The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-01-13
Live Stock Feeders and breeders.

Live stock Feeders and Breeders.
take this opportunity of advising
all interested of the calling of the
American Livestock Feeders and
Breeders convention at the state CAPT.
tol rooms, st. Paul. January II and II
next. Its objects will be, first, to dis
cuss the breeding of the best types
of live stock to meet the demands Of
the market second, kinds of food and
manner of feeding to produce an ami
mai that will bring the top market
price; third, marketing live stock. Dur
Ing the past several years the live stock
interest has increased very rapidly in
Minnesota, the Dakotas, and over the
northwest generally; and there are
hundreds, even thousands, of new be-
g1nners in this business, who are
steadily increasing their herds. The
meeting, however, will be national in
its scope, and is intended to represent
the live stock interests for discussion
of the important points above men
toned, both of the United States and
Canada. Its object is to bring together
beginners in stock raising, and exper-
fenced breeders and feeders, in order
that there may be a mutual exchange
of views and methods in the manner
of feeding and breeding live stock. Low
railway rates, both east and west of
st. Paul, are expected and eminent ex-
perts in breeding and feeding have al
ready signified their intention of be-
ing present, from Pittsburg on the
East, to the Pacific ocean on the West.
The various live stock organizations
throughout the United States and Can
ada are invited to appoint delegates to
be in attendance to represent their Or
CARNATIONS, and in addition, all persons
interested in the breeding and feeding
of live stock will be accepted as dele
gates, by reporting their names and
addresses to the secretary upon the
day of their arrival at st. Paul. The
council of arrangements extends to
your paper a most cordial invitation to
be represented at the convention. The
ripe experience of your editorial staff
cannot but be highly beneficial in the
deliberations of the meeting.
David R. McGinnis,
Executive Manager.
Feed and Fat-In each section OF
Canada government experiment farms
have been established as centers OF
education and object lessons to the sur
rounding farmers. Here tests are made
under the best scientific conditions, and
the results applied for the betterment
Of the methods of the average farmer.
Thus at one of the government farms
we find 10000 distinct samples of milk
tested to establish one fact-namely,
that when a COW has reached her max
imum percentage Of solids in the milk
she produces, an increase of richness
in the ration she is fed on does not
yield an increase in the richness Of her
milk, but only an increase in the total
quantity of milk she produces
don Chronicle.
Fattening Hegs.-A hog fattens more
quickly by being fed no more at any
time than it will eat. It should al
ways clean up all in the trough. When
it has fed, clean the trough out and do
not. feed again util the animal shows
plainly that it is hungry If overfed so
that it feeds indifferently it will lose
less weight to permit it to go without
food day than it would by continuing
to feed beyond it's appetite. Probably
no other animal is so sensitive to in
jury from overlooking as the hog.-Ex.
IT, Weeds have grown well all through
the drouth, and this is due to the fact
that most weeds are adapted to the
ground in which they have obtained
a foothold, and also to the further fact
that many varieties are provided with
powerful roots that reach far down in
to the soil.
Keep an account of the profits and
losses in your poultry yard. by keeping
an account OF the number Of eggs laid,
poultry sold and loss by disease.