Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-14
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS ro,
OUR RURAL READERS.
"'S successful FARMERS opsrst. TIT.
f~'"sas of the Farm--A p.w
hinss AS 10 III. Car, of Nv. So,
snd Poultry.


IRON Farmers Review: The nm
aefslgned was glad thar van masa ~.
piy % Mr., Hoard's request for lnforma.
WI, as regards milking COWS before
'hsy ealFe. OF really milking from one
sait 70 lhe neat 10 prevent milk fever
i'hs very much most OF what Won ssv
Ahe@ that milking cows before tbes
eaifs TO keep the ndder reduced 8oss
nor Always prevent milk fever. / don,t
erilefe il ever does.
! assessed this iown fourteen yaars
10 succession and for ten years / think
made II point To ask every farmer
tse are all dalrymenl in town If ho
haa losI any en9s with milk fever The
'aS' year. The first year found sew.
sH'y'hfe cows had died the previous
year Out OF some ninety that had ha
iae disease. or something like H. SIX
o. THOSE eoss that died had not been
cried before they ealyed. and twenty.
ala had been MIXED from three 10
seven days before they ealyed. 1
learned 80 much from my brother
dairgmen Of town IN those ten years
about The bad effects Of milking from
calf TO calf and . ic% days before par
LuEision. all u which agreed with ms
experience. that haze waged war
E against the pfaetiee ever sinca-and
eApeel 70 a. lons as can write and
SCI my letters Published.
Tho last yesr ! assessed the to~n
found bli nine COWS had died with
iailk fever the ggvyioas year. and sil
u them had 9eta n!lked 10 prevent il
OF the between 500 aud 5ee dalrymel
u shs loan. d3u1 thlak there at,
siS who milk ANY Of their cows from
calf 10 eali. " start the milk from th'
coz before she Is a mother They d.
slelF hgifeFs the Aytl year eight or tel
seeks before tbs second calf. and III
no trouble IN after years 10 dry thea
Aaoa, that glme There never vas an
nor Aksly 10 b. i ac!igF which coui'
act BE- safely dried eight weeks 6efor
she hecoB4 calf. anl the Jerseys az
Rot exceptions
After L became iully Impressed up0
the dAiryUrn 81 this great coz count
that ihtg had better give their COW
about tae same pss in year tia
tAey soae themselves. Via one-aeysnt
q ,hs yesF. ana THAI they would ~
bs temHts3 % start the milk Of on
anut AFTER there sAs q mother. al
that tbes would iaaoN away the paper
~ ,paom 6alta. kaitprtre. etc. aud gis
tie aostlcs ~ aegalte. attire. etc.
Nil sheep. dnEa. rats. etc. aud see II:
tie tusn had AMPLE exercise all II
yrsf afuau8 ts Nas not iuag betoi
: tho Goa doeiof az shtoaygau Fal
!. could pas ia mort AZ hla time at hon
We have not had a COW doctor
shebuyEsu Falis IN ten years. althoul
5 ,ss tus fsTma all about are ful
!. stocked with mich COWS. Our dru
! act says he rarely ever sells epso
salts ct othss drugs. except IL SIMS
: shanilsiea. i. the daifymen OF III
! county should use epson salts Is
! recommended hy some of our dali
papera il would have to be shipped
| here by The carload HoN our dru
gIs, would open his eyes II one OF o
large dstfymaa should step in vi
three OF four grain sacks and ord
\ them filled with epson saltsl IN
q wuuId be- the way to buy them If
: used them az T. SO often recommend,
= Give me maahes. roots. gruels. ct
: every time OF course. men who do q
. know hos to feed and care for co
= to avoid milk fever and other num'
z GUS lila might as well milk from c
!. to calf as not.
= Mr. Editor. the only fault ] find vi
+ your remarks as regards milk fever
y I'VE also know that 1t Is practiea
+ imnoAslble to dry up many COWS
even a few DAYS before ealvlng tim
pe 40 kind as TO ask rrof. Curtiss
/. tho iowa Experiment station what
= tnaWa about this matter ] know o.
4 aeure of successful dairymen "
4. Thought as you DO a few years q
s who dry up ali Their cows now-oN
y era Of Jerseys Included
{. yrs '" A X. HYATT
4 gheboygau couIiy. WIS
Pantry Notes.