The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 9, 1911, Page 2

4 OAR ARIEDEH: aii? WINTER FEEDING OF DAIRY COW Professor Eckles Says Good Production Varies Direct By GC. H, Eckles, Professor of Dairying, University of Missourl. NE of the first conditions to be met in successful teeding of dairy cattle is to supply. an abundance: of feed. This is a condition found in the spring when cows are on good pasture, and is one productive of the highest milk produc. tion. Many other other factors must be considered, but the amount of feed must first be sufficient, The cow may be looked ppon in a way as a sort of milk producing ma- chine, which we supply with a certain amount of raw material in the form of feed, and thie raw material is manu factured into milk. The same rule holds in running the milk manufactur ing plant as would hold in the running of any other manufacturing plant; it ig run most economically at near its full capacity. Everyone who feeds an RATION FOK fmaja should thoroughly comprehend that first of a!l the animal must use a certain proportion of its food to main- tain the body This is the first re quirement of the animal, and it is the first use to which it puts its food. This we call the ration of maintenance, and it Is practically a fixed charge. That is, it is practically the same whether the animal is heing utilized for maxi- mum production, or if the animal is being merely kept without producing any milk at all. In the case of an ordinary dairy eow this ration of maintenance amounts to about 60 per cent of the ration that she is given. of a heavier producing animal, for example, one producing one to one and three-quarters pounds of butterfat per day, this ration of maintenance amounts to about one-half the total feed of the animal. It should be clear that after going to the expense of giving the animal the necessary amount to keep her alive, it is the poorest economy to refuse to furnish the other 40 to 50 per cent which she would utilize ex- clusively for milk production. On the average farm this is one of the most eommon mistakes made. The importance of liberal feeding for economical production can be eas- ily understood from the accompanying {llustration. It shows graphically that the cow with high producing ability is very likely to receive insufficient food for the most economy in produc- ing milk. The upper !ine indicates the proper feeding for a heavy producing cow, | which {s the kind most.often under- fed. The whole line from A to C rep- resents the total capacity of the an- fmal for food, or a full ration. The black part from A to B represents the amount of food required to main- tain the animal’s body, or the ration of maintenance. The second half, t'¢t portion from B to C represents the proportion of the food used for the production of milk. In this case there {sg no fat being produced on the an- =~~~~o~oaoaoaoanaSaeS=ESamoaaeaeaoaamamemmENlEE|||=|=S SO ACCOUNT BOOK ON THE FARM Modern Methods Demand Keeping of Records. It was rather startling to a prosper- ous farmer of Cooper county, Mis- souri, to discover that he could make more money by working at hired hand’s wages. and selling his farm, Foll Ration Three-Qvarters Ration old Ra tron | In the case | Cows Are Often Underfed--Milk ly With Amount of Feed, i imal’s body, and the cow 1s supposed | lo be of such dairy quality that all) rhe food she can eat in excess of that, used for maintenance is used for milk production The line below represents what. would happen if the feed of this an: imal is redvced one fourth. The ra- tion of maintenance remains practical- ly the same as in the neve case. The amount represented py the line D to/ E is the amount required to maintain | the animal's hody, which is the same quantity as in the first case. How- ever, the cut of one-fourth in the ra-; tion will be seen to come entirely on | that available for milk production, and | reduces that amount one-half, cow be still further reduced to one- jhalt of the full ration, or to that re | Reodvetio b Mile Prod. | A DAIRY COW. quirea for maintenance alone, as rep: resented by the third line. In this | case the cutting down of the ration one-half would remove all available feed for milk production. However, the animal would not cease producing milk at once. This is a point of great importance in feeding cows, and a lack of such knowledge leads to sert- | Jous errors in feeding. The milk pro ducing function is so strong that the cow will continue ta produce milk for some time, even when the feed is in- sufficient, utilizing the reserve mate- rial which has been acumulated in her body in the past. This always hap pens in the case of a heavy milking cow during the first few weeks after the birth of the calf. At this time it {gs not generally possible, and not de sirable on account of the condition of the animal, to feed her a suctent quantity of feed to supply the nutri- ents necessary to produce the milk, andeven if feed was offered the ap- petite 1s not usually strong enough to allow the necessary amount of food to be taken to prevent this loss in weight. As a rule, all heavy milking cows de- cline in weight for the first two or three weeks, and occasionally for ten weeks after calving, which means that milk production has been in excess of the feed supplied for that purpose. | The same thing happens in the case of the cow that !s not fed a sufficient ration for the amount of milk she Is producing. She may continue to. pro- duce considerable milk for awhile by drawing on the reserve material of the hody, but as soon as this fs exhausted the production must