Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-03-29

apart so that the open fat hand will
20 in between them. This is a par
ticularly good indication of large
mixer. The swell of ribs. paunch,
should he large, with heavy muscle.
running from hip joint diagonally
down across the abdomen; COW should
be broad on hip and well developed
over hip; hind legs well apart, With
good show of udder back of them.i
extending well up: udder also to begin
well in front; but discard COW that
has meaty. flesfy udder, the ideal
formation being circle shape, with the
four teats well apart and square on
end. and this indicates an easy mixer.
while. where the udder is well quar-
tered up and the teats are big at
shoulder and pointed. 1t denotes a
hard mixer. The vein that runs from
the udder to the heart should be
large. If this vein is small and
straight, look out. On the contrary, II
big and crooked. 1t indicates heavy
mixer. Notwithstanding NIL these
good signs the final test is the milk
pail and the Babcock test, because
there are exceptions to all rules"
Draining the Wet Spots.
The business man is constantly go
ing through his factory or store look
ing for places where there is leak
or where he can utilize space or mate
rial to better advantage than before.
1t seems almost impossible to induce
farmers to work along similar lines.
vet there are hundreds of farms
through the country that need just
this attention. We are all familiar
with the man who will scatter his OPP
erations over many acres far from
his home and barns when right close
by there may be few acres which
would yield him enormous returns IL
properly prepared.
The low spots which might be made
exceedingly fertile are most often
neglected. Frequently few burrows
struck just right will provide all the
drainage necessary to make place
for celery which would bring in large
returns. Instead of rechiming this
valuable strip of ground the average
farmer with many acres either pays
no attention to it or turns the swine
on it to wallow. Possibly such strip
Of ground has remained uncultivated
for years, and is practically virgin
soil, needing only little time and ex-
pense to make 1t very valuable.
Separate Cow Sheds or Stalls.
The Department of Agriculture, OF
Ireland has issued leahet pointing
out the importance, not only Of air.
space, but also Of proper ventilation.
1t is not the size of the building, but
the circulation of fresh air within it
that ensures healthy conditions. Ideas
as to the cubic area that should be
allowed to each animal differ very
much, some authorities holding that
eight hundred feet is desirable, others
that six hundred feet is ample. The
main difficulty is to secure thorough
ventilation without promoting
6raughts. 1t is necessary that there
should be openings in the walls and
III the roofs, the former to let in the
fresh air and the latter to let out the
exhausted air. 1t must also be re
membered that abundance of light is
as necessary as air. for light Is one
Of the best preventives of disease,
especially of tuberculosis. Roof lights
are preferable to windows. Some
farmers, the writer says hold strongly
that no COW should be allowed to calve
in the cow-shed. The plan they adopt
is to provide a special shed, to which
the COW can he removed before the
arrival of the calf is expected, just ns
the mare is transferred to the foalins
box. Especially is this plan recon-,
mended as safeguard against abor.
ton and other breeding inishaps
There is no danger of evil conse.
qucnces from the presence of newly
calved cows among other, provided
everything goes right, but sometimes
COWS do not recover so satisfactorily
as might be wished The suggestion
for keeping separate loose box for
calvcl COWS among others, provided
usual health should commend itself
to stock-owners.