The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-15

sIe as often tests OF the different kinds OF
feed and skill OF the feeder as Of the capacity
OF the COW. II all milk and butter tests
were made on grass as feed their value to
most COW buyers would be greater.
It is stated that disease among herd OF
cattle belonging to a wealthy fsrmer near
Tower HILL nine miles east OF Pana, Ill, has
been pronounced the genuine rinderpeet by
a reputable veterint surgeon, who has
been doctoriDg the 4himals. Five out OF
thirty have died. The others are pronounced
cut of danger.
In England the farmers pay annual rentals
per acre larger than the price OF some farms
in this country, They live only by keeping
the land in the highest state OF cultivation.
IL English farmers can afford such system
there is no reason why our farmers, who own
their lands should not make their farms pay
handsome profit every year.
good feed for breeding ewes is corn and
oats, equal parts, coarsely ground together
AID mixed with one part OF wheat bran,
thoroughly wet. but not allowed to sour.
Give each eve a quart of the mixture daily.
A tablespoonful of faxseed Will be vslu-
able addition, and ii will be found bene6.
cial also 10 feed turnips, potatoes, carrots
and beets.
Cows well fed, and which yield large pro-
portion OF cream in their milk, al ways make
hard butter, even in warm weather, says the
New York Herald. In such COWS and on
such food part of the fat which usually
goes into suet passes into the milk veins and
and is converted into butter. This is really
a COW made oleomargarine, and contains
less of the essential oils which give grass
butter its excellent favor and aroma.
Heavy soils, and those rich in vegetable
matter, should receive frequent light dress
| ings Of salt. 1t does not act directly as q
fertilizer except in very rare instances, but
| salt in small doses helps to dissolve and
make available other plant food of which
! heavy soils usually have an abundance,
though not in available condition for USE
| On land entirely deficient in vegetable mat
/ ter salt is usually OF little benefit.
New Jersey had her annual champion
/ hog killing match atNev Hanover. Burling.
ton County. The hogs are of the Jersey red
breed, and so great is the interest taken IN
! the com petition that attendants remain with
the animals all night sometimes feeding
them at - o'clock midnight. The hogs be-
come so fat that they are turned over with
j poles, they being unable to move. The
champion weighed l 079 pounds, and be-
longed to Taylor De Winnie. Several hogs
weighed ovar goo pounds, and SIG pounds
was he average for twenty belonging - Mr..
| Bullock.
The following is recipe for bee food: Six
| pounds sugar one pound extracted honey,
| and three pounds water. The water Is first
boiled, then sugar and honey added, and all
boiled for moment together. AS sool as ii
boils remove it from the fire. The advantage
of this food. says Mr.. J. NJ. Dsolittle, is that
for winter use it serves better than honey,
| as frequently bees are found to suffer from
| dysentery when using honey for winter food,
while with the sugar syrup they D not suffice
st all. The object OF mixing the honey is to
| prevent CRY stallzation or granulation.
In some recent experiments in feeding
calves on skim milk, Professor Henry, oil
/ WiscOuain fed aarh fr0rn eiQht 10 aiavsp
quarts of skim milk warmed to blood heat
and given in three feeds, besides little bay
and oats (he latter fed whole) which they
soon learn to eat. In twelve weeks they
averaged the following gains per week
Heifer calf Jersey 10l pounds; bull call
Jersey 10 5 pounds; bull calf grade Jsr
syC u pounds; heifer calf (Holstein) IL
pounds; bull oslf (grade Jeraey). Is pounds
heller calf (grade Holstein), Is pounds
The gain, as may be noticed, was in some
cases over two hounds per day. aud the bull
calves increased more than the females.
A member of the Wisconsin Dairymen',
Association has been making ex perrin snt:
to test the value of corn-todder, which hs:
matuIed a crop Of corn. in comparison with
hay. He found two pounds o. stalks equs
in feeding value to one pound OF hay. Tue
corn yielded fifty bushels of shelled corr
and one and three-quarter tons of cured
corn stalks, nearly equal in value to a tor
OF hay. His experiments were in feeding
the stalks uncut, and be estimated thu
waste at 40 per cent. II they had been finely
cut the waste would have been much less
He states that enough corn stalks are wasted
in this State annually to keep all thefour
footed animals without the use of hay.