The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-04-29
Expecting lmpossibIe Results.

INPSSAiIS lfiPOSoiOlS heSulIS.
Many farmers work on the plan that
when a meadow has passed its days OF
usefulness 1t ought to be able to make
a profitable hood 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 he last stubble under should
give him an excellent seed bed for corn.
h 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-
YER with a light sowing afterwards of oats,
cutting the oats for hay soon after the
heads show and thus giving over the field
10 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 hood
crop and the results will BIO enough better
to warrant getting nothing but the light
oat crop the first season after breaking
up.
lmpaction Of the Bowels.
Every spring n number of letters reach
the editor or this department from farm
ers who have lost COWS from impnction
of the bowels due solely to feeding too
much coarse fodder and little or no sue
culent food. 1t is all very well, especial
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feed literally of roughage in the hope
that the cows Will 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 req
son why sufficient succulent food cannot
be given to keep the bowels In proper
condition. Surely on nearly every farm
there are enough unsalable vegetables
that might be used to advantage or, bet
Ter stun, let some portion OF the farm be
devoted to raising root crops in sufficient
quantity to provide the succulent food the
COWS require. When COWS are attacked
by constipation give several doses of on
som salts, twice a week a small handful
at a dose until the attack passes off: then
feed the succulent food. An occasional
feed of oil meal, a handful mixed with the |
other grains. or with the bran will also
do 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
,,ane u ,ouch or 1t no matter how we'll
,hey are cared for. The use of dried blood
In this trouble Is very general and If is
most effective when properly used. There J
nave been many cases of complaint re-
gard.ng 1t. but the trouble was due to i'm
proper feeding. Only a small quantity is
1Scu' U over q teaSpoonful at n time. |
and 1t must always be we'll mixed with |
the milk or other food given the calf IT
should be fed daily Until the animal re-
covers. SO highly is dried blood thought
or In some dairy districts it is fed to
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. It 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 1T for the calves when they
nave the Scours and for the cows when
they seem to need a tonic.
Cleanliness in Milking.
1t is assumed by every reader Of this ,
item VINO WINS q COW that he or she
does not need any advice on the subject.
yet 1t Is a fact beyond dispute that by
far the majority of mixers do not get the |!
results they would obtain with a little
more care. The COW is naturally a clean
animal, but she Is so formed that She can
not reach many parts of her body with
her tongue, hence must depend upon her !
owner to be kept clean. At one me.
merely as an experiment. the writer per-
mltted one of his cows to get more or less
solled for some weeks ana little or no eff
fort was made to clean her. A careful
record was kept Of the milk flow, both in
quantity and quality. during the period
ana the results were startling as COM
pared with her previous record. To fur
Their test the idea Of cleanliness value a
common scrub COW was purchased, fed
on the same rations she had been familiar
with for tire years, but she was carefully
groomed and her stable kept clean. In
less than two months there was a decided
Improvement In the milk and at the end
of a year the value OF the increased guam
tity of milk was sufficient to pay a big
price for the time spent in keeping her
nd har cfQhlo o1aor rCla
teats OF the cows should be wiped dry l.
with q damp. not wet. cloth before milk