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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16
CARE OF BREEDING SHEEP.
Liberal Feeding Necessary to Pre-
pare Them For Lnmbing.

Liberal Feeding Necessary to Pre-
pare Them For Lnmbing.
Breeding ewes require ten to fifteen
square feet of space In a building, and
ewes weighing from $50 to 200 pounds
should have an allowance Of 10 feet at
the feeding rack, writes John A. Craig
in the Farm Home. Less than this
causes too much crowding at feeding
time, which often results in the birth
Of dead lambs.
Breeding ewes need not be fed more
than twice daily. 1t is good practice,
however, to feed them some fodder
outside during the winter season, for
in this way they are induced to take
some exercise. With this In view the
fodder may be taken some distance
from the building in which the sheep
are housed.
In q practical way the shepherd
should regulate the quantity Of food
according to the condition Of the ewes.
If they have gone into winter quarters
in thin condition they should be fed
more heavily than If they were fat at
that time. Handling the ewes at inter-
walls furnishes the best indication as to
their condition, and this will indicate
the quantity of food that should be
fed. In the authors experience the
aim has always been to keep the
breeding flocks in a condition which
the general farmer would term fat"
and only good results in lambs have
come from this management.
When ewes are firm fleshed through
abundant feed and exercise they are
vigorous, and a healthy flock of lambs
is likely to be the outcome. In general,
a breeding eve weighing 100 pounds
requires daily about one-half pound of
such grain as bran and oats, two
pounds of succulent food and the same
weight of such dry fodder as clover,
hay or cut corn fodder. AS lambing
time approaches twice this amount of
grain will be required. The quantity
of the fodder and grain will have an
influence on the amounts to be fed, but
the controlling factor should be the
condition of the ewes. Overfeeding
especially if associated with lack OF
exercise, will be productive of disease
in the flock, and it is likely to result in
the birth of large weak lambs, while
undertaking is equally favorable fol
disease and the birth of undersiZed
lambs
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

Nothing applied externally is needed
to tougher the hoofs in case of thrush.
The horses have contracted thrush
from standing in wet filth. Cut away
all rotten and loose horn from frog,
clean left of frog and each side of 1t,
then pack crevices full of calomel and
stuff oal1um over it. Renew dressing
daily. Keep floors clean and sprinkle
freely with land plaster or slaked
lime. When soles and frogs are sound
and free from bad odor, clip hair from
hoof heads and blister repeatedly with
cerate of cantharides. Any kind of
floor will do well enough If you keep
it clean, dry and well bedded.-Breed-
er's Gazette.
Sheep with sweIIed Ears.
This condition is due to a disease
known as eryslpelas and should be
treated by washing the ears with warm
water and soap. They must then be
protected by a wrapping of soft cloth,
kept wet with solution of hyposul-
phite of soda or sulphate of zinc. Give
four ounces of glauber salts. 1t would
be desirable to keep the sheep in q
yard or pasture where there are no
briers Injury by briers is a very fire.
quent cause of the trouble when sheep
so hurt are neglected.-American Sheep
Breeder.
Horse Collie.
When horses have collie give three
tablespoonsful of spirits of inter and
laudanum mixed in pint of water as
hot as the horse can take it.
Poll Evil Treatment.
Give the horse one dram of iodlde
potash dissolved in water three times
daily for ten days and paint the en-
largement with tincture Of iodine once
daily for some tome. If it should break,
the wound should be cleansed thor
oughly and let nature take its COURSE
Farm and Ranch.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

There ore plenty OF young men wha
are looking for cheap land, and. for
that matter, men who are not 80 very
young. Good, cheap land is scarce and
becoming scarcer each year. Most OF
these seekers for land want prairie and
shun the timbered tracts Of cheap land,
leaving such for Scandinaylans, Poles
and Bobemlans to develop. While the
prairie farm can be more readily and
quickly brought into cultivation, these
timbered farms of northern Minnesota
and Wisconsin are not to be sneezed
at by any means For the man with
limited means such land offers many
advantages, among which Is the GER
tainty OF being able to get employ
ment all winter, either by cutting and
marketing the timber on his own land
or by working for the lumber compa-
MES. He Is also sure of good home
market for all the stuff he has to sell,
such as hay, poultry, eggs, vegetables
and the like. He can build his house
and outbuildings with an AK and
saw from the material on his own
place. He has an abundance of cheap
fuel and If anything of sportsman
can secure much good food from the
woods, lakes and rivers. The most
thrifty farming communities of the
west can be found in those sections
where the land was originally covered
by dense forest. We noticed a few
days ago an advertisement offering
160 acres of heavy timber land lying
on one of those beautiful Minnesota
lakes for sale at the seemingly low
price Of $10.25 per acre. 1t seemed to
us that there was chance worth pick
ing up by some enterprising young fell
low, for. while it would take matter
of fifteen or twenty years to put such
a tract into well cultivated farm, he
would be getting a steady income from
the timber on his place and would be
at small outlay for machinery and
hired help. Minnesota has much good
land of this character which it will
pay the man with small means to look
into.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16
prErs IN THE CORN pELr.


