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Ella, Peggy and Jenny are undersize and would not 

 have been bred so early as they were had not a neigh- 

 bor's bull, in an enjoining pasture, broken into the Sta- 

 tion herd. They are very small, due mainly to early 

 breeding and to a small consumption of skim milk wlien 

 very young calves. 



There can be no set age at which .young dairy heifers 

 should be bred. If they are well developed, strong and 

 thrifty they should drop their first calf when 24 to 30 

 months old. 



Heifers should be kept growing from the time they 

 are born until they reach maturity. A shortage of a few 

 dollars worth of feed on the calf will mean a loss of 

 many dollars at the pail when the calf becomes a cow. 

 If material advancement is to be made in animal breed- 

 ing the pregnant mother must be well fed. The foetus 

 should be well nourished from the time the dam con- 

 ceives until it is dropped and has reached the goal to 

 which it is destined. 



REMOVING BITTER WEED TASTE FROM CREAM. 



During the last three years considerable effort has 

 been made to find a means by which the odor and taste 

 of wild onion and bitter weed may be removed from milk 

 and cream. In the spring of 1901 the writer was re- 

 quested to try a patent compound claimed to remove all 

 kinds of weedy taste from milk. It was fed to the Sta- 

 tion herd according to the directions of the manufacturer 

 for four weeks, in which time it proved to be an absolute 

 failure. Cooking soda (saleratus) was also given a like 

 trial but failed of the purpose claimed for it by some 

 people. Having failed so far to find anything that when 



