The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-09
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The COW is largely a creature of habit,
and her usefulness and profitableness in
the dairy depends largely upon her train
ing from her first entrance into milk
giving.
1t is an old belief that an animal that
goes into winter quarters fat is half vim
tered. Perhaps there is none of our do
nestle asimals to which this saying is
more applicable than to sheep.
Cattle of all kinds should be provided
with shelter, and now ia good time to
provide it if not already furnished. 1t
need not always be expensive. Comfort
should be the first consideration.
Sheep and lambs will run out and take
care of themselves later than any other
stock. Now is the time to call out the
flock and fatten for the butcher those
sheep which failed at shearing time to
yield a profitable fleece.
A horse with good appetite at all times
is generally able to stand lots of hard
work and is seldom sick. To be q good
feeder is quite recommendation in the
opinion Of good judges of horses. A poor
.pLetite generally suggests some weak
ness.
Early maturity is an important factor in
the qualifications of beef cattle. A good
three-year-o steer can be made to dress
seventy per cent. il properly fed. 1t is
the young, Iuick-growng steer that pays,
and it should be marketed rs soon as it
reaches that point ut which the greatest
profit is obtained.
Ewes may be fed all the clover hay they
can eai, and they will produce strong,
vigorous lambs, while the cases of milk
fever when Landing will be reduced. Too
much grain is not beneficial, but, with q
small allowance of oats at night, clover
hay with sliced roots will be a cheap mode
of feeding and produce better results
when the lambing season arrives.
S. L. Burnap, of Texas, sends us a recipe
for the removal of warts from cows teats
and udders, which he says is a sure cure.
He uses one part of flour sulphur and three
parts of lard. mix well and apply after
each milking. He also recommends the
ointments for cracked, chapped or sore
teats, and SAYS it is the best for the pur-
pose he ever used.-HOGrd's Ddirymdn.
1t has been proven that the hog thrives
we'll on a liberal allowance of clover hay:
also that ersilage is an acceptable ration.
investing in the latter, but this year in
most sections of the country there is little
excuse for not having a supply of the
former. Give it good, honest, fair trial,
and note the improvement in the condition
of the store hogs during the winter. The
brood sows should do as well at narrowing
time as they do in summer when they can
have the run of the pasture fields.-NG-
tiOndl St0ckmGn.
The cow that gives milk five or six
months in the year and then goes dry I'M
til her next calving, is an Improbable
animal and the sooner disposed of the bet
ter. In training young heifers with their
first calves it would be well to milk them
the first year nine months steadily; milk
them even if they only give one-half
pint of milk at a time. This is the proper
way to train them to be persistent mixers.
The next year you will find it an easy
matter to keep up a far better flow of milk
to the end of the nine months. The third
year the habit is thoroughly fixed aud you
have persistent milker.-ErchdRge.