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NO PLACE FOR COUNTERFEITS Difficulty of Replenishing and Starting Herds With Good Animals Wor ries Dairy Farmer. The development of the Increasing demand for well-bred dairy cattle is based "upon the recognition of the fact that under present production condi tions, the counterfeit dairy cow has no place on the pasture'or in the feed yard. t During the past few years, difficulty in replenishing and starting herds with good animals has confronted the Select Animals on Wisconsin Dairy Farm. dairy farmer at every turn. High feed bills have demonstrated the futility of expecting satisfactory returns when keeping poor producers, and the wide awake, progressive, business dairymen are centering their demands on merit, of which there must be a greater sup ply to meet this demand. Fore'gn competition has created a well grou- d ed impression that the most effective way of evading lt is by greater pro duction per animal and better i rod nets. BUILDING UP A DAIRY HERD Mot Necessary to Go to Great Expense, but Few Years of Time Are Re quired for Purpose. Are you .satisfied with your present herd of nonpaying common cows? Ii not why not b?gin now tc improve them and get out of the old rut? When developing the dairy herd from common stock lt is not necessary to go to great expense, but a few years of time are necessary in which to ac complish this. The amount of time called for will to some extent, be dependent upon the character of the stock that you now have, or the one you intend to use for a foundation herd. In some instances two.^ or three gen erations of correct breeding will build up a common herd to a fine paying herd. In other instances a longer time will be required but it should not require more than four or five generations to effect the changes sought, . 4, NEED OF WATER FOR A CALF Necessity Not Generally Understood and Young Animal 1? Quite Fre quently Painfully Thirsty. The young calf does not receive all the moisture lt needs from the skim milk which it gets as a regular ration. .At a very early age it "will drink a lit tle water if it has an opportunity and it will do this a number of times dur ing the day. It is a good plan to have water be fore it at all times. This need of the calf for water is not generally un? demoed and the young animal is usually painfully thirsty as well as hungry at feeding time. The result is that it gorges itself with the milk or drinks too rapidly when it has a chance. Thus it does not get the full benefit of the milk and digestive trou bles will result. Remember that milk is the calf's food. Water should be ita drink. Care of Calf After Weaning. Make sure that the calf does not get to the cow again, once it is sepa rated from her and put on the skim niilk diet, as it will tend to spoil, not only the calf, but will cause the cow to worry after the calt and reduce her milk flow. Leave Calf With Cow. It is a g;ood practice to let the calf rock the cow for about forty-eight hours after birth, after which it should be taken from its motier. In the case of a weak calf, however, it is better to let it remain two or three days longer. Cleanliness Is Necessary. In raising calves, remember this: Cleanliness in all ot the feeding op * ?rations is extremely" necessary. Use Artificial Coloring. If lt ls desired to use artificial color ing, it should be added to the cream Just before churning. USE OF FORMALIN TO PREVENT SIT Botanist of Clemson College Gives Simple Preventive of Grrain Disease. FOROATS AND WHEAT SEED Formalin Solution Applied to Small Grain Before Planting Kills Spores Of Smut Without Injury to Germii nating Powers. Smut is the most widespread and destructive disease of small grain and it occurs wherever oats and wheat are grown. When proper control meth ods are not practiced, it frequently causes serious loss. Fortunately, it ia not hard to prevent this disease. | In formalin we have an easily obtainable preparation that does the work effi ciently. Before sowing oats or wheat, farmers should treat the seed with a formalin solution to prevent smut. Smut is. caused by a parasitic growth that lives in the tissues of the plant. The disease spreads by spores (very small, seed like bodies) which cling to the hulls or lodge in the creases of individual oat or wheat grains and are thus carried into a field with the seed. The spores germi nate at about the same time that the plants come up and the disease grows directly Into the tissue of the young plant. Smut lives in plants apparently without doing serious damage until the plants begin to head out. Then &e disease concentrates its efforts in the heads and black, sooty masses .of spores fill the places where grain should form. As these masses break up, the spores are scattered over the field by wind. Many lodge in grains ? on healthy heads of oats or wheat and i remain alive there until the seed are planted again. Some remain in the diseased heads and are carried to the ! thresher. In threshing, the smut ' spores are scattered everywhere and^ many find resting places in healthy', grains. Oat or wheat smut can be controlled by soaking the placing seed in a. chemical solution that will kill the,' smut spores in the seed without injur- j lng the germinating" powers of the seed. The best chemical to use for ? this is formalin, which ls a 40 per cent solution of. formaldehyde. It may be procured from any reliable druggist. ! Treatment with it is made as fo'Iows: ! Make up the formalin solution by mixing one pint formalin (40 percent I solution of formaldehyde) with 40 gal lons water. Sack the grain to be j treated, about a bushel to a sack. Dip | each sack of grain into the barrel of solution and lee it remain there for from five to ten minutes, moving the sack up and down several times to make "sure that all the grains are thor oughly wet Finally, lift the sack and let the solution drain out, after which either pile the bags of treated grain together and coyer with bagging or canvas, or pour the treated grain into a piie on a clean floor and cover with bagging or canvas. Leave the grain covered thus for from 12 to 24 hours. As a last step, spread the grain thinly over a clean floor to dry. The grain seed should he dried as rapidly as possible to prevent sprout ing. Niaturally, grain Jthus treated should be put in clean bins or sacks BO as not to be again exposed to the disease. Sacks and bins that have contained diseased grain may be dis- I infected by washing with a formalin solution made of one pint formalin to 10 gallons water. H. W. BARRE, Professor of Botany, Clemson Agricultural College. ARE YOUR COWS EFFI ' CI?NT? Putting the efficiency test to cow? with the milk scales and the Babcock tester is one/of the essentials of con ducting a successful dairy. When feed is high in price a farmer cannot af-1 ford to have boarders in his dairy barn who eat up more in feed than their milk yield is worth. The Bab- . cock test will show thesg delinquent cows in their true light and the milk scales will put the clincher on the argument Testing cows will give some farmers a big surprise. Some times the cow that ' looks like the poorest creature In the lot is the best butterfat producer. The dairy divis- j ion of Clemson College offers to give any farmer advice about testing milk and keeping records. Test, don't guess. EQUIPPED FOR LIVE STOCK WORK. The extension division of Clemson ' College is well equipped to assist; farmers in any part ot South Carolina with any problems In livestock that may arise. The college has two men giving all their time to beef cattle and swine extension work, threedairy extension experts, and one extension poultryman. Thi3 is one of the larg est and best equipped animal husband ry fixtension forces in the United States. South Carolina farmers should toke advantage of their oppor tunities along this line to get expert help free of cost. How to Grow Bigger Crops of Superb Fruit-FREE YOU need this practical, expert information. Whether you own or intend to plant a f.-w trees or a thousand, it is infor mation that will save you time, labor and money. Get lt ! Simply send us your same and address on the coupon-or on a portal, if you prefer. everywhere are getting prodigious We will gladly mall you a free copy of our New Catalog-an ll x 8 in. book that is simply packed with hints that will enable you to secure bumper crops of finest fruit-and sell them at top market prices. 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