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The Seaforth News, 1953-01-01, Page 6High - quality roughage and plenty of it --20,530 lbs. per cow itt'one fall to spring—is the basic wed for an Iowa Holstein dairy :heed that averaged 510.5 lbs. of butterfat and 13,538 lbs. of milk per animal last year. a That's about 3 times as much roughage as the average cow on test in Iowa eats, and 50% core milk production too, The MITA. average there last year was around 9,000 lbs. of milk, 1)87 lbs. of butterfat. The herd eras been above the 500-1b. but- lerfat mark for the past 3 years recording to an article by Dean C. Wolf in "Country Gentleman." The big roughage ration was :ted by George Slater and Son. 1 was 10,956 lbs. of hay silage, 81749 lbs. of corn silage, and 2825 Abe. of dry hay. Some of the 34 registered Holsteins ate 150 lbs. cry silage a day; the average was above 100 lbs. The Slaters say the more good roughage you feed, the less grain you need. They feed 1 lb. of concentrate for 6 t: 7 lbs. of milk ennead of the traditional 1 -to -4 ]Holstein ratio. One cow produc- ing 80 lbs. of milk a day got 12 :t'ba. of concentrate a clay last 'winter. Before the herd went on 'high roughage, that cow was getting 18 to 21 lbs. of concen- trate every day and she wasn't producing as much milk. Making milk Costs less with xeughage than with concentrate, Last year the Slaters produced 1 le of butterfat with 26e worth of feed and 100 lbs. of milk from 317e worth of teed, All herds on MIA test ht Iowa averaged 1 M. of fat from 36e worth of feed and 100 lbs. of milk from $1,43 north of feed. The Slaters made $3.51 per $1 worth of feed com- pared with the DHIA average of 52.38. Their cuuccntrate is IU;1 pro - teen, lower than most dairymen Need. The Slaters think it's ade- u{uate because high-quality grass stud legume silage and hay sup- ply the difference. Their mix- furt is 2400 lbs. corn -and -cob meal. 1800 lbs. ground oats, and 400 lbs. of a protein supplement .made of 1 part linseed meal, 2 parts soybean meal, 1 part cot- iv':Seed meal. kgood roughage beats grain as e milk maker. say the Slaters. Sows are producing better now than when the Slaters fed more Daily and Outfit grain, less roughage. They push roughage to their cows all the time, say you can't throw a cow off feed with roughage but you can with too much grain. M tl 5 Less udder trouble Inas devel- oped in the Slater herd since they began using lots of roughage to push production up to the bred - in capacity. "Good roughage" rather than just "roughage" is a point the Slaters stress. Every year their first hay cutting goes in the silo, whether or not it gets rained on. They put it in the silo because it makes good silage; they use it to replace hay, not corn silage. Their 2nd and 3rd hay cuttings are chopped, and dried artifi- cially. ., Secret of high roughage con- sumption has 3 angles: (1) The Slaters feed 5 times a day so the cows always have fresh feed, (2) they alternate feeding of grass silage, corn silage and dry hay, and (3) they feed silage and grain together. Appetites are sharpened, feed doesn't have a chance to get stale. Corn silage is fed once a day, grass silage twice and dry hay twice, Cows get grass in clean bunks early in the morning. Later they get corn silage. At noon they get dry hay. Early in the evening bunks are cleaned out and refilled with grass sil- age spread over concentrate. The last feed of the day is hay. It's more work, but it makes milk, Ability to use roughage as well as ability to give milk are tests in the Slater herd -improvement plan. The Slaters think capa- city to utilize roughage is inheri- ted to some extent and that it has to be developed slowly in both the herd and the individual. "The producing cow is the big, hungry cow," they say. "We've never seen an easy keeper.' 4 M A They want a cow that can use that roughage and then, conte spring, go out on grass -legume pastures and keep on doing well. In season the cows always get lush tender growth because the Slaters let them at only 10 acres at a time. Every week or I0 days the cows are moved to a new strip. If the grass gets rank, it's mowed. The Slaters think their grazing system is worth 40 or 50 lbs, of butterfat per cow every year. 4 6• Ali -the figures and prices men- tioned refer, of course, to the United States, particularly Iowa. But for all that I think some of my readers here in Canada may find food for thought in the idea. I/ 144444 {(Y k2k1L Just about everything your dar- eIng wants—hi ONE pattern ! A healthful 0 - inch dolly and so many clothes---wlfat a thrill this gives 1 Her imaginative play at :he best ! 