Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-06-11
NEW COW TIE,


each lever is always to be hung on the
next standard. The lever has the mo-
ton of the cows neck-when she is up
the lever is up; when she is down the
lever is down.
Mr.. Smith writes as follows concern
ing his device, which, by the way, ia
not patented: I have used my device
for two and a-half years for herd of
dairy cows. 1t is easily made, very
handy and cheap. There is no kind of
stationary stanchion which does not
inflict cruelty on the cattle fastened in
it. No cow can lie down in natural
way with her head or neck between two
standards, however they may be ar
ranged, and when an animal is in an
unnatural position it is in more or less
misery. Fastened in this continuance,
COW can turn her head and freely lick
her back as far as her hips Everybody
makes his cow hangers according to
his own fancy; but this device is adapt
ed to all styles of managers equally we'll.
like an open manger best because it
can be kept clean more easily than any
other, and cleanliness in COW Manager
is very essential. Some want partitions
between the cows, to prevent them from
pulling and pushing each others ration
of hay; but they will not do this if
properly fed. When I see my COWS
pushing and missing their feed around
in the manger take it away; they
don't want it until they have keener
appetite. Until then they will do bet
ter lying down and chewing the cud,
taking care of what, they have stored
away in their stomachs.
My device or lever can be attached to
any plank stanchion. II the standard
is light, set another and let the lever
work between them. If not wide
enough add to its width. The front
plank, or base to which the manger and
standard are fastened, can be very much
wider, that is, higher than for stationary
stanchions. Mine are fourteen inches
high or wide. The bottom of the
manger consists of two inch planks with
beveled edges to give the right slant
and so tightly fitted together that feed
can be given without waste.
One Farmers Garden.
He prepares a piece near his potato
patch, far enough from the farm-yard to
| be safe from the chickens. When he is
marking his potato ground he marks his
garden in the same wide rows: then puts
fertilizer in the hills or in rows for the
peas, parsnips and seed which has to be
sown, and in the hills plants beans, Gu
cumbers, melons, etc. When he cult.
Yates his potatoes it does not take many
minutes to run through his garden with
horse hoe, and as he goes through it
! every time he does the potatoes the
| weeds do not get much of start. When
the tomatoes, peppers and cabbage
plants are grown enough, he transplants
them into the garden. Some would
think of the waste land lying between
the wide rows; but remember this is a
farmers garden, where there is plenty
of land, and his time is worth more
somewhere else than crawling on his
knees wedding by hand. In a garden Of
this kind you will find there is little
wedding by hand. And when your mel
ons, squashes, etc., spread you will moi
find more room between the rows than
is necessary for the vines If you &c
into the garden when the dew is on tt
gather peas for dinner, you will find the
rows none too far apart to make il
pleasant work. And you will be more
than repaid for your five or three min
utes' walk by the perfect vegetables
you will gather.-Farm and Home.