The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-29
Expecting impossible Results.

tools can easily make this device and 1t
will pay for itself In q single season II
many posts are to be pulled.
Expecting Impossible Results.
Many farmers work on the plan that
when q meadow has passed Its days of
usefulness 1T ought to be able to make
n profitable hoed crop. and they are much
disappointed if 1t does not. Remember,
this meadow has had little or no fertil-
izer during the period 1t has been cut and
yet Its owner feels that the bare fact
of turning the last stubble under should
give him an excellent seed bed FOR corn.
The way to treat such a meadow would
be to turn 1t under and fertilize fairly
heavy with a commercial fertilizer con-
tanning mainly potash and ~phosphoric
acid then SOW the soil to timothy and clo-
Nerwith n light sowing afterwards of oats,
cutting the oats for hay soon after the
heads show and thus giving over the field
to the timothy and clover. which will
greatly benefit the soil so that If turned
under the next spring the soil will be in
pretty good shape to grow a good hoed
crop and the results will be enough better
to warrant getting nothing but the light
oat crop the first season after breaking
up.
!mpaction Of the Bowels.
Every spring a number of letters reach
the editor of this department from farm
ers who have lost cows from impaction
of the bowels due solely to feeding too
much coarse fodder and little or no sue
culent food. 1t is all very we'll, especial
ly when grain is high in price or scarce to
feed literally of roughage In the hope
that the COWS VIII go through the winter
in fairly good shape, although 1t is by no
means profitable. On the other HAND If
this fodder must be fed there Is no rea-
son why sufficient succulent food cannot
be given to keep the bowels In proper
condition. Surely on nearly every farm
there are enough unstable vegetables
that might be used to ge or. bet
ter still, let some portion of the farm be
devoted to raising root crops in sufficient
quantity to provide the succlllent food tho
cows REQUIRE When COWS are attacked
by constipation give several doses of ep-
som salts, twice a week a small handful
at a dose until the attack passes off; then
.eed ehe succuiehs 1000. An occasional
1eea OF OH meal. a hahdlui mixed with the
olher grams or with the bran Will also
90 considerable toward keeping the bow
els IN proper condition.
Scours in Calves.
One of the spring troubles of the farm
er or dairyman who raises the calves born
on the farm is scours and most calves
have a touch of 1t no matter how we'll
they are cared for. The use of dried blood
an this trouble is very general and 1t is
most effective when properly used. There
have been many cases of complaint re-
gard;ng 1t, but the trouble was due to i'm
proper feeding. Only a small quantity is
used. not over a teaspoonful at a time,
and 1t must always be well mixed with
the milk or other food given the calf. 1t
should be fed daily until the animal re-
covers. So highly is dried blood thought
of in some dairy districts 1t is fed to
cows and cattle as a tonic given in the
grain or other mixed food, as with the
calves and in quantities of about an
ounce to each feed. 1t is not a good plan,
however. to feed 1T as a part Of the regu-
lar ration for either cows or calves. but
rather to use it for the calves when they
have the scours and for the cow when
they seem to need a tonic.
Cleanliness in MiIkino.