come down to the jamount available for this purpose | jAbove the ration of maintenance. When the feed is in excess, the cow jbegins to store reserve material on jher body. If the amount of milk pro- duced by a cow varied directly with the feed, and she did not store up nu trients at one time and draw on re- ferve material at another, it would simplify the problem of feeding very {much and result in more economical feeding at all times. |farm which was rented on shares, for “half the grain.” He found that the renter, with his work stock and tools, ‘was making 48 per cent on the money he had invested, while the man who owned the place was making only about 3 per cent. And out of this 3 per cent was still to come the cost of | repairs. So it was apparent that the | + Suppose that the ration of: such a|- | By Supt BP. M. Allicon.. | in this school has been very good all than he was making by farming. The ‘renter had the better deal of the two | BAKING POWDER Made from pure, grape Cream of Tartar Best for good food and good health No alum BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS Cornland has an enrollment of 41 and 35 werepresent. Theattendance the year and the light attendance was due to the very bad weather. Mr. Lewis W. Keele is teacher and re- ceives a salary of $50 per month. Shady Dell has an enrollment of 14 and 12 were present. This is one of our small schools but has some very energetic pupils. Miss Anna Smiser is teacher and receives a salary of $36.50 per month. Miller has an enrollment of 16 and 11 were present. This is another small school but every one of them are good workers. Miss Clellah Grant is teacher and receives a salary of $47.50 per month. Pleasant Gap has an enrollment of 42 and 36 were present. This school recently held a pie supper and cleared about $32 to be used in securing equipment for their work. Ethel Wolf spelled all of the words in the spelling test. Mr. Archie Biggerstaff is teacher and receives a salary of $45 per inonth. Scifers has an enrollment of 24 and 19 were present. This school is do- ing some ninth grade work and have about all of the grades, too. Miss Opal Hereford of Rich Hill is teacher and receives a salary of $42.50 per month. Bever has an enrollment of 31 and 31 were present. This district needs a new building and I am quite sure they will have one. They need a longer term of school, too. This is the best enrollment they have had for several years and their attendance is good, Mr. C. C. Crosswhite is teach- er and receives a salary of $40 per month. He expects to enter War- rensburg as soon as his term closes. Rich Valley has an enrollment of 15 and 14 were present. This building has been improved considerably. Mr. Archie Finley is teacher and receives a salary of $45 per month. Double Branch has an enrollment of 31 and 24 were present. This school has several out on account of whooping cough. Miss Rosalie Wix is teacher and receives a salary of $45 per month. Orchard Grove has an enrollment of 25 and 12 were present. This school is afflicted with whooping cough too. They have a nice new building here and it is too bad that the pupils can not get the good of it. Mr. B. M. Wix is teacher and receives a salary of $50 per month. Marshall has an enrollment of 16 farm management department of the University of Missouri had kept accu- rate records of his farming for a year, and the results showed that he lacked $500 of making interest on his invest- ment, after expenses were paid. And be was considered the most prosper. ons farmer of the neighborhood ‘The average farmer spends so many hours of the day in the furrow or patching up fences that he never thinks of trying to apply business methods to his work. He works every day in the year, and whenever some 4 thing seems to be ready he sells it and drops the money ‘in his pocket. And. be never really knows much about whether he is gaining or losing, or just working from sun to sun for the fun of it. According to Mr. O. R. Johnson, as- sistant in farm management at the University of Missouri, the keeping of the records on an average farm shows up very interesting results. The av- Ly about 45 per cent. | ; ii ildi | Although the results of the investi- jand 1b were present This building ‘gation seem to be discouraging, they |has been repaired and they are put- ure really'only pointing out things that ., ting in a nice new library and a set of need to be remedied. If the farmer | keeps records for & year and finds | that his horses seem to be losing him | |money. he knows that he must change jhis system For the farm manage ;ment of the university teaches that each particular part of the farm oper ations should make its part of the Profits. Boarders are not allowed. Particularly in the dairy herd ts it {necessary to keep records. Many cows in the state do not pay for their feed. The farmer has been accustomed ‘to milking twice a day until the cow went dry, and then turning her irito the pasture ‘till she was fresh. No thought is takéh. usually, for the profit or loss on the cows milked. If: farm- ing is to be on a basis with any other bugigess, as it rightfully should. be, each ‘cow should be made to either pay erage man who owns his farm, asia profit in milk and butter or leave shown by investigations carried on by!the place to make room for a better Mr Johnson, really makes only abou. |cow. Hit or miss methods produce ‘hit 1 or 2 per cent on his investment after |or miss results. and they more often sold for $175 an I rE i iH : toiss_ than hit. No business man, except the farm- er, pretends to run bis business with- maps. Miss