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By Don li. jucobson, ]. P. Bates. ]r.. and \V. M. Miller Page 4
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. teeth upon some wooden object, then pulls back, __ ____  _` "    a
-’ during which time the neck arches and the entire I   in   i‘ “` `````“   ‘·- ·   ’°»‘ ° .
ww musculature shows great tenseness; then a repulsive · T _.  ;.......i Z /A ·  ‘ 
grunt is €mitt€(l- Exceptional €&$€5 INRY €V€U Cfil) A cribber at work. Note the damage being done to the top
"’°*“’ on a front foot, a rider’s boot or an unsuspecting rail ofthe fence.
  r .. hystander. _ _ _
" ‘ _ _ _ _ _ _ through interviews with horsemen (see table). ()n
  \Vhen cribbmg is associated with excessive swal- . . - . .
  , . _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ the basis of 211 cribbers. both of whose parents could
lowmg of air, it 1S highly objectionable, especially in . . . . . . .
. . . ' . be identified. the origin of cribbers seems to be ap-
racehorses. To prevent this, it is common practice ) ) . Nt lx {Ou)
_ _ . rr XlI1‘ e ¤ as (ws;
lx to apply a cribbing strap around the upper part of I ( ‘
` the neck. A muzzle may also be used for the same fl) about wlfe from Umtmgs of €l`*l)l)**1` X €1'*l)l¤`1`» I
T _ ¤_ purpose. Electric wires. creosote and a host of other   ¤l>0Ut ·f¤°r» f1'0m m21U1¤5IS of C1`il>l><‘1' X l101`ml\l. '
· foul substances have been applied to mangers and Hml
` fences. All of these discourage the completion of   iilmut 45(fo f1`<>m m1\ti¤¥S<>f ¤\01‘m11l X ¤<>1‘l¤&1l
t • the chain of cribbing movements but they do not PARENTAGE
Ar qualify as cures. A confirmed cribber seldom quits gr g—_   629 FRIBBIVNQ THORQEIEITIREDS
the vice, and for persistence in its repetition a cribber Siu. Dim, 2 N., (;ji@QTTT·'l~(,l';,i
`   , has no equal. Seemingly, some horses would rather &;ibbm_ T iQl)b(;;i TTTE " ' "
l , crib than eat; such go down in flesh as a result. Cl_ibb€l_ Norma] 57
Horsemen commonly blame cribbing on the bore- Nomml Nomml 98 217
—P doin of confinement, teethin r troubles, accidents. and i I We YJ   E
` (`ribber Unknown 48
__, running with known cribbers. That a cribbnng mare ‘ _ _
_ — _. ._ _ . - Unknown (rI'll)l)(‘l' 12
teaches her foal to crib is a populai belief but the N I U k B0
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 "`V· science of animal behavior lends no su wort to that (uml ll Holm
U Unknown Norm·1l 21
J, belief. Heredity also clamors for attention. ‘ “
r _ _ _ _ Unknown Unknown 201 412
g In order to check hereditary implications. over 600 —i1; 4] ~-we we — (6-(
cases of cribbing were assembled from records of _ rom __ __ __ _  
*¢ the Breeders Sales Company of Lexington, Ky.. and ((Inn1iiun·rI on [Urge 8)
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nnnnnnln nntnnonin snnnlarosd amounts drunk by the individual family member was
Some individuals use little or no milk, but milk is Often not Enough; The family members who were
nnlooronn in fno {ooo budget and is noon onnost between the ages of 6 and 19 drank the most milk
universally by Kentucky families. This was shown in {C _ I I , ,
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respect to their fwd burma and milk ¤<>¤S¤m1>¤<>¤· ...tiQ§i"i{§3..}Z2£`ié¥.h1E{"%§DEf"RiiL..E§"’i`£§£§?‘,.."i`3i"‘*§}2..‘31l2l§§E§;...‘35{.‘.i
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spent 60 to 70 percent of their incomes for food, _  ( _____   _,
  whereas those having the highest incomes spent 9    my T. P l ldii { b ''ill 1 ``l`   ``'ii` A `i’`i‘`"’ii   W    HQ`]
v to 13 percent. The average was 23 percent. Some   il};.  V    q  Y i
i families spent as little as 1() cents per person per     =~.    V  M L ) I   gg  "‘,, i   —M_“ 
`*·r meal, and others spent over a dollar a meal, The   pzpppyij     ‘_‘i   I' ,  ¤  
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cents and for the negro families 27 cents. Food cost      '`--‘ ¤     ..i ,.    i v  3 yi  i
` i " an average of $22 per week. About 20 percent of the _ ~j ~.._     :"`  `  `,,. ····i     P i   __,, if P"  I :*93
· money spent for food used at home was for milk and f   illiii 5     `_,.     f I`}
other dairy products.     if    é _,        'PV'-  
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Consumption of Milk ond Duiry Products          
" The white families used daily on the average, 0.88 .;,_,    4;,**    ·  .
