Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-06-28
Farmers Institute at Warren.

the % and % inst, was q decided
success. What may he termed an
informal session was held ON the az
ternoon OF the az. The members Of
the corps arrived at Warren about
noon and in response to a request
from the citizens this session was
held. 1t was presided over by Snpt.
Gregg.
DR.. NJ. H. Reynolds gave n short
address on the causes OF sore shout.
ders in horses, and the remedies. He
mentioned three causes. The first
was tender shoulders in. colts. The
second was dirty collars. And the
third was collars that did not fit.
Colts should be gradually accustom-
ed to work especially in warm wealth
er, till their shoulders would become
as it were hardened. Injury from
dirty collars nay be avoided OF
course by keeping them clean, that
is by scraping Off any dirt that may
gather upon them while the horse is
at work. When the shoulders be-
come chafed the following treatment
may be used. Iodoform, one part,
snlphate OF zine, two parts, and bo-
racic acid, two parts. The quanti-
ties related to weight rather than
bulk. Those should be mixed and
busted on in the form OF II powder,
In answering questions as to the re.
medy for barb wire cuts he said, that
in nine cases out of ten sunshine and
fresh air were the best remedies, but
in severe cases treatment may be Of
some service. To keep flies away
from q wound a mixture consisting
OF five parts old fish oil, five parts
pine tar, and one part oil OF turpen
tine might be applied. To bring
mnggots out OF u wound, chloro
form may be injected or sprinklel
over the wound with a sponge OF
rag. TO remove scratches on horses
poultice with bran and charcoal
Then apply n pad OF oakum satur
ated with two ounces carbolic acid
Keep in place with a bandage. This
application should remain on al
hour every day.
W. L. Carlyle spoke of stalls suit
able Tor cows. In their own stable
the stalls were single. They were
about three and half feet wide
The partitions between were about
four feet high. The length OF tn,
platform averaged three feet ten inch
es from the drop to the base OF thu
manager. No ties were used. A chair
extending along the rear OF the stalls
about two feet and a half from The
| floor kept the cows in place. The
| manger in front is quite low. A
slanting board is so placed in front
OF the cattle that they have to stand
we'll back on the platform, and When
lying down the head is put forward
under this board. The advantage
is that the platform is kept clean
They usually gave water once day
They gave cut fodder, and dry mea
mixed with the fodder morning anC
evening, and a little clover hay al
noon.
Prof. Shaw spoke on the bare fal
low. He said that while it was bet
ter to resort to bare fallow to de-
stroy weeds than to allow them tc
grow it was not an economical way
of handling land. There was usual
ly loss OF fertility in connection
with bare fallow and more especially
in wet season, since plant food was
washed down through the soil anC
out into the drainage water. The
good crop that followed was usually
the result first, OF cleaner fields, sec
ond, Of the greater impaction OF i'll,
soil and third, Of the more perfected
retention Of ground moisture in con
sequence of this grc;,ter density. i
summer following were undertaken
the work should be thoroughly done
or the labor would in a large measure
be lost. II the object was to destroy
ANIMALS, cultivation should be fire.
Guent in order to cause the seeds w.
n@ in the soil to germinate. Ii thu
object was to destroy perennial
weeds then the ground should be-
plowed the previous autumn, and
Turing the summer some kind OF cul-
tivator should he used TINT would
cut over the whole OF the ground a
short distance below the surface as
if perennials are kept from breathing
during Il single season during the
period OF growth they must all die
In destroying wild oats he said, that
Il crop OF corn might be grown. The
cultivation given to the ground be-
fore planting time, and to the corn
after it was planted would cause the
wild oats to terminate in the upper
section of the soil. Ii the ground
were plowed after the corn were
grown upon it and a second crop Of
corn was grown the following year,
the wild oats should then be pref Y
we'll worked out Of the soil. He re-
garded the penny cress or French
weed as being the worst weed in Min
nesota. A partial remedy was found
in blowing for barley in the spring