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DAIRY INDUSTRY
Discussion of Bovine Tuberculo
sis in Relation to Milk Sup
plies Is Big Benefit.
PRODUCTION SHOWS INCREASE
Many Towns Adopt Regulations Re
quiring Tuberculin Testing and
Milk From Tester Herds
Brings Higher Prices,
(Prepared by this United States Department
of Agriculture.)
That the free and frank discussion
of bovine tuberculosis In Its relation
to milk supplies benefits rather thnn In
jures the dairy Industry Is shown by
observations of the United States De
partment of Agriculture. When the
work of freeing dnlry herds from tu
berculosis on a wide scale was under
taken several years ago, critics ad
vanced the belief that tlio slaughter of
tuberculous cattle would result In a
milk famine and that publicity calling
attention to the disease among dairy
cows would hurt the dairy business.
Increased Milk Production.
The criticisms received careful con
sideration, but were not permitted to
A Clean, Profitable Herd of Purebred
Dairy Cows.
Interfere with the constructive pro
gram of tuberculin testing and freeing
herds from the disease. The sound
ness of this policy is shown by the
following figures: During the period
July 1, 1017, to July 1, 1022, 175,000
tuberculous cows were destroyed. In
stend of a milk shortage there has
been a remarkable Increase In both
production and consumption of milk
and dairy products. Last year, 1021,
milk production In the United States
aggregated nearly 00 billion pounds,
a noteworthy gain over the previous
year. Production of butterfat likewise
Increased. In 1021 alone, milk cows
increased 341,000, which is a figure
nearly twice ns great as the slaughter
of tuberculous cattle during the entire
five year period.
People Use More Milk.
Several hundred towns have Issued
regulations requiring tuberculin test
ing, and apparently with Inspired faith
In the safety and value of milk as a
food, people aro using more of It than
at any time In the past. Frequent In
stances are reported to the Department
of Agriculture in which parents' place
liberal milk orders with owners of
tuberculin-tested herds a considerable
distance away, although they could
obtain milk from untested herds much
more conveniently and at a lower price.
Thus,' In spite of various objections, to
the free discussion of tuberculosis-
eradication problems, the evidence
ehows that the benefits butwelgh the
doubts and fears.
MISTAKE WITH BEEF CATTLE
Many Producers Handle Cows in Same
Manner as High-Producing
Dairy Animals.
The function of beet' cattle is to
convert cheap roughage Into a prod
uct that can be utilized by man. Mnny
men entering the business of beef pro
duction make the vital, mlstnke of
handling their beef cows In the same
manner that a high-producing dairy
herd Is managed, and, because they
fall to realize a profit, condemn tho
beef business generally. The same
thing would happen, however, to the
dairy business If dairy herds were sub
jeeted to the conditions necessary for
profitable beef production. The only
difference Is that few dairy herds are
ever placed under these conditions.
In mannglng a herd of beef cattle,
the overhead expense In the form of
labor equipment and concentrated
feeds must be kept at a minimum If a
substantial profit Is to be realized.
TO ESTABLISH COLOR GRADES
Samples Are Being Submitted by
Beekeepers to Establish Rank
of Extracted Article.
Samples of honey are being received
by the United States Department of
Agriculture from beekeepers In all
parts of the country In connection
with the work of establishing reliable
color grades for extracted honey. A
new type of spectro-photometer will
be used In this work, which will be
done by agriculturists of the depart
ment In co-operation with the division
of grades and standards of the bu
reau of agricultural economics.
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SURPRISE CONTESTS
ARE VERY EFFECTIVE
Remarkably Good Results Shown
in Western Cities.
Milk Dealer Dislikes to Be Surprised
With Dirty Product on His Wagon.
