m eat | srp p ly iu a recen t governm ent b u l letin one o f th e w riters said: " S h e e p are not g enerally p ro fitab le to thn farm er. T heir num bers are slowly decreasing nearly everyw here except on thn ranges, and th e la tte r are so fully stocked th a t not much increase is to be looked fo r in th a t direction. There is no p ro b ab ility of any considerable fu tu re increase in th e number of these anim als. ’ ’ It would seem th a t th is w riter ia over looking the possibilities along th e line of sheep grow ing as a small farm i n d u stry , says the K ansas Farm er. P rop erly handled there is no more pro fitab le farm anim al. A nother w riter in this sam e bulletin seems to give th e sheep more consideration as a m eat producing anim al. This w riter tak es up in detail th e various wavs in which th e average farm can get into the m eat production business. One o f th e possibilities he m entions is: " B y raising sheep more extensively in the corn belt and in the eastern states. The im portance of the wool in dusiry causes fan n ers to over look the value of sheep for m utton and Waterloo Boy Engine Woodin & Little Horizontal Centrifugal Pump r 1 Cream Separator Bowl Leaks * BOWL leak in a cream sep arato r is som etim es unavoidable, b u t in alm ost every instance it can be corrected bv a change in your methods. W hen a m an u factu rer puts on the crank handle o f his machine in raised letters, 65 tu rn s per m inute, he docs it because i t is absolutely necessary to tu rn the cran k so many time* per m inute to se eure the necessary bowl speed of from 6.000 to 10,i.... revolutions per m inute. I f th e bowl is not revolved a t its proper •peed, it not only will not sep arate the nnlk and cream com pletely, b u t it often happens th a t not su fficien t force it gen c rated to throw th e milk and eream •cro ss th e in terv en in g space betw een th e o u tlet of the bowl and th e spouts, and a sm all am ount of milk triek les be tw een th e outlet» and the spouts into th e bowl frame. Thia ia often in such volum e th a t the drain will not carry i t o ff and th e milk goes in to th e top b earin g and finds it w ay down into th e gears w ith disa trous resu lts unless th e m achinery is prom ptly and carefully cleaned. We have seen sep arato rs u tte. Iv ruined from th is cause, owing to th e fact th a t the accum vlati 1 filth in th s w orking p arts prev en ts th e oil from reach in g th e inside bearings. The spindle heats w ith th e gTeat speed of th e till1 h ne and is so badly cut th a t it is throw u out of tru e and m tim e ru ts th e tra n sm ittery gear io b a lly th at the 34 m achine ia p ractically useless w ithout new parts. A nother freq u en t cause of bowl leaks is from over speeding, which e ith e r sets up such a pressure in th e bowl th a t th e milk is forced o u t through the bowl ring in sp ite o f its ap p aren t efficiency, or th e increased speed causes the milk to spray from th e outlets and the tin w are fills w ith foam , which fin d s its wav into th e bowl fram e. Itowl leak s are also caused b y sta rtin g th e milk through th e sep arato r before full speed has been reached, and by dropping th e speed a t th e last o f the run before the bowl is com pletely em ptied o t it* content*. The milk of a eow Buffering from in digestion, a com paratively freq u en t ail m ent, will foam an c pass into th e bowl frame. Ill fittin g ai.d w orn out bowl rings, of course, play no inconsiderable p a rt in the tro-ible. A F IV E P O IN T S OF DAIRY COW. RRI1E fiv e points to be observed in | selecting a good d airy cow are: lat. L arge body and especially middle piece, in d icatin g a cap acity for e atin g aud alig’’«ting a lot of food. 2d. T hinly fleshed backbone and es p e n a lly back of the shoulders. This indicates th a t the food is not made into flesh. SAFETY F IR S T ! This ia the slogan o f the day. Tt applies to investm ents as well as other things. Can you get a big income from your money w ith p erfect s a f e ty ! I s n 't th ere alw ays danger of losing a crop or a lot of stock or to have the m ark et drop on y o u ! C ertainly, we all know it. B ut GOLD is alw ays w orth $20 an ounce— and i f yon in v est in a proven gold mine you are safe. 4O°/o for your m oney I ls the p ro fit we can show yon. We are raising money for a 100 ton p la n t — not to prospect fo r ore. We h a \e the ore developed to a depth of 300 feet. INVESTIGATE NOW. The California Consolidated Mines Co. IL W . Man n in g Pres. ! #3 S ix th S treet. LICENSED UNDER If i "B L U E SKY" LAW. ' This Mow. The California Consolidated M ints Co., 63 S ix th S treet, P ortland, Oregon. G E N T L E M E N : Please send complete information about your mines. ——— -----------------------------------------------Name. -------------------------------------------------------- .4 dd rest. A *
