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“A.C.A.” 
Will  Cure 
Your  Cattle 
of 
Lice, 
Mange, 
Itching, 
in  15  Days 
or  you  don’t 
pay  me  a 
cent ! 
I  MEAN  just  what  I 
say.  "A  C  A.”  must 
cure  in  15  days— and 
'  don't  care  how  bad  a 
case  you  u;ive  me— if  it 
doesn't  cure  in  15  days 
you  get  your  money 
back  without  question. 
Try  a  can  on  my  say  so. 
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of  solution.  Price.  S1.00,  including  delivery  charges. 
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Live  Stock  Questions 
Answered  by  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Dairy  Cow  Conformation 
Will  you  give  some  of  the  points  in  the 
conformation  of  a  good  dairy  cow? 
Pennsylvania.  b.  vr. 
Capacity  for  consumption  of  large 
amounts  of  coarse  food  is  essential,  and 
the  udder  should  evidence  working  active 
cells.  It  is  not  necessarily  the  largest 
cow  nor  the  one  with  the  largest  bread 
basket  that  is  the  best  feeder,  nor  does  it 
follow  that  the  cow  with  the  largest  or 
most  shapely  udder  excels  in  milk  pro¬ 
duction.  Feeding  and  milking  qualities 
are  inherited,  and  the  machinery  neces¬ 
sary  for  efficient  functioning  is  of  many 
designs.  Conformation  alone  is  not  a 
safe  index  to  internal  function.  The  abil¬ 
ity  to  consume  food  and  convert  it  effi¬ 
ciently  into  dairy  products  is  an  inher¬ 
ited  characteristic.  Purebred  animals  are 
more  likely  to  possess  these  qualifications 
than  grade  animals,  and  surely  have 
greater  ability  in  perpetuating  these  char¬ 
acteristics  or  passing  them  on  to  their  off¬ 
spring.  Such  possessions  as  a  long  slim 
head,  lean  neck,  large  muzzle,  knife-like 
withers,  open  vertebra,  refined  articula¬ 
tions  and  chiseled  quarters  add  individual¬ 
ity  and  establish  a  pleasing  conformation. 
They  also  indicate  breeding  and  quality. 
Constitutional  vigor  indicated  by  a  large 
heart  girth,  capacity  indexed  by  a  large 
barrel,  milk  capacity  suggested  by  exten¬ 
sive  development  of  the  circulatory  and 
mammary  system— all  these  are,  of 
course,  major  characteristics. 
The  mere  matter  of  weight  is  not  a 
safe  index.  The  texture  of  the  skin  and 
quality  of  the  hair  rather  identifies  con¬ 
dition  than  the  milk-making  function. 
Such  possessions,  however,  do  suggest  a 
complete  and  efficient  circulatory  system, 
another  evidence  of  complete  unity  of 
those  organs  useful  in  the  stimulation  of 
milk.  Color  markings  vary  with  indi¬ 
viduals.  The  Guernseys  are  famous  for 
their  yellow  pigmentation,  and  it  is  re¬ 
flected  in  their  milk,  which  usually  car¬ 
ries  an  attractive  golden  color.  The 
average  percentage  of  butterfat  of  the 
Jersey s  is  slightly  above  that  of  the 
Guernseys.  The  latter  are  larger  than 
the  Jerseys  and  are  believed  to  possess 
more  constitutional  vigor. 
Feeding  Family  Cow 
Will  you  advise  me  how  to  feed  the 
family  cow  during  her  dry  period,  also 
after  freshening-?  She  is  a  good  grade 
Holstein-Ayrshire,  due  to  freshen  in 
April,  js  in  fine  condition.  At  present 
we  are  feeding  a  small  amount  of  grain  ; 
equal  parts,  by  weight,  of  bran,  eornmeal 
and  ground  oats,  about  a  peck  a  day  of 
mangel  beets  and  good  clover  hay.  She 
eats  very  little  salt,  although  it  is  kept 
before  her.  Give  a  grain  mixture  and 
amount  to  feed  during  the  dry  period ; 
also  one  when  she  is  in  milk.  Should  the 
same  mixture  be  fed  when  she  is  on 
grass,  and  is  it  profitable  to  feed  grain 
to  a  cow  when  on  grass  if  kept  for  fam¬ 
ily  use?  Are  we  feeding  enough  beets? 
Horseheads,  N.  Y.  s.  h. 
The  addition  of  15  per  cent  of  linseed 
meal  to  your  ration  consisting  of  equal 
parts,  by  weight,  of  bran,  eornmeal  and 
ground  oats,  will  make  a  satisfactory 
mixture  for  your  dry  cow,  to  be  fed  dur¬ 
ing  the  Winter.  After  she  freshens  a 
mixture  consisting  of  three  parts  of 
ground  oats,  two  parts  of  eornmeal,  two 
of  bran,  two  of  linseed  meal,  one  of  cot¬ 
tonseed  meal,  and  one  of  gluten  feed  is 
proposed.  When  the  cow  is  turned  out 
on  luxuriant  pasture  in  the  early  Spring 
the  ration  can  be  simplified,  and  may 
consist  of  a  combination  of  five  parts  of 
eornmeal,  three  parts  of  cottonseed  meal 
and  two  parts  of  oats.  Include  some 
grain  in  her  ration  every  day  of  her  life, 
regardless  of  whether  she  is  dry  or  in 
milk.  This  practice  will  enable  her  to 
maintain  her  flesh  and  vigor,  produce  a 
healthy  calf,  and  continue  her  lactation 
period  uninterrupted.  Where  cows  are 
not  fed  grain  during  their  dry  period  and 
allowed  to  lose  flesh  fighting  flies  and 
eating  dry  or  parched  grass,  it  is  never 
possible  to  obtain  as  much  milk  during 
the  balance  of  the  season  as  would  follow 
the  practice  of  keeping  them  in  good 
condition  throughout  the  year.  The 
amount  of  grain  fed  can  vary  according 
to  the  production  anil  flesh-carrying  con¬ 
dition  of  the  individual;  but  it  is  always 
good  judgment  to  provide  some  concen¬ 
trates. 
The  question  of  roughage  and  succu¬ 
lence  is  an  important  one,  and  for  family 
cows  beet  pulp  is  clearly  the  most  satis¬ 
factory  source  of  succulence  to  be  fed 
during  the  Winter  and  during  that  por¬ 
tion  of  the  Summer  when  pastures  are 
dry  and  the  grass  unpalatable.  Four  or 
5  lbs.  of  the  dry  beet  pulp,  moistened  with 
water  and  fed  twice  daily,  will  give  good 
results.  Alfalfa  and  clover  hay  provide 
the  best  roughage  and  can  be  fed  in  un- 
limiied  quantities  to  milk  cows. 
If  the  cow  does  not  eat  a  reasonable 
amount  of  salt,  then  I  should  add  1% 
per  cent  of  salt  to  the  grain  mixture. 
This  will  be  sufficient  for  all  her  needs, 
and  will  enable  her  to  produce  the  neces¬ 
sary  amount  of  hydrochloric*  acid  in  her 
stomach  to  complete  digestion.  . 
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