The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07
Home and Farm

the mare in the field 1t Is almost as
discouraging In the early morning
it starts out fresh and frisliy. During
the first hour or two 1t usually gets
tangled up i'll the wire fence or else
gets on The wrong side OF the fence
and the owner fears that 1t will get
tangled up. AS the day wears on it
gets tired and worn out and by the
time night comes it is almost too tired
to drag its way to the barn. 1t is a
discouraging life for the colt all
around under such conditions.
We believe the proper place for the
colt is the barn. After foaling the
mare and the colt should have at least
a weeks rest, large share OF this
time being spent outdoors where the
mare can get bite of grass and the
colt can get Strengthened on its legs
and have little exercise. When the
mare is sent to the field the colt
should be left in the barn. The first
few days the mare should be taken
to the barn the middle of the fore
noon and the middle of the afternoon
as we'll as at noon and the colt al
lowed to have little nourishment
Remember that the nature of the colt
is to take but small amount Of milk
and to take that amount often. The
colt will soon learn to eat small
amount of grain by nibbling in the
mothers feed box. After this time the
colt should have feed box OF its own
where the mother cannot steal the
feed. Plenty of oats and little bran
are good feeds for the colt. There is
no danger of its overeating at first.
1T two colts can be raised together it
will be all the better To give them
their grain a creep should be made
where the colt can go and where the
mares cannot. The colts will soon
learn the use of it and will seemingly
take pleasure in tantalizing their
mothers with the special privilege.
When the colts are eating grain in
good shape, the mothers can be kept
away all day. They will soon learn
to get along without each other if the
colt has been taught the lesson that
it is not to follow. We have seen
colts so we'll trained to this that they
would not follow even if the barn door
is left open. But they will learn to
follow every time they get chance
unless the owner is firm and keeps
them in every time. The barn or stall
where the colts are kept should he
clean and have in it hay and feed
for their amusement. While they are
alone in the barn Is the best time to
get them accustomed to people. Let
the house folks run in occasionally
and pet them.
The man who does not instinctively
love colt has something wrong with
his affections and he is usually not fit
for the society of either horses or men.
And these colts should not be abused
or mistreated. 1t is both profitable
and humanitarian to give them good
care. Ii stunted in early life the colt
has setback which will seldom if
ever be made up. Ii taken decent
care of. colts occasion but very little
trouble and expense and pay good
dividend On the money tied up in the
horses on the farm.
SILO AND INTENSIVE FARMING.
More cattle can be kept on a certain
area OF land when silage is fe1 than
is otherwise the case. The silo in
this respect furnishes similar ad-
vantage over field-curing folders as
does the soiling system over that of
pasturing cattle. In both the SLIDING
and the soiling system there is no
waste of feed. all food grown on the
lana being utilized for the feeding of
farm animals.
Pasturing cattle is an expensive
method of feeding, as far as the use
or the land goes. and can oily be
pract!ced to advantage where land is
cheap. AS the land increases in value.
more stock must be kept on the same
area In order to increase correspond
ingly the profits from the land.
The silo is to-day considered neces-
sity on thousands of dairy farms, and
we find most ct them in the states
that rank first in the dairy industry,
viz: New York, Minnesota, Iowa.
illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, etc.
The farmers that have had most ex-
perience with silage are the most
enthusiastic advocates OF the SLIDING
system, and the testimony of lntelli-
gent dairymen all over the country is
strongly in fovar of the silo. A New
York farmer recently said in one of.
our agricultural papers: Il would as
soon try to farm without a harm as
without a silo," and another wrote:
Il wouldn't take a thousand dollars
for my silo If could not replace it,"
The well-known agricultural. writer,
Joseph E. Wing, says: mo stock
feeder who grows corn can afford to
ignore the silo." Buff jersey" an
Illinois dairy farmer and writer on
agricultural topics, declares his faith
in silage as follows: II am fully sat.
isffed that silage is better feed srd a
cheaper one, than our pasture" An
other writer says: 1.-The silo to my
mind presents SO many advantages
over the system of soiling that 1t is
bound eventually to do away with the
use of soiling crops"
BURBANK'S CUT WORMS.
Luther Burbank's trained cut worm
crops, ON which the scientist has been
at work for several years, is proving
decided success. Mr.. Burbank began
in 1903 with dozen cut worms, talk
ing them from the earliest stages
and carefully watching their develop
ment and diet. They increased rapid
ly in numbers and soon grew accus-
toned to the changed diet provided for
them. The experimenter saw to it
that they had plenty of dandelions aad
weeds to cut, but all the corn, to-
matoes or other vegetables were care
fully drugged SO that they tasted very
bad to the worms. In 1905 the worms
had been educated to choose the weeds
in preference to the vegetables and
this spring, Mr.. Burbank released 500
educated cutworms around his garden
and estate. The results have been
marvellous. In few days 1t was
noticed that all the dandelions we're
dying. Examination showed that they