Especially When Results
Are Published.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Surprise milk contests contests In
which the milk sold by various deal
ers In a city Is compared by taking
samples occasionally without wurnlng
have been very effective In Improving
the milk supply of many cities. Con
tests of this kind carried out with tho
assistance of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture have shown re
markable results In a number of west
em cities. The bacterial counts ami
the total milk scores for the cities were
made up from the results of tests of
samples from each of the delivery sys
tems. t
In Long Beach, Calif., the average
bacterial count in tho first contest was
118,288; In tho last contest It was
down to 11,823. In the first the aver
age score of tho milk sold there was
71.50, and In the last It wns up to 00.07.
The milk' sold In Illverslde, Calif., Im
proved in bacterial count from 101,500
to 8,522, and rose In score from 82.03
to 03.03. Los Angeles dealers, ns a
result of these surprise contests, mndo
great Improvement in. the quality of
the milk supply, bringing down the
count from 84,100 to 12,000 and rais
ing tho score from 80.00 to 01.05. Tho
figures of Portland, Ore., changed from
148,400 to 13,070, and from 70.10 to
02.52. The number of bacteria In a
cubic centimeter of Seattle milk was
brought from 04,124 down to 31,207,
and the score was lifted from 80.50 to
88.24.
A milk dealer does not like to be sur
prised with dirty milk on his wagons,
especially when the results of the tests
are to be published In the local papers.
When his score goes up he finds the
number of his customers going up;
when the bacterial count Increases he
finds an Increase In the number of ex-
customers.
TO DESTROY CANADA THISTLE
First Step in Eradication Is to Pre
vent Seed Development Disk
In Early Fall.
The .Canada thistle, also known as
the cursed thistle, Is one of the worst
weed pests. It spreads by Its root sys
terns as well as by seed. Its eradica
tion entails a large amount or work.
The first step in eradication, say
university farm men, is to prevent
seed development. After the grain
has been cut the Infested land should
be plowed deep enough to bring the
roots of tho thistle to the surface
Disking the surface cultivation In the
enrly falj will prevent the growth of
Canada Thistle.
the plnnts, while plowing later In tho
fall will expose the roots to the action
of frosts, i
If the plant persists after all this
punishment, as It probably will, a
three-year rotation of grain, clover and
corn or some other cultivated crop will
furnish the knockout blow. Reinforce
ment can be prevented by u repetition
of the rotation.
ALFALFA CROP OF MANY USES
Leads as Forage; Unsurpassed as
Hay; Has High Carrying
Capacity as Pasture.
No forage crop cultivated In the
United States Is used successfully In
so many ways aa alfalfa. It Is more
nearly a perfect forage than any other
crop grown in this country. It 1b un
surpassed as hay for general feeding
and has n high carrying capacity as
pasture. Witli proper handling good
results can be obtnlud with it as a
soiling crop. It makes excellent
silage and when ground Into meal is
a good und easily handled feed. Al
falfn Is so highly regurded as forage
that some persons hnve attempted to
create a demand for it ns human food
Enthusiasts have tried to show that
It has medicinal vnlue. However, It
cannot compete us food with other
staple crops and, so far as known, It
has no special medlcinnl properties.
Alfalfa is not only valuable as a
forage drop, but also as a soli lnv
prover. It Is not well adapted to
short rotations, but the cropping plan
on most farms enn bo arranged so a
to bundle the crop conveniently.
DAIRY
POINTS
FEED DAIRY COWS PROPERLY
Animal Requires Pood In Accordance
.t With Amount of Milk She Is
' Able to Produce.
Too mnny cows are underfed. A
cow weighing 1,000 pounds needs each
day, for tho mnlntennnc. of her body,
nn amount of food equivalent to that
supplied In 8 pounds of clover hay and
20 pounds of good corn sllnge. She
must have this food regnrdless of
whether she produces any milk. Food
used for milk production must bo In
addition to that required to keep the
,A Good Dairy Cow Must Have
Some Grain.
cow's body. A 1,000-pound cow pro
ducing 20 pounds of 4 per cent milk
a day, if properly fed, devotes about
half of her feed to maintenance and
half to milk production. Obviously
when n dairyman has gone to tho ex
pense of supplying that half of tho
food required for maintaining tho
cow's body, it is poor economy to with,
hold nny of the other half, all of which
goes to produce milk. A cow then re
quires feed In accordance to tho
amount of milk she Is able to pro
duce. Tho heavy producer needs the
most feed.
