The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09
TOPICS FOR the FARA.


A successful dairyman feeds his cows
night and morning the year round, and
in each feed puts a tsaspoonful of salt
He considers this method of salting cows
preferable to the usual one of giving anis
mails salt once or twice a week, and
thinks his method adds largely to the
amount of milk given ssbff.f ,l, s5oy
From all parts of the northwest we
have reports of great shrinkage of milk
enough to warrant the belief, that
from this cause there will be falling off
of the cheese product of fully. twenty
five per cent. as compared with last year,
while the universal change from cheese
to butter in Iowa will still further re-
duce the amount. There will be an in
crease in the amount OF, butter produced
this year over last throughout the north
west. 0it siA
Those who have stock to fatten and to
dispose of in some way, should now feed
them we'll. In addition to good pasture,
give them few ears of corn each day.
Very few people will buy stock that is
thin in flesh. Buyers want fat cattle,
fat sheep, fat hogs and even fat horses
and mules. If they are thin, many a
sale will be spoiled. Corn put into stock
will bring much higher price than if
hauled to market and sold by the
| bushel. 3Ei1 NFi I-n as - s1-aF /
We have thought, and still think, that
farmers, in the west particularly, are too
neglectful of the little things which con-
| tribute so much to the pleasures and
comforts of themselves and families.
Farmers lives, it is proverbially said, are
not easy ones; that work is their por-
ton, ihomespun clothing and coarse fare
their compensation. However true this
condition of things may be, or has been
in the past, we are satisfied that the
farmer himself, not his occupation or his
farm, is, or will be hereafter, to blame.S-
Burlington Ha,ckeye. asa. ,ihf dap ,aT !
Nearly every farmer who raises stock
| ias some that it will not pay to keep
longerao just as soon as stock reaches
maturity they should be sold. 1t is .
daily loss to keep them longer. They
soon eat themselves up that is, they will
soon consume their own value in food.
Hogs that are nine or ten months old
should be fattened and killed. Cows
that are getting old should be disposed
of. Two or three year old steers should
be sold. The Oldest sheep should be culled
out, well fed and sold as soon as got in
order Horses that are not needed
should be put in marketable shape and
sent to market. Get rid of the poorest,
and feed the balance what they would
have eaten. Hold ON to the best, and
continue to make them better stil.
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Three classes of farmers deal out salt
to stock very sparingly: Those who come
from foreign countries where it is scarce
or where the government collects reve-
nue. on it; those who we're brought up
near the seashore,- where the soil and air
always contain traces of salt, and those
who think anything purchased with
money is too valuable to be fed to stock.
All intelligent persons are aware of the
| fact that salt is quite as essential to the
weD-being of animals as water, and that
it is unwise to stint, the supply of one
as the other. 1t is not too much to
say that stock of all kinds should
have supply of salt within reach at all
times. Giving them salt once a week is
not sufficient If only dealt out at the
close of long intervals, they will eat toe
much and suffer in consequence, while
they will undergo discomfort before they
have an opportunity again to partake
of it. a b, '.-.i. .5f---f -1.y5 ...l. .l1s
Fall Care of CaIves.-It often happens
that calves make a fair growth in the
early part of the season, while they gel
whole milk, or even plentiful supply oil
SKINNED milk; but when these are with
drawn, if suddenly, they are not able te
keep up condition. If they have beer
supplied for some time with good pas
ture, or fed green food, or hay in racks
and become accustomed gradually to de
pend upon such food, they will not fal
> off much in condition. But theiskillfu
4 feeder will strive to keep his calves con
stantly growing-constantly developing
every, part of the system. And, as mi. !
is withdrawn, it becomes important tt
substitute some concentrated food in it
place, 80 that the nutriment may b,
abundant to keep up its calf-fesh. Any
check in growth is at the loss of tn,
feeder, for it will cost more extra feed t,
regain it afterward, besides the loss O
time. The pasture, also, usually become
less nutritious, and there is the more ne
d cessity that some extra food should b.
given. .a F.7! a-s.Ht iii .f9I
Here, the most important food tha
can be given for substitute for milk, is
iinseed-oil cake or oil-meal. 1t is tn,
food principally used for this purpose b,
the best English feeders. The. .icalf
quite apt to become constipated awhel
the milk is discontinued, and the oil
meal is slightly laxative, having a small
percentage of oil, which has a soothin,
effect upon the stomach and intestines
1t is also very nitrogenous, being, in thi
respect, similar to milk. 1t is not neces
: sary to feed more than one pint of oil
meal per day to each calf. Calves ma
be accustomed to eat quart of oil-mea
! and middlings mixed before the milk
wholly withdrawn. Oats are an excel
lent food for calves, and they should b
: taught early to eat them. The calf seem
to have the power of digesting oats YER
, well without grinding. A pint Of oat
,, given to each calf at first, and soon in
! creased to one or two quarts, will kee
the growth steady. Oats are the bes
, single substitute for oil-meal, but whea
middlings and oats make an ,excellen
combination. A little corn mingled wit
these will do very well; but corn, rs
single food, should be avoided for youn
animals. The albuminoids and pho.
pilates are in too small proportion in cor
to grow the muscles and bones. - al
, Asa simple question of economy, calve
: should get a small grain ration "a
: through August and the fall month
: This extra food will pay the creates
: profit, for it will add, as general rult
3 two dollars to the value of the calf fo