152 S'lOCK TONIC 



MAKE YOUR OWN STOCK TONIC. 



A good Stock Tonic can be prepared at home at very small cost and fed to a 

 herd so that the saving of feed will pay for the Stock Tonic, and the increase in 

 milk and the health of the herd will he clear gain, the latter being a very essential 

 and important thing to consider, ff this alone was the only benefit derived liy 

 feeding the Stock Tonic, it wonld be considered a good investment. This Stock 

 Tonic is not only a bone and ninscle builder, a flesh and milk producer, but is 

 also valuable as a heahh pre«er\"er .and a preventi\-e of <lisease. 



ONE DISEASED COW ENDANGERS THE WHOLE HERD. 



It is a well-kno\vn fact tlial a cow in a run-down condition is a hotbed for the 

 germs cd' disease to infest and multipl\ in, thereby not only becoming a dead loss to 

 the owner, but endangering the health of the whole herd. From this source many 

 infectious diseases ori.ginate in herds and in this manner cause great loss to the 

 owner. 



A COW'S YEARS OF USEFULNESS PROLONGED. ' 



I^vcry dairyman owes it to himself to sec that his cows are kept up to the 

 highest point of productiveness. He should not be satished with the amount of 

 milk that he is getting from a cow until he knows that she cannot be made to give 

 any more. A cow can be kept up to her highest point of productiveness for many 

 years, provided she digests and assimilates her food; on the other hand, when she 

 fails to properly digest and assimilate her food her years of usefulness are very 

 much shortened. A cow is similar to a machine, the more you feed the more she 

 produces, the better care she receives, the longer she lasts — this Tonic to a cow 

 is as oil t" a machine. Therefore, when you have a good cow, wdiy not take 

 proper care of her and make her last for years in service, instead of neglecting 

 her and thereby shortening her period of usefulness, making it necessary to replace 

 her with another cow which you are not sure is going to be a proiit producer? In 

 replacing a neglected cow which might otherwise be good for many years, you not 

 only risk getting a profit producer, but you are also taking chances on introducing 

 into your herd, with every cow you bu\-, diseases which mi,ght cause you great loss. 



DISPOSE OF NON-PROFIT PRODUCERS. . 



If you have a number of cows in your herd which have passed the years of 

 usefulness, dispose of them and give the balance of your herd the attention neces- 

 sary to enable them to give the richest, highest test and largest flow of milk that 

 it is possible for them to produce. 



In disposing of the cows in )Our herd that have proved themselves to be 

 non-profit producers and those that have passed their years of usefulness, and 

 bringing the balance of your herd up to the highest degree of productiveness, you 

 are getting and saving all the profits from your herd, instead of putting part of 

 the profit back in feeding and caring for the cows that have proved themselves to 

 be non-profit producers, A few cows well kept are more profitable than a larger 

 number poorly kept. 



QUICK MONEY IN BEEF. 



Beef cattle should be given such attention as to cause them to fatten quickly, 

 shorten the feedin.g period and produce the highest and best grade of beef that is 

 possible to lie produced. To obtain these results, the best of attention should be 

 given to ihem and such ingredients added to their feed as to cause perfect digestion 

 and assimilation, thus enablin.g the animal to obtain a larger per cent of fiesh 

 and fat-forming elements from a certain amount of grain. 



