The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-03-20

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ways well soaked before feeding His feeding
system Is corn, permanent pasture and clover.
he ngures on one acre of ground for every brood
SOW. Asked II he ever ringed his hogs to keep
them from roofing he replied he did not. as he
never FOUND 1t necessary, as a hog properly fed
Will never root hog that roots is looking for
some mineral substance that it is not getting
In It's feed. Hardwood ashes makes good bone
anu makes tne oone twice as strong as that of
the hog that is not fed ashes and sulphur.
Pumpkin seeds will cure hogs of intestinal
worms. Slop feed should be fed reasonably
gwen the hog. Pure water will add twenty
nve per cent to the weight of the hog in fatten-
ing. Corn Is fed the hog with husk on Care
should be taken in feeding the hogs new or
green corn which should be fed to the hog grad
uaily, on changing from old corn.
Mr.. Henry does not believe in raising fall
pigs Iney are too small to be fed green feed
and require more grain rations, thus Increasing
the cost OF fattening. Out of 800 cases of hog
cholera that had been inspected in Minnesota
came from fall filters. The sow is not apt to
be strong and healty and the fall pigs cannot
therefore be Of strong and rugged constitu-
as long as possible, $50 long, in fact:' said Mr.
Henry, that they get ashamed of themselves
TERRY ON HoLsTEINs
Mr.. Terry told how he secured herd of Hol-
stems for his farm: He bought thoroughbred
bull and paid SIS for thoroughbred calf and
he purchased of his neighbors several head of
grade cows, paying $40 to $25 head for them
In selecting his COWS he used VanDresers
good mixer. He saw that the COW had four
good teats good udder chord, good mouth
ana prominent milk producing characteristics.
to let him have some of their best milk strains
because they were ignorant Of their real worth.
Calves that did not show six or eight teeth at
fnrf In h1rl
sidered deficient in vitality and growing ca
paclty. His two-year-old heifers produced on
an average 5000 pounds of milk, and his five
and slx-year-old COWS produced 10000 to IL, 900
pounds He sells his milk to CITY dealers, the
milk being above legal test, which is twelve
per cent solids with three per cent butter fat.
HIS milk as rule averages four per cent.
THE SKIM MILK CALF.
The first topic of the afternoon session was
milk to calves. He described the old way of
trying to force the calf to drink from the bot
Incidents connected with the trials and tribu-
latlons OF the farmer and the calf The SIM
plest method was to make groove of the fin
from the hand in this manner until it acquired
the drinking habit: Mr.. Trow has gained
reputation for having fed seventeen head of
on the Chicago market for $50 per head and
what he had to say on feeding calves was list
ened to with much interest. He feeds his
calves about quart and half of new milk
| three times day. and when about week old
puts them on skim milk. At six weeks of age
ne puts them on warm separator milk, feeding
also a little ground feed and wholesome hay.
He mixes boiled flax seed with his milk max
ing sort OF rich cruel and the flax seed sup
plies the p place Of the butter tat which the
| separator has taken from the milk. His calves
| are all fed separately, so that each one can get
| us snare OF the teed BY system of charts he
described his system of stanchions and troughs
used in feeding, His heifer calves are fed to
develop frame while his steer calves were fed
TOR fat only and he rushes them in the fatten-
ing process as fast as possible. With his bunch
OF seventeen calves he fed them when he
started them on grain buShel and half of
shelled corn daily and by August had increased
the feed to three bushels. He sent his calves
topped the market. Thirteen years ago he
commenced raising Jerseys, but when the buy
ers commenced on pe to discriminate against the
commenced raising black calves which when
removed from the COWS were taken by the buy
ers OF feeding stock as the proper color, and
paid the usual price for good feeding stock
He spoke of the value of old horse blankets
and gunny sacks hung at the stable doors and
windows IN fly time to darken the stable and
| afford the calves place to stay during the
warm part OF the day when the flies troubled
them. The calves would leave the stable at as
early as three O'clock in the morning and go to
menced to trouble them. They would go out
again in the evening when The weather was
his calves he considered worth a great deal to
him in dollars and cents.
HANDY FARM DEVICES.
S. J. Fairfield of Iowa, gave an illustrated
talk on handy farm devices. Among the many
useful s things ne showed was plank or guard
farm fence so as to permit horses and cattle to
go in and out. but acted as an embargo on hogs.
Then there was handy hog trough, and q sim
| out of the stable; he also showed how to make
hens nests out OF cracker and soap boxes,
&C crooks for catching poultry ana
| ing crock on the top of box and over the
! crock is placed an inverted keg sawed in two
| in the middle and having holes in it so as to
the little chicks. farmers son setting up in
front who was taking all these things in, called
| the key over, and this remark amused the audi
ence very much, but the speaker showed the
young farmer how he could obviate this and
| remarked that the COWS were not supposed to
| Another device was the nest for hens that in
sisted on eating their eggs. A slanting bottom
off the nest the egg would roll down into re-
ceptacle underneath. Finding nothing to cackle
over the hen would return and lay another egg.
and the story goes that one hen returned six
different times and laid an egg each time.
| CORN PLANTING.
Forest Henry spoke on his method of plant
| ing corn. The best corn is produced on clover
soil, especially is this true in dry years. In
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necessary, viz: good SOIL good seed and good
cultivation. He illustrated the value of water
to the soil Water goes into the soil and then
| by capillary attraction is drawn up out of the
soil. To prevent the moisture from leaving
the soil he ALWAYS kept dust blanket over the
field by frequent narrowing, which forms a
blanket of dust, thus preventing the water
from passing out Of the soil and back into the
air. He practiced fall blowing and commenced
narrowing early in the spring In planting he
advised farmers to use the best local seed OBJ
tainable. In this way the seed is acclmated
and will thrive better There is just as much
in breedingoup to good varieties of seed as in
| breeding up to good standard of live stock. In
| planting he used the corn of the entire ear
where good and sound even to the tip kernels.
In this way the fertilization period was pro-
longed which results in a better and more
mature crop.
| He plants his corn in drills north and south.
Deep planting was not advisable two inches
deep being the best. He narrowed every three
or four days after planting and starts the dust
mulch at once. He does not harrow after the
corn is up as rule. The weeder is necessary
and in the cultivation of corn and potatoes was
worth everything AS soon as the corn is high
enough he puts on the cultivator and keeps the
cultivator and weeder busy. alternating the
| two. When corn is five or six inches high deep
| cultivation ceases and future cultivation must
be shallow. The roots of the corn run near the
| surface and must not be injured in any way.
Late cultivation will add one-third to corn or