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Comparative Profit of Dairy Breeds. 
Have you ever printed in Tite R. N.- 
Y. an article on the butterfat dairy cow 
that covers the following: topics: 1. 
Length of time dairy cow should be con¬ 
tinually milked, to establish time basis 
for following comparisons. 2. Compara¬ 
tive tests of butterfat from (a) regis¬ 
tered and (b) grade Jersey, Guernsey 
and Holstein stock. (Of course there are 
as many diversions in (a) and (b) as 
there are cows. Still there are stand¬ 
ards for general argument). 3. Com¬ 
parative amounts of milk given per year 
or per unit milking period for the three 
breeds in (a) and (b). 4. Comparative 
net results per year of the three breeds, 
taking into account that a 3.8 Holstein 
might give more butterfat in a year than 
a 6% Jersey and Guernsey, with the ad¬ 
ditional amount of skim-milk for rich 
products ta its credit. 5. Comparative 
cost of feeding these three breeds. 
New York. F. A. s. 
In order to furnish the information 
which follows, the average yearly produc¬ 
tion, etc., of several dairy cows of the 
same breed would have to be taken into 
account. So far as I know thei’e ere no 
figures which compare milk and fat pro¬ 
duction of the grades of the Holstein, 
Guernsey and Jersey breeds. Such 
figures would be hard to secure indeed 
since there is such a great variation 
among graded stock. The extent of these 
variations depends chiefly upon the 
amount of grading that has been done 
and the breeds that have been worked 
with. For example, grade Guernsey and 
Jersey stock would not give comparable 
results with the same Guernsey stock 
graded with Holstein stock. 
Prof. Eckles in his book entitled 
“Dairy Cattle and Milk Production,” 
which was published in 1013, gives the 
following figures in regard to purebred 
Guernsey, Holstein and Jersey cows. 
These figures are based upon the yearly 
l’ecords of cows owned by various Amer¬ 
ican Experiment Stations. 
Av. pounds Avg. per Avg. pounds No of 
of Milk per cent, of of fat Cows IXep- 
Breed. Year. Pat. per Year, resented. 
Holstein .. 8,699 3.45 300 ’ 83 
Jersey _ 5,508 5.14 283 153 
Guernsey .. 5,509 4.98 274 17 
Doubtless since the above table was 
compiled that average production of milk 
and fat has, increased to some extent, 
since improvement is being made along 
these lines each year. The relative stand¬ 
ing of the three breeds would remain 
about the same however. 
To get at the feed cost and compara¬ 
tive returns above feed cost when milk 
from three breeds is sold at five cents per 
quart and when made into butter at 30 
cents per pound, a study was made of 
the records of the Connecticut Agricul¬ 
tural herd for the year 1910. These 
records are published in Storrs Bulletin 
No. 73. From study of these records the 
following tables are compiled: 
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Scratches. 
1. I bought a three-year-old colt about 
three weeks ago. It seemed all right 
when I got it except scratches quite bad 
in left hind leg. The leg would stock up 
badly when not exercised, but became 
normal when worked. The colt had been 
overworked. The scratches are nearly 
healed but continues to stock. 2. I no¬ 
ticed some_ enlargement in fx-ont of hock 
joint. It is not large and I thought at 
first it might be caused by the stocking of 
leg, as it also disappeared when horse 
was exercised, but .now think it is bog or 
blood spavin. What is your advice as 
regards treatrnent, and what is the differ¬ 
ence between a bog or blood spavin? 
Pennsylvania. • f. l. a. 
1. Poultice the affected parts for two 
or three days with hot flaxseed meal; 
then wash dean and do not repeat the 
washing, for that aggravates scratches. 
