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THE RURAb NWW-YOKKEK 
April 3 2 
Live Stock and Dairy 
IMPROVING THE. HERD. 
The process of improving one’s dairy 
herd by introducing purebred sires 
is necessarily a long and somewhat la¬ 
borious one, but it seems at the same 
time the surest and most practical solu¬ 
tion of the difficulties which confront 
the dairyman of moderate means. In 
the old days it was considered of little 
or no importance what the conformation 
or pedigree of the male part of the 
dairy might be. They were generally 
disposed of and a different one ob¬ 
tained each year. Thus they were 
never kept long enough for the off¬ 
spring to prove themselves either good 
or bad. This was all wrong. Blood 
will tell in the dairy business. An 
animal bred up to a fixed type will re¬ 
produce that type in his offspring. 
Start with a bull of good constitution 
of a “dairy,” not a “beefy” type, with 
a long line of good producers behind 
him, and keep him long enough so that 
his offspring can be tested thoroughly, 
and their product compared with what 
their mothers could do. This means 
carefully weighing and testing the milk 
of individual cows, which is the first 
step for anyone to take who wishes to 
improve his herd. Speaking from per¬ 
sonal experience, we have been trying 
to “work up” for 20 years or more. 
At first thought w T e could not afford 
pure Glood, so used what we thought 
were good grades. While the offspring 
showed 'some improvement, it was a 
waste of time. We used our first reg¬ 
istered sire six years ago, and several 
of his heifers are now giving milk. In 
every case they have tested higher and 
given more milk than their mothers. 
This shows progress on the right track, 
and persistent effort jn this direction 
will win out at last . Looking over the 
records we find that five years ago we 
had no cow that gave 5.000 pounds of 
milk or anywhere near it in one year. 
Last year we had 10 that gave over 
5.000 pounds, and one that gave 7,000 
pounds. Some of this gain is due to 
better feeding, but not all. A poor cow 
will require a lot of good feed to pro¬ 
duce a lot of skim-milk. It isn’t the 
fat content of the milk that required 
the extra feed, so much as it is the 
protein part which is contained in the 
skim-milk. Consequently the cow 
which produces the highest testing milk, 
is usually the most economical producer. 
Our best record for 1907 was a little 
under 300 pounds in 12 months. Now 
we can show a record of 400, pounds 
or better, but there is yet plenty of 
chance for improvement. 
c. j. STORY. 
Lamoille Co., Vt. 
Keeping Mangels in Pits. 
W. E. B. asks on page 425 how to 
keep mangels. I have raised mangels 
several years, and have had no trouble 
keeping them. I used to keep them in 
the cellar same as potatoes and apples, 
as I had a cool, damp cellar at that 
time. But since I have put in steam 
heat I find that the cellar is too warm 
and dry to keep them well, so I put 
them in a pit dug in a sand hill a short 
distance from the house. Last year I 
had 15 two-horse loads. I dug a pit 
four feet wide, four feet deep, and long 
enough to hold all I had. I filled the pit 
nearly full, put some old weeds and 
old rubbish raked up in fence corners 
on top, then covered the whole with 
the earth I shoveled out. I opened th*e 
pit February 1 and the beets were as 
fresh and crisp as when put in. I com¬ 
menced at the lower end, took out a 
load, covered the hole with litter, put 
on some pieces of tarred paper to keep 
it dry and keep the snow out. I lost a 
few by freezing, but would not if I 
had covered the hole properly every 
time. I don’t know what kind of a lo¬ 
cation W. E. B. may have, but any 
kind of a place will do for the pit if it 
is dry enough so water does not stand 
on it. If he is familiar with Southern 
conditions and methods he can store 
them same as he would sweet potatoes. 
All that is needed is to keep them cool 
and damp. w f. b. 
South Woodstock, Conn. 
The Guernsey Butter Record. 
In the item on “the classes for Guern¬ 
seys,” page 400, I wrote that the figures 
quoted from the list of Advanced Reg¬ 
ister records are printed as for butter, 
when they should be for butter-fat only. 
