FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



THE SKEP TICK 



What's that you say? 



Feed more and better hay? 



Most any one knows cows will eat hay, 



Stand and chew it, day after day, 



But, there ain't no milk in it. 



You can't tell me, not for a minute. 



There ain't no gain. 



In feedin' so much grain? 



Well now, I want to know 



Seems to me it ain't just so. 



I've been farmin' all my life, 



Maria, here, she's my third wife. 



Early and late I've worked like a slave. 



And glad to see a cent to save. 



Yes, grain is gettin' mighty high, 



What's that you said to try? 



Alfalfa! yes, I've heard them tell, 



But none for me, buy nor sell. 



They .say the stuff needs a lot of lime 



And I don't want to be hayin' all the time. 



How old be I? Nigh on to Seventy three. 



And sot, just like that old oak tree. 



Too old, I be, to learn things new. 



And couldn't much if I wanted to. 



Say! you better talk to my grandson Ed. 



He'll have the place after I am dead. 



Right now he's eager for knowledge. 



And wants like sin to go to college, 



But the way ain't just clear yet, 



There's so much expense that's got to be 



met. 

 Mebbe you could tell him as how, 

 There's more to farmin' than holdin' the 



plow. 



And I'm willin' he should try a hand 

 At makin' over this onery old land. 

 It seems like we have worn out together, 

 And lately I been blamin' it on the 



weather. 

 Yep! Good day and come again. 

 Them cows is hollerin' for a feed of grain. 



Spec. 



One bucket of feed to three of common 

 sense is a good feeding ration for any 

 farmer to follow. 



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Business Farmers 



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 farmers — for those progressive 

 crop and cattle raisers who know 

 that to get .profits from farming 

 there must be knowledge not only 

 of crops, but of markets, of prices, 

 of soil treatment, of other factors. 



This bank's primary object is to 

 help farmers of this section to pros- 

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Low Cost Production 



neiij.uniii Tucker & Son.s. Tun- 

 bridgre. Vt.. have used Eastern States 

 feed.s and cow test association re- 

 cords to increase their net profits. 

 The Central Orange Cow Testing 

 -\ssociation records for 1926 show 

 that their 17-cow Jersey herd pro- 

 duced 7642 lbs. milk, 429.2 lbs. fat 

 per cow at a total feed cost of $105 

 per cow. That amounts to 24 1,2 c 

 per pound of butterfat per cow right 

 through the herd. 



The herd contained 10 cows which 

 produced more than 400 lbs. fat. 

 These 10 cows averaged 481.18 lbs. 

 fat per cow. 



The leading cow in the herd for 

 the cow test .vear. a 6-year-old, made 

 10.86.S lbs. milk, 633.4 lbs. fat at a 

 total feed cost of 20c per pound of 

 fat. 



This farm has produced Eastern 

 .'States feeds through the Windsor 

 County Farmers' E.xchange at South 

 Royalton for 3 years. In 1926 the 

 Tuckers ordered through the E.x- 

 change 400 sacks on contract, and 

 the contract for 1927 calls for 460 

 sacks. \ study of their 1926 leader's 

 record helps bring out the reason 

 why the Tuckers are so satisfied 

 with Eastern States feeds that they 

 standardize on them. 



As previously stated, this cow, 

 Peggie Paige, in the 1926 cow test 

 year produced 10,863 lbs. milk. 633.4 

 lbs. fat. .She was fed Eastern States 

 Alilkmore and corn meal throughout 

 her lactation period at the rate of 1 

 lb. of grain to 3 lbs. milk and receiv- 

 ed for roughage corn silage, good 

 e.irly cut hay, and rowen. She pro- 

 iluced butterfat at a total feed cost 

 "f 20c per pound. 



The Tuckers find that by feeding 

 their good Jersey cows Eastern 

 States feeds liberally, always watch- 

 ing their cow test records to main- 

 tain a proper balance between feed 

 and production, that they are able to 

 produce their high test Jersey milk 

 at a low cost and at the same time 

 maintain the health and body weight 

 of their cows. That the feeds are 

 making good generally in this sec- 

 tion is shown by the fact that the 

 number of feed contracts received 

 from members in the district served 

 by the .South Royalton station is al- 

 ready 69 per cent ahead of the num- 

 ber of contracts in 1926. In 1926, 

 .'i41 tons of Eastern States grain 

 were unloaded at this point by 64 

 farmers. 



Where reeordx are kept Ea.slern 

 Sljite.s Open Forniiihi FeedN prove 

 llieir worth. 



For information on the Eastern 

 States feed service for poultry and 

 livestock, a service which should not 

 be confused with car door service 

 offered by private manufacturers 

 through dealers or groups of farm- 

 ers, write the office. 



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