Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-18

protect the said companies from being
thus imposed upon. North Dakota
passed a law with this object in view
some wears ago. In Wisconsin the
same law is in force, and in Mime
| been asked for.
| Farmers who unite thus in purchas-
| ing a horse should certainly have
someone to represent them, who UNI
derstands what a gooC pedigree is, and
! what is the real value of the horse.
If such a one cannot be found In the
neighborhood we fear that indicates
| too low a grade OF Intelligence TO
! reach a marked success in the breeding
| of horses There is no mystery about
the points of a good horse, about his
pedigree or about the methods of cor
rect management any more than there
is about these things when applied to
any class of livestock.
Notes.
A certain stockmall, who recently
died in Illinois, was the first man to
purchase land in Macon county, at $75
per acre, which at the time was look
ed upon as an enormous price. In
reply to comments from his neighbors
with reference to why he paid so
much, he answered that he had given
$50 per acre for the land and $25 an
acre for the water on 1t. There
We're several living springs on it. Those
who propose to buy land for growing
stock should bear in mind the fact just
stated.
In an exchange it has been claimed
that cornmeal is equal to oats as a
food for calves that are being grown
on skim milk, and in fact during the
first year of the life Of the animal.
To this we cannot subscribe. We do
not doubt that part cornmeal will help
to balance the ration very nicely as
long as skim milk is being fed. After
that season, however. the ultimate de-
velopment of calves will unquestion
ably be better to have. liberal amount
of oats fed. The calf which receives
corn will doubtless be ahead of the
other during the milk period but sub
sequently the calf fed on oats will
overtake him in the race. During the
milk period, oats and ground corn
together will be better doubtless than
either alone.
Now that warm weather is APP
preaching the poultry should all be
thoroughly busted with a good insect
powder of some kind, so as to rid
them of the lice; and the hens used
for sitting should have especial at
tention in this particular. I practice
busting every sitting at least once
week while they are sitting. If the
breeding stock Is carefully gone over
two or three times ct this season they
will be bothered very little with the
pests during the summer. But for
best results they ought to be thor
oughly busted again in July just be-
fore they begin growing their new
coat of feathers.
Frequent references are made from
time to time in the agricultural press
with reference to the value of skim
milk in feeding calves and swine.
Very little, however, is said with ref
erence to it's manulial value. We no.
tice to certain writer, who has evil
IDENTIFY investigated the subject, places
teh manurial value of skim milk at
1o.oo SClplo pei 1AullNAl GU POullOos AAC
arrives at this confusion by taking
the analysis of the milk expressed
as nitrogen, phosphoric acid and pot
ash and mulitpliees there respective
units by the price paid for the same
in the ordinary market. The analy-
sis gives Of nitrogen, in one hundred
pounds Of milk, SO pounds phos-
phoric acid 20, potash 10.
Ground oats, ground corn and bran.
in about equal parts with little oil
meal added make an excellent ration
for young lambs. If they are nursed
by good dams and fed this ration, they
will make good gains. IT, however.
they can be fed clean clover hay and
roots, they will make even more rap
i'd progress.
The word comes from the east that
farmers are increasing their fiocks ana
that on farms heretofore without sheep
small fiocks are being introduced. This
is as it ought to, be. as every farm
should have on it small band of
sheep. If it be the proper thing to
introduce sheep thus on the farms
east, how much more will it be proper
to introduce them on the farms of the
west where they are found in num-
bers so very limited at the present
time?
A Daredevil Ride.
often ends in a sad accident. To heal
accidental injuries, use Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve. "a deep wound in my foot.
from an accident" writes Theodore
Schuele, of Columbus, O., Caused me
great pain. Physicians were helpless