Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 42, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 July 1910 — Page 2

PROFITABLE DAIRYING By HUGH G. VAN PELT Dairy Expert Iowa State Dairy Association I Pure Bred or Grade Cows?

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Many who start In the dalrr business with dairy cattle begin at once with pure bred cows of one or tho other dairy breeds. There are distinct advantages In using pure bred dairy animals In that there Is always

ready market for me ouspnuB.

Again, in starting the herd with pure ureds the farmer or dairyman can better acquaint himself with tho Indl vidual merits of tho cows by giving duo study to tee pedigrees which 11 lustrate their breeding. The only objection to starting with pure breds Is the matter of first cost, and as a rule there Is not a great difference in the cost of cows that are pure bred and

those of nearly the same individual character that are only grades. From

the standpoint of milk and butter-fat production there Is no doubt but that

there are Erades that produce equan

well, but from the standpoint of hulldinc ud the herd In such a way that a

demand Is created for the offspring it Is necessary that the cows be pure bred and that we have pedigrees and

registry papers. As a rule it Is more advisable and less expensivo for the beginner In dairying to get his information and education from grade cows

-o.-hirh rnst leas money. Later, or

perhaps at the same time, it Is ad

visable to buy one or two or three

extra good pure bred heifers or cows and from them build up a pure bred

dairy herd while depending upon tho

grades to furnish the dairy products

One cannot be too careful at this stage as much of his success rests upon the foundation herd, if grades

are purchased they should be of the best character, and although not pure In their breeding, they should be well

bred. They should be selected for the specific purpose of producing dairy products. Experience has taught that with the dairy function is to be found a certain form The typical

hnve a well developed blood circulatory system In order to transport

the nutrients which the digestive up-

paratus takes from tho food around to that portion of her body where It

Is converted Into milk and butter fat

The process of taking up the food

nutrients after digestion, by tho blood,

Is termed assimilation. This is one

of the all Important considerations la

selecting dairy cows and is probably one of the chief differences between

dairy cows and those bred for othnr

purposes. This Is indicated also by

the condition of the hair and the hide.

whether soft and pliable, or hard.

harsh and wiry. It is also Indicated by the veins upon the udder and tl.e large mammary or milk veins passing

from the udder forward and entering

tho abdomen at small orifices which

are termed milk wells and passing

from here back to the heart and lungs for purification and to be pumped back ugaln past tho digestive apparatus to be loaded up with more nutrients. If this circulatory system is dull and sluggish or carries the

nutrients to other parts of the body j methods

give milk, but through tho work ol the breeder we hnve many cows at tho present time. In fact, most of th pure bred dairy cows that give an equal amount of milk from the front quarters. Very Important also Is it thnt tho texture of the udder be of good quality. It Is not uncommon to find cows with udders almost perfect In slzo and form that give very little

milk and this Is duo to the fact that texture Is lacking. The udder Is beefy and. consequently. Just as large after being milked as before. Good texture of udder Is determined by tho han

dling qualities. If hard and thick and resistant to tho touch of tho hand, then in most cases It is beefy and not conducive to large production. If soft and pliable and elastic, covered with fine, soft hair and permeated with blood vessels apparent to the

eye of the observer. It will be found thnt at milking time the udder is large and distended In all proportions, but collnpses after tho milk has been taken from It In such a way that it has much tho same appearanco as a dlshrag. Then, when she returns to her food the udder at once begins to expand, being filled with milk-making nutrients and Is again ready to empty Its great contents at another milking hour. Now. after one has started the dairy herd ho should bear In mind that the great problem which presents

itself Is the one of building up and bettering tho herd at all times instead of producing animals that are less profitable or poorer In their conformation than their mothers. There Is only one way to bring about improvement and that Is by the careful selection of sires and by properly raising tho offspring by feeding and

caring for them with the best possible

It Is never advisable to use

REPAIRING AN OLD CHURCH

Celebration to Be Held In the Karlklrche, Vienna, Made Famous by Plague. Vlonna. Tho famous old Karlsklrche. or Karl's church, erected hero as n thank offering after tho cessation of tho great plague of two centuries ago. is undergoing extensive repnlra. The work ls being done In preparation for a groat celebration. The church had Its origin in much the same way as the Oboramergau Passion Play camo into existence.

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Back to the Tall Timber. Alfred Aro you going to pass your vacation at the seashore? Gilbert No, thank you. It's the woods for mine this year. Alfred Don't like the shore, eh? Gilbert Oh, I llko it well enough, but It's too risky. 1 passed ray vacation thero last year and had several narrow escapes. Alfred From drowning? Gilbert No; summer girls. Seven of them proposed to me.

