Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 23, 1919, Page 11

o A.G]HCULTURAL INTERESTS WHY COW TESTING re ASSOCIATIONS? The cres of the best dajrymen often deceive him when he ues them alone as a_method of selecting cows which he wishes to have in his herd, but the man who kedhs records of each cow’s produetion knows that he can select correctly his best animals. The greater the length of time over which these records extend, the great: er their value, for the cow must be fed for the entire vear regardless of heér production. To be certain of find- ing ‘boarder” ‘cows, careful recerds must be kept of production. labor and feed costs. Today's asconding prices of feed and labor and the high cost of dairy cows mean that it is even more imverative than In the past to Bave all costs in black and white and, as the dairyman finds little or no time to. work out details. the value of a.Cow Testing association in a diary unity cgn readily be appreciated: -fow ‘¢ost will yield cash returns in practieally any herd. The man who acts as cow tester has as his duty the weighing of all rough- age and grain fed, the taking of ‘a sample of milk from every milking antmal’ for each milking during his visit. By use of the Babeock test he is able to compute the monthly butter- fat yield of each cow. The retailer of milk mav feel that as long as the milk of his herd “zets by” he has no worry but the fact that by eliminating a few of the lower testing cows he may produce a better quality produet, fer which the consumer willing to pay a cash premium, should appeal fo him. Knowing the daily amount of ‘grain and hay fed. the tester compites the amount for the month and determines the eost of feed consumed. To this labor and overhead charges are added The value of the milk is determined By tetalling the monthly milk sheet and multiplying the value per qiart. To the cow is also credited the value of her manure and calf. Thus afl that the owner needs to do to de- termine the worth of a cow is to glance at a column of figures. Here he-can see the cost of producing one auart of milk. returns for each dollar's worth of feed. roturns per animal whether profit or loss, as well as total yield of milk and fat and total amount of feed eaten A few of the other antages te be gained from a Cow Testing asso- cimtion are as follows: (1) Greater and mere economical produc the feeding of the balanced rations: (2) More intelligent feeding of each an mal: (3) Greater advancement Breeding sinee the poor cows are elim- ingted and the zood cows left as foun- dation stock: (1)- Greater interest in all _eo-operative organizations but chiefly those of co-operative grain buying: (5) Putting the owner's dairy business on a business basis: (6) Greater sale of stock since buyers are always more ready to buy and are wiiling to par more for cows of proven merit or their progency; (7) The pos- sible encouragement of purcbred bull on by is generally | to} associations and last but not least as added interest in the live stock of the community ‘and its owners through ‘the meeting of the various mempers of the association to discuss their prob. lems.—LeRoy M. Chapman, Dairy De- partment, _Connecticut Agricultural College, Storrs. “TON-OF-PORK” CLUB. Seven boys-and three girls living at Higganum and Haddam in Connecti- cut_have organized a “Ton-of-Pork” club, the purpose being to. produce 2,000 pounds.of pork this summer and fall from ten little pigs. Each youngster in the pig club owns a small pig. Barly in July the weights of, these pigs averaged just 37 pounds, which means that there were 370 pounds of pigs in all. In four months time, or by November 1, the children expect to make these ten pigs average 200 pounds each, or 2000 pounds for the ten pigs. The children receive instruction in pig feeding from a local club leader and have plenty of bulletins from the Connecticut Agricultural College and the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Careful records are kept of the gains made by each pig. BIG WEEK IN AGRICULTURE. Six state associations for the ad- vancement of agriculture will take part in the Annual Farmers’ Week at Storrs, August 4 to 7. While these the Conmeeticut Dairy- | men's association, the Connecticut Beekeepers' association, the Connect- icut. Poultry asseciation. The Pomo- logical Society, the Swine Growers’ association ad thé Vegetable Grow- ers’ association, are the nucleus of the Farmers' Week programme, mem- bers of all other organizations, and farmers not aligned with any of the societies are invited to attend. Association meetings are scheduled follow: Monday tion. v Tuesday, August 5 — Poultry and Dairy associations. Wednesday, August 6—All associa- |7 tion: Thursday. August 7—Pomological Society, Beekeepers, Vegetable Grow- ers and S e Growers. Wednesday, August 