Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-07-21
FARM, FIELD AND GARDEN.
USEFUL INFORMATION FOR THE
FARMER.
Corn Meal Exper!ment--The Sc
ence Of Dairy Hreeeiin. 80 Me deal
Uses of Eggs Flowing With
Horses.
a Corn Meal Experiment.

n notable occasion, land that is the
lamp OF experience" SO many Others
could say Ues dies the eloquent Virgin
ian. Sometimes it is our own expert
ence. Sometimes that OF Others, that
height OF folly to shut our eyes to the
light because it is shed by some other
lurmnary than our own feeble rush
light.
1t is an unsettled question, for ex.
ample, among large number OF farm.
ers. whether it pays or not to mix
grain feed to dairy COWS with wet cut
fodder. But it is unsettled because
they are careless and Indifferent, or
unwilling 20 listen to the teachings OF
experience. Here is the difficulty with
many iarmers-the reason why they
are not more progressive and success.
iul. They hobble along in the old
way" and refuse to let the Camp OF
experience shed its clear rays over
their pathway to light them on TO
better and more profitable methods.
Here is case in point. A writer
Tor the Country Gentleman relates
that more than twenty years ago he
tried q simple experiment. to deter-
mine the effect OF feeding finely ground
corn men! to COWS, separate from the
hay. In order TO make the trial a
thorough one, he took ten COWS, and
fed them for thirty days with four
quarts OF corn meal dry, in one feed
MT evening, following with clover hay,
and began to note the results. Alter
feeding Tor three days, he found hat
some OF the yellow corn meal passed
into the droppinss, so as 10 be PLAIN
!y visible to the naieu eye Atintervals
during the thirty days portions of
the droppinss We're examined under n
microscope, and it was found that
particles OF meal We're distributed
through them The hay fed was the
best clover, and the milk was carefully
weighed daily, and the butter product
noted.
AT the end OF the thirty days he be-
gan 70 mix the four quarts OF meal
with bushe! OF cut and moistened
clover hay. and continued this for
thirty days also. After the third dav
no meal could be discovered with a
magnifer in the droppings, showing
that perfect assimilation OF the food
was taking place. And gradually the
milk and butter, especially the latter,
increased, SO that at the end OF the
second thirty days, on comparing the
results in butter, the increase was
found TO be a little over 16 per cent.
This is one OF many similar expert
ences which have been made known to
the general public through the press
ana otherwise. and yet there are
farmers who declare that it makes no
difference. practically, whether the
meat is.fed dry or moist, mixed with
wet hay. The assertion is probably
due to ignorance; but here. at least,
1t is untrue that where ignorance is
bliss, It's folly to be WISE
The Science of Dairy Breeding
The'science OF breeding has been APP
Piled 10 our dairy breeds, says the
Western Agriculturist, and we In
hirh-record families from close brey.
ing OF the best milking animals.
The breeders OF Holland and Jersey
have bred for the dairy for hundred
years, but have not looked to the high
records as have our breeders who
have imported these cattle, and with
their established dairy breeds been
able by breeding together the best
high-record animals that have aston
ished the world and inbred these high
record characteristics to such an ex-
tent that they reproduce the high
record qualities to a remarkable
degree.
Prof. Nathrost, OF Sweden, is oc-
cupied with the question how to aug
ment the richness OF the milk, without
diminishing the quantity. He totally
objects to crossing breeds OF mich
COWS to effect that end He has tried
the union OF the Jerseys and the
Dutch OF Friesian races, but the re-
suit was illusory. Next he studied the
question OF Authorization, and nat
urally noted that rich rations tended
to rich milk, but they did, not at all
Increase the secretion in the case Of
cows yielding rich milk. Ultimately
he decided to analyze the percentage
OF fat i'll the milk yield by each COW Of
Dutch breed. He found much varial
ton under this head. But he selected
the best butter animals, and, breeding
from them, has now most satisfact-
DRY shed OF dairy stock. There 10
nothing new in the principle; patience,
time and careful attention will develop
and increase good points, perhaps, in
every animal.
Poultry Points.
Darling about hither and thither
through the short grass we saw 1, 700
young chickens. Just think OF that
The little things are mostly Matched
in incubators, just enough hens being
used as sitters 80 as to provide q
natural "brooder" for each flock OF
to fifty chicks. This for
the late spring season. Earlier in the
season Mr.. THOMPSON uses artificial |