Care and development of the dairy cow

Citation: Bainer, Harry M. Care and development of the dairy cow. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1900.Morse Department of Special CollectionsIntroduction: To make a good dairy cow, start with the calf. Choose the calf from the best cow, and raise it with purpose in view that it is to be a better cow than its mother. The young cow that is not better than its mother has not been raised right. Naturally, all calves of a herd are treated about the same, the dairy calf gets the same care as the beef calf, or on the other hand, the beef calf is treated just like the dairy calf. This is a mistake. In raising a beef calf, meat is the object, and the quicker that a pound of meat can be put on, the cheaper it will be. In raising the dairy calf, she must be kept in a good growing condition. There must not be an accumulation of fat; for muscle, bone, and a good constitution, coupled with strong digestion are what is wanted in the dairy cow. The difference in treatment should be more marked at the age of 12 to 18 months than before, as flesh is more rapidly accumulated at that time, and is more likely to injure her as a dairy heifer. As has been shown at the Iowa Experiment Station, and elsewhere, the heifer shows a little greater tendency to easy fattening and early maturity than the steer under the same conditions, therefore, the treatment of the two must be different. Excessive development of the flesh-forming function almost always takes place at the expense of the milk production. A liberal amount of bulky feed should be given to the heifer, to stimulate the growth of a roomy digestive tract. The good dairy cow must be able to digest a large amount of food, that she may produce accordingly. She must have plenty of lung capacity, in order to purify the large amount of blood that is necessary in the digestion of her food and in the secretion of milk. She may be considered as a machine into which we can safely feed our corn and alfalfa, and have them converted into milk and butter

New Journalism: Roots and Influence

New Journalism is a genre of journalism that broadly falls under the feature story category in many newspapers and magazines. The form was pioneered in the 1960s and 1970s by Tom Wolfe of New York Magazine, and it strove to tell nonfiction stories in the style of a novel. New Journalists used elements of fiction such as point of view and dialogue to tell the stories of their subjects. Although they were works of nonfiction, these articles and books more closely resembled fiction in style and form. In this project, New Journalism is defined and characterized by its core elements. Then, these characteristics are identified and explored in Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Wolfe relies heavily on the core characteristics of New Journalism to craft his argument to readers. These characteristics will be applied to a modern example of literary nonfiction, “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris. The characteristics of New Journalism are also demonstrated in a short essay based on my own experiences as an expecting mother during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mergers and Monopolies: An Examination of the Cyclical Effect of Anti-Competition and a Lack of Rate Regulation in Health Care

Health care costs continue to rise, forcing consumers to make difficult choices between seeking expensive treatment and risking the consequences without. To combat the inflation of health care costs, the Affordable Care Act implemented a number of policies aimed at improving the quality of care while lowering the cost of that care. In order to accomplish the goals of the Affordable Care Act, health care systems began merging with one another and acquiring smaller groups to incorporate into a vast network of providers. However, many of these mergers offer little value to consumers. Instead, they ultimately drive up the cost of health care services, often with minimal improvements in the quality of care. On the other side of the health care spectrum, medical device manufacturers have managed to control lawmakers through extensive lobbying efforts, eliminating competition from more affordable alternatives and limiting regulations that could be beneficial for consumers. Using a health system and a medical device case study to examine such problems, this article demonstrates how anti-competitive behavior and a lack of rate regulation negatively impact health care costs. It will also propose solutions to resolve these problems so consumers can take back control of their health care

Writing for Publication: Overcoming the Barriers that Block Us

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