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Newspaper
Melfort Moon
Location
Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 15, 1918
Page
7
The article explains white scours in calves as inflammation of the fourth stomach part. It links to milk changes or cold milk and prescribes a drench of warm milk plus raw linseed oil lime water and laudanum, with adjustments if no relief, plus keeping the calf dry and warm until recovery.
For high producing dairy cows, water is essential as about 87 percent of milk is water. Keep a ready supply and warm outside tanks in winter. Heating water to 0 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit increases intake, lowers energy use, and saves feed. A low cost tank heater can maintain proper temperature.
The leading dairy cow classes Ayrshire Jersey Holstein and Guernsey reveal Jersey produces the lightest calves and Holstein the heaviest. Male calves are the heaviest on average, with estimates around the 00 TL and .T pounds range.
Chapped teats should be washed with warm soft water a little disinfectant then dried and a salve applied. Use vaseline or carbolic salves or a mix of three parts lard and one part turpentine to seal air from the surface. The teat stays moist and smooth aiding calm milking.
The article advises adding potatoes to dairy cow rations to boost milk flow when corn silage is unavailable. Introduce gradually, run through a reet cutter to prevent choking, and provide ample fodder-cord or second-crop forage at night while allowing pasture access where ground is firm.
Report outlines how hail injures trees with large crowns and tender bark most. Bax elder cotton wood poplar and soft maple suffer severe damage while elm and hackberry show relative resistance.
United States Department of Agriculture entomologists report nearly all cutworm larvae in alfalfa fields can be killed using a bran mash bait mixed with arsenate of lead or paris green. The 1 per acre treatment proved 98 percent effective three days after application, with safe handling advised for livestock and children.
The article urges preserving breeding animals on farms to meet future meat and fat demands during and after the war. It warns that Europe and other nations rely on breeding stock and that delaying sales of young hogs helps sustain supplies for restocking and economic stability.
A college study fed sixteen two-year-old steers for 180 days using corn silage plus minimal hay and seed meal. Each steer gained 82 pounds, suggesting beef can be produced cheaply with silage, and three steers could be fattened per acre of good corn instead of one.
Prisoner of war Capt A Gillies Wilken of Edmonton chaplain for a mounted rifle battalion has been repatriated since the start of the year. He was captured at Ypres in June 1916 and aided by carrying ammunition during heavy fighting before becoming too wounded to continue combat duties.
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