pint and negroes 0.45 pint of fresh milk per person.       gy    
P ln making the choice between dairy products, in- Q; ._._   -._p      
. `  come per person was a better index of what the family   `      "ap.
4, would buy than was race. As the incomes increased       _   ilii   Q 
t from the lowest to the highest levels the amounts   .   ·V..._____.'          
ZIP" of fresh fiuid milk, cottage cheese, ice cream, sweet   V__` I- .;.:2   f.‘‘   ``dl I ``nl 4 Vlidv V nlffl   if     l',__    
is, cream, and cheese went up. Families with low income     _V_: A . V       ‘‘'l,i if i"’ Z ?;{i,;.  
__ did not use so much of most products. The use of   _}_{__,_ __ -   V      A N ; ’’i¢*i`» *#
* ' buttermilk, evaporated and dried milk increased as ¥;:‘·;YZil’   ’‘‘``: Y   '`'l “   .’_d ‘       s
;__, the per-capita income went down. The amount of f~\'\_   " ex     f    
_ milk required to supply all of the dairy products used     · `   `**>s.,,{_ A
+ by Kentucky families was 1.15 quarts less per family   E l‘‘·   ,   lli‘ ‘    
per week than that for the United States. lt was 1.43 "”-·-    ·’i-i      
(lull]-ts rnOI‘C’ }AlO\V€VGl" than that Ilequircd for all .·\lI()ll[   ])CI`CCH[ of illC I`I`l()IICy Sllclll f()l` l_()()ll llSC(l Elf ll()l`II(f
T f211Uill€S in tl1€ SONG]- by 527 Lexington and Paducah families was for milk and
wl other dairy products. Having more facts on why indi-
K in       yiduals make par.ticular choices will help make more cllcct-
660, Junp 'H)58- ` ' IVC (liilry ])I`()II`l()[I()I] Cll`()l”iS.
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By FRANK B. BORRIES, _]R.
 
USE OF FAN AND MIST-NOZZLES Under them, suspended so as to blow air directly
|NCREA$E$ LETTUCE Y|EL|)$ upward, was a large fan. The air hit a battle plate i
which deflected it downward.
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nozzles kept the humidity constant. was very prolit- W®·¤¤~$Vé I e .  
ahle in a one-year test.   `V    . 1
ln tact. says E. Nl. linnnert. horticulture statt mein- p  i`“:., ___VV__  Vr-..2% Note the difference in the size (VM
her. in charge ot the project. the device was appar- 5, _   ''''ii TVVZQIZ.  of thc l€ii¤€€ (¤*l><>*’€)· which WM
ently responsihle l-or donhled yields. Diseases. always     iii  "·  growl] m the hlgh `hmmdnll ·
. _ . . V ..V» V~ ,fV »_V  plastic greenhouse. compared
a prohleni in greenhouse production ot lettuce where  ,     V—  . * . .
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the relative hnnndity is high, were non-existent. _, ;    V   ..·.   in 1 mm.cmi(m,l] gpm m.cc“_
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lunnnerts connnercial device consisted ot several   -·_ ~ =       . ._‘    »V’V V house.
mist-nozzles arranged ahont a central water line.   &‘_  `  ,   V
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(w l\1·ZN'l`U(ZKY luxnxi .»xx1> leloxnc S<;1ex<;i;—F,x1iL 1909
*1

 _ air circulation, and humidity conditions. The high- hind—about 10 bushels an acre. (The present research
V hu1nidity—ho11se lettuce was twice the size of the hasn’t gone long enough for recommendations to be
standard glass greenhouse lettuce, though Emmert made.) i
· ` says the test was not accepted completely since the Doll believes the effectiveness of the fall applica-
glass greenhouse was a little warmer generally than tioll will depend largely on the amount of growth the
S lettuce needs for good growth. new wheat crop makes in the fall and the a1no11nt of
winter rainfall. A small amount of nitrogen i11 the fall
K COMPLETE SUPPLEMENT LIKED definitely will help the newly planted wheat get estab-
IN SWINE-GRAZING TESTS lished, but a spring application probably will have a ’
A complete supplement given to test pigs in alfalfa- better effect on wheat yields.