The Famous Karlskirche.

When Bavaria was visited by a pestllonce peasants In the mountain village registered a vow' that if they were spared they would perform a religious play every ten years.

It was nearly one hundred years

later that tiarts of Austria suffered

rather than to the udder or the milk j a Kraae or a scrub sire no matter from a plague. When It subsided the

factory, the cow Is naturally of an j whether the cows be pure in their Vienesc resolved on the construction

unprofitable kind. It may bo readily l breeding or only grades. True It is

noted on the common cow or the beet tnat many grade bulls are as gooi In-

cow that the mammary vein Is, as a

rule, very small; In fact, about as largo In diameter as a good sized lead pencil and very short in Its length from the udder to the milk well. Never are these cows large

dlvldually or look to one as being as good as nny pure bred sire, and In many Instances it Is true that many grade bulls can be found that, speaking from the standpoint of Individual

ity, are superior to the large ma-

producers of milk or butter fat On . orjty Qf tho pure bred bulls obtain

the other hand observe the highly developed special purpose dairy cow. and It will be noted that tho vein on

each side of the body is

of a great temple. Work on the Knns-

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rtllA Mf uesuii ...... pleted 20 years later. The celebration now being planned will be held in 191C. It will be In the nature of a thanksgiving service, commemorating the completion of two centuries In the life of the parish. The church is a lofty building, surmounted by a huge dome. Two belfries, each resembling Trajan's col

umn, and each 10S feet high and 13

able. However, one Is always uncertain as to the outcome of his breeding nnomtlons when using a sire

' -"o a - uiiimi - not oni , wnose pedigree Is not known. It Is , oe. in diameter, flank the portico. Ef

fects, of the plague arc represented in relief in th tympanum. The building occupies a commanding position on an elevation in the tnnihnntrai nnrt of the city. The

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large In diameter, about the size of . nQt enougn (0 know tne character of the wrist, but Is very tortuous, ex- the a)re and dnm of the buU at tno tends far forward and Instead of the nead Qf the herd ,t may be and 0ften. entire blood flow entering one milk I meg ,g the case that a Dun

well, there is often irom two to me , may haye a mQSt OJtcollont mother

Casey at the Bat. This famous poem Is contained in tho Coca-Cola Baseball Record Hook for 1910. together with records, schedules for both leagues and other valuable baseball information compiled by authorities. This interesting book sent by the Coca-Cola Co., of Atlanta. Ga.,

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tre you ever hot tireu inirsiy :

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Autoiuv and Optics. "Is not auto driving terribly hard on the eyes?" wo asked. "Well. I guess not," replied the chauffeur, withering us with scm "Why. before I got to runnln' a car i was thlnkin o' gettln' Bpecks. my eye sight was thnt poor I couldn't see the contribution box In church until it waj so near past mo It was too late to dig for any money. But I hadn t teen runnln' that wagon two days u : could see a policeman's Uttlo fingstickln' out from behind a trr-o f miles away. I could even seo whl h way a coppor'a eyeballs wero turfd If he was standin" in tho shade thr-s miles off. Hard on tho eyes' not much! It's tho best medicine for weak eyes that was over Intended, don't you forget It"

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Their Object. Banks Tho women of my

have formed a secret society

Rivers A secret society? Surfj. that's a misnomer; women don't kt w how to keep secrets. Hanks But they know how to te,: them, and that's why they formed the society.

HE LIVED IN THE CITY.

tried

Otherwise Hopelesi. "My daughter's voice is to be

today." "Have you fixed the Jury?" Cloveland Leader.

We Hvo truly in proportion as we go out of ourselves and enter into the fulness of the experience of those whom we serve, and by whom in Urn wo are served Westcott

and be well sired and still the results , done Jk now encircled by scaffolding of his use be the greatest of dlsap- whtle tne decorative material of tho

pointmnnt due to the law of atavism exlerjor js being replenished.

.-r reversion, which means sirapo , , hat the offspring may trace back ; j trough the sire and dam. grand sires gyS NORTH POLE WOBBLES 1 nnd grand dams, often back several I j grrerations. to some animal that was , prQf Garretl p Serviss Declares "Big I

tne n.ost veruauie scruu, uuu. cuua- M,ti" I Seldom Twice n ti .u quen.ly. tho offspring would be much I Nail ace , fn 1 wo BCO tho m00n poorer than any of the other ances- j a In the daytime? irr n Illustration of this is that Jimmle 'Cause they don t light it a," .en cows pure In their I Now Yorl,--It will be news o many up untn after dark.

breeding sometimes have red calves, i People that the "orw na . a. , This ,sBdue undoubtedly to the fact , jr. seldom "t& that the Aberdeen A'.g-s breed of cat-, and conMquently the tie originated scores of years ago I position o the poles Is constantly I I from a foundation of red animals and, 1 pf . 1 although at the present time the , shifting. ....... !