Farm-grown roughages (silage, hay,
etc.) fu;nlsh the cheapest food nutri
ents. However, a good dairy cow can
not' eat enough roughage to supply her
needs for milk production. She must
have some grain. Thcrcforo, to feed
with the most economy the following
rules must be observed, suys tho Uni
versity of Missouri College of Agricul
ture. 1. Feed nil the roughage a cow will
eat. She will eat more if fed three
times a day Instead of twice.
2. Feed grain in proportion to tho
pounds of milk produced.
To a Jersey or Guernsey cow feed
one pound of grain for each threo to
three and one-half pounds of milk
produced.
To n Holsteln, Ayrshire, or Short
horn feed one pound of grain for each
four to four and one-half pounds of
milk produced.
PREVENT SCOURS IN CALVES
One of the Most Common Causes of
Ailment Is Dirty Palls and Feed
ing In Wooden Troughs.
Calves mny get scours from several
causes, but one of the common sources
Is dirty pnlls und the practice followed
of feeding In wooden troughs. A good
rule Is to keep the cnlf buckets as
clean as the milk palls. The farmer
who uses a swill pnll for feeding
calves or who hnugs tho pall on a post
between feedings without washing it
will be looking for n cure for calf
scours. With warm weather and the
fly season at hand' extra precaution
must be taken In caring for tho palls.
They should be washed thoroughly
after each feed and sterilized either
with steam or hot wnter arid then in
verted In a clean place until used
again.
GIVE CALF SOME ATTENTION
Stunted Heifer Will Never Develop
Into Profitable Cow Provldo
Shade and Water.
The calf Is often very much neglect
ed from the time it is six until It la
twelve months of age. A heifer stunt
ed by the luck of suitable food will
never develop Into ns good a cow as
one kept growing from birth to ma
turity. During summer while tho
young animals ure on pnsturo not
much attention 1h needed, us pnsturo
grass furnishes the best und cheapest
feed available. Shade and an abund
ance of fresh water aro two essen
tials which the carerul herdsmun al
ways provides.
HOME-MIXED MEAL FOR CALF
Good Results Obtained In Raising
Young Animals at New Jersey
Experiment Station.
A very good home-mixed culf meal
Is made up of equal purts by weight
of old-process linseed meal, hominy
feed, red dog flour or wheat middlings,
and high-grade dried blood. In rais
ing calves In the dairy herd at tho
New Jersey agricultural experiment
station, both the home-mixed and
commercial calf meals have been used
with equally good results.
Fresh Grass for Cows.
Mow the pasture to kill off weeds.
Fresh gruss, free of weeds, makes It
possible for your cows to produce more
and better milk.
Take Care of Cans.
Cans used for the return of skim
imik or whey should be emptied, scald
ed and cleaned us soon as they urrlve
at the farm.
Corn Makes Best Silage.
Corn, either Indian or the grain sor
ghumH, mukes the be&t silage.
POOL GOOD LIMBS
TO BE 1 BAD MAN
Armless Man and Legless Friend
Collaborate in the Holdup
Business.
NEW ONE FOR POLICE
One Spills Victim With Crutch Whllo
the Other Goes Through His Pock
ets and Relieves Htm 'of
Valuables.
New York. John Itozwell, thirty
three years old, of 101 Allen street,
wns held by Magistrate Douras In Es
sex Market court in $10,000 ball for
tho action of tho grand Jury on charges
of robbery and felonious assault.
Rozwell, who Is minus his right leg,
Is said to have held up and robbed
John Ketel, forty-five, n house wreck
er of 45 Allen street, with tho assist
ance of another cripple, a man with his
left arm missing.
