New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-08-17

ac6S upon sGIle SKIN OF The morse.
Nothing more atrikingly shows the
difference between the constitution OF
the horse and that of the human
being than the action of this medi-
cine, which it dreadfully infames, cor
| rodes, and puffs out the skin of the
former, harms that of the latter not
! at all.-C. M. A., Anita, Iowa.
| Culling the Sheep.
One Of the best times to dispose oil
| sheep to the best advantage is during
the summer. With good pasturage at
that time many of the sheep that
| would be difficult to fatten on dry
feed alone can be gotten into a good
marketable condition and be sold at
prices that will give a good per cent OF
profit on the feed. Where number OF
sheep are kept-and more or less can
be kept on every farm-it will be found
a good plan to look carefully over the
flock and select out all that it may
seem best not to winter AS a rule it
| IS not q good plan to winter any ami.
1 mails that either in growth or as breed
ers will not pay good profit on the
| feed required to winter them, and
| when they are in good condition to
market then is the best time to sell
them. In many localities mutton can
| be sold during the summer. better than
any other time, and sheep that could
not be sold Ill any other way to
good advantage can be butchered
and sold out very rapidly at good
| prices. One item with mutton is to
have it well fattened before selling.
Old ewes that have passed their use
| fulness as breeders, or old wethers
that ordinarily never should be kept
| can be marketed. With sheep as
| with other stock, there must be con-
| tlnual effort to improve, selecting out
and marketing all Of the lower grades
and keeping only the best for breed
Ing. While, OF course much depends
| upon the ram, yet il good care is not
taken to select out good ewes the re-,
suit will not be as good as may be
desired, and with sheep no more
econo mical plans OF improving can be
followed than to use q ull-blooded
ram OF some of the better breeds with
carefully selected ewes, and then each
year carefully selecting out the very
best eve lambs for breeding and fat
tening the balance-and u sheep that
it would be difficult to fatten during
the late fall or Winte: can be made
marketable in the next two months
and be sold to a good advantage. and
| vt is nearly always good economy to
do so.
What to Feed Fowls.
just what feed to give fowls for best
results is not fully settled in the minds
OF many breeders. Many say corn is
not good for laying hens, but most
use corn once or twice a day, says
Poultry Topics. have had satisfac-
| tory results using oats, wheat and
corn in the order named. Wheat is
one of the best grains for laying hens,
| but is too expensive for general use.
Oats are good for poultry ii the boards
are scorched off. II fed whole they
/ should be scorched or scalded to soft
en- the hull and beard. Rye is good
4 for fowls two or three times week,
being q bone and muscle producer.
4 How much feed should a hen have
/ for good results9 Most breed
ers aim to feed literally,
and in SO doing sometimes give
to much for best results. No infallible.
rule can be given for feeding. Initiate
nature as closely as possible Ii the
fowls are penned up, they need special
care.
What fowls need is plenty of grit,
lime, wood ashes, bran, crushed bone,
charcoal, green food and water should
4 be IN easy reach Of the fowls whether
penned up or not Those at large
will do well on one ration a day in
summer, but in winter give feed twice
a day. Feed young chicks on dry feed
and sweet milk and keep clean water
and sand at their command. The
best food is corn bread and bran scald-
/ ed with a little curd In 1T for about two
weeks then cracked corn is good. The
/ worst enemies to small chicks are
damp quarters and lice
Charcoal for Hogs
The Western Swine Herd says that
hard wood, charred, probably is the
most desirable, yet the hogs are not
particular as to the kind of wood
their supply Of charcoal comes from il
they are so fortunate as to get any at
all. We have charred old pieces oil
rail that was only fit for wood and
found that they made desirable
quality for the hogs. When the rails
are piled and fired they soon char
Where this is as perfect as possible
the fire is easily drowned out. The
amount of coal conld no doubt be IN
creased by exercising and taking more
4 care in burning by pltting the rails
and smothering the fire when desired,
4 but the quality of the fuel would
q hardly pay for this extra care Many
good farmers are entirely satisfied
1 with the charcoal they get from corn
1 cobs raked up about the feeding yard
]. and burned till charred, and Their