6, will “Farmers’ Day.” Farmers from all parts of Connecticut, regardless of | whether interested in any of the asso- Nationally known speakers will be on | ciations, = are expected to attend the programme to dscuss present-da: problems. A cattle show and a t to demonstration fields will be fea- Bring a basket lunch August 6. ‘Il be a great spread under the big trees. Address any inquiries to Extension Service, Storrs, Connecticut. THE CABBAGE APHIS. The cabbage aphis occasionally be- come very numerous, particularly when the atmospheric conditions are ey <o cat sp! sh tus fal in th organizations, ce as August 4—Poultry associa- be cl pr W] W w! is! is re right for them, though several insect enemies tend to prevent their increase. T 2 25 i in the sealed padiage that keeps all its good- ness in. That’s why They June leaf surface tion. were fed of cracked milo maize for" each 108 pounds of moved after 120 days they had gained of pounds per acre. Fer a week in May barley equivalent of &7 required pound of gain. from overpasturing during treme heat of summier. prices_previous age is letting dollars s fingers in the opinion of dairy special- T es. lonies, tion of insecticides. lved and added. ray from a hose.—G. of : o5t plant lice several enerations of winged ~and _wingless ‘emales are produced = whith forth living young. ° The young are pale green with black legs .and an- tennae (“feclers”). yellowish grecn fith -black head and | They usually appear in lagre often covering considerable e on badly infested plants. A white or bluish powdéry searetion interferes somewhat With the appli- bring The mature are This insec# may be killed by spray- ing with nicotine solutiong “Black Leaf 40,” using. a teaspoon in a gallon of water, with a little soap (an inch cube of laundry soap) dis- As most aphis are now on the under side of the leaves, it will be necessary to di- rect the spray from below in order to hit them. The soap is needed to_ pen- etrate or dissolve the waxy secre- In a small garden the aphis col- onies may be dislodged by a forceful such as ‘the H. Lameon, Professor of Entomology, Connecticut Agricultural College, Storrs, ALFALFA FOR HOGS. On March 1, 16 grade Durec-Jersey otes averaging . 58 rned Ifa in Arizona on a daily ration live weight. weight the eguivale e supplemental grain adjoining field of barley ever, week they original ate sparingly lost 84 poun em they Twelve nt. supplemental ratios for 98 days. 3.24 pounds cents and grain at On November in 14 days. of pork was return for grs eaned up roductio hich was a ver ton at 1 t$ orth The farmer who U here it would be poss ts. Silage costs the feeder less than dry fodder corn, they point to prepar is to necessary eady for use vounger shotes, about 38.5 pounds, were placed on the same pasture July 31 and fed a 2 per of They gained the pounds per acre and of * grain The alfalfa n es bind crop and put it in the silo. To prepare the dry fodder corn, besides the bind- of, pounds into third year Peruvian al- a 0.75-acre plot, fenced for alternate pasturing. were They pounds When - re- nt ration 1,869 stopped and the hogs allowed on an ‘which, how- During the ds n With pork at cent, the used, the alfalfa pas- ture during the whole” season gave a net return of $117.55 1 3| the and 3 resumed. grain fed per pound of gain was 2.4% pounds. the The averaging rolled per suffered the per acre. the hogs that had been carried through the second pas- ture period were turned into a field of mature dwarf milo maize, which they The per-acre pounds, rate of that was on the, market. SILAGE BEATS DRY FEED. dry ex: feed ble to use sil- p through his s which are othe 1ot” to be” mixed with manure. e nutritive value of silage is_ ag:;my higher. than fS Silage is especially valuable whéi |’ fed to milk cows in the sprivg:before they are turned on pasture. Sflage- fed cows go ‘on the green’pasture in tire withouit tite usaal dropp off ‘of the -milk that is common among cows receiving dry-feed. > FEST THE DAIRY. COW.. average ddiry’ cow uses 70’ per. cent. of her for’ mai ide, * s ergy and waste and only 30 per eent. for production. Feed and' Jabor are the two largest items in the mainte- nance of a cow. ' Both are now’ ex tremely high. Why expend them on questionable animal at- this' time? Ef- ficiéncy is_associated with' large ' pro- duction. © Tiow ‘yields,’ if due entirely to the cow, can have but one of two ends—low profits or actual loss. With present prices of cow beef there nevers| was ‘a better time to send the cull directly to the butcher. BEES A GOOD SIDELINE. = Beekeeping as a side line is more profitable than poultry, it is claimed. An equal investment in bees will, yield more profit and requires less time than will poultry, he believes. This does not mean that securing| one or two colonies of