We do not look to see the corn belt
ever invaded to any extent by the sug-
ar beet. While the soil and climatic con-
dition are in many places favorable
for the production of the beet, there are
some obstacles which are very difficult
to overcome. Perhaps one of the prin-
cipal of these is the extreme difficulty
of securing the necessary help to care
for the beets at the critical time when
they need thinning and hand wedding.
AS 1t looks to us, there are two places
where beet culture will develop normal
ly-one on the irrigated lands of the far
west where it is possible to control
both the sunshine and the moisture, SO
essential to the production of this crop,
the other in those few communities in
the west where the soil is suitable,
where foreigners and their large fami
lies can be readily drawn upon for the
needed supply of help. AS things are
now the average farmer would find
five acre beet field an elephant on his
hands. Then the question of compen-
sation is not satisfactory, the net profit
on an acre of beets, taking the aver
age price per ton and the average yield,
being really very small indeed. These
facts explain why 1t is almost impossi-
BILE to interest the farmers of the corn
belt in the production Of this crop.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16
FEEDING FOR BEEF.
An Illinois Farmers Experience
with n Herd of Cattle.


With n Herd of Cattle.
What does 1t really cost to feed cat
tle and is there reasonable profit in
the business? / will give my expert
ence and hope that some kind feeder
will reciprocate, says w. w. Cole of
Illinois in American Cultivator For
our present purpose no account is TAX
en- of interest on the money invested,
the care of the stock or the use of the
yards. The expense for the last two
items is fully covered by the benefits
to the farm. Don t forget this item
the benefits to the farm.
Last year fed DC steers an average
of eight and one-fifth months. had 81
shotes and raised 203 pigs. The corn
fed averaged 146 bushels for each
steer per month. and the average gain
was So pounds per month net Chicago
weights over weights paid for when
the cattle were bought. The whole
gain on the cattle was $4,000 pounds
and on the hogs 30,280 pounds. If we
divide the corn fed between the hogs
and cattle in the ratio of their gain
saying nothing about the hay. pasture,
fodder, etc.-we Will have two-fifths of
the corn fed TO charge to the hogs and,
of course, three-fifths to the cattle.
The whole gain of beef and pork aver
aged &C pounds for each bushel OF
corn fed. The cost OF each pound Of
gain, counting everything. was 5.S
cents, corn costing on an average "a
cents.
Cattle made gross profit of $4.-
251.42. Hogs made gross profit OF
81, 1,S63.70. So that on the basis of prof
its the division OF the corn fed should
be about ms above stated; whole profit
on hogs and cattle. $6.11521; whole
cost of corn. hay. fodder and pasture,
$4.4l1.70; net profit for the year, ST..
703.51. The cattle We're sold at about
$1.9O over cost price and the hogs at
81 over invoice price.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16
BAD EGGS.

There is phase of moral weakness
connected with the fine farms of the
northwest which it seems almost inn
possible to eradicate, and that is the
hardened Indifference with which bad
eggs are worked off on the local mer-
chants. Eggs added, eggs half hatch
ed and eggs in all stages of decay and
decomposition are mixed up with fresh
hen fruit and the chances taken on the
ability of the buyer to detect the bad
from the good. This is a dirty, dishon-
est business. People who do this would,
did not the law prevent, sell the car
cass Of diseased animal to the local
butcher. There should be morality in
the egg business as well as in all 9TH
er business transactions.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16
THE LARGE BARN.

While the large barn will give the
most room and conveniences for the
money invested, it is still an open ques-
ton whether throughout the northwest
it is good policy to build such barns.
The risk from fire, lightning and cy-
clones is 80 great and the loss of such
barns from these causes usually so
complete as to building and its contents
that we should hesitate long before
building this sort. Smaller buildings,
isolated from each other. would Seem
to be the better and safer way to pro-
vide barn accommodation for the farm.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16
THESE MEN MADE A SUCCESS.

