HO M E AND FA RM M AGAZINE SECT TON
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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&
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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 .
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H ID E S
Sheep on Small Farms
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D ISC U SSIN G th e fu tu re m eat
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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
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Horizontal Centrifugal Pump
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Cream Separator Bowl Leaks
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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
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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
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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.
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