Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, October 19, 1923, Page 3

PACTS S New World’s Record for Butterfat Production A new world’s record for production of butterfat im ome year over all breeds has been established by a Hol- stela cow owned by Baymondale farm at Vaudroull, Quebec... DeKol Plus Segis Dixie freshening at the age of nine years and three months, and weighing 1,650 pounds, - produced 88,464.7 pounds of milk containing 1,349.35 pounds of butterfat in 865 con- secutive days.. This amount of butter- fat is equal to 1,686.69 pounds of ‘but- ter, This production surpasses the former world record held by another Canadian Holstein cow by 5 pounds of butter. Because of her previous high rec- ords of production, “Dixie” was placed on strictly official test, supervised by/ DeKol Pius Seaus Dixie. both the Holstein-Friesian Association of America and the Dominion depart- ment of agriculture of Canada, which wsupervises record of performance tests for all breeds of dairy cattle in Can- ada. The new champion was fed a grain ration consisting of equal parts of bran, hominy, dried distillers’ grains, gluten meal, oil cake and cracked oats. To 100 pounds of this mixture was added one pound of salt, one pound of ehazcoal and one-fourth-pound of bone meal. She was fed at the rate of one pound of grain mixture to each four pounds of milk produced. Her rough- age consisted mainly of mixed hay and ggme corn silage and beets. All of last) summer she was let out to pas- ture two hours a day. A: four-year-old son of the new cham- pion recently sold at public auction for $4,100 at the National Holstein sale. Production of Fat Is Affected by Age of Cow Fat production by the average dairy cow; increases till she has passed her geventh year, reaches its peak before the end of her elghth year and then gradually declines. This fundamental truth in farming science was discov- ered recently by C. W. Turner, a teacher in the dairy department of the Missouri College of Agriculture. This conclusion was reached only after Turner had worked out the re lation between the age and the yearly fat ;production of more than 46,000 dairy cows. ‘The data included all the yearly fat records available of pure bred dairy cows in the United States. This is the first time an intensive com- pilation of this sort has been carried out. ‘The value of this information lies in knowing what production amay. be, ex- pected of a cow ata certain age. For example, if a farmer knows the pres- ent production of a two-year-old cow and wishes to estimate what she will be worth to him in five years, he will have an authoritative table which he may consult. A yearling produces 64.6 per cent compared to a cow at maturity; a two- year-old, 73.6 per cent; a three-year- old, 84 per cent; a four-year-old, 90 per cent; a five-year-old, 95 per cent, aud a six-year-old, 99 per cent. » After seven years the decline in production is gradual. Qf the total number of records ex- amined, 13,723 were Jersey cows; 138,- 599 Guern 12,504 Holsteins; 5,- 162 Ayrshires, and 1,014 Milking Short- horns, Increase of Butterfat Is Not Made by Feeding According to experimental, work that has been done, the percentage of fat in milk cannot be increased by feed- ing. The milk of each individual cow seems to have a fixed composition that is natural to her.’ True, the richness of the milk may be increased or de creased for a short time if the cow's digestive system is disturbed by sick- ness. or improper feeding, but will re- turn to the normal. test in¢a short time. The quantity of milk may easily yary with feeding, consequently the total pounds of. butterfat would be in- creased without a variation In the test.. By having a cow in high flesh at the time of freshening, the test may be raised for atime, the supposition being that the body fat is drawn upon, but it only lasts for a short time, when the test returns to the peint pe culiar to the individual, Pointers for Selection of Improved Dairy Cow One or two signs tell a good cow. In a poor cow the thigh runs down straight, so there is no place between the thigh and ‘the udder on one: side and the tail on the other. There shouldbe plenty of daylight between the. udder end the tail One of the best ways to tell what kind of a cow you have is by her temperament. .A good dairy type has a sharp spine, and sharp bip bones. A good cow has @ large wedgeshaned stomach, arr BLGt O8 eral, 't self Sts Saget (AGA eo Wied Vrs A aoe Nat! a Hi Ww 4 | SAISON ne a Gemeente totyir Having decided to quit farming I will sell at public auction at Red Rock 11 miles northeast of Cottonwood or 14 miles northwest of Grangeville commencing at 10 a. m. sharp the following described property on Wednesday, October 31st 11 Head of Horses I,TEAM GREY MARES, WEIGHT 2900 POUNDS I TEAM GREY MARES, WEIGHT 3100 POUNDS I TEAM MARE AND COLTS, WEIGHT 3200 POUNDS I GREY GELDING, WEIGHT 1350 POUNDS 1 GREY 2 YEAR OLD COLT 2 YEARLING COLTS 1 PONY AND SADDLE, GENTLE FOR CHILDREN 100 Head of Hogs and Shoats 7 Head of Cattle 1 HOLSTEIN COW, 6 YEARS OLD 1 HOLSTEIN COW, $ YEARS OLD, GIVING 3¥, GAL- LONS PER DAY 1 HOLSTEIN ‘COW, 2 YEARS OLD, GIVING 2% GAL- ONS PER DAY 1 RED HEIFER, 2 YEARS OLD, GIVING MILK 1 3. YEAR OLD COW, FRESH 85 HEAD OF GOOD SHOATS 2 REGISTERED ‘SPOTTED POLAND CHINA SOWS 7 REGISTERED SPOTTED POLAND: CHINA BOAR 4 SOWS TO:PIG IN FEBRUARY { 1 SOW, AND SIX PIGS, 6 WEEKS OLD Farm Machinery and Household Goods CORED ke One 814 Winona wagon and rack One 2 3-4 Winona wagon and rack One 314, wagon and‘hay rack One McCormick mover One 8-foot John Deere disc One 12-in teel beam plow One 38-section steel harrow One harrow cart One John Deere two horse corn cultivator One 8-foot John Deere binder One 8-foot double dise Superior drill One hack.’ One Chatam fan-mill One Superior fan mill One Jackson hay fork One 14-inch gang plow One garden cultivator One garden harrow One vice One anvil One set stocks. and dies One post maul One post hole digger One crow bar One wire stretcher 3 sets of breeching harness One set lead harness One set plow harness One set hack harness One single buggy harness 8 log chains Several sets double trees One dinner bell Forks, shovels and various tools 35. tons of bundle hay One Brussels Rug, 9x12 One Gold Seal Congoleum rug, 9x12 One library table . One center table One buffet One chiffonier One commode 1 combination book case and writing desk One set S. P. Roe’s books One Edison phonograph and 2 doz. records One spring couch and mattress One Hoosier kitchen cabinet One cupboard One kitchen table One breakfast table Six kitchen chairs One Opal range One boxwood heater One gas lamp , Four coal oil lamps One adjustable dress form Two iron bed steads:and springs One three quarter ‘bed and springs One Vernis Martin bed and spring One Big three vacuum washer and wringer One clothes basket One West Coast Incubator, 160 egg size One Economy King cream seperator One 5-gallon cream can One cylinder churn One 10-gallon earthen jar Other articles too numerous to mention _& Big Free Lunch Will Be Served At Noon TERMS: per cent interest from date of sale. e All sums of $20 under, cash. All sums over that amount time will ° be given to Oct. 1, 1924 on approved bankable note bearing 10 Nothing to be removed until settled for. FE. M. ICKES, OWNER Harry C. Cranke, Auctioneer X + & lal GHISOA Uitaduase se BE Dele | First National Bank of Cottonwood, Clerk