Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-25

practIccd and lived up TO. When the
pigs are roaming about the fields and
woods they do not need the ashes. but
when confined In their winter quar-
tiers and fed concentrated food a
weekly supply of wood ashes will be OF
inestimable value 70 them. We have
not yet found out exactly what ele-
ment in the ashes they desire,
whether 1t is the charcoal, lime or
potash, but 1t is certain that the
ashes themselves are very beneficial.
One OF the benefits OF feeding them
ashes is better appetite for their
rations OF meal and fodder. They eat
more and steadier, and their food is
better digested and assimilated. Ex-
periments at the station with a great
number of pigs have proven this fact
beyond dispute. Salt does not en-
tirely take the place OF ashes, for
where food, water and salt were given
In abundance, and the ashes omitted,
the pigs did not take on as healthy a
growth. Where both were omitted
the animals became sickly, and seemed
to want something which the food and
water could not supply.
Corn is a very rich food, and 1t goes
to meat and muscle in way that nc
other food does when fed to pigs, but
its very richness often clogs the sys-
TEN and prevents the best results.
The stomachs of the animals can not
digest and assimilate it. The same
is true of all the other highly concen.
trated foods. They generally clog the
appetite and prevent the highest re-
suits. Ashes and salt come in as
astrous result. They act as tOnics
and medicine, clearing the system OF
effete matter, and giving strength
and tone to all Of the internal organs.
1t is probably in this way that ashes
help the pigs. They set directly
upon the digestive organs, but really
add nothing to the body. If corn Ii
making the pigs pulled up, and theil
appetite is poor, liberal supply OF
salt and ashes should he given at once,
Hard wood ashes of the best quality
should be used for this purpose, as
they seem to give the best results
The ashes and salt should be adj
ministered in equal quantities, either
with the food or kept in seperatt
vessel in the pen for the pigs to tak'
when they felt inclined.
The Dairy at the Worlds Fair.
Rules to govern the conduction o
dairy tests of breeds at the Columbian
Dairy School have been submitted b!
the subcommittee of the Executiv,
Committee of the Columbian AS
ISOLATION. There will be two breed
tests, one for four months, one mCntl
of which is to be devoted to cheese
making; the other for seven months
the same committee as the other
Each cattle association competing
shall furnish twenty-five registered
cows of their breed, except the Rel
Polled and Brown Swiss associations
which may compete with an entry o
fifteen cows each. An accurate &C
count will be kept of all food givel
their cows for thirty days before an,
during the test, and all kinds Of dair
products so made in the test ant
charged to the cow SO fed at the mar
ket value. Owners will be at libert
to feed as they choose, provided ordi
nary foods are fed to the cattle
Great care will be taken to guar
against fraud in every way and tn
cows will be closely watched as well
also their products, to sec that the
are exactly as stated. Awards vii
be made for increase of flesh, TIN
amount of butter or cheese made b
individual cows and for the best dair
and also herd OF five cows.