The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-23

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The rose, think, Is rather loud, -: .=Ss
And then, It's fashions old.
''The violet Is very well,
=, But not flower I'd choose; 5
| Nor yet the canterbury bell =.
l never cared for blues. : E4
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"petunius are by far too bright. y - =
And vulgar flowers. besivle;
4 %n Sr nsaSies only blooms taa at night
And so 1t criticised each flower. 4
This supcrcilious seed;
| Until It woke one summer hour
And found itself Il weed.
Mildred Howells In st. Nicholas.
Cleanliness. "
The meat of the animals being fattened
as well as the milk from cows in the
dairy, are easily affected by the food that
they eat and the quarters in which it is
given. Cleanliness pays in the better
health secured and i'll the better quality
of the product. Animals that are com
PEELED to eat in filthy quarters or to eat
cause numbers do live through 50 as to
he finished for market does not prove but
that they were more or less diseased and
that it was only Il question of time until
It would develop. Cleanliness not only
saves feed. but improves the product.
a better gain in proportion to the amount
OF TODD supplies can always be secured
if the animals are kept in clean quarters,
and only sound, healthy, clean food is
supplied to them. In order to secure the
best possible gain, the best health is neces-
Sary. Thrift and vigor are essential in
d.gestlng and assimilating the food most
| thnFJNl1OhIV and Il.
sanitation are necessary to make the most
out OF the food and an animal cannot
maintain the best health when eating
unhealthy food in unhealthy surroundings.
1t Is easier to commence in the fall to
keep clean than to allow the quarters to
up. Plenty of bedding with regular clean
ing out will help to maintain cleanliness.
Good racks and troughs, with care in
handling the feed, will help materially to
supply. clean food with hogs. A tight
place for feeding grains and good troughs
lor feeding Stops and supplying water will
aid materially in supplying clean food
to the hogs and at the same time lessen
ma terially the waste
FROM this time Oh until the stock can
be turned out into the pastures, more
or less feeding Of all of the stock will be
necessary, and it is quite an item to SUP
Ply under such conditions as will secure
more Importance, when all things are
taken INTO consideration, than cleanliness
III the food and the supplying-N. J. Shep-
herd i'll Prairie Farmer
Wheat rs Food.
DR.: Salmon, chief of the bureau of ami
NAL industry, Washington. has been in
yestigltlng the subject of 'Wheat as
ROOD tor Growing and Fattening Ami
mails: and sends us his report from
winch we learn that wheat contains prac-
tl Ey the same amount Of protein per
lOO pounds of oats, and that both wheat
ana oats contain about 80 per cent more
wheat only has about one half as much
iatty matter as corn and oats. In carbo-
hydrates the position of wheat is about
half way between that of corn and oats.
Protein, that is the albuminoid constit-
nents OF grain, goes to build up the al
bumlnoid tissues of the animal body of
| which the muscles are the most prom
into fat. The fat in the animal body
comes. therefore, both from the fat and
the protein in the food which is eaten
The carbohydrates sustain the heat of
the body and must be present in sufficient
quantity or the more valuable fat which
mas already been assimilated will be used
for this purpose. Young growing animals
require more protein than older ones,
and also more than fattening animals,
III order to supply material for building
up the muscles tendons and other al
! buminoid structures. 80 --'''
| The German standard shows that
wheat is better for growing and fatten-
ing animals than is corn. Corn comes
nearer being an ideal grain for fatten.
ing animals in the country than is indi-
Gated by the tables. Such animals ap-
parently do not need as much protein
as is contained in the standard. and
may take with advantage more carbohy-
drates and fat. Equal parts of wheat
and corn should, therefore, prove better
grains alone. For growing animals corn
is plainly not so suitable as is wheat or
oats.
| When wheat and corn are the same
price per bushel, it is preferable to feed
wheat and sell corn: First. because wheat
weighs per cent. heavier per bushel than
corn; secondly. because wheat is weight
tattening animals. and better for growing
animals; and thirdly. because there is
much less value in felti!izing elements
removed from the farm in corn than in
wheat.
The best form III which to feed wheat
IS to roll or grind it into Il coarse meal.
1t may then be fed alone, or mixed with
corn meal or ground oats. When ground
tine it is lr,sty and alheres to the teeth,
gums AMI cheeks so that it is not 50
readily masticated or eaten. In the
form of q. coal%er meal it is relisled by
all animals, it is in IL condition to he at
tackled by the digestive process whether
| thoroughly mastiCt,ted or not. and in
most cases it gives the best results. Our
domestictlted animals are all very fond
OF 1T, but ARE not accustomed to eating
| 1T. PRECAUTIONS should consequently be
observed to prevent accidents and disease
from it's use
The number Of pounds of live weight
| mat may ne produced by feeding Il bushel
OF wheat will evidently vary according
to age and condition of the animal fed
AT the South Dakota Experiment STA
| ton the hogs fed ground wheat required
hi pounds. and those fed whole wheat
required! 4N pounds for pound gain in
live weight. The ground wheat fed re-
wheat. ol.St' cents; corn 60 cents, and
peas: 65.36 cents. The quality of pork
obtained from ground wheat and corn
| was about equal, and was superior to that
trcm whole wheat, peas or mixed feed.
Fall Care of Trees and Plants.
1t seldom occurs to those having the
| OF any particular care in the fall. If Il
| good growth is made in the summer
months it is thought to be sufficient. In
many cases it would be, but OH the other
hand. the fall is trying time on newly
set trees of the previous spring, and
plants not over hardy have to be prepared
for winter. In fact, much of what we do
| in the fall should he with a view of pre-
pairing for the winter ordeal. During the
spring and summer it is proper to cult
| vate continually raspberries, bluckberries,
currants and like plants. The hoe and
hoe-harrow should never rest. But after
this good cultivation, with the plants
strong and vigorous, cultivation should
| cease when fall comes, or an undesirable