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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 12. 1924 
Could you use double the expected profit 
from your cows this winter ? 
A startling thought, yet decidedly within the reach of nearly 
every dairy. So possible, so sensible, you'll wonder why you 
never fully realized your opportunity before. 
Without following a difficult or expensive formula, this happy 
result may be yours. Just the same sound business principles as 
are applied by successful manufacturers in other fields of produc¬ 
tion will enable you to realize your goal. 
How Cow Owners Oji 
DOUBLE the 
Dairy Profit 
AGNES WALLACE 
Helped by Kow-Kare 
M. G. Welch & Son, Burke, N. Y. 
write: Enclosed find picture of 
our four-year Ayrshire cow, Agnes 
Wallace of Maple Grove (25l7l), 
champion four-year-old Ayrshire 
cow of the world, with a record of 
17,657 pounds milk and 966 pounds 
butter in one year. We have used 
Kow-Kare in our herd for years 
and would not think of getting 
along without it. We consider it the 
best cow tonic known. 
“Our imported herd sire, Auchen- 
brain Brilliant Sun imp. 23664 now 
weighs 2100 pounds and eats Kow- 
Kare whenever I think him in need 
of a tonic.” 
DURING CALVING 
Rollin H. Maxfield, Erie, Ill. says: 
“ We have been using your Kow- 
Kare for over five years and think 
It the best thing for cows at all times 
to keep them in condition. W r e find 
it especially good when used about 
a month during calving time, two 
weeks before and two weeks after.” 
USED KOW-KARE FOR 22 YEARS 
John Moser, Lisbon, O. writes: I have 
■used your Kow-Kare for 22 years. I keep 
It in the barn all the time and I wouldn’t 
be without it. I am about to feed it to 
my large herd of cows about one week 
out of every month to maintain a good, 
healthy condition.” 
RESULTS AFTER ONE WEEK 
H. L. Kobb, English, Ind. says: “ I fed a 
part of a small can of Kow-Kare to three 
cows, one week, and got wonderful re¬ 
sults; especially from one old cow that 
had not been well for some time. I am tell¬ 
ing the neighbors of the good it is doing” 
10 * More Milk Will Do It 
Noted dairy experts say that in the 
average dairy one tenth more milk 
will double the net profit. They say 
this is conservative. It costs no more, 
for instance, to house, feed and care 
fbr a good milker than a poor milker. 
After these items of fixed expense 
are met, every quart of milk is net 
profit What other effort on the farm 
will pay you so handsomely as inten¬ 
sive milk-production ? 
But start right Remember one 
basic rule: Perfect health has more 
to do with big milk yields than 
breeding or feeding. 
Keep the milk-making organs 
working full-speed — but at the same 
time strong, sturdy, vigorous. They 
must not only withstand forced pro¬ 
duction, but be able to throw off the 
diseases so common to dairy cows. 
WHAT KOW-KARE WILL DO 
Here Kow-Kare will help you in a 
definite, positive way. The same 
medicinal properties that have made 
Kow-Kare so popular as a cow medi¬ 
cine are doubly effective in promoting 
milk-making vigor. Why ? Because 
Kow-Kare acts directly on the geni¬ 
tive and digestive organs—the milk- 
producing functions of the cow. It 
enables the animal to properly assim¬ 
ilate Nature’s foods and turn them 
into milk, without waste. 
As an aid to big milk production, 
It is not necessary to use Kow-Kare 
continuously or in expensive quan¬ 
tity. Indeed, most dairymen feed only 
a tablespoonful twice a day, one week 
out of each month — a cost of only a 
cent a day per cow. 
WHEN DISEASE CREEPS IN 
The reputation of Kow-Kare fot 
the treatment of Barrenness, Abor¬ 
tion, Retained Afterbirth, Scours, 
Bunches, Milk Fever, Lost Appetite, 
etc., has grown tremendously during 
its more than 25 years’ use. No cow 
owner should be without it. Feed 
dealers, general stores and druggists 
sell Kow-Kare. Large size, $1.25; 
medium, 65c. If your dealer is not 
supplied we will mail postpaid upon 
receipt of remittance. 
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DAIRY ASSOCIATION CO., Inc. 