Ketel said ho was passing through
Hester street when Itozwoll thrust a
crutch between his legs, spilling him
on the pavement. As ho went down, ho
says, the other cripple pounced on him
and made a narrow gnugo search of
his pockets, bringing forth a consump
tive roll, of $11.
Beats Him With Crutch.
In tho meantime Rozwell, ns a
means of discouraging Ketel from aris
ing, wns beating a devil's tattoo on his
skull with the half-moon end of a
crutch.
When Ketel felt his roll slipping
from him, possibly forever, he opened
his mouth nnd released one of tho
lustiest screams heard In mnny a long
day In Hester street, where tho loud
lunged screech builds its nest nnd
rears Its young,
The agonized ncccnts brought Pn
trolman Dun Lynch on tho run. As
Daniel breezed Into tho picture, the
man with the one arm nnd the taking,
ways dropped out of It.
Rozwell, too, thought It was tlmo
that ho was going. He started away
on one crutch nt remarkable speed and
was making good headway when his
crutch skidded on nn empty lemon skin
nnd clattered across the pavement into
the gutter.
Goes After Hop Record.
With Fntc calling the odds on him
nt a thousnnd to one, Johnny Rozwell
took a chance. Men have scaled their
way to victory. Others have vaulted,
run and Jumped. Standing there with
ono leg, both crutches gone, Johnny
stepped out after a new record. Ho
wus going to hop to freedom.
It was a memorable event for tho
length of a block. No one wns on
hand to time him or to scnlo tho
swing of the arcs he described. Had
there been there's small doubt that
Searched His Pockets.
Tohnny today would b ncclalrricd tho
champion all round outdoor one
.egged hopper of the civilized world.
Whllo Dan Lynch wus conveying
lohnny Rozwell to Jail nn ambulance
jurgeon from Bellevuo hospital was
placing 11 stitches In Ketcl's scalp2
ne stitch for every dollar he had lost.
MOTHER SEES BOY DROWN
Parent Sees Body of Son, Two, Who
Lagged Behind, Float Helplessly
Down River.
White Plains, N. Y. While n moth
er nnd daughter sut idly on the bnnk
st the Sawmill river at Thornwood,
a few miles frgm hero, awaiting the
return of the two-year-old eon of the
family, who hud lugged behind during
a walk through the woods, they saw
a body floating down with tho tide.
Tho another, Mrs. Rose VescI, New
Vork city, screamed, wnded Into the
river to her waist, and brought the
body of her son, Patrick, to the bank.
Both mother nnd daughter worked
feverishly over tho body, but to no
avail, A physician was called und ho
used a pulmotor, but etTortH to revive
the boy failed. It is thought that the
child slipped while pluylng on tho
bank.
2 or 3 Cans
of Baking Powder
Are Not Worth the Price of One
If they are the "big can and
cheap" kind because they
may mean baking failures.
CALUMET
The Economy BAKING POWDER
Don'tletaBIGCAN
or a very low price
mislead you.
w mam re a tW
mm
Experimenting with an
uncertain brand is ex
pensive because it
Wastes time and
money.
The sales of Calumet
are over 150 greater
than that of any other
baiting powder.
BEST BY TEST
THE WORLD'S GREATEST BAKING POWDER
Descendant of Mary's Lamb.
Col. Thomus I'owell of Columbus,
Ohio, veteran of tho Civil war nnd
brother of tho famous Gen. Hugene
Powell, Is tho proud owner of "Lnwn
mower," tho only living descendant of
Mary's llttlo lamb. Tho original Mnry
was Mary Sawyer of Sterling, Mass.,
who wnB eight years old at the tlmo
celebrated by tho poem In 1814. The
immortal vverscs, by tho way, wero
written by John Itoulston. From tho
Argonaut.
As We Grow Up.
About all tho difference between
children nnd us grownups Is that we
weigh more nnd nln't so huppy.
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