FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



Some Control Measures 



The Pennsylvania plan of controlling 

 and eliminating the disease is receiving 

 much attention because of its success. 

 The main characteristics of this plan are 

 (1) that the herd must be under govern- 

 ment supervision and test for tuberculo- 

 sis. (2) A blood test is applied, aborters 

 and reactors segregated and sanitary 

 measures introduced. It is generally 

 considered that vaccines and bacterines 

 are still in the experimental .stage. The 

 Pennsylvania authorities state flatly that 

 "The disease can be prevented, no cure is 

 known." 



Professor White of Connecticut gives 

 the following fundamentals based on 11 



years of experimentation which he says 

 seem now to be firmly established with re- 

 gard to contagious abortion : 



1. "New-born calves are not perma- 

 nently infected. 



2. Once established in an individual or 

 a herd, the disease is apt to be perma- 

 nent, in spite of the usual sanitary mea- 

 sures and other methods of control. 



3. The B. abortus germ is responsible, 

 in whole or in part, for at least 90 per- 

 cent of the premature calvings occuring 

 before the 265th gestation day. 



4. The blood tests are a reliable means 

 of diagnosing the abortion infection. 



5. It is economically unsound to keep 

 cows which react to the abortion test." 



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Another New Association 



Hampden County, Mass., 

 Falls in Line 



The Hampden County Cow Te.>;t- 

 ing Association started two months 

 ago. It is uncovering some valu- 

 able milk and butterfat producers 

 in the territory supplying Spring- 

 lield with its local milk. This as- 

 sociation is demonstrating that the 

 leading dairy farmers, the kind 

 tliat believe in cow test work, in 

 Hampden County, Mass., as nearly 

 everywhere else in New England, 

 are standardizing their grain ra- 

 tions on Eastern States feeds. The 

 tester's June report shows that all 

 10 leading butterfat producers ex- 

 cept the fourth were in Eastern 

 States herds. A. M. Walker, Mon- 

 son, Mass., led the as.sociation with 

 a Jersey which produced 1187.3 lbs. 

 milk, 7.5.9 lbs. fat, but F. A. W. 

 Drinkwater, of East Longmeadow, 

 was a close .second, his Guernsey 

 having made 1528 lbs. milk, 74.1 

 lbs. fat. Both these cows received 

 a grain ration consisting of a mix- 

 ture of Eastern States Fulpail and 

 Eastern States Fitting Ration — the 

 20% and 12''/r Exchange feeds. 



The 39 Ayrshires at the State 

 Sanatorium at Westfield led the 

 herd average for the second con- 

 secutive month with 1047 lbs. milk, 

 41.2 lbs. fat, Eastern States Ful- 

 pail forming part of their grain 

 ration. The 10 highest herds ex- 

 cept the sixth received Eastern 

 States feeds. This herd was fed a 

 home-mixed grain ration, and it is 

 in this herd that the fourth in- 

 dividual high cow belongs. 



An Ayrshire at Woronoake 

 Heights, Horace A. Moses, Spring- 

 field, owner, led the association in 

 milk production with 1872 lbs. 

 milk, 56.2 lbs. fat. Fulpail formed 

 her grain ration. 



Eastern States farmers are al- 

 ways among the leaders in the 

 C'.w test movement. The same 

 thoroughness which makes them 

 want to keep track of their milk 

 and fat production per cow makes ; 

 them particularly careful in the | 

 selection of their grain rations. 

 They use Eastern States feeds be- 

 cause they know the ingredients 

 are carefully selected, are prop- 

 •-?rly blended and economically 

 handled and distributed. The cow 

 tester's reports confirm their judg- 

 ment. 



Where records are kei>t Eastern 

 States Open Formula Fee<ls i>rove tlieir 

 wortli. 



For information on the Eastern 

 States co-operative feed service for 

 c^'vs horses and poultry, a service 

 which should not be confused with 

 the car door service offered by 

 private manufacturers, write the 

 office. 



A non-Ntock, non-profit organlzn- 



tlon oirned and controlled by the 



farmers It serves. 



Sprini^field. 



Massachusetts 



