HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



2.6-3 pounds of milk per pound of grain, 

 was 21% the first month, then 17.9%, 

 23.1% and finally 18.6%. 



The group giving from 3.1-3.5 pounds 

 of milk in February was 15.3% of the 

 total, then 25.8%, 23.9% and finally 

 27.1%. Many of the cow.s in the first 

 group were fed so as to bring them into 

 this group after production recoids were 

 studied. 



The last group giving over 3.5 pound.s 

 of milk per pound of grain was 20.9',;^ the 

 first month, then 31%, 38.1% and fin- 

 ally 39.9%. This showed that by read- 

 justing the feed, 19% of the cows could 

 make a better use of grain. 



All of this simply means that grain 

 was being fed more liberally than was 

 necessary. The mere calling of this fact 

 to the attention of the dairymen showed 

 that they did much to correct this matter 

 in three months. The only excuse for 

 having any cows giving as Mtle as 2.5 

 pounds of milk per pound of grain was 

 that some of the men had moie cows than 

 they had homegrown feed. This neces- 

 sitated the feeding of grain as a substi- 

 tute for, rather than a supplement to, 

 home grown feeds. This is a common 

 practice which in times of low grain and 

 relatively high milk prices was justifiable. 

 These days are probably gone forever. 



The figures given above show that these 

 Dairy Farmers' Schools and the dairy 

 record service did make a decided change 

 in the system of feeding. It is perhaps 

 unfortunate that a larger number of 

 farmers were not willing to avail them- 

 selves of this service. 



Of the eighty men agreeing to send in 

 the record sheets, only 62 really did it. 

 The figures given show that the major- 

 ity of the men sending in the records pro- 

 fited by the service. 



In addition, six requests for assistance 

 in finding suitable bull calves for herd 

 sires were received. All of these requests 

 were filled. 



The principle poultry work this year 

 has been in conducting a poultry disease 

 control campaign. The need for disease 

 control work was realized many years 

 ago. It became apparent when experi- 

 enced poultrymen found it was practically 

 impossible to raise a healthy lot of pullets 

 to maturity. Four years ago, the main 

 troubles were found to be coccidiosis and 

 intestinal worms. As both of these trou- 

 bles are hard to cure and as both are car- 

 ried over in the land, a large part of the 

 solution of the problem was to get poul- 

 trymen to use new land for their rearing 

 operations each year. The rest of the 

 program is based on thorough disinfection 

 of brooder houses, land and laying houses. 

 Land is considered clean when it has 

 neither had chickens nor hen manure on 

 it for two full years. A good old sod is 

 I'ontinued on past- lu. column 2 



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