Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 1904 Page: 4 of 16
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OKLAHOMA FARMER, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1904-
Readers of tkt
Oklahoma Firmer
are invited to
contribute items of
interest to this pafe.
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Easy to Cure Milk Fever.
The use of oxygen as a cure for
milk fever is* now well established,
but if it cau be used In the form of
air, as described below, it is surely
cheaper and it is at hand at all times.
Dissolve 2 1-2 drams potassium ^fl-
dide in one quart of water, previously
boiled, and keep*the solution as nearly
as you can at the temperature of«th '
body blood. Then@tiraw every drop of
blood from the cow's udder, and clean
wiiii soap and water; when dried, dis-
infect the udder and teats with an an-
tisceptic solution. • Then take a smalio
glass funnel and attach to it a rubber
hose about four or five t^et long; affix
to Uie end o%this hose .an ordinary
milting tube, insert the milking* tube
into the teat, and slowly pour in the
solution, dividing it equally betwean
the four teats. When thiB is done,
apply massage to the entire udder for
Ave or ten minutes every hour, until
th% cow comes to her feet.
Do not allow the calf tqs,&i«k during
the citiie the cow is being treated. If
the cow is costive, remove the con-
tents of the rectum by hand. In case
of a weak heart, small doses of aro-
matic^pirits of ammonia may be given
with water every hour? avfcid large,
bulky Adoses of any kind, or th® patient®
%ay ^iffocate from same, if the pa-
tient is not on her feet idf S or 1U hours
the above may be repe^ed, but it is
rareb' necessary. This is practically
the Schmidt treatment, and is almost
as specific.
Dr. Hartwig says he has treated 167
cases of milk fever in 1903 in.this way,
out of which only 6 cases^proved fatal,
and 161 made nice recoveries. It has
k been demonstrated to the veterinary^
profession that the potassium iodide1
in®this treatment is not responsible
for its succj^s, ^but th'at the oxygen
administered 0 wfth the solution de-
serves the credit#
,"We therefore concluded" says Dr.*
Hartwig, "to mak&an experiment with
two cases in which the potassium io-
dide was entirely omitted, otherwise
the above treatment being cai+ied out
to the Jetter, with the exception that
a little more air was allowed to enter
the udder while injecting. Both of
these cases recovered and are giving
their usual flow of milk."
Merits of fheJ3ro\vn Swiss.
(Pof® R. T. Shaw, Michigan
• . College of Agriculture.)
Brown Swiss cattle are one of the
two distin<jt breeds produced in Switz-
erland as the result of <&nturies of
careful treatment and intelligent
breedfing ri#uiting in marked uniform-
ity in type. The breed is popular in
many countries in Europe such as Italy
Germany and Russia aifd the demand
for these cattle has over-reached the
supply. Though the first ^mportatiort
was made into the United States in
® 1869 by Henry M. Clark of Belmont,
Mass., and though the breed was
spread to nearly every state in the Un-
ion, stili their merits are not gener-
ally known.
The Brown Swiss is Strictly a dual-®
purpose breed possessed of a wide
range of adaptability, but few tests ^are
on record relative to their milking
qualities and none, to our knowledge,
concerning feeding and slaughter tests
of Brown Swiss steers.
This breed is characterized by large
strong frames, the cows averaging from
twelve to thirteen hundred pounds.
The young aniijjals, though rapid grow-
ers, are possessed of medium early ma-
turing qualities.
The following records are those of
four cows, the property of the Michi-
gan Agricultural College;
Becky 9633.3 lbs. milk and 42449 lbs.
butter, average per cent fat 3.77.
College Becky, 10158.2 lbs. milk and
547 9 lbs. butter, average per cent 3.87.
College Becky II, 9477.8 lbs. milk and
418.3 lbs. butter, average per cent at
3 78
' College Bravura, 8120.1 lbs. milk and
408.3 lbs. butter, average per cent fat
a on J
These records were made within a
period of twelve ninths preceeding Oc-
tober,'1903, under normal conditions as
to food, care and management, i. e.
they were not fed to the limit in order
to produce records. At this time the
four cows were eleven, sjgc, five and
seven years of age respectively, and
their average weights in the order
named were 1225, 1250, 1200 %nd 1350
pounds. These cows manifested mark-
ed persistency in milkers continuing to
produce a good flow throughout a lorfe
period. They make up good sized and
shapely udders. As regards disposition
they are extremely docile and easily
handled. Their performance has been
a surprise they are possessed <5f
large, strong frames with heavy beefy
quarters, the body in general carrying
much more flesh than the typical dairy
cow.
