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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 28, 1922 
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Elizabeth Willerton of Ohio, tbc only 
girl contestant* competing against 27 
State champion junior judges from nine 
Stares in the boys’ and girls’ dairy cattle 
judging contest at the National Dairy 
Exposition, won the championship honors 
as individual judge of all breeds. 
a herd of 26 animals, a fully established 
Jersey milk route in Amherst, and a rep¬ 
utation both at home and away from home 
of running an up-to-date route, and ot 
having a valuable group of purebred ; Te>- 
sevs. She contends that she always liked 
to care for and to milk cows; that live¬ 
stock farming always appealed to her, 
and that she felt that she never would 
be quite happy nor contented until she 
really established a herd of cows of her 
very own. Bhe ventured and won out, 
and now has a private income all her own. 
1 suspect that V. W. B. possesses that 
same determined spirit; that she would 
much prefer to milk cows than to make 
beds or wash dishes, and that whenever 
she find* herself doing these regular 
household chores she wishes she might be 
out in the barn feeding calves and doing 
the other things that a successful dairy¬ 
man who does make dairy farming profit¬ 
able. „ , , . 
In Scotland much of the dairy work is 
done by women ; in fact, a second-grade 
husband who perchance has a first-class 
wife cau always get a first-class job on 
the farm in that dairy country. On the 
islands of Jersey and Guernsey quite as 
many cows are eared for by women as 
men.' and the job is mighty well done. In 
this country we find mauy dairy farms 
that could not be profitably operated were 
it not for the help that the farmer’s wife 
and daughters perform in milking cows 
and cleansing the dairy utensils. So when 
a girl of 1C has a heart that actually 
yearns for activities of this character, I 
hope that her parents will eagerly do all 
in their power to help her achieve tin* 
zenith of her dairy establishing ideals. A 
determined spirit is an invaluable asset, 
and while one cannot often realize the 
ideal, it is always possible to idealize the 
real, and 1 hope that our heroine will not 
let any possible difficulties discourage her, 
nor permit anyone to thwart her am- 
biiimis plan, 
Talk It Over With Your Local Dealer 
He Will Tell You How To Reduce Feeds Costs and Increase Production 
No T is used and recommended by Prof. 
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H 100 LBS |: t| ing usual farm hay - 
1 SUGARED! Ration No. 2 
i f II general herd ration for day in and 
l ySJW4«V "M day out milk production, where either clover or alfalfa hay is 
available * 
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il rrC|\Al use No * 1 with usual farm hay and No * 2 with clover or alfal * 
L! iLtl/ /m fa; they are this season’s best dairy ration purchases. 
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iSm ..-iJlife Address: CHICAGO, U. S. A. 
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Contained in These Two 
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No. 1 
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300 lbs. Bran 
200 lbs. 43% Cottonseed 
Meal 
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500 lbs. Sugared 
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No. 2 
17% Protein 
300 lbs. Gluten Feed 
100 lbs. Bran 
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Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Dairying for Young Women 
I am seriously thinking of starting in 
the dairy business, and would like your 
advice on the subject. To you I know 
it will seem as absurd as it does to my 
parents and relatives and friends, “a girl 
owning a dairy farm.” Eor the past live 
years 1 have been awaiting the opportune 
time, working in the fields, around the 
cows, and reading and studying dairying 
and agriculture to a marked degree. At 
last the time has arrived, and l do not 
intend to let it pass without, being ben¬ 
efited by it. At this present, moment I 
have the cash money to buy 10 or 15 baby 
calves, and the cash money to feed them 
through the Winter, but my father has 
not enough milk to feed more than five 
at one time, as we have only a few cows 
and make butter. Is it true that calves 
can he raised successfully on calfmeal? 
My idea is, milk being the natural food, 
is really the best; but if calfmeal is safe 
and good, it would be more convenient to 
me. 1 ant thinking of buying Holstein 
calves from one of our most prominent 
dairymen, and know he has exceptionally 
good cows. v. w. b. 
Connecticut. 