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Make a strong suds of white castile soap. Dissolve 1 teaspoonful of borax in 1/4 -pint hot water and add 1.111s t0 1 quart of the suds. When cold, put gloves on hands and wash gently in the same manner as washing the hands. Rinse in the same way. When dry, rub between the hands to soften. Q. How can I whiten clothes that have become yellowed? A, By first soaking them over night in water containing borax — about 1/4 cup to 1 gallon of water. If the result is not satis- factory, let them freeze in cold weather. This will whiten them wonderfully. Q. How can 1 obtain the juice from onions? A. By pressing a spoon against the cut side of an onion, or pressing the onion against a grater and allowing the ,juice to drip through. Q. flow can 1 sew 00 11 but- ton again if the fabric bas been torn out? A. Remove a button from an old garment with enough cloth attached, squared or rounded, and larger than the torn -out spot to be repaired. Push the button through this torn -out spot from the back. The added cloth on the button will make a good patch, which can be worked out very neatly.' Touch System—Seeing with their fingers, three sightless women learn the secrets of good cooking under the sharp-eyed tutoring of pretty instructor Clare De Crane, Seen above, from left: Miss Mary Bestick, Mrs.. Elizabeth Smith, Miss Shirley Gostick and Miss De Crane. TABLE, TALhS Jam Av4 ews. The home-made candy season is here, and the following are recipes for some that are simple to make, yet thoroughly different and delightful. QUICK FRENCH CREAMS 8 squares (1 package) semi- sweet candy -malting chocolate 1 cup sifted icing sugar 1 tablespoon milk 1 egg, welt beaten Heat chocolate over boiling water in double boiler until part- ly melted. Remove from boiling water and stir rapidly until en- tirely melted. Add sugar, milk and egg; beat only enough to blend. Chill until mixture can be shaped into 1/4 inch balls. Roll balls in plain or tinted shredded coconut, chopped nuts, or decor - Me with whole nut meats, Makes about 5 dozen balls. • QUICK AND SIMI'IPLE "POUR -ON -BARS" And what could be simpler? To melt chocolate, heat in double boiler until partly melted, then remove from boiling water and stir rapidly until entirely melted, CRUNCHY NUT BARS 1 cup halved salted cashew nuts, roasted peanuts or toasted almonds 8 squares (1 package) semi- sweet candy -making chocolate • Place nuts in 9 x 4 x 3 -inch pan lined with waxed paper and cover with chocolate melted as directed above. Additional nut meats may be arranged on top, if desired. Cool and cut n 5 ., FAVORITE NUT ROLL Decorative in elegantly thin slices. Or throw discretion to the winds and cut great chunky esereeeesereseevere wheels of them. Either way, they're wonderful rie)1-tasting treats, 8 squares (1. package) sernl- sweet eandy arcking ehocolate le cup sifted icing sugar Dash of Salt 2 tablespogns mills 1 egg, well beaten 1 eup broken walnut meats Heat chocolate over boiling water until partly melted; then remove from boiling water and stir rapidly until entirely melt- ed, Add sugar, salt, milk, and egg and beat only enough to blend. Add nuts and tnix well. Shape in 3 rolls, 1 inch ill dia- meter, on waxed paper. Let stand to harden, then slice. COCONUT TWIGS It's open season for all the "sweet tooths" . , , so be prepared with lots of these fancy -looking but easy to' make coconut -and - chocolate candies. 8 squares (1 package) senrI- sweet candy -making' chocolate 1 eup shredded egcomlt, toasted Heat chocolate over boiling water in double boiler until part- ly melted. Remove from boiling water and stir rapidly until melt- ed. Add toasted coconut and mix well. Drop from teaspoon on waxed paper. Cool until fum. Makes 18 pieces. q } 5 COCONUT BARS Using the recipe for Crunchy Nut Bars, substitute 11/4 cups shredded coconut for the nut meats. * • * ` RAISIN NUT BARS Using the recipe for Crunchy Nut Bars, substitute ell' cup seed- less raisins and % cup broken walnut meats for the 1 cup nuts. 5 N 5 ANIMAL CRACKER PLACE CARDS 8 squares (1 package- semi- sweet candy -making chocolate 14, animal crackers Melt the chocolate as directed, Pour into waxed -paper -lined 0 x 4 x 3 -inch pan. When partly firm, stand animal crackers upright in the chocolate. Cool, thea cut a equare of ehocolate around each cracker. Use as favors or ehil• dram's place cards. 5 5 ALMOND BUTTER CMI INOR Plenty of butter, as you see, but worth every bit of it. These candies are real fascinating lux- uries for the family . , , or make them up in gift packages to be proud 1 cup0±, butter or margarine 1 cup sugar le cup finely chopped blanched almonds, lightly toasted 4 squares semi -sweet candy - making chocolate Adtt butter to sugar in sauce- pan. Place over low heat and stir constantly until sugar is clis- solved. Cook until a small am- ount of mixture becomes very brittle in cold water, stirring occasionally to prevent scorch- ing. Add V4 cup nuts. Pour light- ly buttered 8 x 8 x 2 -inch pan, Cool, Melt 2 squares of chocolate as directed for bars. Spread chocolate over top of candy and sprinkle with rfa of the remain- ing nuts. Cool until chocolate is firm. Melt remaining choco- late. Invert the crunch and cover with melted chocolate, Sprinkle with remaining nuts. Cool until chocolate is firm. Break into small irregular pieces. "How's the wife, George?" `!Not so well.. old boy, She's just had quinsy "Gosh! How many