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CHORE EFFICIENCY INCREASES
PROFITS
B, R. Bookhout of Michigan State Colic go
has uorked out the following practices as
a means of reducing the hours spent in
chores around a dairy farm:
1. Ho suggests that the buildings be ar*
ranged for convenience. The building layout
should bo arranged so that feed storagos
and chutes close to uhoro they are needed.
Doors,gates and electric sv;itches should
be uhere they are needed and the milkhouso
as near the stable as is possible.
2. Under making moro effectivo use of e
quipment he lists these points:Keep equip
ment in good repair, storo tools in handy
places, substitute machine labor for hand
labor uhenever possible. Use carts for
transporting heavy loads.
3. Ur.dor improved uork methods, ho lists:
milking cous in regular order, practicing
"r.anaged* or ,lthroo-minuto,,milking, and
eliminate back-tracking and uaste motion.
The job of milking is said to take 48 per
cent of the time spent with dairy ecus. In
order to lessen this time, threo ways are
listed:
1* Improve the stable layout
2* Use better equipment
3. Improvo working methods such as moving
a door, changing a hay chute or relocating
an alley. Improvements in milking machines
and in carts for moving milk and utensils
will also help.
It is estimated that tho toh&l hand milking
time per cow per day varies from 7 to 22
minutes. MilkiLng Machine time varies from
4.8 to 11.5 minutes. TTith the best methods
milking machine time may be reduced to 3
minutes.
TO GET MAXIMUM PRODUCTION
Although pullets begin to lay between thoir
5th and 10th months,specialists tell us that
they do not attain their full body'maturity
until thoir 10th month. Therofore, in order
to-have the best laying stock, good caro
and an adequate diet during the period is
of utmost importance since thoy are both
growing and producing*
In order to accomplish this, the poultry
mon toll us that food and drinking water
must bo supplied in adequate amounts at all
times. The proportion of mash to scratch
should be watched carefully. For overy
55 to 60 pounds of laying mash, 40 to 45
pounds of scratch grain is usually flod. For
oxamplo, 100 pullets that aro fod 15 pounds
of mash daily should receive 10 pounds of
grain every day or a ratio of 60-40 should
bo maintained.
Should the flock appear to be losing rrcipit,
tho amount of scratch can bo increased a
a pound or two per hundred birds.
In order to got tho maximum production from
any laying flock, it is absolutely essential
that they have all the water they can drInk*
This water should bo fresh and cloan. 'In
order to increase consumption of water, r: arm
water may be given in the morning.
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