, largest percentage of the offspring ! That this is tne fj' her hmmta. "I'll buy you a 'are jet black, with scarcely a white P'e" the flrst thing when I get

spot on them, some of the calves JJJ- ; , town."

Didn't Care for Expenses. They were seated at the breakfast table. "John, dear." said the young wife, "this Is my birthday."

I'm glad you mentioned it, darling.

Good Well-Bred Dairy Calves Worth R alsing WelL

dairy form is Inclined toward the wedge shape; that is. from whatever point of view the observer looks at the cow, the form which meets bis eye is that more nearly conforming to the shape of a wedge rather than the shape of a rectangle. In roost considerations, in fact, the dairy cow differs extremely from the beef cow.

In selecting a dairy cow we should bear in mind that thero are five distinct functions that must be given due consideration, that are absolutely necessary if the cow be useful on the farm. Five Requirements of the Dairy Cow. In the first place, of course, she

must live and In order to live under tho conditions of environment In which most dairy cows are situated, namely, to be stabled for six or eight months out of a year, and oftentimes In barns which are none too well lighted or ventilated, the cow must have a good constitution. Constitution Is Indicated by a large, distended

nostril, bright eye and great depth through the chest and heart girth. Secondly, she must have large feedIne capacity. The only use to which

a dairy cow Is put Is to convert the feed which she consumes Into milk and butter fat If Bho does not have the power of consuming a large amount of feed she will not have the power of producing a large amount of milk Given two cowr, ono of which

has the capacity of consuming twice as much food as the other and converting an equal percentage of the foodstuff consumed Into milk and but ter fat. It can be easily seen ono cowls worth more than two of the other. Those things which Indlcato large feeding capacity are large mouth and a deep, long barrel with well enrung ribs that aro far apart

This Indicates largeness of capacity, but moro Is necessary; the digestive

nnnaratus must be powerful and thin

Is indicated by the quality of the hide und hair found by the touch. If tho

hide Is hard and stiff and the hnlr hurah and wiry. It Is an Indication of wonVness of digestive apparatus. On tho other hand. If the hide Is Boft and

pliable, much llko a kid glove, and tbo hair soft and silky, tho Indication Is that there is sufficient power of dlgostive apparatus to handle the feed which Is stored In tho great ca

pacity in n short time, and the cow Is ready for more. In the third place, the cow must

born red

In addition to the pedigree that in-!

of these wells on each side of the ; ternai ancestry, the Individuality of ,

body. Facts demonstrate that cows th iu,ii must be of the type desired

must give Indl-1

and masculinity.

ducers. while those with small veins . w. n strons constitution, capacity. '

j. ............ tne uuu uiusi uc ui in with these large mammary systems ln tne offspring. He i are. as a rule, extremely large pro- cati0ns of prepotency a

are likewise very small and unprofitable producers of dairy products. In the fourth place, the dairy cowmust bo a worker, which Is Indicated by ber nervous temperament, which may be defined by a bright, prominent, placid eye, lean appearance, demonstrating that the food nutrients have

been converted Into milk and butter

circulatory system, nervous tempera ment or disposition, and the Indications of milking ability described for the selection of cows. Too much attention can never be given to the selecting of the head of the herd and the fact that so much carelessness has ln the past been used on the dairy

farm In this particular regard Is the

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Well." she said. "I hope you won t

j get any cheap OS-cent arfair." , j -Of courso I won't." he replied. ( i "Why. I would be ashamed to present 1 you with anything that cost less than ! a dollar."

The Wretchedness of Constipation Can qracily be OTcreomo by

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fat rather than Into beef to be placed i rea30n why dairy herds at the present the two P,e9 werf once B ihn h.A mi rii,. ti ..i. , . . . . . onuntnr and the eauator once ran

w,.. . . " ' .wo. a tun ttlLU 1 Mmn rtn lini Tirillllllt" 1111: I- larpptv nn

a well defined nervous temperament nnd more nrofltAhlr than through the two poles.

