Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-02-09
STOCK ITEMS.

A number Of Wyoming oattlemsu wsSo
recently interviewed and gave IL - their
opinion that tie per cent Of loss in range
cattle will not b Is heavy IS has recently
been reported.
70 sam up profitable stock-farming in .
few ttords3 Breed good stock, horses, cat
tie, sheep and swine; feed. water and shell
ter them properly and hyglenicaliy. and do
not toe iaach put your whole energy upon
one kind Of stock.
Prof. De Muth, Of Do Pauw University,
says that food which fatteus cow for mar.
bet will ruin her for milk, and that hay led
between meals IL worse than wasted, - u
clogs the stomach and interferes with the
digestion Of the regular ration.
The HOlstein is the COW Tor milk in large
quantities, and consequently the cheese
cow of the period. In this the Ayrshire 10
strong competitor. But for butter, hne
butter, and Quantity Of butter, the Channel
Island COW Is queen.-Levsey BsNetiR.
HE farmer who has not sufficient shelter
for his stock this winter win find out BY
spring that the value Of tho extra food re-
Quired to keep them slive. to say nothing
Of the loss in flesh, would have been moro
than sufficient to provide tie best kind OF
shelter, not only for one winter, but for
many.-Lire-S Stock Indicator.
What the colt wants is plenty Of exercise,
warm place TO sleep, shelter from bitter
storms, plenty Of good grass Of different
varieties, good, clean hay without dust,
and good, sound oats. Colts raised in this
way will not look 30 well, nor win Is many
premiums, nor sell for a. much money, but
they will last.
I& T.. hat NH a
considered the most important product Of
sheep it Is only q secondary consideration
IN England, a. the farmers in that country
aim to produce the best mutton. As NUT
ton brings as high price here as it does
there the breeding OF sheep for mutton In
preference to wool should be profitable to
American farmers also.
Cows often in winter develop strangely
depravod taste in picking over piles OF
horse manure for hay and even straw soiled
by the urine. They will do this even when
fed enough Of fresh material OF the same
kind. 1t is probably the slightly saline
taste that attracts the COW to this unnat-
ural food. II salt does not cure her Of II,
add little bone meal snd ashes.
Breeding sows should have no corn. It
does not furnish the bono material for the
pigs the SOW Is carrying, and therefore Only
serves to make her too fat and tho pigs
weakly. Oatmeal is excellent, though that
with highly bred sows is too fattening.
Milk with dishwater from the house, given
warm with bran, will be the best feed both
for the Sow and for the pigs she is to farrow
in the spring.-Ameriean Cultivdtor.
Soft-wood charcoal, especially willow,
ought always to be kept in the COW stable.
II q COW does not look bright, give tea
cupful in her bran or other food and wet
up II her breath is bad, her horns hot
and her nose dry, she is dyspeptic and
feverish. Give her charcoal. II she has
hollow horns, sure and no mistake, give
charcoal, half teaspoonful each meal for
three or four days. Treat wolf in the tail
in the same way. The wolf can't stand
charcoal. 1t is an excellent thing to give
charcoal all around once week. 1t is tho
best regulator Of stomach and bowcls.-
Guernsey Breeder.