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NEED calcium in
DRY-PERIOD FEED
Cows Should Be Fleshy in
Parturition Time.
As they usually lose flesh for three
or f?"ir weeks after calving, because
they cannot consume sufficient feed to
provide adequately for both the milk
flow and maintenance of body weight,
dairy rows should carry considerable
flesh :t the time of parturition.
It is a well-known fact that cows in
good condition at calving time will
start off the lactation period at a
higher level of production than thin
cows. This results in larger milk
yields for the year.
The feed during the dry period
should l?e high in minerals. This Is
especially true of calcium, since inves
tigations at several agriculturcl ex
periment stations clearly show It to he
the mineral most likely to he de
pleted. A supply of calcium may be
insured by a good pasture In the sum
mer and properly cured leguminous
hay In the winter.
A good grain mixture to condition
a dry cow is : 3 parts by weight of
ground corn, 3 of ground oats, 3 of
bran, and 1 of linseed meal. The
quantity of feed supplied should l?e
sufficient to bring the cow to a proper
state of flesh at calving time. About
two weeks before the cow freshens
she should be fed a light laxative ra
tion such as wheat bran, ground oats
and linseed oil meal. The ration
should not contain too much roughage
as its bulk adds to the discomfort of
the cow. As soon as the cow freshens
it is a good practice to give her warm
water to drink and follow with a
warm bran mash.
Conditions Tending to
Make Milk Unpalatable
Only clean, wholesome feed should
he given cows producing milk for hu
man consumption, S. V. Layson, writes,
iu Hoard's Dairyman. Spoiled feed
has a detrimental effect upon the
health of cows which will alter the
composition of milk and possibly cause
digestive disturbance In babies being
fed ou such milk. Feeding should he
done after milking, especially any
feeds of strong flavor or odor, as milk
readily absorbs odors in the barn
which may cause It to be unpalatable.
The cow barn should be located
where It may be kept in reasonably
pood sanitary condition regardless of
weather. Well-drained cow yards ad
jacent to the barn will aid materially
in preventing soiled udders and flanks.
Mud and filth picked up on udders
and flanks contain germs which may
be very harmful to the quality of milk
if they get into It. A small jynount of
labor spent in grading the barnyard
may save many hours of man labor
that would otherwise be necessary to
properly clean the cows before they
are milked.
Manure attracts flies and offers a
breeding place for them. It should
therefore be so handled and disposed
of as to prevent these conditions. Fre
quent removal to the fields or, in case
it must be stored near the barn, it
should be so handled that cows will
not be compelled to wade through It
to get in and out of the barn.
Salt for Cows
Cows in their search for salt and
minerals are likely to eat poisonous
materials that will be fatal to them.
A number of instances have been re
ported in the corn belt where cows
?te partially oxided zinc storage bat
teries that had been thrown aside in
woodlands and pastures and died from
the effects. All such debris should be
buried. Salt should be available for
cows at all times. When rock salt is
used loose salt should be given fre
quently because a cow cannot lick an
ounce or more of salt from the rock
each day without injury to her tongue.
When cows get an ample supply of
salt they are not so likely to eat for
eign materials and be poisoned.?*
I'rairie Farmer.
How It May Pay
On a recent farm tour in Skagit
county, Washington, the value of test
ing was very clearly demonstrated.
At the farm of Roosevelt Olson, we
found a ccw that Mr. Olson Intended
to sell to the butcher. Her first test
w?s 4.1 per cent. He decided to give
her another chance and the first four
months after freshening she has pro
duced 231 pounds fat and $31.40 over
feed costs. This cow will easily make
*50 over feed costs for the year. De
ducting what she would have brought
for beef, $20. he will have $30 left or
?bout what It cost to test the entire
herd. Testing finds the good as well
11 the poor cows. ? Hoard's Dairyman.
WOULD ADD HONOR 1
TO IMMORTAL NAME
Suggestion for Additional
Luster on Washington.
Research in tlie field of dental
archeology, the results of which are
communicated by Dr. Walter J.
l'ryor of Cleveland, to the American
Dental association, reveals a new !
activity by our great Boston mas
ter of all trades, Paul Revere, but
it can hardly be said to add new lus
ter to the fame of the messenger of
Lexington. Doctor l'ryor has ascer
tained that Revere made a set of
false teeth and presented them to '
Gen. George Washington, presum
ably during the period when Wash
ington commanded the siege of I'.os
top. Hut these teeih were so un
satisfactory, on account of their pro
pensity for falling out of the illus
trious wearer's mouth, that the gen
eral had to discard them and look
for another set. This new set was
made for him, from a hippopotamus*
teeth, by a Doctor Greenwood <?f
New York, but it was quite evident*
ly no improvement on Revere* s work,
llis false teeth were set In a
wrought-gold base, and were so un
comfortable that it was only with
difficulty and distress that Wash
ington could wear them. The mak
er. it is said, advised Washington,
who by this time was President, to
soak the teeth each night in port
wine. They were, moreover, disfig
uring. for they forced the lower jaw
Into a degree of protrusion which
spoiled the President's majestic
beauty.
