Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-29

AoAAe . AAOV4O "oSIO dUOuU HILL 1o
was first exhibited at Melbourne as a
yearling and took first prize. Two years
later he took prizes over all other Here
ford bulls and was pronounced the
champion Hereford of Australia.
CESSATION of the Marc.
AS a matter of fact, mares vary a great
deal in this particular, but they are much
more likely to go over than under II
months and $40 days may safely be
taken as the average period. Eleven
months and n week, in round num-
bers, would be easily computed and is
very nearly correct. But there are many.
very many, cases where the period of
CESSATION is well on to 10 months.
In view of this uncertainty, or rather
irregularity, mares ought to be watched
carefully as they approach the II months
period, so that the mare may have a rea-
sonably good chance of saving the foal.
The signs of approaching parturition
are not easily mistaken by an expert
enced observer. The filling up of the
udder cannot be depended upon, but the
filling up Of the teats clear to the very
tips, and the dropping off of the little
mass OF wax or gum that usually forms
on the ends of the teats a week or more
before foaling is a good indication that
parturition lis near at hand. Another al
most infallible indication is the falling
or shrinking away Of the muscles on the
top OF the buttocks at a point near the
center of a line from the root of the tail
to the point Of the hip bone.
By all means don't permit the mare to
be kept tied up by the head in her stall
when you have reason to think her time
is near at hand. If the weather is at all
favorable, let her have a good, large lot.
If this from any cause is not practica.
BILE, let her have a large box stall, from
which everything must be removed that
would be liable to %entangle or injure the
foal in it's efforts to get up, and be care
tul to see that there are no holes under
the manger or elsewhere into which the
foal may force itself. It is decidedly
better to allow the mare to the
stall or lot in which she is to foal a week
or so beforehand, so that she may be-
come accustomed to it. They are decid.
edly averse to new quarters, and also to
close confinement at such times. An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure, and a little extra ~precaution at
this time will often a the life of a
valuable foal.-Cor. Breeders Gazette.
Mixed Live Stock.
have for the last eight or ten years
raised from so to 80 hogs each wear
and some years as many as 100. l sell
them in November when they are 7
months old. They should then weigh
25O pounds and upward, though there
are some i'll a litter that will not fatten
as well as their mates. There should be
great care in not feeding the pigs too
much dry corn when they are young. 1
generally turn them into a pasture of
clover as o as they will follow their
mother. and by the first of September
can feed them all they will eat. 1 al
ways sell my hogs alive. 1 estimate the
cost OF %fattening each hog at 8 months
old as follows: Sixteen bushels of corn
at 40 cents per bushel, $6.4O; ground
feed, 81, making $40. I do not reckon
the milk that I feed them or the time
for taking care of them. My hogs when
sold average $50 pounds. I sold them
for $3.50 per 100 pounds, making SIG. rs:
deduct cost. leaves 1886 profit per hog.
But l made one mistake. I ought to
have fed more ground feed the first three
months and less dry corn. The result
then would have been a 800 pound hog
and $40 profit. have no running water
on my farm, but I have a windmill and
q large tank for my stock, which I keep
full most of the time, and have it so ar
ranged that water runs over for my hogs.
1t is very essential that hogs should have
water that they can go to it at any time
duringthe day, also having a placet to wal
low in. But I would advise my brother
farmers not to go into hogs alone. Havea
mixed crop, such as wheat, oats, corn
and cattle and a number of good COWS.
hogs, sheep and bees, and be sure and not
forget the poultry.-C. G. Andrews in
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Chemical Dehorner.
DR.. Salmon, the head of the JIn;tod