Is always busy. In the summer time j they do. This is well Illustrated by when she goes to pasture In the morn-1 the fact that in the neighborhood of

The fact that the earth's axis is coa

stantly shifting means that neither of

Ing she works diligently all day nnd 1

returns at night with a full udder. After being milked she returns and

works in tno same diligent manner ( that theso breeders have sold or until morning; but the cow with a loaned to their neighbors bulls with dull, sluggish eye. so often found In the nrenotency nnd highly developed

I beef steers, and carrying an excess of j nky breeding behind them that ren-

lai. can. as a ruio. oe round lying In j ücrod them useful In building up the

the shado and resting most of her time day or night, and as a result sho has very Utile to give to her master at milking time. Ability All Important. As a fifth consideration, the cowmust have In addition to these preceding essentials the ability of pro

ducing milk nnd Duller fat and this

the very best breeders of bred dairy ! the poles remains always In the same cattle we find the beat farm dairy I Pla- Thus there Is a possibility thnt

herds In tho world due to the fact 1 oae expedition v.m uu .u " ,

place in one year, ana anoiuur It ln another place the next year. Our map shows Professor Serviss' estimation of the various positions occupied by the north pole during the last ten years.

Novelty. "1 thought you told me you had something original In this libretto,"

I said the manager, scornfully. "Hero

at the very outset you have a lot or merry villagers singing. 'We are happy and gay!"' "You don't catch the Idea at all. replied the poet, wearily. "Tho 'g' la soft. It should be pronounced 'happy and Jay.'" Not an Objection. "I think he'd like to Join your club.

but his wife wouldn't hear of It." ' "She wouldn't hear of It? Why. I know of half a dozen men who would Join our club if their wives couldn't hear of It."

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herds to their present standard. As a result of this usage of good sires for several years past those dairymen are selling their cows nnd heifers for extremely high prices. In many Instances,, for grade cows and heifers from $75 up to $150 a head. As a mntter of fact, there Is only one way

of securing good profitable dairy cows

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of course, Is determined largely hy j at the present time without paying

the size, form and texture of the ud- extremely large prices for them, ow

ing to the great demand for good cows, nnd that Is hy the use of good sires. A3 a rule most farmers have

cows that they milk and many among

der. Thin portion of her make-tin

must bo largo In order to have capacity and must gain In size by length and breadth rather thnn by depth. The perfect udder is ono that attaches woll up behind, that extends far forward and Is broad In Its dimensions. An udder that Is Bhort, narrow and large because of the fact that

It Is pendulous and hangs down from tho body is not to bo desired, because, as a rule, tho circulation of blood through such an udder Is poor and,

furthermore, such udders aro the ones most conducive to gadget and spoiled quarters from ono cause and nnother. In addition to slse. tho udder should bo well formed, flat at tho bottom and carried ln n Btrnlght lino from

Thlrtcen-Year-OId Lad of Worcester, Mass., Is the Champion Fisherman. Worcester, ras.-I.eo Addison Handy, thirteen, or Hutland, is the champion hoy fisherman here. From December 10 to March 11 he earned J55 fishing for pickerel, besides the

fish he taucht lor faintly use. He is

them are prontable. ' sorting theso j - "eü L. Handy out. by using the Dabcock test and h, lmp fl,h, He cales and keeping them as a founda- JJJ en l h ,J0st larea an K-vs .here to ge the nicos, ba,t; Ho

,, . ,.", , i caught 2S0 pickerel between the auovo growing them well. It is surprising nntM. ir n thn Rhlnnrfi

how quickly tno production or the farm herd may be doubled and then In the future doubled ngaln and so on. depending entirely upon tho char actor of the sire used and the methods employed In raising the offspring. It Is possible at this time to buy good, high-grade cows capable of producing

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tho rear forward In such a wny that butter I a year, but theso kind of the front quarters aro developed to ns cows are very expensive and unless great a degree as aro tho hind quar-1 ono is careful In selecting them he Is tors. As a rulo common cows glvo a' Hublo to bring upon his farm different larger portion of their milk from the ' diseases, such as abortion, tubercurear quarters of tho udder and this losls and many of tho other diseases likely Is the natural way for cows to to which cows sxs subJecL

he needed for bait. Tho flrst day he fished he caught 40

pickerel which ho sold for 51.90. tho largest weighing two nnd three-quarter pounds. The second day ho caught 26 pickerel weighing üS pounds, and during December he caught 135 pickerel, besides ittondlnp school, not missing a day. He was off the Ice in Jnnunry and February on account of cold wenthor, catcnlng but 45 pickerel during thoso two months. From Murch 5 to Mnrch It ho caught 100 pickerel and In a ilngle week ho made $12.50 fishing.

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