The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-10

warm stable or running in hot pasture.
Put this fact in your head and see that
your cows this summer do not have to
go too far for water, for the COW Is
naturally lazy animal and hates to
walk far in the sun.
COWS IN THE FIELD.
How tn Protect Them Against Rough
Weather and Insect Parasites.
The profit Of the farmer or dairyman
consists in making the most income
from the means in his possession. A
field must be cultivated in the best
manner in every respect Of labor and
material used or the income from it 10
lessened and loss is sustained. An ami.
NAL must be treated in an equally rea.
sonable manner as to food and comfort.
Food OF the best kind must be supplied,
and every annoyance or injury must be
prevented that may decrease the useful
effect of the food. Discomfort, pain,
worry, successive muscular exercise, all
use up food or reduce product. and 1t is
very certain that at this season cattle
are much injured and made less pro-
ductive by the worry from insects. the
heat of the sun, and other discomforts
incident to pasturing in open fields.
The food is abundant, but it is often
left untouched, the cattle 81 <ing what
shade they can get or wandering about
in the vain effort to escape their tor
mentors. 1t can not he doubted that .
considerable loss OF milk from cows and
OF flesh from grazing cattle is caused by
the worry from insects and tho efforts
to procure shade.
Selling completely removes all these
troubles and avoids these losses. Wher-
ever land is worth forty dollars an acre
soiling will be profitable. Indeed the
saving Of labor and the prevention OF
loss are quite sufficient even on less
valuable farms to make soiling. either
complete or partial. remunerative.
When three COWS or more can be kept
where one COW now is, the saving Is SO
considerable as to largely exceed the
extra labor involved, and the better
condition of the land, cut over instead
of being pastured, with the saving OF
manure. is another valuable gain.
But much may be done when cattle
are pasturcd by partially soiling and
protection in sheds during the heat Of
the day, to remedy the evils from the
exposing animals continually in open
fields. The GOODNESS, escape from tor
menting flies. the rest, all go to make
up for whatever deficiency there may be
in tho food, even If no other supply is
provided. But every farm should be
furnished with some provision for feed.
ing the stock one meal daily at least
during the hot season. A plot OF
orchard grass, clover, fall rye or early
corn should be kept for this purpose. A
supply Of ensilage Is especially valuable
for summer use, put up for feeding the
stock in the middle Of the day. In fact,
a small silo made for this purpose alone
would be profitable, and the variety OF
food thus provided would be valuable as
a change from the regular pasturage.
This is the cheapest possible source
from which supply Of the best food for
partial feeding in the summer can be
procured.
Immunity from attacks of annoying
insects is even more important than
this provision of food. Ii the cattle did
not suffer SO enormously from these nu.
merous pests the heat Of the open field
would be borne patiently. Cool breezes
may play gently over the swelling
knobs to which the animals resort to
dozc away the midday hours and rumi'
nate in comfortable rest. The summer
showers afford agreeable baths and cool
and refresh the skin, but there Is nc
rest from tho fies for the patient but
suffering animals, and to escape from
these pests they are in constant move
ment.
A partial prevention is to shelter ami
mails in the times when they are most
subject to these parasites. But this !.
not always possible; in fact, is possible
only in small minority OF cases. But
when it is practicable there are Other
incidental advantages to which this !.
an important addition.
Remedies are then to be made availa-
BILE as far IS possible in the way o.
means of protection for the cattle
There are many ways in which protec
ton may be secured. Any greasy o.
odoriferous substance, or both mixed to
gether, will be disagreeable to the flies
A hint was taken by the writer in re-
gard to the horse fly, which has already
spread from Pennsylvania into otbel
| States. The cattle were seen digging
| the loose earth from the bank and GOV
ering their heads with it. Then pud
die of clay was made and daubed on thu
| heads OF the COWS and made complet,
protection. Any cheap grease or strong
| ly-smelling oil, as the cheapest fist
| or train oil. or crude petroleum,
| rubbed on the cattle, affords protection
The flies will not alight, although thcI
will hover about the animal. The add
ton of some carbolic acid, few drops
! to give it an odor which is distaste
| full to all insects, will make thu
| application more effective. Ii may bt
| brushed into the coat with horse
| brush, and should be applied to thos'
] Parts of the body selected by the file
! for their attacks--the heads and ears o
horses and cattle, the backs, tanks, leg
| and noses of sheep, and the bellies o
bulls, but it is little extra trouble Il
] sweep the creased brush all over TIT
body, and so afford complete protection
/ When cattle are held under more lux
urious conditions and the expense of /
lis not too bnrdensome, q thorough dust
| ing with insect powder persian insec
= powder or buhach) or application OF in
sect powder mixed with some pleasantly
scented oil, as sassafras or pennyroyal
on the skin will afford equal relief. II
other cases tansy or tomato leaves
bruised and rubbed on the animals whel
they are turned into tho field, will &C
rs q preventative to attacks and short
| comic to tbs animals. Y. Times