The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-01-18
Feed for Size.

Horse DreoQorS cannot make d
worse mistake with their foals than
to shut them away from the dams be-
fore they can eat crushed oats and
bran. Size must be obtained in these
days, and if a youngster is allowed
to lose time during the first winter
of its existence, no amount of forcing
will make up for it afterwards. 1t
is not necessary or even desirable to
confine them in a small yard, and
stuff them with cooked foods Of va
rious sorts in order to cover their ribs
with a lot of 1abby fat. Plenty of
room, with sound, natural food, is the
best way to produce horses with good
constitutions"
The above paragraph, taken from
the London (Eng.) Live Stock Journal,
teaches the soundest kind of doctrine.
1t has often been pointed out in these
columns that "calf flesh" if once lost
can never be regained, and this ap-
plies with equal force in the growing
of colts. The dollhouse" system of
forcing is rightly denounced, for it be-
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maturity however much it may tend
to beautify young stock. Natural
methods and natural food are the Sc
cret of success. The former provides
abundance of outdoor exercise, with
! it's fresh air and sunlight adjuncts,
which go so far in the production of
healthy constitutions; the latter
means good, heavy oats, bran, car
rots and sweet, well-made folders,
rather than continental foods and
forcing stuffs. Commence feeding
the sucking foals on crushed oats,
bran, etc., and they will stand wean-
Ing without loss of flesh and progress
upon good rations until sthey mature
into large, sound, profitable horses.
Remedy for Gapes.-I have seen and
tried a great many remedies for gapes
In chickens, and all to no effect. I will
give one / tried this year (my OWN.
1t has proved successful with me, and
that is saying a good deal, for I have
raised, or tried to raise, a great many
chickens for a great many years and
have always lost many with the gapes.
/ mix UP some corn meal and best mill
bran, sift a little oyster-shell in it.;
then cut up one or two green onions,
tops and all, and mix them with the
other feed. I wet this up with hot
water every morning. I have not been
troubled with the gapes this year, and
the chickens are running over the
same ground as before, and have had
the same care, with the exception of
the onions.-John Marriott, in Country
Gentleman.
Flax Burn.-The Agricultural Insti-
tute of Gembloux, Belgium, has made
exhaustive research into the nature OF
the malady known as FLAX burn" and
has learned that this disease arises
from a microscopic fungous growth
living in the cells of the roots" There
is no method of direct treatment, as
the parasite Is internal and subter-
raneous. The use of different manures
has given no satisfactory result. The
only remedy is to destroy "the dis
eased plants so that the germs will moi
spread; to abandon the culture of fax
on the infected soil at least seven OF
eight years; also to avoid planting
turnips in the soil abandoned, as they
are thought to harbor the parasite"
Spells Wheat.-At the experiment
station in. North Dakota spells wheat
is being tested, President Worst sayi
it's raised with great success on the
Missouri slope, yields greater thar
oats, stands drouth better and is adapt.
ed to the climate of both North ant
South Dakota.