Dry Cow Is Not
Taking Holiday
Animal Needs Adequate
Ration During Period In
Which She Is Meeting
Demands Of Developing
Calf
Importance of providing an ade
quate ration for dry cows is high-l
lighted in a current veterinary j
bulletin.
"The dry cow is not on a vaca-|
tion," the bulletin points out. "She
I must meet the demands of a
'development calf, re-stock her own
(depleted reserves of minerals and
| vitamins, and regenerate the
f mammary tissue which is beginn
ing to secrete colostrum." To do
'this, she must have a ration that
j is easily digested, well supplied
jwith minerals and vitamins, and
(not too rich in protein. The ma
jor part of the ation should
be high-quality roughage, not dry|
pasture or poor hay.
Penalties of failing to feed dry
cows adequately are difficult
calving, weak calves, delayed
breeding, low production, and re
duced resistance to infectious dis
r
ceases.
Even higher feeding standards
I are necessary for first-calf heif
Jers, the bulletin advises. Heifers
bred when they weigh 750 pounds
and then fed to weigh 1,200
pounds at calving time will pro
duce an excellant flow of milk
at a profit, and they will live
in health for more years than
heifers which are required to
reproduce before they are fully!
developed or which are not fed
to proper weight.
Severe infections, including bo
vine mastitis, readily develop in
udders that have open cuts or
are otherwise injured.
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Pigs Profitable
If Care Is Used
? - -
A Good Sow Will Farrow
Big Healthy Litter If The
Right Precautions Are
Taken
The first and most important
requirement for profitable pork
production is a big litter of good
healthy worm free pigs. You notl
only want a big litter farrowed
but you want a big litter raised.
If you don't have that, you al
i ready have two strikes against
you before you get started.
For profitable pork production,
you should have a good brood
sow that will be a good mother,
farrow big litters, have good
milking qualities and is alert and
active to avoid crushing the baby
pigs.
Never allow the sow to farrow
in the old hog lot. A day or
two before she farrows, wash the
sow good and put her in a lot
that has had at least one crop
grown since pigs have run in
the lot. Provide for her plenty
of fresh water and a farrowing
house. Make her as comfortable
as possible. The sow should be
fed lightly and gradually put
back on full 'feed.
The pigs should be fed through
a self-feeder and should be wean
ed at eight weeks old.
Remember that the earlier you
put these pigs on the market at
top weights, the more profit there
is in the feed and pigs.
Cost Of Keeping
Extra Mules And j
Horses Increases
Tractor With Proper Equip
ment Will Help Solve
Feed Price Problem
Keeping extra hores and mules
on Columbus County farms may
prove to be an expensive luxury,
this year. County Agent Charles
D. Raper figures it costs twice
as much to feed a horse or mule
as It did before the war. A work
j animal will eat about 30 bushels
i of corn and two tons of hays a
' year. . |
! After buying a tractor it would
! be good management to sell off
some of -the horses and mules on
the farm. Very likely, the feed,
labor and pasture needed for the
surplus horses and mules could
be used with profit to feed cattle
or hogs.
There are approximately 500 or
more tractors now on Columbus
County farms. Proper equipment
to use these tractors fully would
relieve some of the mules now,
being kept to cultivate the crops
after the land is prepared by the j
tractor. Columbus County farmers'
owning; tractors should check with |
their implement dealers for the
needed equipment to put that
tractor to more efficient use. j
Mr. Raper said he saw a farmer;
the other day with a tractor, j
plow and combine. This was about
a $3,000 investment and he still
had to keep his workstock to
do the farmwork. With proper
equipment to prepare the land
cultivate the crop one-half or more
of his workstock could be dispos
ed of.
Winter Grazing
Crop Saves Feed
One Acre Should Supply
Hogs From November To
June
Small acreage of winter graz- '
ing crops saved a number of
farmers considerable feed during
the winter of 1943. They needed
the grazing crops during the
early fall and fertilized them
well. The thick sod furnished
needed green, protected the soil
when wet. and saved both grain
and protein feeds.
One acre of winter grazing, I
planted about the middle of Sept- i
ember and fertilized with 400
pounds of 5-10-5 or 5-7-5 fertiliz
er, should supply ample green!
grazing for the hogs from the
last of November until June. An
acre should graze 3 to 5 brood
sows or 10 to 20 shoats during'
the winter and spring, or 1 to 2:
icows or calves, thus cutting down!
i the amount of other feeds re-;
quired. Either of the following!
mixtures should be seeded broad
cast about the 15th of September
, and fertilized as mentioned above,
j A. 30 pounds of rye grass
and 15 pounds of crimson clover j
per acre.
[ B. 2 bushels of barley, 2 bushels
of wheat and 2 bushels of oats.
| C. 20 pounds of ryegrass, 3
bvhels of small grains and 10
pounds of crimson clover per
acre.
| Make the grazing crop good,
i An acre or two of thick sod will
furnish more winter grazing than
several acres of thinly seeded
(grazing crops.
j A good mineral mixture should
be available to all hogs at all
times. Do not overlook its im
portance as a supplement feed.
The hogs need minerals to streng
then their bones and it helps
prevent digestive troubles. Hogs i
in soybean or peanut fields sel-i
dom have digestive troubles ifi
they receive all the mineral mix
ture they want and plenty of.
Cotton Acreage
Shows Decrease
Better Management And
Higher Yield Enables
Farmers To Reduce The
Amount Of Land Used
For Growing Of Plant
Cotton farmers of the South
through better management and
higher yields, have been able to
reduce their cotton acreage sharp
ly during the past 10 years, says,
C. Brice Ratchford, in charge of
farm management for State Col
lege Extension Service
A 39.3 per cent decrease in
North Carolina has been noted
In North Carolina, Mr. Ratch
ford pointed out, all cdunties have
shown a reduction in cotton acre
age, with some counties noting
very sharp decreases.
Through better use of land and
better cultural practices, grow
ers have been able to increase
their yields per acre. Therefore,
Mr. Ratchford asserted, total pro
duction of cotton has not de
creased nearly so much as total
acreage.
green feed. A satisfactory mineral
mixture can Be made by mixing
together one gallon of ground
limestone, 1 gallon of wood ashes
and 1 quart of salt. Efficient
pork production during 1945 will
depend largely upon the use of
good temporary pasture. Of
course, the use of a good pure
bred herd boar, proper feeding
and other good management prac
tices should not be neglected.
? Shocking: but true, because of;
I faulty breeding, feeding and man-j
agement practices, four out of
every 10 p;gs f.,^N
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