pasture test probably was the best combination from
several standpoints. C. E. Barnhart (Ani1nal Indus- SHEARING BEFORE BREEDING
try Section), releasing results of three years’ trials, MAY HELP CERTAIN EWES .
said the supplement cost less than other mixtures, pro- Shearing prior to breeding may be beneficial to pi-O-
duced as much gain, and required less feed per 100 lll0te earlier breeding for only certain types of ewes)
pounds of gain. An antibiotic had been mixed with it. l>€lleVeS P. C. \VO0lfolk (A11i1nal Industry Section),
The other supplements included a 50-50 supple- “’ll0 SRYS that the teSt’S results were VZ`l1`l€(l—;`tl](l pei--
ment (meat scraps, soybean oil meal and an anti- ll&lpS puzzling.
biotic); a soybean meal, limestone and antibiotic mix; For lllstfilleei Sllezlrillg Montana ewes prior to
_ and a complete ration 1nix composed of ground yellow bi`€‘€€llllg l`e$lllte¤¤~ M···L·¤Ar·¤~ mpiziiv ii.ii.;`i.lZ-`L-Z§ZL"`IT£§ZEE?1ii.fTf.2.,,‘l'f’ii£ZT‘Y.£i'.'
MAY BE MOST USEFUL ON WHEAT -I-hg Iéw . t 1; L_ _H ")__` _   ' (l   _ . il  
pom o1 .1 ptisons sampled was lo1 tht
~ A $Pl`lll§i ¤1)l)ll€*‘llOll Of UltI`Og€“ to Wllwt HWY be age grouping from 30 to 39, although milk drinking
gt thc l>eSt 2lllSWel` to llltrogell lceftllliillilml vt Such Qmlll remains relatively low for all adults. Generally. th;
_ €1`0P$· 7 lower rates of consumption were consistent with the
'r° Tlw l"`*l$"ll~ llccfmllllg lll E- C- Doll (Ai—U`9ll9mY expressed bclicfs of respondents that adults needed
l I Department): less milk than children and tccn-agcrs.
ln tests checking value of s11ch applications—onc
»-* conducted two years at Cainpbellsvillc and one for a Adull Milk D'l“l(l“9
e single year at Crccnville—the spring application pro- \Vhc11 asked about their own milk drinking, fewer
Q duced more wheat than those plots which got uit1·o- than half of the husbands and about one third of
gen in the fall only. Doll said it also appeared the the wives among the white families drank milk niost
best rate was 40 pounds available nitrogen (about 12() every day. Among thc ncgroes only one out of four
' pounds of anunoniiun nitrate). The 80-pound (avail- (25 percent) of both the husbands and wives drank
able) application did not do any better than the -1()_ lllllk ll<‘21l‘l}’ <‘\‘<‘l`)' dily. Thirty—onc percent of thi-
` —» and the “Z(‘1`()“ appliezltiflll. (lf (:0lll'S(‘. WHS fur ll(‘— (Coil/i11m·<[m1]’u,g(·8)
* Kicxroctity F1-xiixr A-xxn leloxnc Scr1cNc:1·:—F.»x1.1. 1959 7
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 USE of Dairy Products fed exceeded the T.D.N. required by 3 to 6 pounds g
(clmtimwd from Page 7) 111 all groups, illustrating that the T.D.N. feeding *· " ·
_ i { h _ _ standards far over-rate poor roughage when fed for A
negrodwlhves and 23 pelfcentko Vt/he whitelwives re- milk production.
orte t e never ran mi . atever t1e reaso11 . '
P y _ ’ In the second experiment (see table), more than
clearly the questlon Of use and nonuse among the 150 percent of the recommended rain level was re ‘ `
adults is a major consideration in the over-all market . . . . . g . ( A
. quired to 1na111ta1n milk product1o11 at a satisfactory .
for milk. If nonuse among adults encourages nonuse . .
, , , , level wl1en poor hay was offered free choice. Feed111g
among children, then this becomes particularly Slg- 900 Gwent Of the mw nmended mw level rave rl
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nificant as youth approaches adulthood and copies tl1e . P . , g f’ {
, _ higher level of n11lk product1o11 than any other group.
eating habits of the adults. . . . »
. . , . However, tl11s practice was not so profitable as feeding
One m1gl1t conclude tl1at its nice to have the .
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