A RATION OF ROOTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1614, 4 December 1912, Page 10

A RATION OF ROOTS.

ErEECT ON THE MILK YIELD

. . 'A .r'eport. hai .been, issued : -6y|- tlie~Edin- '•■■'■ ltt^h-.:aiid"Ea^';.of ; Scptraiid .'.College of •V: Jigricultuio'':'on ;a.'; series -.of experiments,.' the. object of 'Trhicli iivas. to .'test the'.effect ■ :,of a■. raUoiiiconsisting'/largely 1 of '/roots ■ - on' the: yield -iand' Jcbnipbsitidu'. of -iuilk,. and .turnips? could-profitably:,-replace tho more. -and'fexpensive/foods' : 'comr invteding'dairy concliisioiis drawn'from the. experiments'; rare these feeding of i-e quantity of . ' :jiercenfago '. of ,• uiilkoorv:reduce' tlie ;per-' , : . Centagi 'ofifat.' l -InCall - three- experiiiients ' the 'bfl-.niilk' .was, "obtained ' from..tlie fojvs tlie,.. oqiicenwated ration. On the .other'-'hand,''-tlie -.milk from the cows ; oil : , |he tuinip:. ration. contained: a higher i>ercentage.-of :fat, and. a greater totall .veight-'of ;fa:t wail'secreted in the milk. The-cost of production, .wKen. al- ■ i lowancQi Tva3: made: ; fer' tlie>percentage of fat iir:thC.niilk;Vwas; less in- the;case cf . tiirn'ip ration. .At :flio ! end ;of the . :;l?ath Hots .: of cows was satjaactp'ry. > While' Ihe n.ilk of less : thanper' 'cent. ','.pf I'at; the peroentages of fai and .-of r"sbli.ls rot,fat" in the mixed milk of l»tli_ lots .practically ■ never ' fell , below :3 par cent.' and 8.5" per y cent, respectively - during the,, cc.ursei cf the experiments. - ,1

UNTHRIFTY-CALVES,

ISOLATE-tiie sickly).

: ' -Wheuever"a-.calf vis'noticed to be off: -his .feed-. tlie' farmer vshould-.' take the ■ - trouble" to examine, the. animal ..Carefully,\ end he will-also-be-well''advised: in mbst' • cases -to' isolate the. animal -.until. such j /, ..time''as 'will enable .him to- see tfhe'ther ..the calf- is diseased or"otherwise".' Tar-, • ■ :do:well - to: pander over -the ; above advice, .given by- Mr. M. A.. O'Cal- ,. ' laghan, Chief, pf-'the Dairy. .Branch,of the Jfew SoutfoWales Department of Agnci'l- j ■ture in- his' book; '".Dairying^in-:Australia ! . '-Zeaiaiid;''.'., . .;. It frequently happens thfit one calf- in . a herd conti'acts - tuberculosis' at an ' early age, ".and.' if , this:, animal to 'feed 7 from the sairie troughs as "llie others, it is 'almcjt- certain .that it will convey the disease- to,.n '*niinib.?i;":"of;'.ite_ / inatts:'' .. In' fac't,' ,: every' farmer.,should "be capable. " ■ ... -when, any. - animal - continues •' to ,-;.b3 ' un- ;. thrifty, without, showing ,any iiutiva'rd' v" '6ympwms-:of !■ (lissajs, 1 ' should'' disfcover for himsplf'wliether it is affected with tuber--enlosis- t or not. Where "the calf "is riot' a valuable . one,; the / farmer -who is not • capiblo '-'of' - (leterinining for 'himself ■ whether'-or'Tiotiityis diseased; .would -'pro-I)al<ly"<Kt-iactiug. -wijiely if.•-he,-, destroyed ; r ' -the unthififtyr. one .while yoiing, thus pro--iiably. saving the lives-of -niany ' of-" tlie others.: " The'average calf is not worth . ■ the coat of . treatment when , the farmer : takes into account the rislt'ruii by retain- - ing an'animal'possibly" ntfected wnth conV.' .t'agioiis disease for several .weeks ;in close i"' touch: with very- young std'ck, -liable'.to oontract'-dfeases' of the kind.':-. There -is . . / littlo-doiilit thafc oiie cf prolific, ■i''- ; j9cniTces7of■ i;i:oa»re-.firi:"the*',dairy - farnr-. ~.." is the delay sick calves. ■ When-.a farmer does decide to. isolate an ,'.V ailing.-aiiiinal lie; should 1 do-it properly.: : -To remove-a.''.caTf-into' the next paddock . with: a Tail fence intervening is isolation in a sense, but: it does not mean nrotec--tioir td.'.tito. rest''of' the' herd. What is - desired .is a'small, 1 well-sheltered-, paddock <«paTafed-from tha/i'fst of 'the .stock ;by -a'. paddoqk'under , cultivation',-'or- some,thing;'of -the kind;'',.ln the summer" cool - in : the win-. . ,'-:'ter warmth and shelter are half the battle in'successful .-treatment,'.:'

.There is generally a living'in.a factory • for '-'the 'hieii MvhoTdo; tlje work.' •• But a manager -wants' more '.than a mere living, —he'.wants' tp: "niake""bipr -money, for; '.his shareholders"-; nh'd 'himself.' : The credit side of the ; jproflt-iand - loss account ..-is reached where;. "Victor";-. Vats ore used. '*Victor".-- r Vate;'- are'irniado :with- sloping bottoms wMch'-draiit every drop, of wliey. Full particulars-obtainable; from Albert J. Par-ton, Carterton.—Advt.'.. A 'destructive-grub is reported to have been •'■unearthed -in the Waihukiy district, Hawke's Bay. :It 'is a. white grub, which), attacks' the roots- of: vegetation, and on one station a-.bed of strawberries has been destroyed. When matured the grub is transformed .'into 7 a small- brownish-black beetle, which emerges from, the earth at nightfall and :sets' to .work in the leaves of'.rose- trees' .and'. other . shrubs, which are quickly/.stripped;-uV , Very.'satisfactory ''prices.were realised at the sale of a choice selection from. His Majesty, ."the King's herd" of Shorthorns at tho Royal farm; Windsor, in' October. The-average for-thirty-six of all ineluding a good many yearlings, was <£120' lGs.< 9d., as compared with ' £82/ is. Gd. for sixty-eight head, at the sale in- 1903, and -JE7S"-.Bs. for in 1802..■ The' highest,,price .was"soogns., for the heifer Clipper Rose.' • Others realised 40gns., SOOgns.-, 28dgn's.,-and 250gns. :