_ The achievements of Miss Elizabeth 
Farley of Amherst, .Mass., as featured by 
the American Jersey Cattle Chib at the 
National Dairy Show, must be closely in 
accord with the ambition of V. \\\ B. 
Three years ago Miss Farley, then. 10 
years old. borrowed $125 to purchase her 
first purebred dairy cow. Now she has 
Calves can be raised without milk, but 
they will do much better if given some 
new and some skimmed milk in addition 
to the calfmeal. If they are fed new milk 
for the first 10 days, then gradually 
changed to skim-milk or milk gruels, 
and fed in this way for 00 (lays, one can 
then change them to dry grain and grow 
good calves. A calfmeal will serve your 
purpose. The so-called powdered milk 
preparations are relatively expensive, and 
one needs only use n small amount of dried 
milk in a calf’s daily ration. 
The Federal exhibit at the dairy show 
displays a homemade grain mixture for¬ 
mula that it is claimed has been tried 
with much success. A combination of 
50 lbs. cornmenl, 15 lbs. crushed oats, 
15 lbs. linseed oilmeal, 10 lbs. blood Hour, 
10 llis. powdered skim-milk powder. lb. 
salt is recommended. The calves when 
10 days old were fed a gruel made by mix¬ 
ing from one to two pounds of tbi; grain 
with warm water. In addition the young 
sters are supplied with clover or Alfalfa 
hay. After the calves were two months 
old a change from wet to dry feed was 
made, at which time the calves consumed 
2 lbs. of the grain mixture per day. At 
the age of six months it was determined 
that each calf t^'-umed 200 lbs. of new 
milk and 268 lbs. of grain. All of the 
roughage that the calves would eat was 
supplied. 
I V. \V. 11. will write the Wisconsin 
Experiment Station at Madison, Wis.. and 
ask for their latest bulletin on “Feeding 
Calves." much information will be forth¬ 
coming. 
Three or four things should be given 
most careful attention. Be sure to select 
calves from a healthy herd, one made up 
of cows known to be high in its average 
of milk production. The calves must be 
sired by a purebred bull with an estab¬ 
lished reputation of increasing the pro¬ 
duction of the herd he heads. Select calves 
of relatively the same age and size, for 
it will be a more simple task to grow them 
if all are uniform in age and growth. 
Do not force them when young by feeding 
for fiesli or sleekness; rather lie satisfied 
with steady weekly gains. Many n calf 
has been killed with kindness before it 
was six months old. 
Pasture is not necessary until the calf 
is six months old. but. clean utensils and 
sanitary stalls cannot be dispensed with. 
Some grain is necessary every day until 
the heifer is a year old ; then, if the pas¬ 
ture is abundant, she can go alone on good 
grass. 
If bred when 20 mouths or two years 
old. depending somewhat on the breed 
and more on the growth and size for age, 
and then heavily grained after she is 
safely settled, the youngster will come 
into milk in good form and condition. 
The early breeding of heifers stunts their 
growth, taxes their vitality, and limits 
their usefulness. The bulk of flesh 
should be acquired during their period 
of gestation, for this system of feeding 
insures a sturdy calf and a well-developed 
mother. 
Start in a small way. Do not launch 
ii to dairying by leaps and bounds. (’boos' 
well-bred calves, grow them large and 
sturdy, use plenty; of leafy roughage and 
not loo much grain. Insist upon regular 
weekly gains, and make sure that the 
quarters are airy and free from disease- 
lurking germs. Once, started with a good 
herd, you will go on and on, and some day 
we will gladly record your achievements. 
Dairy farming will always hold its own. 
We must have milk and dairy products; 
we must all learn to use more of them, 
for therein lies the secret of health, hap¬ 
piness and vigor. The man or woman 
who sticks to dairy cows through thick 
and thin, year in and year out. will always 
have buttered bread, will always have 
something to do, and industry is the sa¬ 
vior of mankind. The easy short-seasoned 
jobs breed idleness and harbor discontent. 
Not so with successful dairying. It ties 
one down to a routine daily task, but in 
the end rewards one with new dollars, 
OnYoui 1 Seasons 
