Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30

In1S pfaCIlCe also IenQS 10 prevent LIE
COW from becoming large one.
There is an almost general agree
ment of opinion that the right time to
breed for the first calf is at about f1f-
teen months Of age, this period vary
ing somewhat according to the size
and vigor Of the animal. If an animal
Is sufficiently vigorous and Of a good
enough size when she comes to this
age and is not bred, she goes on to
beefy tendency more or less fast &C
cording to hereditary inclinations.
II suppose every breeder of long ex-
perience has noticed the tendency to
bull-headed development If heifers are
delayed in breeding. This tendency Is
due to the fact that blood which would
have been directed to the hind quarters
thru the stimulus Of the activity In
the uterus is drawn to the forward
part Of the animal thru the influence
of the activity of the brain, II the
animal is not pregnant"
Self Feeding Cow Barn.
"The corn barn is subject about
which there can be great deal said.
commenced studying the question be-
fore ever owned a farm" writes Mr.
H. r. Bookrnan, in Breeders Gazette
II used to work on farm when was
a boy. More than once have. helped
shell and haul away two to three thou
sand bushels Of corn and have seen the
owner take 10 cents bushel less than
the market price, simply because the
corn was damaged. I often wondered
why he did not build a good corn barn
when / bought my farm got lum-
Der for barn on the ground before
took possession, then the first summer
I tore down all the old corncribs and In
the fall built a nice new barn. This
was the best thing ever did except
thing the land.
There is little doubt but what there
is close to $10,000,000 worth OF cord
wasted i'm Iowa every year. This IS q
large amount Of money to lose. neve.
have had room enough for corn and ],
is one thing most cattle feeders lack
The time has passed for pilins' corn on
the ground. The old-fashioled open
Grip ought to have gone into history
long ago. I have experimental for ter
years with cribbing snapped corn IN 9
"There Is much that may he said in
favor of a self-feeder. ! have used one
for three years in one OF my large
barns and like it very much. l usually
snap my corn. like 1t better for sum
mer feeding. The more study cattle
feeding the more become convinced
that they should never have q full fee5
of corn. A bushel to five steers and
then feed them seven or eigat months
is more profitable than to feed BUSH
ell to two and feed ninety to hundred
days. I made my self-feeder with q
door to shut and only let the cattle eat
q few minutes twice day, and always
keep them in the barn during the day
from June until November. 1t is good
economy to house fat cattle during hot
weather.
when you start to build a barn the
ground should be raised two feet. Let
It settle by wetting it down, then stalks
off where you want your walls. You
should put it on cement foundation
as this is the best and cheapest Many
of the railroads are beginning to use
cement walls and cement bridges.
looks to me as though we must go &c
cement in building, else We Will moi
keep abreast OF the times. To test your
cement wall get sack OF Portland
cement. It comes in sacks of ninety
five pounds each. Then miz. four times
as much sand as you have cement. Pu,
the two together dry, then wet to stir
mortar. Now, make box two OF
three feet square and fill it with the
mortar. trowel it smooth and let Il
remain three or four days. then knock