The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-02-17

WINTER AfEE1zItNG 81 q THE. sNOBLES
{. cOUNTYAG CULTURAL B0CIETY
Tie Mobiles Count q igIttiie1 itntal S.
ciety held 4 meeting AZ Miller Hall on
Saturday last, to discuss. Stock. Raising!
There was5a good ATTENDANCE 4of farm
ers from all parts q stllss County, and
much Interest was manifested iii tile
subject under discussion 4 After. some
opening remarks bytiJ ..Ames,, ESD,
President of the Society,eto the effect
that we must look to z the raising OF
stock as our best reliance, and some
discussion upon the subject of grass
hoppers, tile stock question was entered
upon by JOHN Cunningham, who gave
his experience III ,I: ."'s 90 .>ifs VOLS;
sd, RAISING YOUNG NEAT STOCK -
=. lie had lived, here six, years, and
had raised in that time forty calves,
many of which had now grown up.
Had lost none: until they were, three
years old, and then only one ,by disease
and one by? accident. Had. known Of
only two or threeIin that time in the
whole township dying q by disease.
Stock native except tl'is last year, when
lie had six calves one-llalf Short Horn,
which are much superior, TO- the, rest.
He let's the calves run with the COWS
until four or five days old, then gives
them half the mothers milk for two or
three weeks; when lie gives part skim
milk until five orsix weeks old. then
skim milk only for two 1Feeks,end then
turning them Into the pasture with the
cows: After that they have: nothing
but the blue joint grass, upon which
they keep fat. -. :S. -. S..'"@ y va
Pasture is usually grown enough. to
keep stock by the 1st to, 10th ofizMay.
Stock will get fat enough. for beef on
grass alone He takes his cattle up
when grass fails (Which is usually from
the list to the Goth of October), and
feeds them hay OH the ground in large
yard, letting the calves run with the
rest of the stock. Calves waste some
but will not eat and waste more than /:
ton each for the winter. Two years
ago lie tried oil cakes for calves, but
they did not do as we'll as the others.
He cuts his hay in July, though it will
do to cut till TIE middle of September;
but lie thought the gain in bulk after
July was. mostly woody fibre and was
wasted in feeding. The average cost
of making hay for five years had been
$1.75 per ton. Last season he put up
ninety tons at a cost of $1.25. That ill.,
cluded wages and board for hired men
and himself and team, and all break
ages. Herding costs, for the summer
season, $l.25 per head. A steer or heif-
er, at three years old, will have eaten
of good hay not far from FIVE tons,
which at 81 so per ton will amount to
$3.50; herding two summers, $3.50,
making the total cost $40, except the
caring for them in winter. A good
man will care for IS to 100 head if there
are proper facilities and water conven-
lent.
Warm stables are important and
easily provided. His shed, built four
years ago, is 19x54, boarded with COM
mon funber, battened with lath and
covered with coarse slough hay, and is
very comfortable. lie keeps 20 to 80
head in it, and there is room for one or
two tons of lay to use in stormy
weather.
After some remarks and questions
from OF lers, the Chairman announced
that time for that branch was up, and
asked Mr.. Safer to make some remarks
on the subject of
SWINE.
Mr.. Safer had not expected to be
called on, but would say that he could
tell them something of his experience,
us until he was twenty years old he
knew nothing but corn and hog, and
since then he had fattened great deal
of pork and made it pay. Pork at &c
would warrant. feeding corn at 60c per
bushel. Pork ut &c, corn at zoe; and in
the same proportion always. lie knew
of no way of making pork proiitably
except on corn, and therefore the ques-
ton of corn raising was one to discuss
in this connection. He believed our
advantages in this respect were not
fully appreciated. He had raised good
crops always, once, on piece of seven
acres, getting so bushels of shelled corn
per acre. The land was very highly
MANFRED. A:farmer near Faribault:
raised 10 bushels of shelled corn to the
acre. His choice was for the Poland
China breed of hogs.
There was some discussion of BEST
breeds, and vote was taken to ascer-
tain the choice of the meeting. The
count showed IL in favor of Berkshire,
IL for Poland China, l for Suffolk, 8 for
a cross of Chester and Poland China,
and many not voting at all
BUTTER MAKING.
DR.. Gotthelf was then called on to
give his experience and practice in but
ter making. He said in substance:
Butter making pays better than raising
grain; but if we would command a good
price we must take better care of our
milk. He believes we can make as good
butter as can be made anywhere if we