The Wahpeton times., 1890-10-23
Items Of Interest,

Dry fodder or grain is needed to be fed
along with silage TO the dairy cows.
y pro cssor of dairying defines 81 cream
":'E to be Il factory where butter and cheese
are made.
The premium list of the Illinois state
fair Tor 1870 aSgre:, ties nearly $27, 900 in
prizes.
Coy. Hoard of Wisconsin says the dairy
cN!li!,i; will hc one OF the great features OF
the Worus fair.
The surp'y of geese and ducks Cor the
nu~;"n market comes mostly from that lit
Tie duck ul Il state, Rhode Island.
Remember variety in food is as neccs-
sary for COWS and other animals as it is for
man.
Range cattle have died in large numbers
rom the effect Of continued drouth in Ari-
IONA, Colorado and Mexico.
Live stock journals of the far West claim
that the numbers of cattle on the ranges
have been falling off SO largely in the last
:cw wears that the aggregate totals now arc
several million head less than a .cw years
ago.
The Nor west Farmer says that the adj
vice 50 often given to grade up dairy herds
frequently begins ut the wrong end. 1t is in
too many instances the dairvman himself
who waits to be first grated up.
The yearly consumption of meat per
capita in the United States is 175 pounds.
Tina: o Great Britain is little over 1Ol
pounds. while in many other civilized
countries the average is not over fifty
pounds.
Economy in feeding and careful CLEAN
ing OF forage should be the rule this year.
Fodder is likely to be scarce and hgi,
priced in some sections OF the West before
another crop is grown.
| 1t does not pay to warm poultry houses
| by artificial means. except where the bust
ness OF raising carly broiers is carried on.
Build warm houses, feed well, keep off the
vermln. and fowls will get along we'll
enough without artificial heat.
| Falling leaves about the yard or grounds
should be carefully raked and utilized as
covering for strawberry plants in winter, or
make cxccllcct bedding tor stables, and add
to the value OF the manure pile.
| Ifyou shocked your corn, husk it as soon
as cured and get the fodder into the barn or
stack rs soon as possible, for every storm on
| it causes 4 loss and it is going to snow be-
iore you are ready for it. il you don't hurry
up. Dom: forget that.
Dried milk in powdered condition is
being talked about us possible in the near
future. 1t would he preferable to con-
dcnscd in several particulars. II milk in
this form is practicable, why has it not ap.
| iearcd before This?
In the rush Of the fall work don't forget
that the boys ought to go to school this
winter: crowd the work but don't crowd the
boys out OF school. Their 'developmcnt'
will pay better than any crop you can
gather.
When your COWS seem not to thrive o.,
sllage. or when they make poor quality
Of milk or cream while being led on it, the
reason is either that the silaye itself is
poor or they have had too much OF it and
not enough of dry .ood with it.
Virginia fruit grower sprayed his plums
with Paris green, using one tablespoonful
in five gallons of water applying with a
Whitman force pump. He sprayed soon
after the blossoms tell. and again in week
or ten days. The result was the most per.
'ect crop OF plums he had ever grown.
A COW wliully and "cussedly" holds her
milk by main force. She draws her stom-
ach up and holds it in, thus COMPRISING
the milk ducts so that the fluid cannot run
through them. Beating scoldine and kick.
ing her at this time will, however. only
make her worse.
There are 5000 acres of land deyoted %