bees and set- ting them out in an, orchard unhder an apple tree and forgetting them until fall will bring much honey. The presence’ of bee diseases, which are widely spread over. the state, is doing away with the small, careiess beekeeper, and putting beekeeping in- to the hands of specialists. ~ At first glance it might seem that if so much technical knowledge were °required it would hardly be" worth while for the general farmer to attempt to d6 amy- thing with bees. However, profits are large and care expended is well re- aid. PO good colony of Tealian bees fn'a 10-frame hive may be purchased for from $8 to $10. In an ordinary year this colony sheuld produce 75 pounds of honey, which will more than repay the cost of the origina.l investment. Colonies have been known to exceed this yield by a great deal. ; When the bees are purchased some good textbook on the subject of bee- keeping_should also be acquired andj read. Bee journals. are valuable. - all the & In" the CARE IN HANDLING EGGS ON THE FARM out. All that e the silage| Good fresh eggs put in a basket and the green|stored in the hot kitchen for.a day O = or two may reach town in such con- dition that they must be used at once to be-available for food. A basket of perfectly lresh':sgs left on the back of the wagon exposed to the sun during a 10-mile drive to town may reach the -country :merchant in such shape that not even immediate chill- ing will make them available for long | shipment to the cities. This is the story constantly revealed by the can- dle on the egg car. Eggs of which the farmer’'s wife is very proud will show that they have been allowed to re- main 24 or 48 hours in the nest or at some point. in_their history have beenm. expGsed_to heat. which lowers their value. It is evident, therefore, that if the ege is to be palatable to the city consumer care in its handling must begin on the farm. The farmer must gather his eggs, twice a day and must keep them cool afterwards, just as he would cream or milk, until they are delivered in town. There the merchant must at once put them into a dry, cold | place, or, if he wishes to be strictly up to date, must chill them in his ewn lfitle refrigerating plant or in the larger. refrigerating plant of. the town to a temperature well- below 40 ‘de- grees F. Heat is the great enemy, for once a good egz has stood for any time at a infinite attention. ~care to avoid loss. problems. of small ones. Swift & Company. add i1 as much as possible of the cutting before dew begins to fall the same evening. Whenever. a_bunch of this half-curer clover can be taken up in the hands and twisted, with no mois- ture 'coming on the outside of tie twist, it is safe to put in the barn. Another tést is to pitch up a bunch, listen for a rustle of drying leaves, and then watch to see that the banch does_not fall as if it was green and damp. In storing away such hay al- ways - avoid ‘trampling it heavily in spots. If a horse fork is used to take the hay from the wagons, do not per- mit it te dump its load in the same place every time, avoiding undue packing, and be sure to scatter the bunches dropped by the fork. Of course it will heat, but unless there is a vast amount (say 15 to 25 tons in a mass) theré is little, if any, danger of spontaneous combustion. When the mow of hay is filled, leave it alone| ana do not go digsing into it. It wiil get wet on top when it gets real hot, but let it alone and do not go climb- ing over it PROVIDE DUST BOXES FOR THE HENS Chickens never wash, as many oth- er birds do, but: cleanse themseives: of jinsects by wallowing in soil. Where board or cement floors are used, some means of dusting should be provided dufing the winter months. For a flock of 50 to 60 fowls a dust box three by five feet or four by four feet will be found large enough in most in- stances, and should be placed whers it can be reached by sunlight during as much of the day as possible. Fine, light, dry dust is the best, but Sandy loam. is good. Road dust is recom- mended by many. but it is apt to be filthy. Coal: or wood ashes may be mixed ‘with thé soil if desired. USES OF CORNCOBS. Thzhle cori cob -is ‘rich in ”’!