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Page IMBRY^ CKEKMEIig: By Prof. A. B. Nystrom, Dairy Instructor State College, Pullman, Wash. (For Any Information Regarding This Department. Write Above.) Questions and Answers GROUND WHEAT FOR DAIRY COWS. Question: I have a Jersey heifer three years old, fresh last April, that is rapidly foiling in her milk. T am feeding all the clover and timothhy hay mixed that she will eat and two gallons of ground wheat a day, also about 10 pounds of rutabagas. Is tne ground wheat too heavy, and should it be mixed with other feed? She does not eat good now. We began feeding the wheat about three weeks ago and she fell off right away. R. W. B. Snohomish, Wash. Answer: It is probable that in this case you are feeding too wide a ration, that is, there is a lack of proten. Ground wheat doe 9 not produce milk economically, nor is timothy hay adapted for feeding to dairy cows, Since your clover and timothy is mixed it may not be possible to ob tain any other hay, and I would therefore change the ration as fol lows: Make a mixture of bran and oats equal parts, or bran and barley equal parts, feeding one pound of this mixturo to throe pounds of milk. Ten pounds of rutabagas is perhaps ample for one feed under average con- Before You Milk Your Cows Again Wrtoi mrssm GREAT WESTERN CRFF ■H SEPARATOR Book Sent rIIEE I "*i H ir||i»nf Our free book is a gold mine of cream and butter-profit f acts.^ (I " tL'"s y° u *low to £ c*e* a^ t^ie cream > highest quality cream, y^^f|:jM » with leastwork and biggest profits for the longest termofyears. Itshows . iIS U you in plain figures how to make from $5.00 to $15.00 more from tr p^Kli'ell Jl——^_ every cow, per year, whether you now own a cream separator J^'gilirT or not. Don't you want this great book, FREE? 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Seattle, Wash. - %J*_'» '•^^J/-— -_ A Distributing Agent for Giant Powder Company, Con. , /The Inanely ditions, but if she is a high produc ing cow she will consume as much as 20 pounds of roots to the feed. If you can secure any high protein feeds such as proteina, or dried brewers grains it would be well to feed one pound of this at each feed in con nection with the other grain. FEEDING CARROTS TO DAIRY COWS. Question: Can you advise me what effect feeding carrots has on milk cows? E. C. L. Loom is, Wash. Answer: Carrots are good for dairy cows in that they produce the desired succulence and also furnish some nutrients. We have found that the more highly colored varieties produce more highly colored milk than do some of the other root crops. As a rule, however, when selecting a root crop we choose that variety which will give the largest yield per acre under local conditions, consider ing also the cost of raising and the palatability. RATION WITH ALFALFA AS ROUGHAGE. Question: 1 have a small dairy supplying milk to the town, and I have ordered a carload of alfalfa with out the slightest experimental knowl edge of feeding it. I have hoard that there is somo danger, and 1 suppose that it will be moro economical to feed it with sonic other cheap feed anyway. 1. Is there much danger of feeding dry alfalfa? That is over feeding? ± Would the same danger exist in giving one full feed, say either morn ing or night, and something else at the other feed? 3, Supposing a balanced ration be obtained, or nearly so, with other hay, will there still be benefit from feeding grain? 4. Supposing a fairly good ration of dry feed be made of alfalfa and other hay or grain, will there be much benefit from adding carrots, say at 87.00 per ton, when alfalfa costs Sl6 and the other from $10 to $12? J. W. D. Chewelah, Wash. Answer: 1. We have experienced no danger from feeding dry alfalfa, and as a rule we allow the cow to eat as much as she will consume. 2. There will be no danger in giving one full feed of alfalfa in the morning and another feed of some other hay or gain in the evening, but as a rule, we would prefer feeding the mixture of grain with the hay both morning aud evening and allow ing the cow to eat the other rough age, as for example, straw, if she cares for it, during the day. 3. While alfalfa hay in itself is practically a balanced ration for a cow producing a large amount of milk, you will find that the cow does not have the capacity for consuming enough of this coarse material to furnish the nutrients necessary for milk production. In no case" should a cow be expected to do her best on alfalfa hay alone. A liberal grain ration must be allowed if the cow is an average producer. 4. Relative to the feeding of car rots or other root crops, will state that tueso are fed not so much for the nutrients they contain as for the beneficial effects on digestion. As to whether it would be pioh'table to feed carrot 9at §7.00 per ton will depend upon the prices of substitutes and the value of the butterfat or milk. If alfalfa costs $10 per ton it seems that you could nfiord to feed carrots at $7.00. OVER-EXERTION PROVES DIS- ASTROUS. Question: I wish to inquire as to what be the cause of the present con dition of a Jersey cow which I have. Those are some of the facts which may help in forming an opinion: She is about five years old; she has always been in good health; has been tested for tuberculosis and found to be sound. When she was fresh tbe time before the last she gave over four gallons of milk per day. But since she calved this last time, in September, she has been a disappoint ment t) me. She gives only about three pints of milk per day at present. 1 have been trying to find out what might have been accountable for her present condition. I learned that the cow, about throe weeks before the time her calf should have beou born, had an experience of great fright and physical exertion in a long run, trying to get away from a boy who was leading her. The cow was to be tak.m a distance of about nine miles tojmothor place. After having gone 16 § Use Arsite Don't Spray Again and Again ! Arsite is the most powerful I potato-bug killer made, yet it 1 will not burn the foliage be- | cause it containsno free arsenic. Herrmann's Arsite sticks to I [ the foliage even through heavy 1 | showers and kills quickly all I [ leaf-eating insects. I Herrmanns I ARSITE Arsite keeps indefinitely under all | I conditions. It mixes at once with || I Bordeaux or freshly slaked lime so- W 1 lution and remains in suspension— i: : 1 will not settle and clog the pump. - Arsite is the most economical, |= j handy insecticide you can use. One |- 1 pint does the work of 3to 6 pounds | 3 of Paris Green and 10 to 12 pounds | I of Arsenate of Lead. = 4 Arsite is sold in 35c half-pint cans t I and in 65c pints; Calite in 30c pints f I and 50c quarts. We can supply you | ; if your dealer can not. | If you do not use Bordeaux or I 1 freshly slaked lime, Herrmann's I Calite is just the thing you want, c Ready to place in the spraying ma- J5 chine with water only—ready to use. r Write for full information about these new insecticides. The Herrmann Laboratories % For Insecticide* and Fungicides Morris Herrmann & Co. [ 38 Fifth Avenue Building, New York Sole Manufacturers of Herrmann's Hi-Grade Pure Paris Green Your COWS Your HENS j will yield you jS a greater pro- Vf fit if you will m ship us your V ■ CREAM j I and EGGS ; Full weights and full prices sus ♦ tamed for each shipment no mat l ter how long you continue ship i ping to us. Ask your neighbor I if this is not true, for we have \ shippers from every community j in the Pacific Northwest. | Write for tags, stencils and | prices. I Turner & Pease Co. \ Western Aye. Seattle, Wash. Dairy Barn ■ Milk House Plans and Specifications CLEAN, CONVENIENT AND SANITARY. Experienced Architect. H. C. DOSE, 0 - KENT, WASH.