Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 30, 1916, Page 3

PR o DEVELOPMENT OF THE DAIRY BREEDS In this country today there are thou- sands of pure bred dairy cattle which each year are producing more thou- sands, says Hoard’s Dairyman. Did you ever stop to think where they all come from? Where did your father get his original herd of pure bred cattle? Doubtless his .original stock was pur- chased from some nearby breeder, and his in turn from another, and so on back. But if we trace this b: far enough, and to do so we will only have to go back a comparatively short time, we find that some of these early breeders had to go to Europe for their stock. Dairy cattle were not natives of this country. The Indians never heard of such animals until the white settlers brought them from their homes across the water. All the important breeds of dairy cattle were developed in Europe in much the same way. The people in a given locality, state or county began with common native stock, even poorer than those we call serubs tods They saved those best suited to milk produc- tion for their breeding stock and con- tinued to do this for generation after generation until they had built up a breed of dairy cattle. To do this they practiced close or inbreeding—that is, the animals mated were often closely related. 0 a sire to be mate granddaughter. Today that is not al- ways considered to be a good practice, y cow Florette, here pletured, was born island of ¢ by John Kobin Hope, 3 on. pounds of milk, containing sixty pounds of butter but at that time they had to do it or else use more of the ab stock. Usu- ally the primary ct of this breeding was to dev ttle that were good milk produce! ater the breeders be- gan to pay ¢ ention to size, color, ete., also. the Holstein men de- veloped a lav imal of a black and white color, while the people on the island of Jersey developed a smaller breed of cattle of a wn color. After a breed was well started the difficulty arose of keeping it pure. To help ac- complish this the breeding associations were formed and herd books started. These last were especially valuable, be- cause to ggt an animal registered it was neces to show ils pedigree, | and if this proved to contain any serub stock or stock of other breeds the ani- mal could not be registered as a pure bred. In this manner the va of dairy cattle have been built up from ous breeds |* SELECTION OF HIGH PRODUGING HENS It is not only possible, but desirable, to pick out the high producing hens in the flock by means of external charac- teristics, according to W. A. Lippincott, professor of poultry husbandry in the Kansas State Agricultural college. “Hens that molt late are high pro- ducers, because they have a- longer period in which to lay. Late molting is the accompaniment of late laying, but the mere fact of late molting does not make high producers. The hens that molt late begin laying as early as the early molters, because they molt much more rapidly and lose less time. “In the yellow skinned breeds the paleness of shank is a very reliable in- dication in the fall at the end of the first year. The high producers lay the color out of their shanks, and so any bird with yellow shanks after a year of laying has been a poor producer for that year. “Those birds with soft and pliable combs about Oct. 1 are in general bet- ter producers than those with hard and —_—— Like all American breeds, Rhode Island Reds were originated with the idea of utility uppermost. Thelr subsequent development along fan- cy lines was an afterthought. They lay big brown eggs. The chicks are strong and vigorous and develop rapidly, being one of our best vari- eties for the production of broilers. Males weigh seven and one-half to eight and one-half pounds, females filve to six and one-half pounds. This breed is one of the very best for the small back yard poultry- men. . The hen shown is a Rhode Island Red. 0 dried up combs. As a bird molts the comb tends to shrink and become hard, but birds in good condition and laying have pliable combs, “With the White Leghorn pullets which have yellow pigment in the ear lobe at the start of the season a white ear lobe will be an indication of high production. These birds with yellow pigment in the ear lobe will lay out this color until the lobes are white.” Keep Chicks on Soft Runs. Growing chicks should be allowed to keep on the soft ground as much as sible. Many times where the chicks are growing rapidly and are kept on hard floors they will develop leg weak- nes Many chicks thus affected never small foundations. recover from the ill effects. If leg BARKER BARKER BARKER BARKER BARKER BARKEg | OUR SUCCESS is NOT DUE R TO.THE PR(?FIT WE MAKE ] BUT TO THE SERVICE WE GIVE so perfectly that the original. Third Street - great artists have. proven Edison’s Re-Creation of thei BARKER BARKERBARKER BARKER BARKERBARKER BARKER BARKER We do not handle talking machines We sell only GhHe New Edison The world’s greatest musical in- strument; the new Edison invention which re-creates all forms of music ation cannot be distinguished from Barker’s Drug J@W@Ihrv_St@r@ / Mary Rappold of the Metropolitan, proving by direct comparison that her brilliant and appealing voice is flawlessly re-created by the New Edison. Madame Rappold and many other uished from their actual performances. Edison’s Re-Cre- = Bemidji by direct comparison that ir work cannot be disting- HIMIVIIANI VA SN IVE SNV SEMIVIIIAIVE HAAI VI SV weakness develops and becomes pro- nounced the chick that is half grown will never be very strong on its feet. Soft, well spaded ground, free from stones of any size, is an ideal ground on which to keep growing chicks. Blue grass sod is also fine for the chicks to run on. Discounts Early Molting. Early molting of laying hens has been the recent topic of investigation by the agricultural department of New South Wales. The result in general agrees with recent American opinion that the various devices for forcing hens into early molting are not fol- lowed with satisfactory results. In fact, the reverse is often the case Early molting b are inclined to be Regular church services are held every freld mass of the 69th New Yark regiment, COPYRIGHT 1918 THE HOUSE OF KUPPENHEIMER - T e AT A v CHURCH SERVICES ARE HELD poor layers for the. most part, and some are inclined to molt twice, ‘the second time at the first touch of winter Lime the Poultry Runs. Not enough importance is placed on the value of good air slaked .lime for use in the poultry house and on the runs. Properly used, the lime i3 of great sanitary value. A free use of air slaked lime on chicken runs' where gapes prevail is exceedingly beneficial Its use no doubt also destroys other germs and bacilli. The wise poultry- man will always have a good supply of lime on hand and use it both inside and out of his poultry houses. Ploneer advertisements are ro- liable. ) VERY MOKNING AT CAir Wil hin.y ines them. every man. fast. splendid collection at once. &mp;w;htmm, Beekman, New York. 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