‘ to:; - fl"é fdue in the way of as the cob fire imdicates much - carbon; and & chemical analysis will show the heéat or|. Among the ideas which the coliege Despite its scope, Swift & Compan;}_is -a business of infinite details, requiring Experienced men must know livestock buying s with a knowledge of weight, price, the amount and quality of meat the live animals will yield. - Each manufacturing operation must be done with expert skill and scientific precision. A highly perishable product must be handled with speed and Let us send you a Swift “Dellar”. It will interest you. Address Swift & Company, Union Steck Yards, Swift & Company, U. S. A. Norwich Local Branch, 7 Commerce Street H. C. Adams, Manager Chicago, Il FROM THE SALE OF MEAT 85 CENTS 1S PAID FOR THE Nichsd s P Chemists, engineers, accountants, and other - specialists are required to take care of eur intricate Alert wisdom and judgment must be used in getting stocks of goods into the open channels of demand through our four hundred branch houses. Branch house organizations must show activity and energy to sell at the market in the face of acute competition from other large packers, and hundreds ! Al tt_mne requirements of intelligence, loyalty, devotion to the task, are met in the personnel of Yet the profit is only a fraction of a cent per pmd with costs at minimum. . How can the workings of this delicate human mechanism be improved upon? -~ Do you believe that Government direction would to our efficiency or improve the service ren- dered the producer and consumer? THIS SHOWS X WHAT BECOMES OF AVERAGE DOLLAR RECEIVED BY AND BY PRODUCTS UVE ANIMAL 86 CENTS FOR LABOR ENSES AND FREIGHT CENTS REMAINS WITH SWIFT & COMPANY AL PROFIT s They are the tough tread tires and a marvel in their re- sistance to wear, BIG TIRES—EXCESS MILEAGE . For Sale by _Dealers temperature of over 03 degreeg T it begins to incubate, if it is a“fertlle!presence of phospherns and lime in|exhibits will exemplify are: Soil egg, or to spoil, if it is an infertile no mean quantity. In fact, there is|puiai roWed tiliage ethods, SOUTH KILLINGLY ezE. ‘ho waste material in the cob. It is| o .n% app e SRS G A R HER A only a little difienit’ fo make avail-|oeeds that increase the wield. how(, .0 VG0 En M B WHEN TO CUT ALFALFA. able because siow to rot. But there|early cut reduces the grain bill. com-|gay having spent thre are two ways in which this may be | parative feeding value of silage from|M Place's parents, Mr. and Mrs. atiBors Start at the crowns. - Years ago|overcome. Kiret, a farmer who has|mecure ana immature corn. paature in| W Bariow. o 0 ! i F d Go and Fred Shippee ere when alfalfa was a new . crop, the | COFMCTUSher cafl Tum & 10a¢ OF €008 |its relation to pork, the grain bilis on red’ Goma'iand: Fyed:/Shippee i practice of waiting until a large num- | L G R o0t Loiable to oxygen. Or, |tWo Connecticut farms, livestocic that|in Putnam on busine Mond ber of th‘e—plants were in le!!?fl’; ‘was the cobs may ' be plowed under, and pays, g'rndmc Hndlstflndatdlmn{ll for The in of last week caug ny genmerally gracticed, and many farm- (e o0 TERT DO ot Siio ey |market: co-operative marketing, keep- |farmers with a quantity of ha :irs still flt'?llow :(h‘s(, Tegztoids.{nc:)os‘?]‘- tion will be"the very t thing de- ing :n t::x}:“l,ld v‘vllrth "lpl'fllrll;;m' '-I)I'\l‘ rious es 0! p'r(.}uy ..I’H:VI’YA 4 e sionaily. tnis- works _out satisfactorfly. | 100, X othing” can e e prices, methods of interesting _bovs | not injured.” but* othar lots w v aihrtad sumclontls to be ent]the surface of meadow.land or more|2nd BIfls 1R the o o be almost i fytal” loss. T e R e cocding useful as a feeder for the roots of the Mment in the farm home. farm and| ypeonard Morrison returned Satur- by the mower, and the succeeding]liseful as & feoder X home water supply, shorter hours for| qav from oversaas, having been in ser crop- is seriously injured and set back, < the housewife, L nrenats of I The best method is to inspect - the e g The, college and farm bureau wall |y 7 0veT & ¥eare ' BAFERInee crowns of the -plants every two or| AGRICULFURAL COLLEGE have a staff of experts ‘at’the fair to conntrtee and hiy e G three davs after. the Sl Lo EXHIBITS AT THE FAIR expiain the exhibits and answer ques- ey oo telnte waenrding: hi Shoots start {0 begin cutting. _ | The Connecticut Agricultural Col- A abroad. y —_— lege in co-operation with t New Rev. Walter Wiilams ot Daniclson o u vili| Torrington.—The borough has pur- | Spoke the ,afternoop serv - PRAGCTICAL POINTERS -+ . London County. Farm Bureau: w . p v 7 a X | FOR HANDLING HAY/|have a tent e ct;':n?;";‘:hcf::f chased from the American Brass com- | a¥. s discourse from 1r of the Ne - = : . ou a an,” was Inter It is possible to cure clover hay t60|tural Society which will be hewd on|Pany 3,000 gallons of fuel oil for use|and helpful. much. It is a good plan to cut medium [ Sept. 1, 2 and 3. 1919, with an exhibit | on the streets. The Brass company is| Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Barlow enter- red clover as soon as the dew is off|jjlustrating equipment and practices|cleaning out its storage tanks and|tained Mr. and Mrs. Frnest Ja in the morning. raking from 2 t0 4 that colnt for successful farming and| wished to gei rid of the oil. An ex-|at supper Thursday night o’clock in the afternoon, and hauling|farm life. ceptionally low price was paid by the Ruth,® Franeis and Beatrh Coffey : borough. motored to Sterling, Thursd