Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-16
Facts for Our Farmers.

anu iHSlu0, is one Oh the neeQS Oh the
farmer who would perform his part
well and inspire his children with
taste and desires which will add TO
their happiness and increase their
usefulness. Good land, wellselected
crops, good seed, good animals, good
buildings, good home, with taste
ful surroundings, every farmer csil
have, if he will resolve in early life
and devote himself to his resolution.
Has not such farmer as | have
pictured been a good 6nancier if he
acquires well-tilted farm, we'll
filed barn, a wife .weu willed. Dol
lars and cents cannot measure the
success and happiness of such man.
We should be Indifferent to wealth,
except as it is a power TO righteous
ness. In these days of strong ana
sharp competition in all branches of
business, and particularly is this true
in the lines of produce the farmer
raises-he must be keen and clear
sighted, putting a large amount of
thought into his business, calculating
ahead, counting the cost, and figuring
out as near as he can the profits, be-
fore he starts venture; the day of
drifting, thinking of making a success
along any line of business, has gone
by; the man that would make a sue
cessful farmer must set his standard
high, and then set out with a de-
termination to rise to it. How many
of our farmers are satisfied to remain
on the lower plains of life-spending
a large amount of time at the taverns
and postoflice, smoking and gossiping.
Too many of our farmers are too
much like our aborigines,--in want at
one season, over-satiated at another.
| think toe much emphasis cannot be
put on the start, when boy is young.
AS soon as he can earn few pennies,
interest him TO save and lay away at
least so per cent. of what he earns.
This habit will grow as he gets older,
and he will soon discover that he has
"a reserve on hand that will come in
very handy when he has need of it.
We can find in nature a good
illustration of reserve force. We are
hearing much nowadays of saving the
forest to save our rivers; the
mountains being covered with forests
keep the hot rays of the sun from
absorbing the moisture, and, retain
ing the water, allowing it to come out
in springs and feed the river in dry
times. We can learn much of value
from nature if we will only think and
study her laws, and we would do well
to learn this lesson of reserve. We
cannot be too careful and exact
financiers
Rations for Farm Animals.
The farmers OF the present day
are becoming great readers of farm
journals. They read of and practice
much that was quite unfamiliar to
farmers 40 or so years ago. At that
time scientists were just beginning
to study the important subject of
feeding standards and balanced
rations for farm animals, on modern
lines. The subject is not particularly
simple and easy, and its brief ex,
position, according to the best
authorities, may be of service, says
the Connecticut farmer. For con-
venience, tie various substances
found in animal bodies may be
grouped under four heads,-water,
ash, or minced matter, fat and nitro
genous matter, or protein. Water is
an essential constituent of the
animal body, and constitutes from so
to 60 per cent. of its live weight
From 2 to per cent. is ash, which
occurs mainly in the bones. The
proportion of fat may vary from TO
30 per cent. All the substances con-
tanning nitrogen are classed as
protein, and they constitute an inn
portant group, of which hooked lean
meat and the white of egg may be
taken as types. They contain about
16 per cent. of notrogen, and are the
only class into the composition of
which this element enters All the
working machinery of the body
flesh, skin, bones, hair, internal or
gans, brain and nerves, contain a
large proportion of protein
The same four groups of substances
just named as constituents of animal
bodies are also found in the food of
animals, and in addition the food of
herbivorous animals contains class
called carbohydrates. All foodstuffs,
however dry they may appear, contain
a considerable amount of water. In
grains and dried folders it ranges
from to Is per cent. of the material;
in green forage and silage it is about
so per cent while in some roots it
amounts to 80 per cent. While water
is essential to animal life, computa
tion of the value of food materials
are based upon the waterfree or dry
matter The residue, when food
stuff is burned till the organic matter
is all driven off, is the ash. 1t is COM
posed largely of lime flagnesia,
potash, iron, chlorine and carbonic,
sulphuric and phosphoric acids. The
group of fats inclujes the materials
which may be dis, lived from feed
ing stuff by others. 1t includes, he
sides the true fats, wax and coloring
matter Fat in the food may be