February. 1914 



The Money-Maker. 



sill' (loosii't lii'lon^; to an>' hiroil r\ 

 >hisivcly, but is foiinil in all l)r(.-i'(ls. In 

 I'xperinu'ntal work it has been fomui 

 tliat it is not the lirecd that detorniincs 

 the value of tho cow as a money-maker, 



THK CIARDEN AND FIELD. 



1 Is II the colour, si/i'. or lu-r score 

 "11 tlu- scale of points of that breed. 

 I or tiic scale of points of the diflFercnt 

 dairy breeds is inisleadinp;: the cows 

 scoring the highest are not necessarily 

 tlie best -cows. The score of a dairy 

 cow should depend upon her ability to 

 convert raw material into dairy pro- 

 ducts economically, (ireat dairy per- 

 formers of all breeds have similar con- 

 formation. The first requisite of a dairy 

 row is large feeding powers. The more 

 raw material she can make use of — 

 otiicr things being equal— the better the 

 cow. An animal's feeding capacity 

 (.an lie closely ascertained by its con- 

 formation, it depending largely upon 

 tiie size of the middle or barrel. The 

 lirst and most important point in deter- 

 iiiining the size of the barrel is depth 

 of body through the middle; then 

 comes the length of the body from 

 shoulder to hook points, and its breadth 

 through the middle. A broad muzzle 

 and strong jaw are also desirable. — 

 "Farm and Home." 



4 



Are Farmers Breeding Up 

 or Down as Regards Quality 

 of Milk. 



We believe that the natural tendency 

 of affairs leads constantly to the pro- 

 duction of poorer milk. This is seen 

 in all breeds. The great desire with 

 all farmers is quantity, to breed and 

 raise the cow that will give the largest 

 amoimt of milk. As a rule, the cow 

 that yields a large amount of milk 

 does so at the expense of the richness 

 of her milk. That is, the more milk 

 the lower will be the percentage of but- 

 ter-fat. We have noted this tendency 

 for years. The inevitable outcome of 

 it must be a gradual decline in the per ' 

 cent, of fat in the milk, unless breeders 

 and farmers guard against it. The 

 laws in most States set the legal stand- [ 

 ard of milk at 3 per cent. This would ' 

 seem low enough to satisfy almost any- 

 one, yet there is not a little complaint 

 that even that low standard is too high. 

 Such complaints come very largely 

 from persons w^ho have cows which 

 produce milk of unusually low stand- 

 ard of fat. It is well to know the lay 

 of the land ; which way water naturally 

 runs. We believe this tendency to a 

 low percentage of fat is an uneconomic 

 one. so far as the cost of fat produc- 

 tion is concerned.— "Hoard's Dairy- 

 man," 



4 1 



Pail Feeding. 



In pail feeding a dan^ir to he 

 av<M(led is the sudden and excessive 

 filling of the stomacli, which is more 

 likely to occur when the calf, after a 

 long fast, is thoroughly hungry and 

 thirsty. The following is the plan of a 

 very successful rearer of calves. The 

 calf in its box should be fed through 

 a liole cut in the wooden side of the 

 box, just large enough to allow it to 

 put its head through so as to reach the 

 jKiil outside the box. The fore or finer 

 part of the neck cannot pass through 

 the aperture, so that plunging is stop- 

 ped. Pail feeding is common in dairy 

 districts, and is found to be a neces- 

 sity in management directed to the 

 greatest possible increase of the dairy 

 properties of a breed, a herd, or a sin- 

 gle cow. It is not irticommon in many 

 districts where grazing steers are 

 raised, and the cows used for the gene- 

 ral purposes of those districts, their 

 dairy produce being an important, al- 

 though not the one principal, return ex- 

 pected of them. The best of all rearing 

 for the calf is, no doubt, by suckling. 

 It thrives better on a smaller quantity 

 of milk drawn in the natural way from 

 the cow, and especially if it runs with 

 the cow and can suck at will, than upon 

 a larger quantity brought to it twice or 

 even three times a day. If, however, 

 the calf is intended for the dairy as the 

 primary object of its rearing, the suck- 

 ling system, continued for any great 

 length of time, is not desirable, as it 

 fosters the tendency to make flesh and 

 to 'fatten, rather than the tendency to 

 comparative lightness of flesh and apti- 

 tude to produce milk. — "Livestock Jour- 

 nal." 



4 



Hiuts on Drainage. 



" We talk about the drudj^ery 

 of dairying fa ml it is rather a 

 binding business), but it is the 

 poor half of the herd thnt makes if 

 so. Keep records, weed out those 

 poor cows, pay more i-dividual 

 attention to the rest, feeding them 

 up to their capacity to respond, 

 and feed the rest of the field pro- 

 ducts to sheep or colts or steers 

 or heifer calves, or even sell them 

 outright. Cull out the unprofitable 

 Dart of the herd, and don't do it 

 bv n^uesswork. Some people think 

 that thev can tell bv the look of 

 a pail how much milk there is in 

 it. Anv man who has not actu- 

 ally weiirhed or measured several 

 milkings wifl be inclined to exag- 

 gerate the amount bv from :'5 t^ 

 so i^er cent. 



" MY 

 MOTHER 



HAS 

 THE 



UTMOST 

 FAITH 

 IN 



Clements 

 Tonic." 



^^^^ Mr. A. EWENS, who ■ 



m writes this letter, keeps W 



the principal boot store at Hamley 

 Bridge. S. Australia. Anyone can 

 verity this letter ; 



Light Street, 

 Hamley Bridge, S.A., 18/10/12. 



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