FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



Injury from Fertili/.er Burn 



Continued from pag"e 3. column 3 



per cent of stand. Hill application was 

 not attempted. Finally, on the last 

 series, treated with acid phosphate and 

 manure, the percentage of stand on drill 

 application was 91 as compared to 94 

 with broadcast distribution of the fer- 

 tilizer. The quantity of fei-tilizer was in 

 all cases the same. 



This demonstration experiment con- 

 firms previous work in showing that acid 

 phosphate is i-elatively much safer than 

 mixed complete fertilizers. Since, how- 

 ever, complete fei'tilizers must be used in 

 increasing amount, the problem now be- 

 fore the agricultural engineer is to 

 develop a fertilizer attachment to the 

 corn planter which will allow no possi- 

 bility of fertilizer and seed coming into 

 intimate contact. 



MANY BULLS KILLED 



BEFORE VALUE IS KNOWN 



What becomes of the bulls that head 

 the average cow-testing association 

 herds? Are the good ones recognized 

 and kept in service, or are they unwit- 

 tingly sent to the butcher before they 

 have completed their full period of use- 

 fulness? Some idea as to the tendency 

 in the disposal of the purebred sires in 

 our dairy herds may be had from the 

 results of a recent study made by the 

 Bureau of Dairying, United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



The Bureau had previously gathered a 

 list of 58 purebred sires, and ascertained 

 their transmitting ability by comparing 

 the records of their daughters with the 

 record of the dams. Naturally these 

 proved sires were in the aged class by 

 the time their value could be determined 

 in this way. Nevertheless, it was desira- 

 ble to know which were still in service. 

 Inquiry brought information about 22 of 

 them. Of this number only five are alive 



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and in service today. These are all good 

 sires as evidenced by their 31 daughters, 

 whose production is better than their 

 dams by 17 per cent in milk and 23 per 

 cent in butterfat. The other 17 were 

 slaughtered for various reasons. 



Eleven of the seventeen slaughtered 

 bulls were good. Their 67 daughters 

 showed an increase over their dams of 22 

 per cent in milk and 20 per cent in butter- 

 fat. Only 2 of them were slaughtered be- 

 cause of sterility, 1 died, and 3 were 

 inferior, and for that reason were dis- 

 carded. 



While this is a very small number from 

 which to draw definite conclusions it is 

 evident that the value of some of the good 

 sires was recognized, which accounts for 

 the five that are still in service. Perhaps 

 some of the poor sires were also recog- 

 nized. The unfortunate part is that in 

 the weeding out process, if such practice 

 existed, 11 out of the 17 dead sires were 

 outstanding from the standpoint of trans- 

 mitting production to their offspring. 

 Some means must be found to keep the 

 bulls until the records of their daughters 

 prove them either good or otherwise. 



pounds fat. 

 Sunbeam of Bayside due August 27. 

 Cow test record 5292 pounds milk; 261.6 



pounds fat. 

 Masher's May of Glenburnie due No- 

 vember 12. 

 Advanced Registry Record 14727.3 



pounds milk; 648.83 pounds fat. 

 Imp. Rouvet's Pride of Albamont due 



November 29. 

 Advanced Registry Record 10169.9 



pounds milk; 494.08 pounds fat. Class 



C. C. 



Also four two year olds to calve before 

 December. All of the above cows are in 

 calf to Promise of Gold of Ware. He is 



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George H. Timmins, Greenway Farm, 

 Ware has the following registered Guern- 

 seys cows due to freshen. If they have 

 bull calves these will be sold for herd 

 sires. 



Mixter Farm Bernice due October 8. 

 Cow test record 6848 pounds milk; 268.9 



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