is that you've got now?" SALLY'S SALLIES "Perhaps you can tell ale just what junior executives really do." Thet ' at WITCH DOCTORS THE BEST WEAPON AGAINST MAU MAU TERRORISTS the Mau Mau curse, is sworn on the most sacred relic of the Ki- kuyu tribe, the Thenge Stone, a generations -old vertebrae of an elephant that wandered in the African bushlancl nearly 200 years ago. The ceremony is begun mildly enough by one of the tribunal elders, often an educated man in European -style clothes, who ex- plains what is going to take place. Scowling natives in dirty blankets or ragged shirts ring the arena. Some may be Mau Mau, some just curious. The eerie African quiet is in the air. But when the tribunal elder stands down, the last vestige of Europe disappears. This is the Africa of the primitive, where the good witch doctor pits his skill against the bad, pits the power of the Thenge Stone—the stone of death—against the oath of the Mau Mau. Then into the arena comes the witch doctor and his assistant, a giant Caliban of a than with mon- strous biceps and a fist that could fell an ox. One half of him is black, the other smeared white with chalk from the bed of a sacred river. Be DUDLEY A, I1AWKINS NEA Special Correspondent Nairobi, Kenya -- I saw the oath against the Mau Mau. I am one of the few Europeans privileged to have seen such a ceremony. Even though the n t tive witch doctors now have government blessing as a weapon against the dread terrorists, they still jealously guard the secret of their ancient art. They are a mere handful of wizened old mcn, loyal to Eliza- beth, their Great White Queen Over the Water, who conjure up the spirits of the dead to wipe out the dread oath of the Mau Mau. For months, British infantry, local police and the British set- tlers themselves have been bat- tling the Mau Maus, a fanatical secret society of natives sworn to oust the Europeans. But the greatest success against the Mau Mau oath—an oath of blood sworn on the entrails of a sheep, confirmed by seven sips of ani- mal or even human blood—is being scored by the witch doc- tors. Their oath, which wipes out Arrow of Death, symbolized by twigs, is held by witch doctor before he posses it through "Stone of Death" in ceremony to cleanse Kenya tribesmen of the oath of the terrorist Mau Mau, 5 instTfe Ma Stone of Death, the vertebrae of an ancient elephant, is held by its keeper, the witch doctor's assistant. For anyone else to touch the sacred stone means death. Like witch doctor, keeper is painted half white with chalk from the bed of a sacred river, In his band he clutches an ordinary -looking b ask et of woven grass, and at the sight of it the crowd gasps a long "aieee- ee, aieeeee." It is a gasp of hor- ror and expectation, for in the bag is the Thenge Stone. Only one man in the tribe can touch that stone and live. He is the man who carries it. His father was keeper of the stone before him, and his father before that. Squatting on his haunches, the keeper fixes the stone in a frame- work of twigs, and the witch doctor screams: "Now we will start, and all of you, with Mau Mau deep in yor hearts will suffer!" In the back rows or the crowd. a group of men and boys break Away, running for the shelter of the forest. The braver ones stay, although there may be Mau Mau spies in the throng. p M rt trading seven thin wands of wood in his hand, the witch doe- tor• shrieks the flint oath. It is a curse on then who disobey their parents, for the Mau. Mai de- mands obedience only to its lead - Even the monk.oys chattering in the tall mvuli trees are sli- mmed by the witch doctor's high-pitched scream as he passes a stick through the hole in the stone and cries: "If any man disobeys' this oath, then let him fall to the ground and dieeeeeeeeel" . Passing the stick through the stone signifies an arrow set in flight, an arrow the Kikuyu be- lieve will keep soaring in search of the heart of any man who dis- obeys—wherever he may be, to- day, tomorrow, or m 20 years. Seven is the Kikuyu sacred number, and seven times the oath is repeated. Seven times the witch doctor's shriek ochoes over the jungle where elephants - browsed and leopards stirred front their siesta. Their ere oaths to prevent the telling of lies, against attacking police, and finally against con- tact with Mau Mau, "the evil animal in our midst" Now the giant Caliban takes up the shout: "May Mau Mau fall to the ground like this from this curse." And he dashes the sticks away from him in a scat- tering confusion. That long "aiceceee, aieecece, aieeeec" rises from the crowd again, and then silence. The oath is over. On this afternoon, the Mau Mau has been expunged from the hearts of 300 Africans, There are 300 more now willing to help sway the battle s little on the side of law and order, But there are also 300 uneasy mends who know the Mai ac.cru willmelt revenge, striking in the •night with razor-sharp pangas, and that at least six will meet death 10 the next few weeks as a lesson to others who may face the Thenge Stone, to defy the Mau Mau,