The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-08

RAISING A CALF.-A farmers wife
writes to the Germantown Telegraph the
following description of her method of
raising and fattening a calf upon
skinned milk. In cheese dairy there
would be little if any profit in such a
method of raising veal calves, but where
butter is the only object, or in case it il
desired to raise peculiarly valuable
calf, it would be possible: My principal
object is to show farmers and others that
they can raise, even veal their calves,
without giving them the new milk fresh
from the COW. The best food to fatten a
calf, without whole milk, is oatmeal
molasses and skim milk for the first two
weeks, after which a little oat or barley
meal may he used A calf can be made
to weigh from one hundred and twenty
to one hundred and forty pounds at four
weeks old, never having had any new
milk after the cows milk was good. The
oatmeal should be scalded and allowed
to form thick mucilage before being
mixed with the skinned milk. The
molasses may be added directly to the
milk. and the whole may be given blood
warm. The proper quantity for young
calf is tablespoonful of oatmeal, the
same of molasses, divided into three
parts, for one days feed, added to the
milk. After the first week it,ma be
gradually increased, and at the COM
mencement of the third week spoon
full of oatmeal and mOlasses may be
added, but this should be cooked. At
present prices the whole feed will not
| onot ,onra than npa lnlIa. e.. no ..x~oI.s,
aud an early calf of the weight men
| tiOnedlwill bring from ten to twelve dol
lars. raised one late In the season, two
years ago, by this method, that cost less
than one dollar for feed, aside from the
skinned milk, and il brought nearly ten
dollars. Should they have scours, give
them tea made by boiling corn-cobs in
water, and add to the milk. Y hG =.
CEMENTINa CELLARS. A cores
pendent of the Canada Farmer says:
have, for several years back, been very
much annoyed with a damp cellar, on
which experiment after experiment had
been tried, with very Indifferent, and in
no case permanent, success / have at
length, however, "struck" upon an idea,
and, as it has proved eminently salts
factory, 1 will, with your consent, make
it known to my brother farmers and
others who may be similarly situated.
Cellars that are merely damp after sharp
rains, and then dry of again of their
own accord, can be made !water-tight by
a coating of good Rosendale cement
(half sand, half cement) an inch thick.
But when, as in many cases, the pressure
of water is great and it rises foot high
or more at times another more effectual
mode of treatment is necessary. The
plan adopted was as follows; / got
goose egg, some larger and some smaller.
l then got good fresh cement, and Sc
cured the services of two active men,
one of whom l kept mixing the cement,
so that it was always ready for applica-
ton half an hour after mixing. l spread
layer on the ground about an inch
thick, then quickly set the stones close
together, sinking them down in their
soft bed nearly to the earth. As soon as
l got good strip, say four feet in width,
arranged in this way, finished it up by
an extra coat OF cement over all; when
l proceeded in the same way with an
other strip, and so on until the whole
was completed. 1t is we'll to adopt this
strip" method, for, although the finish
ing coat could be left until the entire
floor is ready to receive it, still it is
doubtful whether the two coats of cement
would then coalesce as effectually as
when both were comparatively soft and
fresh.
The grouting system, that is arrang-
in ha OF he ho
then pouring cement over them, is a
good one; but, in order to be effective,
it must be done in very dry season,
when no heavy rains occur before it has
had ample time to harden.
COMPUTING DRESSED WICHITA
few years since, says correspondent of
the Ohio Farmer, the following rule for
computing the dressed weight by
measurement of cattle, hogs, and sheep,
went the rounds of the papers, viz:
"Ascertain the girth in inches back
of the shoulders, and the length in
inches from the straight or square of the
buttock to point even with the
shoulder-blade. Multiply the girth by
the length and divide the product by
one hundred and forty-four for the
superficial feet, and then multiply the
superficial feet by one of the following
numbers, for animals. of different girths,
and the product will be the number of
pounds of beef, pork, or mutton in the
four quarters of the animal.
For cattle of a girth from five to
seven feet, allow twenty-three pounds to
the superficial foot; of girth from
seven to nine feet, allow thirty. zone
pounds; of girth of three to FIVE feet,
allow sixteen pounds. For sheep, hogs,
pigs, or calves, etc., measuring less than
three feet girth allow eleven pounds to
the superficial foot."5-,, a. 49,
This, like many other items in the
papers, was probably read and then for
gotten; but the near approach to
accuracy of this rule is such as TO entitle
it to the especial consideration of persons
who are in the habit of selling animals
upon foot, or of those who purchase
animals in the same way for by a
measurement of the animal and a calcu-
lation by the above rule, very near
approximation to correctness is OBJ
tanned. We have tested the rule and
give the results as obtained as an evil |
dence Of the correctness of the rule:
l. Measurement of OK; length, 4 # IL |
in==69 in; girth, 6 # 10 in==82 in; S2x59 |
=483S; divided by 1913. 8 superficial
feet; 33.6x23=7705, the computed
pounds weight; the actual weight was
us pounds.
2. Measurement of steer; length, 4 #
=48 in; girth, 8 fl 2 in=62 in; 62x4S
.2976; divided by 144=20.6 superficial
feet; 20.6x23=474, the computed pounds
weight; the actual weight was 4S43
pounds.
3. Measurement of heifer length, 8 fl |
z in=43 in; girth, 8 # 8 in=65 in; Cox
divided by 144=19.4 super
fetal feet; 19.4x23=e446, the computed
pounds; the actual weight was $50
pounds. e.
4. Measurement of COW length, 8 #
5 in=68 in; girth, 4 # 8 in==66 in; 53x
divided by 144==205: the
girth being so near # the multiplier
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