The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-09-07
Keeping a. Few Hens.


time to it, he can arrange it SO as 10
do many things that cannot proftady
be done where only Small flock H.
kept; a man keeping but one cow can
not afford to have q Babcock tester,.
separator, power churn, NOE can hs'
afford to build a slo; so the nan as,,
woman who has the care of a snsaIE
flock of hens cannot afford the time to
do all the things that one doing a largo
poultry business can.
i Keeping a few. hens need cost but q
few moments every day if the keeDer
will only keep them in a sensible way
I know that my way pays, I know 1tiaf
the hens are healthy, I know that ttfe
way I care for them takes the LEAST
possible time and work, SO it always
rifles me when I see advice given that
calls for such useless outlay of tnes
and work as that which I have been
quoting, for I know that some ogsas-
worked women will think that they
must follow it and thus add another
burden to the too heavy ones they noSg~
bear.
Let up on hen care and give us a a1f-
tie woman care; one woman's comfort
is worth more than all the hens on the
farm; give the women resting advice
not the kind that will keep them Sc
on the move that they will get dizzy
Alex. in National Stockman.
-. A Kicking Cow. ,..
A kicking COW is a disagreeable sasaS-
NAL to own. She is a great trial 10
ones patience and temper as well MS
a menace of bodily harm. Rough OF
brutal treatment is usually the cause
of. this habit of a COW, that once ac
CURED soon becomes second nature, a
remedy for the trouble is found by
putting ring through the nose AS
milking time string is attached to the
ring long enough to be held in the hand
of the mixer, and at the slightest i1taI-.
cation of kick it is pulled strong;
enough to inflict a sting at the hose
The slight pain inflicted obliges her 10
think of something else besides kicking,
and if she is MIXED with gentlenesss
the kicking habit is soon cured. This
cure is effected by a continuation OF
the jerkings her nose receives at eae2n
attempt to kick during milking, Nn-
til she connects the presence Of the ring
in her nose with punishment for kick
ing. When she has arrived at that
point the string can be dispensed with
in subsequent proceedings, as kicking
will not be feature Of them. The
string should be rove through a wheel
in the ceiling or beam over the stan
so that the jerking will pull the COW Is
head upward The whole thing is a
wrinkle of bright boy and rests ON
his observation Of the docility of q
savage bull when led by a string at
tached to the ring in his nose.
Raising, Calves
A calf may be fed skinned mRk
when one week old, with the addition
of one gill of boiled flaxseed, increasing
the ration gradually to a pint per dry
when four weeks old, and then adding
fine middlings or corn and oats ground
together, or pint to one quart OF oats;
unground.
Isaxseed Cruel, with plenty OF
skinned milk, will produce a very fine
growth, leaving the calf as mellow tn
the toucn as if sucking the COW. "A
calf two months old will gain three
pounds per day on this ration.
The oil taken off in the cream Che
be replaced for one-dfth of the money
value of the cream. Butter dairyMeR
may raise a calf to each COW upon
skinned milk and little additional
food, such as Indicated, and get one
fourth to one third as much profit GsEt.
of the refuse milk as out of the butter
Selling butter rObs the land Of nothing
valuable only carbon which has no
manurial value
wages for Farm Labor.
Z Secretary Rusk made an interesting
contribution to the Industrial statistics.
of the country in his published report
on the wages of farm labor in the.
United States His table shows that IN
1866 monthly faEp wages, exclusive OF
board, were as follows: In Eastern
states, 1881: Middle states, $29$s,
Southern states, $16.63; Western states,
$27.S4; Mountain states, $2723; Pacific.
states, $43.6O; the average being $26S7-
The lowest point was reached In 1879,
when the average was $16.05. FROM
that time, however, they have steadily
increased until at the present time
they are: In Eastern states, $26.4G;;.
Middle states, $2223; Southern states.
$14.S6; Western, $22.61; Mountain, $2s-
81; Pacific, $36.1 the average per.
month for the whole year being $1S5A