Afterward apply twice daily an ointment 
composed of one dram each of spirits of 
camphor and compound tincture of ben¬ 
zoin and two drams of sulphur in an 
ounce of lard. 2. There is no such con¬ 
dition as “blood spavin.” That term 
really means a “bog spavin” which is a 
distension of the capsular ligament of the 
hock joint with synovia (joint oil). That 
condition does not seem to be present. It 
is more likely that the skin is affected 
with eczema, termed “sallenders” at the 
point described. Do not wash the part 
but once daily rub in a little oleate of 
mercury. Bandage the leg each time the 
horse comes into the stable, but never let 
him stand for a single day without work 
or exercise. This will stop stocking. 
Apoplexy. 
I have recently lost some calves, and 
axn at a loss to know the reason or know 
what steps to take in order to avoid a 
recurrence. They are Holstein and hand- 
fed, are taken from their mothers as sooxx 
as possible after they are dropped, fed 
their mother’s milk, whole, for one week, 
then mixed whole milk from the herd for 
four or five days more. Then skim-milk 
is gradually substituted until at the end 
of five or six wee' they are on that en¬ 
tirely. A.s the whole milk is withdrawn, 
flaxseed jelly is added until the amount 
l'eaches about three large tablespoonfuls 
to each calf. At first they are fed three 
times a day, two quarts at a feed, when 
two weeks old commence feeding three 
quarts twice a day and gradually increas¬ 
ing the quantity until at two months it is 
doubled. Bright second-crop Alfalfa hay 
is before them at all times. As soon as 
they will eat it they are fed a little mixed 
bran and whole oats until each animal 
receives about a quart daily. They ai'e 
kept in a faii'ly warm pen, but do not 
have much room for exei’cise. Pen is 
cleaned regularly and clean straw sup¬ 
plied for bedding. The first to die was 
two weeks old, in fine condition, and in 
appearance in the best of health. My 
little daughter fed it at 1 P. M. and it 
was jumping around and playing with 
her as it usually did after feeding, at 2.30 
P. M. I found it dead. I skinned it, but 
could find no sign of injury, did not ex¬ 
amine it any further. The next died two 
days ago; it was two months old, appar¬ 
ently in good shape, except that it had 
some kind of skin disease around the eyes 
and ears. This calf was fed its milk at 
the usual time, in the morning, about two 
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7 Guernsey 
4 Holstein 
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80.76 
96.97 
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A study of the above table shows that 
the average production of the three breeds 
differs somewhat from that given in pre¬ 
vious table. This is of course to be ex¬ 
pected. The fact that it costs more to 
feed the Jersey cows than it did the 
Guernseys can be accounted for in this 
case by the fact that the Guernseys were 
rather a poor lot not averaging as high 
in production as the Jerseys. The table 
bears out other published data that for 
butter production the Jerseys are the 
most economical cows to keep. 
H. L. JUDKINS. 
hours later it was found in a dying con¬ 
dition. I opened this «ne, so far as I can 
tell the Organs were normal, when the ab¬ 
domen was cut into a. small quantity of 
gas escaped, the paunch appeared all 
right, but in another stomach there was 
about half a pound of hard leathery curd 
of the consistency of hard-boiled egg, ap¬ 
parently not easy of digestion. - I would 
like some advice as to how to prevent any 
more losses. Whatever is suggested must 
be susceptible of home treatment as we 
have no local pi’ofessional aid, the nearest 
competent veterinarian is distant 10 
miles. This is a range stock section, 
mostly sheep, and there is not any one 
around who knows anything about raising 
calves' by hand. Being a “back-to-the- 
lander” myself I have had no expei'ience 
before this. The cows are fed oat and 
pea and Alfalfa hay, no grain, and no 
roots or other succulent foot! E. j. t. 
The calves no doubt die from apoplexy 
or acute indigestion induced by overfeed¬ 
ing and lack of exercise. Feed less and 
more often, and see that the calves have 
abundant exercise every day in a yard, 
paddock or large pen. Do not allow free 
access to Alfalfa hay, allow a little hay 
twice daily. Lessen the oats and bran, 
keep the bowels active, a. s. a. 
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