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THE KUKAL NEW-YOEEEE 
January 17, 
BUSINESS COWS. 
Farmer A. (in auto) : “Good morning 
neighbor ! Fine day this!” 
Farmer B. (in wagon) : “Yes, toler¬ 
ably. Going to quit milking?” 
Farmer A.: “No, not exactly. I’m 
just going to quit milking for fun.” 
B.: “Well, how’s that?” 
A. : “These cows are eating their heads 
off.” 
B. : “They are, eh? But how do you 
know ?” 
A.: “I just weigh and test the milk 
from the herd and keep a record. Each 
sleek-looking and fat “beef critter,” only 
to find some of the internal organs thor¬ 
oughly honeycombed by tubercular les¬ 
ions. The only reliable, though not in¬ 
fallible, test for tuberculosis in its earlier 
stages, yet discovered, is the tuberculin 
test. This will detect the disease, even 
in its incipiency, in fact, it is more re¬ 
liable in the earlier stages than in the 
later; very advanced cases sometimes 
failing to react. Its delicacy is, per¬ 
haps, the greatest objection to it, since 
it makes . no distinction between such 
cases of infection as are not, and never 
A MILK ntODUCERS’ CONFERENCE. 
cow gets credit for the milk she produces, 
also for the calf and the manure, then 
she is charged for the cost of mainten¬ 
ance.” 
B.: “But isn’t that an awful lot of 
work ?” 
A. : “Well, it does take a few minutes 
a day, but I believe I get a dollar an 
hour for this work. Y'ou see' it makes 
all the other work count. Before I kept 
records, I spent hours of labor on these 
cows and they didn’t even pay for their 
feed. The labor was all wasted. It alone 
amounts to about $20 per year for each 
cow, to say nothing of the feed she con¬ 
sumes.” 
B. : “What is the matter with that 
brindle? She looks like a good one.” 
A. : “Yes, she made a profit of $5, but 
what is the use of keeping such a cow 
when you can just as well have one that 
nets $20 or more? These cows I’m sell¬ 
ing averaged a loss of $2 each year, while 
those in the pasture averaged $39.37 
profit. How much profit do your cows 
make?” 
B. : “Well, let me see; really don’t be¬ 
lieve I know.” 
It. N.-Y.—The above dialogue with the 
picture printed above is taken from a 
bulletin issued from the North Dakota 
College. It was originally issued as a 
poster to be displayed in banks, stores 
and other public places. On the poster 
pictures are shown a dipper for taking 
cream samples, scales, Baleeck tester and 
a statement of cow records. The follow¬ 
ing is also printed: 
A Few Rules for Feeding. 
GRAIN MIXTURE. 
1. Feed one pound of grain mixture 
for each three or four poupds of milk 
produced daily, or— 
2. Feed as many pounds of the grain 
mixture daily as the cow produces butter- 
fat per week, or— 
3. Feed all the grain mixture the cow 
will eat without gaining in weight. 
ROUGHAGE. 
1. Feed the average cow all the <hay, 
fodder and straw she will consume with¬ 
out wasting it. If corn silage or roots 
are available, feed from 20 to 40 pounds 
daily in place of some of the roughage. 
2. Alfalfa hay has a feeding value 
about equal to bran or oats. When it is 
fed, the quantity of grain mixture can be 
cut down. 
All this may not seem very dignified 
to some of our scientists, but it is needed 
popular education. 
SYMPTOMS OF TUBERCULOSIS. 
Would you at some convenient time 
give a good article on tuberculosis, some 
of the first symptoms by which the farm¬ 
er would have his suspicions aroused? 
Lime Rock, Conn. w. it. 
Assuming that you have reference to 
tuberculosis in animals, there are, un¬ 
fortunately, no symptoms by which the 
disease in its earlier stages can be rec¬ 
ognized, and ordinarily, there is nothing 
to arouse the suspicion of the owner un¬ 
til the disease is well advanced; frequent¬ 
ly not then. It is often assumed that a 
tuberculous cow will cough, but unless 
the lungs are involved, cough is due to 
irritation of the respiratory tract from 
some other cause than tuberculosis. En¬ 
larged glands about the neck, udder, or 
other portions of the body are frequently 
tubercular, and a general “out of condi¬ 
tion” appearance which is obviously not 
due to care and feeding, should excite 
suspicion. The hair may be rough, 
pointing toward the head, the eyes dull, 
the hide tight, the appetite poor, and the 
general attitude one of deficient vigor. 
Not only are the earlier stages of tuber¬ 
culosis unrecognizable in cattle by un¬ 
aided observation alone, but frequently 
the most advanecd cases, as discovered 
by autopsy, are found in the sleekest, 
and apparently healthiest, members of the 
herd. It is not at all uncommon to kill a 
will become, dangerous and those which 
render the products of the animal unfit 
for use. M. B. D. 
“Robert,” asked the teacher, “did you 
throw any of those paper wads sticking 
on the blackboard?” “No,” replied Rob¬ 
ert, “Mine didn’t stick.”—Judge. 
“Where’s your son, Hiram?” “Going 
to an agricultural college.” “I’ve heard 
them colleges ain’t practical.” “You 
heard wrong. They put ’em right out 
in the field. My boy writes that next 
year they’re going to let him take care 
of centre field.”—Pittsburgh Post. 
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