Railroad Forms Milk Trust.
The Milwaukee road has succeeded In
Consolidating nearly all the creameries
along its lines in Minlftsota, Iowa, North
and South Dakota The object is to have
the dairymen shin their products to the
big buttw-maklntP plants along the lines
of tlie roads and thus get the h*igest
possible haul on the milk. It is claimed
that the dairymen will get better prices
for their milk and save trouble and ex-
pense. ®
\V. D. Carrkk, general baggage agent
of the road, Says: v «,
"Our plaif is in accordance with Ui'
present age of consolidation and cen-
tralization. We w.mt the dairymen to
ship their cream to the city creameries,
-where they will get better prices and
prompter service.
"We propose to have the dairymen buy
And ihe cheaper you buy your cattle
the lesser must be the margin to
out even, but it Is generally said that
it Is the other way.
Now let's .(See. A 1,000 pound fancy
selected feeder bought at $4.50 cost $45.
With an average gain of two ana one-
half pounds per day for six months at 8
cents per pound, the gain cost $36; tota
cost $S1. The steer now weighs l,4o0
pounds, and to come^out even each pound
must sell at 1-1,40 ol $81, or $5.58 per 1U0
weight. The cost was $4.50, leaving the
necessary margin $1.0S.
Now take an average feeder. The cost
of Sl.oOO pounds at $2.75 is fT.oO. lt.Ba'P®
two pounds per day or 360 pounds in the
' six months. This at 8 cents#per pound
cost $28.80; total cost $56.30. The steer
-now weighs l,360#pounds, and to come out
even must sell for (dividing $56.53 by 1,360
pounds) $4.14. Subtracting original cost
($2.75), the necessary margin is seen to
be $1.39. • ^
Now let's say the inferior steer makes t
the same gain as the best steer. One
thousand pounds at $2.«5 cost $27.50; 4a0
pounds of gain at 8 cents cost gSb; total
cost *.63.00. selling price, to come out
even (dividing $63.50 by 1,450 pounds), $4.37
$4.37 less $2.75, «tuals $1.62, necessary
margin.* The necessary margin of the
best steer is $1.08, or 54 cents less than
the necessary margin of the inferior
steer even if the latter makes the same
gain.' If this were the only factor the
difference would be^n favor of the "prime
steer. ©
Best in the World
Captain F. V. Hamilton and C. W.
Turner of Anadarko, were In the city
yesterday attending the meeting of re-
ptfblican committed and edito^. Captain
Hamilton is a veteran republican and is^
booming the party along in the new coun-
try. Mr. Turner is editor of the Anadar-
ko Tribune and one of the brightest news-
paper men in the territory.® •
They report the coming prosperity of
^the lew country to be the%reatest in the
history of Oklahoma. TI#? cotton and
corn prospects are said to be the best
in the world. Captain Hamilton related
Tubulars Find Gold
• in Mi!k
Good butter is worth £0 to 30 c«*its a
pound. Butter is worth only one
■ cent a pound as stock food, yet farnw
i ers Uhiii',' gravity skimmers — pan?
and cans that leave half tlie cream in
tiin mllk- -feed that half the cream
' to stock, then wonder why dairy-
ins.' don't pay.
Can't find gold with-
i out digging. Can't
| make dairying pay
I big profits without
getting all the
cream.
TUBULARS
Dig Right Down eJL
m
fm
K
to tlte paying level
— squeeze the last
drop of creanu out
i niaka dairying ' pay
only
The picture shows them.
catalogue G-l-18-
Th9 Sharpies Co.
Chicago, III,
LL^-s
of milk—
,,~j. "Tubulars
modern separators.
Write for
f. M Sharpies
West Chester^ P|."
in the world, captain nammon xejaieu j^ew jersey soil produced 196 tons of
Hand ?hetamL° who^oduced'u says' he * alfalfa per acre (as g*en forage).
has a field full of the same kind. The
crops of Caddo couifty«are made. They
are going to bring more money intif the
county than any other crop ever brought
into any other county in Oklahoma.,,,
^wrnm
-,x'
wmix
The above is a picture of a grade Jersey cow, thres years old, in the ex-
periment farm. She gave in one year 7.030 pounds of milk; average test
pel I1UCUL lul 111. kjut b" * V " J
4.98 percent; and 408 pounds of butter.