THESE MEN MADE A SUCCESS.
We know of two men, just ordinary
farmers, who eight years ago decided
to improve the quality Of the stock kept
upon their farms. Each selected the
Polled Angus as the type of animal he
wished to keep. An investment of about
$500 in each case secured enough ami
mails for start on pedigreed lines. We
passed their places recently and were
much pleased TO note that in each yard
there was to be seen drove of thirty
or forty slick and handsome cattle of
this breed. The fact is that an invest
ment Of $500 to start with and subse-
quent infusion of some fresh blood will
enable any elan who knows how to
take care of stock to substitute well
bred and choice animals in place of the
scrub stock. This is one of the most
sensible and practical things which a
man can do in the way of farm i'm
provements.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

We know Of farm whose productive
power has been fully doubled inside Of
fifteen years by keeping on it as much
stock as it would carry and consum-
ing all the products of the farm upon
the farm. The same thing may be done
with thousands of other farms, and it
matters little whether it is stocked
with sheep, a dairy of cows or devoted
to the production of beef. 1t cannot be
done SO well with hogs, as the hog is a
very poor distributor Of fertility.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

The pocket gopher and sweet clover
seem to like to work together. The
rights Of way Of the railroad through
the west are quite largely occupied by
this queer combination. and q curious
thing about 1t is that, while the gopher
will honeycomb the entire strip be-
tween the track and the fence and the
clover grow there most luxuriantly,
neither Of them ever crosses the fence
line into the cultivated field to any ex-
tent.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

We have it from the Iowa expert
mental station that If alfalfa is given
the benefit of good supply Of horse
manure when sown it will do much to
insure the success of the plant. This
fertilizer furnishes an available sup
ply of nitrogen for the young plant
until 1t can develop the bacteria which
will furnish it supply from the at
mosphere. This Is good point made.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

The very novel method Of spreading
agricultural information among the
farmers by sending out special trains
carrying instructors and stopping in
each town on the line for half an hour
and holding a meeting in the car is
being taken up by many Of the western
roads with great success and profit to
the farmer. All the trunk lines in
Iowa will run these special trains this
winter, while Missouri, South Dakota
and Nebraska are following the fash
ion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

Lucky Ia the man who is 30 situated
that he can look upon his big corn
crop as simply SO much raw material
to be, every bushel of 1t, converted in
to some form Of finished meat or dairy
product. The man who sells the corn
will get 35 cents n bushel and the man
who feeds 1t will get 80 or 60 cents.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

Soil fertility, like money. should be
kept at home Raising grain and sell
ing 1t of the farm is just like patroniz-
ing the city department stores-both
fertility and money leave the communi-
tY for good.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

A COW that will make 300 pounds Of
butter in year is better worth $40
than one that will only make 150
pounds is $50, for the reason that the
last named COW will hardly pay for the
food she eats, while the first named
will give her owner handsome profit.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

1t is always risky business to try
to make a grain field out Of meadow
tract unless it is properly drained.
While such land is all right in dry
years, 1t is terrible aggravation in O
wet one. Lots Of men know this only
too well,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

The blue joint grass which was 80
abundant on the western prairies when
they were first settled has disappeared
as a result of settlement and cultiva-
ton. All efforts to propagate 1t have
failed, for, with the wild game and the
Indian, it resents civilization. This is
fact to be regretted, as no better hay
for the horse can be found than that
made from the blue joint grass. There
is but little of 1t left save as 1t may be
found along the rights Of way Of the
railway companies.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

In Denmark the farmers have a
large cooperative egg marketing con
cern, and every member working of a
bad egg is fined $1.25. II such rule
was in vogue in this country 1t would
bankrupt the farmers paying the fines.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

Many of the most successful and up
to date farmers of the country now
SOW clover with every acre Of small
grain sown on their farms. They find
that it pays, even If the whole business
is turned under in the fall for crop
the next year. just for the fertilizing
value Of the clover. This is, however,
not the best plan. Better to carry over
till the following season, take a crop of
hay and then plow under in September.
The clover needs to attain maturity In
order to do its best work as fer
tilizer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

A pair Of sparrows we saw nest
building in December found themselves
when the blizzard struck them a few
days later like pair Of young fools
who got married on $375 and inside Of
a week found no fuel, -four or meat in
the house and no money to get any
with,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

There will be better litter Of pigs
and more Of them raised to the period
of weaving If the old sow has nothing
to do with the corncrib before and aft
er the pigs are born.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

We are told by prominent cattle
man from the range that no attempt is
ever made to furnish the stock Of that
country with supply Of salt. This
seems quite strange in view Of the
trouble which is taken to furnish cat
tie supply of salt in all other sections
of the country. 1t Is barely possible
that the alkali nature Of the soil In that
country furnishes through the water
and the growing vegetation sufficient
supply Of salt to meet the needs Of the
animal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

The crop Of cotton for 1904 is found
to be IL, 162,700 bales, produced on 30,-
055. 700 acres, or considerably less than
an average yield Of one-half bale per
acre. This amount Of cotton 10 more
than is needed. and the result is that
the price has fallen to low point. The
south, where this cotton is raised, will
find it greatly to its best interest to de-
vote less attention to cotton and more
to the many diversified farm products
which the soil and climate Of the south
are so well fitted to produce. Cotton iS
a soil robber of the first rank, and any
southern farm will rapidly deteriorate
where 1t is made . leading staple Of
production.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

