Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-09-14
The SilO a Necessary Adm
to the Dairy.
SOME AGRICULTURAL POINTpo.
Something Concerning Specially =,
General Farming-Lice ans i
Ticks on Sheep.

ly during the last lew years of dis
tent among the farmers, saws writ.
the Ohio Farmer. The differenc,a' ,''i |
tween specially and general farm;,.s :
not great if the advocates of botIs.
tens will put the same construction'
the word speciality. Whatever the
may mean, l do not think its adroo0.
use it to convey the idea that a mar
be specialist must confine his effort,
only one crop or only one particTl.
branch OF agriculture, and yet the sj-
Gates Of general farming seem ds,. G
mined that specialist must Cons
If to be speciality farmer means a.
a man must contine all his efforts to ~
branch of agriculture, such as raiS,,
nothing but wheat, corn, oats, potato
hogs, horses, sheep, cattle or any nara
ular thing, then the less specially E ia,n
ing we have the better. Our bretb,.
in the South tried specially farming A,
specially being cotton, and it proved
curse to them not only as indiyidr,
farmers, but as a people. But spec,
farming doesn't mean anything Of n,
kind; if it does, | have never seen
modern specially farmer, nor have ers
read a line advocating such metbM,
from the most enthusiastic specialist
believe voice the sentiments of all sns
cialists when | construe it to mean
system, special system, or in otbs
words special rotation or combinatim
Thus a man may have one or more croT, =
All his efforts and energies are centets
on that crop; it is the primary Object
This crop may be potatoes. He NAV AM
does raise clover, wheat and corn, vet
raises them only that they may be n.
means of holding or increasing the fpr.
tility in his soil and stimulating it to h
best efforts to produce potatoes. WhIp h
he may raise other crops, they are onIr
the means through which he expects h
gain certain ends in view. Our specialtr
is butter, yet we raise wheat, becauset
is the best way to get our ground back
to clover for hay and to increase the fer. +
tility in our land. We raise corn becau@
it is the foundation of dairy feed. We
raise potatoes because they bring the
money with which to buy bran and lin.
seed meal. We keep a few hogs and agoOl
many chickens to eat our skim milk,
yet all our efforts are to make all tba
butter we can. Everything grown b
this system or rotation, excepting hog:
and chickens, goes into the mouths q
our cows. They are our machines for
converting our farm products into cash
Butter is our money crop and our spe
clalty. So man might. and | think
every farmer should, make some branch
OF agriculture specially. l believe the
man that will take up some special sys.
tenn OF farming or stock-raising and study
his business and follow it intelligentlyis
the man who will succeed. 1t is an ad.
mitted fact that there is no money in
general farming to-day, yet we see mel
and read statements daily OF men who
are making money by speciality farming,
not by, growing one thing, but by some
special system.
THE NECESSARY sILo.
Practical dairymen are coming NOR
and more to the conclusion that the silO
is a necessary adjunct OF the dairy.
There have been strong objections urged
against it, partly through prejudice,
partly because the methods of caring for
fodder in this way were not thoroughly
understood. One hears and reads good
deal less in opposition to the silo now
than two or three or even one year ago.
1t has been discovered that a silo neednot
be costly affair, and the proper mode
OF filling it is much better understood
than formerly, so that the ensilage is Of
very much better quality. One of the
most careful dairymen in New England
is reported to have said recently that a
milk producer with all his capital and
labor dependent upon large flow Of
milk could not be subject to the whims
OF the season and lose large proportion
OF MS income because the usual quantity
OF ram happened to be withheld. He
added that he must have supply OF en-
sllage the year round as an insurance
against drought and flood. This is the
case IN nutshell. 1t is a question Of
dollars and cents. When the pastures
dry up in August, as nowadays they are
almost sure to do, the COWS begin 10
shrink in milk, and at the same time up
goes the price of butter, but the dairy.
man who depends on pasture feeding is
Powerless to take advantage OF the rise.
IL Is then that the silo comes into play,
ana the dairyman who has one smiles to
tlllnk he is not dependent upon burnt
up pastures and shrinking milk supply.
LICE AND TICKS ON SHEEP.
An expensive experiment was made
oy frot. Z. 7. Gillette of the Colorado
experiment station on the prevention Of
ice and ticks on sheep, which we give
as follows: After shearing the sheep an
consisting of s per cent kero-
sSehe' Is made. Perhaps this may be
slightly weakened. During the treat
nent man should stand in the vat and
eve Nv each sheep a thorough drenching
/ he emulsion should be kept well stirred
at all times. The cost of materials for
dipping tifty-eight sheep was $l.ll. The
scao parasite, ticks, lice and maggots all
succumb to the destroying power OF the
kerosene. The dip does not remain per-
in the wool after drenching it;
i should be renewed after each annual
shearing. Too much kerosene is likely
TO take off the wool; hence it must be
thoroughly emulsifed. An emulsion
made at the rate of two gallons of kero-
'ehe, hall pound of soap and one gal.
on OF water churned together, and added
70 thlrrty or forty gallons OF water after
shurning, will be strong enough to ac-
'omplish all that is desired.
How To FEED.
IL is not cheap feeding to feed any
,rhleap crop that you may have handy.
me only cheap feeding is to feed in
'uch a manner as will secure the best
'rowth in the least time. In order to
10 TINS you must have some knowledge
y the relative feeding value of the va
'ious rations.