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BAG-BALM 
For Udder and Teats 
Penetrates and heals inflamma¬ 
tion, soreness, congested or hard¬ 
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ounces, 60c, 
,Jlcent 
ctdaypercou) 
DAIRY ASSOCIATION CO., Inc. 
Lyndonville, Vt. 
I would like the assistance of your book, “The 
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Alsopleasesendme afree 2-ounce sample of BAG 
Balm (worth 15c) for which courtesy I am writing 
on the margin my dealer s name. 
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Live Stock Matters 
By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Drying off Heifers 
I have some heifers that I have been 
milking from six to nine months, due to 
freshen in the Spring. If I dry them off 
now do you think it will shorten the 
length of their lactation period in the 
future? c. b. 
While it is desirable for heifers with 
their first calves to continue their milk 
flow as long as possible during the first 
lactation period. There is often an ad¬ 
vantage in drying them off at the end of 
seven months. In case the heifers were 
bred too young or before they had 
reached a reasonable size it is necessary 
to dry them off relatively early in order 
to enable them to continue their growth 
and development. If heifers with their 
first calves are not mated for several 
months after freshening it frequently 
happens that they will require a rather 
extended dry or rest period between lac¬ 
tations. Again, if heifers freshen during 
the Summer and it is desired to carry 
them over so that they will regularly be¬ 
come September or Fall cows one has to 
regulate the breeding and milking period 
accordingly. Milk production is an in¬ 
herited quality. One cannot change this 
function materially by lengthening or 
shortening the lactation period. Unusual 
feeding is an aid in developing persistent 
milkers, but such practice cannot sub¬ 
stitute for breeding and individuality. 
I should dry up the heifers in question 
if they are not giving enough milk to 
pay for bothering with them: then I 
should feed them generously during their 
dry period in order to make sure that 
they would grow and gain normally, and 
when the freshening period arrives they 
will be in good vigor, good flesh, and 
good health. 
Feeding Family Cow 
Will you give ration for a family cow? 
She is a very small Guernsey and Jer¬ 
sey; is giving about seven quarts of milk 
a day. I am feeding her all the clover 
hay she will eat, and eight quarts a day in 
all of a mixed feed. F. F. L. 
New Jersey. 
The ready mixed brand of feed you 
have been using carries 24 per cent of 
protein and has been fed by many dairy¬ 
men with good results. If you have any 
of this product on hand, however, use 70 
lbs. of this mixed feed with 15 lbs. of 
eor«meal, 15 lbs. of oats and 10 lbs. of 
linseed meal. Feed 1 lb. of this grain 
mixture for each 8*4 lbs. of milk pro¬ 
duced per day by your family eow and, 
in addition, allow her all of the hay that 
she will consume with relish. 
Wintering Guernsey Heifers 
I have four Guernsey heifers, two due 
in March and two in September. Will it 
pay to keep them? How much will it 
cost for feed? Must buy everything. 
Mixed hay, $28 to $30 per ton; dairy 
feed, $2.80 per 100 lbs.; eornmeal, $2.50; 
bran, $2.20 ; ground oats, $2.30. I have 
a boarding house and must have plenty 
of butter, cream and milk. If I sell now 
will get next to nothing for them. When 
fresh can sell for from $100 to $125 each. 
New Jersey. N. m. k. 
If the four Guernsey heifers in ques¬ 
tion are well grown and providing they 
trace to dams known to be profitable pro¬ 
ducers of milk, then it would be to your 
advantage to winter these heifers, even 
though the feed costs are relatively high. 
It will require approximately 150 lbs. of 
corn and 350 lbs. of roughage per head 
per month to maintain these heifers. This 
is based upon the suggestion that you will 
feed each animal 5 lbs. of grain daily 
and 12 lbs. of roughage. The roughage 
must be Alfalfa or clover hay of a good 
quality, and the grain may consist of a 
combination of three parts of corn, two 
parts of oats, and one part of bran, and 
one part of linseed meal. In any event, 
make sure that the heifers are maintained 
in good condition, that they carry a rea¬ 
sonable amount of flesh, and thus they 
will bring a higher price in the Spring, 
or when they freshen. You may assume 
that this amount of grain per month will 
be required until approximately the first 
of May, when the animals ought to be 
turned out to pasture. 