This credits the cow with only 85 per 
cent of her true record in butter, for 
comparison with other breeds who give 
their records in pounds of butter in¬ 
stead of butter-fat. Spotswood Daisy 
Pearl 17696, for example, who gave 
957.38 pounds butter-fat, would on the 
85 per cent basis have a record of 
1126.33 pounds of butter in one year, 
and Dairymaid of Pinehurst 25656 a 
record of over 1070 pounds of butter. 
The above explanation seems due the 
cows and their owners. The names of 
other Guernsey cows might be given 
who have exceeded 1000 pounds of but¬ 
ter in one y^ear. 
THE AMERICAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB. 
E. A. BISHOP, 
Asst. A. R. Dept. 
A Small Soiling System. 
I carry two horses and four Jersey 
cows (Guernseys would do as well if I 
wanted to get beef at the end of their 
time). However, I prefer Jerseys, as 
their milk is richer and costs less to 
produce, pound for pound. I husk and 
feed cut fodder in Winter. I use two 
acres for '•corn alone. I have no silo 
• yet, but believe a silo 5x30 feet, made of 
fireproof brick, to be the most superior 
and lasting that is made. It costs more 
at the start, but every one I have seen 
has been built from one to six years 
without one dollar of repairs. This 
small size is* specially for from four 
to six head of stock. If I cut out the 
soiling system I shall build two,' one 
for Summer and the other for Winter. 
Now to crop. 
September 1 I prepare one acre (for 
four cows) of Winter wheat, sowing 
2 bushels to the acre. This I feed, 
starting to cut May 15 to June 5. 
First acre wheat seeded two bushels to 
acre September 10, fed June 5; cow 
peas, one bushel seeded June 5, fed 
July 15-30; one peck millet seeded July 
30-August 5, fed September 15-30. 
Second acre oats and Canada field 
peas, April 1-20, one bushel each to the 
acre, fed June 5-July 10; Soy beans, 
one bushel to acre, sowed July 10-15, | 
fed September 1-15; rye, two bushels to 
acre, sowed September 10. 
Third acre, barley and Canada field i 
peas, V/z bushels each, sown' August 
10, fed October 18-November 1. 
Fourth acre, one bushel cow peas, 
sown June 1-15, fed August 10-Sep- 
tember 1; grass and clover, one-half 
bushel Red-top, one peck Timothy, 10 
pounds Red clover, sown in September. 
Cow peas, Soy beans, millet, corn, 
barley and peas should be planted one- 
half acre at a time about five days 
apart. The oats and peas, one-third 
acre at a time, 10 days apart. Feed 
from 70 to 80 pounds per day to Jerseys, 
according to capacity and scales. Feed 
some hay to keep the cows in normal 
condition, 10 pounds, say. Grain ration 
morning and evening, hay only at noon. 
I have 12 acres all told. I carry two 
mares, four cows, 500 hens, and a few 
hogs. Grow all feed and clear about 
$1,000 per year. Everything I own pro¬ 
duces. Mares in foal each year; cows 
in calf each year; one brood sow, three 
litters in 16 months, and all hens are 
sold in August except 50 for the breed¬ 
ing pen, and 500 pullets produced during 
Summer. Manure is hauled out every 
day, Winter and Summer, and bedding 
cut in short lengths. 
J. ALEXANDER VAN RENSSELAER. 
Bucks Co., Pa. 
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Farm Hand (to frightened visitor) : 
“Hi! What are you running away from 
the bull for? Just hold him by the ring 
in his nose and pat him on the neck. 
He’s as sweet-tempered as a lamb when 
he’s under control.”—Credit Lost. 
“How fast is your car, Jimpson?” 
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“it keeps about six months ahead of my 
income generally.”—Harper’s Weekly. 
Mrs Boynton noticed that her colored 
gardener was wearing mourning clothes. 
“I see you have met with a loss, Henry,” 
she said, glancing at the band of crepe 
on his hat. “Yes, ma’am.” was the reply. 
“Was it a near or a distant relative?” 
inquired the lady. “Well, kind o’ dis¬ 
tant,” said Henry, “about twenty-five 
miles, ma’am.”—Credit Lost. 
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