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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 14, 1921 
Another World’s Record Broken by a 
De Laval Milked Cow 
Golden Princess Judith, a junior two-year-old purebred Jersey cow, 
owned by Mrs. Mary J. Harris of Deerfield, Mass., has just recently 
broken the world’s record in her class by producing 10,073 lbs. of 
milk and 638.77 lbs. of butter-fat in 305 days. She carried a calf 
200 days of this period. 
This remarkable cow was milked with a De Laval Milker, and 
William L. Harris, Jr., under whose care the record was made, says: 
“Judith responded well to the machine. I also like 
the De Laval Milker and feel sure we could not continue 
testing without it, or keep a milking herd.” 
Many records have now been made by cows milked the De Laval 
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Management of Brood Sows 
I have raised pigs for several years, 
and have had fairly good success until 
the last two seasons. I will tell you how 
I have cared for them. I drop off on feed 
one week before farrowing. I give them 
only warm clean water the first day. 
Then start with a handful of wheat feed, 
gradually increasing and adding white 
middlings and ground oats, and substi¬ 
tuting sour milk for water, so that at the 
end of one week they are on full feed. 
This I find avoids milk fever. But the 
little pigs do not seem to plump up and 
grow as they ought to. and at the age of 
about 10 days they begin to come down 
with white scours. The sows do not 
seem to have a sufficient amount of milk, 
but apparently are well in every way. 
New York. L. L. J. 
We think it likely that some change in 
your method of feeding the brood sows 
will prevent the troubles you have ex¬ 
perienced. In the first place, let it he 
said that ground oats should always be 
screened to remove hulls before being fed 
to swine. The hulls irritate the lining 
membrane of the intestines, and that 
causes derangement, and in young pigs 
helps to induce necrotic enteritis, the 
gives his sows corn instead of slop allows 
one ear and some warm water to he 
taken as soon as the sow gets up from 
farrowing; this is increased gradually, 
an ear at a time, until the sow is on full 
feed. A little lime is mixed in the drink¬ 
ing water if scouring starts. When the 
pigs are two or three weeks old the sow 
is allowed a little tankage. This is in¬ 
creased gradually until she is on full 
tankage feed, when the pigs are about 
four weeks old. At this time the pigs 
also begin to eat corn and tankage and 
are on full feed when weaned at eight 
weeks old. Legume pasture is also nec¬ 
essary for full development, and the 
sows should have Alfalfa hay when such 
pasture is not available. Allow free ac¬ 
cess to salt, slaked lime and wood ashes 
or steamed bonemeal. Avoid dusty bed¬ 
ding and keep pigs out of damp or wet 
places or cold drafts when quite young. 
Direct sunlight, out of doors, is also ab¬ 
solutely necessary for development of 
strong bony frames. Letting it pass 
through glass before reaching the pigs 
Above is a picture of a three-year-old Merino ram. He was three years old April 
12, 1924; his three clips weighed 81lbs. First clip, 19 14 lbs., taken off April 7, 
1922; second clip, 31 lbs., April 8. 1923; third clip, 31 lbs., April 12, 1924. A son 
of this ram. from a Merino ewe, was shorn April 12, 1924, six days before he was a 
year old. The fleece weighed 22 lbs. 7 oz. king wood. 
Rensselaer Co., N. Y. 
cause of which is invasion of the mem¬ 
branes by the filth germ Bacillus necro- 
phorus. Then it may be added that sour 
milk may be less suitable than sweet 
skim-milk for the brood sows, although 
many feed it to other pigs and say it has 
given them good results. To prepare the 
sows for farrowing it is imperative that 
they be made to take active exercise every 
day throughout gestation. When snow 
is deep, sows may be encouraged to take 
exercise by scattering shelled corn and 
whole oats on clean swept ground or a 
big barn floor, and covering it deeply 
with litter in which the sow roots. One 
experienced hog raiser who had similar 
trouble with his little pigs, found that 
where sows had been fed on oats, tank¬ 
age and corn in self-feeders during the 
first part of gestation, as is the practice 
in some of the Western States, a slop 
feed is required to prevent the sow from 
having her milk “dry off’’ at farrowing 
time. The slop feeding should be done 
for not less than four weeks before far¬ 
rowing. It also keeps the bowels active, 
and that makes farrowing easier. Con¬ 
stipation goes along with self-poisoning 
and a tight condition which makes far¬ 
rowing difficult and pigs weak. The 
breeder referred to gives the sow a hand¬ 
ful of dry tankage twice a day just be¬ 
fore farrowing, as that satisfies her crav¬ 
ing for animal food and prevents her 
from eating her pigs. She is prevented 
from easing her afterbirth, as doing this 
tends to cause pigeating. During the 
first 24 hours after farrowing the sow 
may be given plenty of clean cold water 
to drink. This lessens feverish condition. 
The feed then allowed should be a thin 
slop, to encourage secretion of milk. Feed 
should be increased in amount and rich¬ 
ness as soon as the pigs are taking all of 
it. Overfeeding causes too heavy a flow 
of milk, and the pigs tend to scour. Pro¬ 
vide a creep for the pigs and encourage 
the pigs to eat a little corn there, so there 
will be less danger from losses from the 
sow lying on the pigs. One feeder who 
prevents passage of the ultra-violet or 
tanning rays, which prevent rickets and 
cause depositing of lime salts in the bones 
and phosphorus in the blood. A. s. A. 
Certified Milk Production 
Where can I get some books dealing 
with the production of certified milk, 
pathogenic bacteria and plate method of 
getting bacteria count? I have a grade 
Guernsey cow that has just freshened, 
this being her second calf. She seems to 
have a mild attack of garget in one quar¬ 
ter. I am applying three times a day a 
balm recommended for such conditions. 
I rub her udder about 20 minutes at each 
application. Am I giving the right treat¬ 
ment? J. A. 
I would suggest that you communicate 
with Harry Winters, Albany, N. Y., who 
is Secretary of the National Certified 
Milk Producers’ Association, and ask 
him for such information as this asso¬ 
ciation is giving dealing with the certified 
milk problem and the other items in 
which you are interested. The Univer- 
sity of Minnesota has been doing some 
recent work in this field, and a communi¬ 
cation addressed to Prof. C. H. Nichols 
at St. Paul, Minn., would likewise give 
you the desired information. 
The treatment to which you have re¬ 
sorted for garget will bring relief. Re¬ 
duce the grain ration, feed a laxative 
diet, persuade the cow to eat generously 
of moistened beet pulp and bran, and 
deny her all other concentrates until the 
condition has been corrected. Hot fo¬ 
mentations of a saline solution are ef¬ 
fective, and the balm that you have 
available is a good counter irritant. De¬ 
stroy the contents of the affected quarter 
in order to avoid contamination of the 
other cows. The condition will respond 
to treatment of this character, but do 
not overlook the fact that it is highly 
important to reduce the grain ration dur¬ 
ing an attack of this kind. f. c. m. 
Visitor: “What small girls you em¬ 
ploy in your dairy!” Foreman; “Yes,, 
those are our condensed milk maids.”— 
Everybody’s Magazine. 