A New Jersey market gardener has
120 rods of fence around his garden.
On this fence line and growing right
under it he has planted pieplant, and
from this 100 rods Of pieplant he sells
every year enough to bring him from
$3.50 to 5000, his returns last year being
S2O2.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

The boy on the farm today must not
be satisfied to simply know as much
about agriculture as his father. He
has got to know more and will.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

The state Of Minnesota owns vast
tracts of worthless swamp land In the
northern part of the state and is very
sensibly appropriating large sums Of
money for the purpose of draining and
reclaiming these lands.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

Fish, move than hhy etheT % eus
meat feeds. lose anvor and are injured
by being placed in cold storage. To
freeze fish is to spoil IL.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

We are getting class Of people in
this country who want the milk lamb,
hothouse tomatoes and green stuff in
January, frogs legs, fresh eggs in win
ter, and such stuff, and, while 1t pays
to feed them, they don't, as rule,
amount to very much.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

Many women like to drive a spirited
horse, but a man never does more
foolish thing than when he let's his
wife take the chances on managing a
runaway or high strung animal. The
average woman's nerve and physical
strength are not usually equal to the
risks Of such proceeding.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

Japan raised the largest crop OF rice
last year which she has had for many
years, Providence lhus smiling ON her
effort to protect her liberty.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

In planting grove Of native timber
1t is well to remember that some vari-
eties of trees may be planted much
closer together than others. The soft
maple Will bear thick planting, as will
the larch. catalpa and many of the
conifers. The cottonwoods, on the con-
trary, will not stand thick planting, but
will nearly all die by the time they are
twenty years old.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

We do not think that the average
farmer needs to know how to make
more money 80 much as he does to
know how to make it easier and in a
more profitable way-make fewer acres
do the work of the many now run over.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

A grove of soft maple trees planted
twenty-five years ago was cut of last
winter, and fifty-hve cords of four foot
wood per acre was secured from 1t. AS
the land was worth an average Of $50
per acre during that time and the wood
netted the owner So per cord, it is easy
to see that he ut least lost no money in
planting the grove and in addition had
enjoyed its protection and beauty.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

Some wise man notes that high priced
corn and healthy hogs almost always
go together, the inference being that IL
the hogs were fed less corn they would
not be 80 subject to disease. There
may be something in this.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

There is much benefit to be derived
from frequent changes Of seed--wheat,
oats, barley, corn. 1t always pays for
a man on sandy farm to get his seed
from grain grown on a clay farm, and
vice versa. With potatoes, wheat and
oats and barley 1t will always pay to
get seed from those more northerly
sections where these things attain their
best development.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

A bad winter storm always drives
the animals into their holes and the
liars out.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

A friend who had planted bed Of
strawberries in what had been for
years feed yard for cattle and hogs
complains that he does not get any
fruit. The trouble is not because he
failed to plant the staminate and pis-
tilate varieties so as to secure perfect
fertilization, but probably because the
soil is too rich. We know from expert
ence that 1t is entirely possible to get
land too rich for strawberries. A soil
which is fertile enough to produce six
ty bushels of corn to the acre is plenty
rich enough for the strawberry.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

Many men have a hobby in the mat
ter Of the color Of their corn, some
claiming that white corn is the best
and some yellow, while not few will
swear by their calico corn. The fact is
there is practically no difference at all
in the feeding value Of the different
colored corn. assuming that it is alike
matured. There is, however, very
marked difference in the types Of corn
Of any given color in the matter of pro-
ductiveness, and this thing is well
worth studying The biggest ear Is
not by any means the best ear.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-16

The Hooking County Farmers Institute held here Mon
day and Tuesday of this week. of the most interest
ing affairs of the kind has been the good fortune OF our
public to attend for time. While the attendance was
not large hoped for there good turnout con-
sdeng the extreme weather that prevailed during the
entire session The following the program general
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Jury Acts Adversely in
Cases of Mitchell and
Hermann.
OFFICERS IMPLICATED
Former Sheriff Accused and
United States Attorney
Loses His Place

PORTLAND. Ore. Dec 31--This New
Year Eve will not be forgotten in Ore
gon for a generation. 1t will be a date
standing out in the calendar of time
from which can be measured the hap
pening of some after event
The announcement this afternoon by
wire that President Roosevelt had re-
moved from Office John H Hall, United
States district attorney, was in itself a
sensational bit OF news. but was thrown
far into the shade at O'Clock in the
evening when it became known that
the United States grand jury here had
indicted Senator John II. Mitchell, Rep
resentative Binger Hermann. and
George Sorenson, former deputy sheriff
of Portland, ali accused of conspiracy
to defraud the United States Govern
ment in the sale of public lands
The special charge against Sorenson is
that of having offered bribe to Hall
to influence him in regard TO one of the
defendants