—• %
their own separators. A chll# run work
one ufMhe machine*; so the fanner after
milking is nearly finished with tfee work
of marketing his product. Twice or three
times a week we re mmei}i that the
cream-be taken to one of cJr station^,
left with our agent, an# we will thei*
a.re for its delivery tqyone of the cream-
eries locattW at central points.
"The farmer need not worry about
freight charges; the road will care for
the collection of the freight bills from
the consignees. The cream will be care-
ried in the baggage car, which assures
its prompt delivery to the^creamery.
"The creameries to which we will carry
the cream will inall a@daily statement (?
to their country ®customers, giving the
test of the butter fat,®the prices of their
product on the New York market and^ a
statement of the ^alue of their ship-
ments. Semi-anonthly checks will be
mailed m' payment for the cream.
"So fa*, we have made arrangements
with thiiTy-nine creameries in Minnesota
® and South Dakota. They are all located
at central points, like St. Paul, Minne
apolis Mankaton and Aberdeen."
An idea of the magnitude of the Mil-
waukee road's undertaking can be had
from the report of the state daiTy and
food commissioner. There are over 690
.creameries in Minnesota. Qf this num-
ber 337 are adjacent to the lines of the
Milwaukee system. These creameries are
patronized by 24,783 farmers and dairy-
men The road proposes to care for die
entire business of these creameries with
less than one-third the number now op-
erated.
W.
Poor Stuff.
Washington, Aug. 6.—Prof. Harvey
Wiley, chief chemist of the de-,
partment of agriculture at the request
of the federal board in charge of the
investigation,®)0f the Slocum disaster
has completed the analysis of the ft-
orous floss life preservers sentjjto him
and ffls reported that the tibrous sub-
stance loses its bouyancy quickly when
soaked with water. This report Tias
been forwarded to the department of
labor and commerce and in view of the
^results it w%l be decided thaLno more
of the fibrous lite preservers be used.
Alfalfa iu New Jersey. m
The idea that alfalfa is a crop to be
raised only on the sfil of th^' arid
west has been thoroughly exploded for
the hundredth time by some recent
experiments in New Jersey® It is
shown that it pays better to grow al-
falfa, pea hay, soy beans and silage
than to depend og purchased feeds.
v o -
X home grown ration composed of
seventeen pounds of cow pea hay and
* thirty-six pounds of corn silage, pro-
ducing milk for 20.7 cents less per
hundred, and butter for 3.78 cents less
per totfnd thai} a ration in which two-
thirds of the prCtein was supplied in
the form of purchased feeds.
When milk is selling for ?l" per
hundred pounds, the gain from feed*
ing the home grown ration of thirty
cows one , month would amount to
$37.20 more than t^ie feed ration.
t:ow pea hay was' worth $11.75 f)j?r
ton when title feeds were used in the *
proportion, and selling at the prices,
quyted in the experiment.
A Tation, which can reaflily be
^fewn on most farms, composed of
* thirty-six pounds of soj" bean s.ilage,
eight pounds of alfalfa hay and six
pounds of corn- meal, produce more
ntilk and'at a cost of 8.5 cents less per
hundred than a ration in which the
protein was largely supplied by wheat
. bran, dried grains and. cotton seed
meal. •
.V ration supplying protein in form,
of cotton seed meal produced milk for
11.9 cents less per hundred, and butter
for 3.3 cents pes pound ljss than when
protein was supplied in the form'of
wtieat bran and dried grair^.
On the basis of the result* rotained,
the grain from feeding cotro(i seed
• meal in the place of bran and grains
would amount to $12.60 for thirty
cowt; sixty days. * ,
® Cotton seed meal Is wortu $12 per
ton, wnen bran and grain ?aif be put-
chased for $21 and $20, respectively.
•
Sheep Fertility.
Many scientists and investigating
farmeit* know that ^heep manure is
the greatest ^fertilizer that the farm
produces. Some farms are kept up by
0sheep and stable manure, no commer-
cial fertilizer being deemed necessary#
A western farmer wty lias been fat-
tening lambs for market for many
jj'ears says the fertilizer produced b#
Tiis flock has increased the produc-
ing power of his land fr^om one-third
to one-half. He@believes^it would pay
• to keep *heep for their value as fer-
tilizer alone, if no profit was made in
selling them.
Cheapest Not Hest.
(Prof H W Mumford. Chief in Animal
IndiiBtry, Illinois Experiment Station.)
It l" lust as simple as it can be that the
larger "the initial weight of the feeder*
the less ihe margin, and yet people, ev-
erywhere have entirely ignored that.
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