Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-04-13
Facts for Our Farmers.

A bright and cheerful home, outside
and inside. is one of the needs OF the
I farmer who would perform his part
we'll and inspire his children with
taste and desires which will add 10
their happiness and increase their
usefulness. Good land, well-sciected
crops. good seed. good animals, good
buildings, a good home, with taste
full surroundings, every farmer can
have. If he will resolve in early life
and devote himself TO his resolution.
Has not such a farmer as | nave
pictured been a good financier If ne
ACQUIRES a well-tilted farm, a we'll
filled barn. a wife well willed. Do.-
lars and cents cannot measure the
success and happiness of such a man.
We should be Indifferent TO wealth,
except as il is a power TO righteous
ness. In these days OF strong ana
sharp competition in all branches oil
business. and particularly is this true
I'm 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. DC
fore he starts a venture; the day OF
drifting, thinking of making success
along any line of business, has gone
by: the man that would make sue
cessful farmer must set his standard
high. and then set out with a de-
termination to rise to ii. How many
of our farmers are satisfied to remain
on the lower plains of life-spenjins
a large amount of time at the taverns
and postonice. smoking and gossiping.
Too many of our farmers are too
much like our abOrigines,-in want at
one season. over-satiated at another.
I think too much emphasis cannot be
nut on the start. when a boy is young.
As soon as he can earn a few pennies,
interest him TO save and lay away al
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 1t.
We can find I'm 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 il 10 come out
I'm springs and feed the river in dry
times. We can learn much of value
e nHaHE
study her laws. and we would do well
TO learn this lesson of reserve. We
cannot he 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 90 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-
authorities, may be of service, says
the Connecticut farmer. For con-
venience, the 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 so per cent. of its live weight.
From . to 5 per cent. is ash, which
occurs mainly in the bones. The
proportion of fat may vary from 10
30 per cent. All the substances con-
tanning nitrogen are classed as
protein, and they constitute an i'm
portant group, of which hooked lean
meat and the white of egg may be
taken as types. They contain about
is 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 a class
called carbohydrates. All foodstuffs,
however dry they may appear, contain
a considerable amount of water. In
grains and dried folders it ranges
from s to Is per cent. Of the material:
in green forage and silage it is about
so per cent. while in some roots il
amounts to 80 per cent While water
Is essential to animal life, cOmputa-
ton of the value Of food materials
are based upon the water-free or dry
matter. The residue, when a food
stuff is burned till the organic matter
is all driven of, is the ash. 1t is CON-
posed largely of lime magnesia'
potash. iron. chlorine and carbonic.
sulphUric. and phosphoric acids. The
group of fats includes the materials
,--1,srf, may 10 HfcepIx-rH from 4 feed