Why it should appear to have been
of advantage to make the Washing
tonian teeth out of the teeth of the
hippopotamus, or what could have f
been the peculiar efficacy of port
wine in reducing the discomfort in
flicted by the Greenwood set. is not
made clear by Doctor I'ryor's state
ment. Possibly the teeth of the hip
popotamus. which are of peculiarly
voracious and alarming appearance,
are more workable under the knife
than any other denial substance. At
all events, the Greenwood set evi
dently made the first President feel
us if the dentist were trying to make
a hippopotamus out of him. The
Father of His Country was certain
ly unfortunate in being under the
necessity of acting as a field of ex
perlmentation for his country's early
dental art. Perhaps we have addi
tional reason for honoring him, in
the bicentenary of his earthly ap
pearance, for his patient services in
helping to form a science in which
the United States has far out
stripped all other nations. He must
he regarded as the Father of Ameri
| can Dentistry. ? Boston Transcript.
Edison's Vivid Story
Almost Won Believers
Mr. Edison was keeping us alert
1 (in his laboratory) by tilling one
good story after another. We were
talking about mental concentration.
1 and he brought up a remarkable in
I stance from his own experience.
} "You know.** he said, "when 1 was
a young fellow I used to he a tele
graph operator. 1 was a pretty fast
: worker in those days; and to work
real fast you gotta keep your mind
on just what you're doin' and forgit
j everything else.
[ "Well, one night a number of mes
sages came over the wire, and I re
reived them as fast as they ticked
. i#i. All at once ! hear the newsboys
I in t lie streets hollering an extra and
a 1i?i of commotion and excitement
j going on. I ran out to see what'd
I happened and I hear, 'President Lin
coln assassinated!' I asked how
they'd got the news. A man said :
'You d ? n fool, didn't you just git the
message yourself?'
"True enough, I had received the
message a while earlier, but I bad
never got its meaning. M.v mind
must have been glued pretty fast to
m.v work for me to have missed the
meaning of such a message!"
lie had told the story so vividly
that we believed it to be an actual
experience. ? M. A. ItosanofC in Har
per's Magazine.
London History in Models
For more than no years J. R
Thorpe, an Knglish model maker, has
devoted all his spare time to model
ing portions of old London. At a re
markahle exhibition of his work
which he hail been holding, two of
the most interesting models have
he-en his 20-foot replica of London
bridge in 1G31I, and his detailed
copy of the lord mayor's show of
ltilti. Over 'Jim figures about six
inches high had to be made for this
model.
We live by the sweat of our face
? or someone's.
Naturally
Lopher ? Last night I dreamed that
I had die?).
Lazier ? What woke you up?
Lopher ? The heat, of course.
No man can add to his greatness
by trying to belittle others.
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Fifty and Fit
A MAN is as old ? or as young ?
as his organs.
At fifty, you can be in your
prime .
Why go along with "fairly good
health'* when you might be enjoying
vigor you haven't felt for years?
There's a simple little thing any
one can do to keep the vital organs
stimulated, and feel lit all the t'imc.
People don't realize how sluggish
they've grown until they've tried it.
The stimulant that will stir your
system to new life is Dr. Caldwell's
syrup pepsin. It will make a most
amazing difference in many ways.
* This famous doctor's prescription
is a delicious syrup made with fresh
herbs, active senna, and pure pep
sin. It starts its good work with the
first spoonful. That's all you -need
to drive away the dullness and
headache of a bilious spell, and rid
the system of that slow poison that
saps your strength. It's better than
a tonic for tired bowels, and unlike
habit-forming laxatives you can
take it freely or give it to any child.
And it isn't expensive.
Get some syrup pepsin today, and
take a little tonight. Don't wait
until you're sick to give your system
this wonderful help. You can avoid
those spells of biliousness or consti
pation. A spoonful every now and
then is better than constant worry
about the condition of your bowels,
or fear of auto-intoxication as you
grow older. Dr. Caldwell's syruo
pepsin protects the system. Ail
druggists keep this preparation.
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