The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-02-02

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against the board to gnaw them up. AS
soon ~ the hay is in, the tops swing ut
away from the sides and over, meeting al
the edges aud forming ROOF over The racks.
and IN fact quite over the sheepe' backs,
since they are hinged near the middle in
stead of at the edge. 1t is very ingenious
devise and any one can duplicate 1t very
cheapiy.
| MONDAY AFTERN DON.
The question box was the first order of
business In the afternoon and In addition to
the topics which have already been included
in the report of Mr.. Husselman's address
above. the questions brought up were the
use of the corn harvester and the best con-
| structiOn of watering troughs. About the
first then was difference of opinion. Some
OF the Shawassee farmers present have
used them and those who had were, to say
the least, far from being ready to condemn
| them. AS to the watering tanks Mr.. Hus-
seiman told the farmers that a tank built
with coboie stones and Portland cement
with good solid Foundation aud we'll faced
up with sloping inside so that in freezing
the ice would simply slip out and up they
would have not only far more durable
watering tank but even mu.h cheaper
one than one of galvanized iron Or of wood.
FEEDING AND CARE OF DAIRY COWS.
This was another topic which was on the
program for Mr.. Husselman and he pitched
into 1t with enthusiasm. 1t is not possible
to purchase good herd OF dairy cows but
| 1t Is possible to raise one he said. But don't
cross beef and dairy breeds. Breed true to
types. Considerable emphasis was placed
on this. If crosses are made or stock of no
breed Is bred to secure grades for certain
purpose stick to the purpose. You may
safely cross the beef breeds together or the
dairy breeds together but don't mix the two.
Tue key note of the feeding was to keep
the hefer growing without fattening her,
don't get her used to putting fat on her
bones instead of into milk. Feed regularly,
milk regularly. Keep her quarters dry and
light, warm and clean. A dairy COW should
have sunshine and exercise too On his
farm there were 81 acres of pasture but this
was available only in Ju e and July while
If the pasture were dry and flies bad he
kept them in in July aud fed them fresh cut
red clover, il the peas and oats were not
ready to be fed. He had a covered yard,
dry and light aud clean and his cows were
much better off there when flies were bad
and the ground hot and dry. In the morn
ing he fed ensilage or green food, then
turned out the cows into the covered yard.
mixture of equal parts of corn, crushed
oats and bran formed part of a later meal
with more coarse stuff. Two ounces of salt
were fed each COW each day. When be first
began the dairying business 1t cost him $35
year to keep COW, now he fed them better
at cost of 1913 year per COW. In SINH
lar way it was brought out by a question
that while he had twenty years ago raised
but as bushels of shelled corn per acre be
was now raising from 100 to 10 by plant.
ing az told above and cultivating until the
ear Itself is formed, tho the last time with a
''plank drag" just to loosen the dirt and
form dust mulch to keep In the moisture.
He has over fifteen miles of tile drain on his
farm.
THE GENERAL PURPOSE HORSE
This, perhaps somewhat mythical animal
and yet of practical sounding name, seemed
to have hard time of 1t and would surely