Bertha Craven is teacher and receives a salary of $43.50 per month: Brackney has an enrollment of 30 and 29 were present. I saw some of the best work here on spelling and physiology that I have seen this year. Mr. C. -W. Ray is teacher and receives a salary’ of $43.75 per month. Vera Ellington‘and Nettie Deems spelled all the words in the test. Peru has an enrollment of 21 and 19 were present. This building has been put: in‘the .best ‘tepair possible without making a new building of it. ceives a salary of $55 per month. All the schools of the county have been visited once and most of them ‘are doing well, Much improvement has been made and much more needs to be. Imblackboards I find we have forty slate, thirty-six boards, twenty- seven plastering,’ twenty-three hylo- weather and roads permit and ai : BUTLER, MIS8OURI Mr. C. A, Earsom is teacher and re=|] °° time and weather will allow but. can not promise positively on all these meetings or on any one. Iam mailing out to teadhers blanks to be used in enforcing the compulsory attendance law. The clerks will re- ceive theirs soon and it is hoped that none will heglect their duty. on this. These blanks were just received this week or they would have been out sooner. , Saved Many From Death. W. L. Mock, of Mock, Ark., be- lieves he has saved many lives in_his 25 years of experience in the drug business. ‘‘What Ialways like to do,”’ he writes, ‘‘is to recommend Dr. King’s new Discovery for weak, sore lungs, hard colds, hoarseness, obstinate coughs, la grippe, . croup, asthma or other bronchial affection, for I feel sure that a number of my neighbors are alive and well today because they took my advice to use it. I honestly believe it’s the best throat and lung medicine that’s made.”’ Easy to prove he’s right. Get a trial bottle free or regular 50c or $1.00 bottle. Guaranteed by F. T. Clay. Public Sale. I will sell at public sale on my farm, two miles east and two miles north of Virginia, Mo., Tuesday, November 14, 1911 the following property: Horses and Mules—Bay horse, eight years old, extra good driver single or double;‘sorrel horse, eight years old, good work horse; bay horse, four years old, broke to work double; bay mare, ten years old, bred to Jack; sorrel mare, six years old, bred to jack; bay horse colt, two years old, saddle bred; yearling horse mule; yearling mare mule. Hogs—100 head of Duroc Jersey hogs, consisting of 8 sows, some with pigs by side and five will farrow in December; registered male hog, weight about 400 pounds; 15 spring gilts; 18 June gilts; 4 male pigs, weight about 80 pounds each. Bal- ance stock hogs, weighing 80 to 100 pounds. Cattle—Extra good Red Poll cow giving a good flow of milk; Red Poll milk cow, A No. 1, gentle, 7 years old. Chickens—100 hens. Farming Implements—Low wheel wagon; disc cultivator; lister with drilling attachment; one-horse drill; double shovel; spring wagon, buggy, set of buggy harness; 2 sets uf work harness; road scraper; about 100 feet of native lumber; about 80 rods of hog wire; two saddles and bridles; about 7 tons of hay. Household and Kitchen Furniture— One incubator (‘Old Trusty’) and brooder, 100-egg capacity. Other things too numerous to mention. _ TERMS:—Allsums of $10and under, cash. Over $10 a credit of nine months will be given. Note to bear 6 per cent interest from date. Pur- chaser to give note with approved security. 2 per cent discount for cash. No property to be removed until terms of sale are complied with. Sale commences promptly at 10 o’clock a. m. Lunch on ground. J. K. Harmon, Auctioneer. W. H. Durst, Clerk. 3-1t-:- Notice of Annual Meeting of Charlotte Telephone Co. The annnal meeting of the Char- lotte township Telephone Co. will be held at Virginia in John McFadden’s hall on December the 5th at 9 o’clock a, m. 1911 for the purpose of electing three directors, also, to decide wheth- er the Charlotte Telephone Co. will buy the lines that are owned by the members that are more than one-half mile from the company’s line, also, to transact any other business that may come up before the meeting. 2-4. Peter Denning, President, W. W. Park, Secretary. Star Church of God. Sunday, Nov. 12. Preaching at 3 Peoples Bank - Butler, Missouri The Remarkable Success of this bank is built on the friendship of its customers gained by earnest at- tention to their in- terests The Bank on Which You can Always Bank Molasses will catch more flies than vinegar, but who wants to be a fly trap? When you ask us for a SURE CURE for some ailment our answer is always, there is no such thing; however, if ; P, D. Q. Liver Tablets don’t give complete satisfaction you can get your money back. They cure Constipation, Bilious- ness, Headaches, etc. The United Drug Company 13 EAST SIDE SQUARE BUTLER, MO. TURKEYS WANTED We are now paying 11c for all No. 1 turkey hens and young gobblers. As there is such a heavy crop of of turkeys this year the indications are that we will have the lowest price we have had for sev- | eral years, and would advise you to sell all your heavy turkeys while we are able to make this of- fer, which will be only for one week. Ducks and Geese also wanted and will pay—Ducks 10c; Geese 8c. BUTLER PRODUCE CO p. m. by Rev. Wm. H. Rose of But- ler. L. I. BROWNING. Residence Phone 20s, wad & Office Phone 8. *B. MULKEY; | Regi Veterinary s aes Phone 425. Cc. C. Atkinson, Mgr. CLUB PRICES (ota Maw a .S EN : forget that We ‘take Subsegiptions to all papers and magazines at:.lowest prices. We DUPLICATE ANY CLUB PRICES made“ by ‘any’ publisher or subscription agency. 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