Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-10-19
A Simple Device to Keep Cow,
From Becoming Soiled.
POULTRY-RAISING PAYS WELL
Good Water Essential for Cows
Valuable Information Con-
densed for Farmers.

DO nOI De III lOO DiS hurry to Stnru
the corn. Let it be we'll cured beio,s
cribbing.
When trimming shrubs and BUSH.
cut out the old wood; leave the new 4.
next seasons bloom and fruitage. "
First-class butter sells for good n,io.
almost universally. 1t is only the inf.
rior grades which bring low prices.
Pharaoh's lean kline ate up the go,l
ones. The same thing, so far as pro6t,
go, is repeated often on many farm,
Feed literally, for it is only from wb,,
is received above the amount reouirad
for maintenance that animals give IA
turns.
Now that the strawstack has settled
day may be well used in fixing it m
for the fall rains. Does yours need at.
tention?
A light mulch Of new-mown grass will
help the bed OF animals by keeping The
ground moist and cool during the hot
dry spell.
If you have cultivated your crop tbA
past season simply to keep the weeds
down, you have not done the best BY
your ldIuu.
If the cocks have not already been re-.
moved from the f1ocks, do so at once
The number of eggs produced is not al.
fected by them.
Keep a dust bath within reach of tbe
fowls constantly. They enjoy wallowing
and it helps to keep them healthful and
free from vermin.
In selling dairy products the minimum
quantity of fertilizing elements leave
the farm. Dairymen usually build I'D
the fertility OF their land.
The concensus of opinion favors hay.
ing COWS dry for few weeks before caly.
ing, although some dairymen insist that
continuous milking is best.
/ Two things never learned by the blum.
der-head buttermaker are when the
cream is just ripe enough and when the
butter is worked just enough.
GOOD WATER FOR THE COWS.
1t is almost stereotyped phrase to
recommend good water for cows. saws
the New York Tribune, and ii "IiIe
upon line and preeept upon preceptn
enforces great tfH1thss there ought to- be
NSiy hICi0 hecu vi SerlnOHS upon tnls
subject, but the other day in forty.
mile drive across the country, the heart
OF the great dairy section of Ohio. it was
surprising how many dairies this drouth.
stricken section was compelling to drink
out OF stagnant pools and dugouts, the
water OF which was, with its pollutons
OF mud and the otfal OF the cattle them.
selves, thick and horribly filthy. This
need not be so, and the fault is all with
the man who owns the farm, and not
either in the withhoidings of Providence
or natural defects in the living water Of
the farm itself. In these days of cheap
aerometers and cheaper pumps every
man has spring on his farm and an
abundance OF water at command, and
no excuse exists for cows drinking filthy
water. In the dairy districts bad water
means more than its injury to the cattle
for it has its deleterious effect upon the
butter and cheese, for milk being 81
parts water, and this serum must haves
water origin, it is seen that it is very
probable that bad water will give as bad
influence to the milk; for while with
good food and water it is quite difficult
thing to influence the natural favors Of
dairy, produce, yet with improper food
and drink it is one of the easiest things
to feed a " stink " or Objectionable flavor
into what would otherwise be table
Iuxury-butter and cheese. Good, pure
water is as certainly demanded as much
as good food, and the present drouth
ought to be full of needed lessons in
these very particulars.
PAYS THE Farmer.
The Homestead thinks farmers will
not allow the poultry to be slighted as
they realize more fully what can be made
out OF 1t, and recalls the instance OF Q
small farmer who became converted to
poultry farming by an experiment
wishing to adopt only those branches OF
farming that pay him the best, he kept
ledger account of all his crops-vege.
tables, grain, hogs, cows, poultry. He
Kept this up three Gears, and then set.
tied down to poultry as the best crop.
MS iarm pays better to-day on ten acres
than any 100 in the neighborhood. He
states the situation in this way: "If |
put much time and expense in the grow
lngoi vegetables and dry or unfavorable
year should present itself, SO that the
crop becomes failure, am at big
loss; but with poultry l am safe-that
is, always. have some income, both
summer and winter. No matter how
hard the times are, people do need eggs,
ana chicken meat is cheaper in many
localities than pork and beef. | can al
ways find market for my produce, and,
unlike most crops, it is always in con-
dltlon to be marketed. While the work
at times becomes tedious, it is not neces-
sarily laborious."
sIMrLE DEVICE.
-, y correspondent of the Country Gen
tleman gives device he uses to keep his
COWS from getting soiled while in the
stable. The plan is simple, and places
no restrictions on the animal. He says;
A device | am using answers the pur.
pose. 1t is simply board, which may
oe padded to keep from rubbing the hair
on, placed across the stall, just high
enough not to touch the animal when
standing at ease. When she wishes to
VOID excrement she must arch her back.
Ihe position Of the board prevents her;
SO she steps back to get into the position
nature requires, and the excrement falls
IN the gutter or offset, far enough away
10 permit her lying down in the clean
stall. The board must be placed at DIFF
ierent heights and lengths to suit the
slze OF the animal. A little notice OF the
actions OF each will give one the exact
place to put it."