Charlevoix county herald., 1906-02-10

this was made necessary by an acct
dental injury to one of the cows. One
regular breeder is fifteen years old, but
is still vigorous and healthy, giving
milk enough to make it profitable tt
retain her in the herd. Experts in the
Department of Agriculture state that
they have never seen a thriftier, better
kept lot Of cows. Balanced rations are
fed to them every day in the year, con
sisting of some succulent material
silage in winter, and rye, timothy and
clover, corn or peas and oats in sum.
mer. A second portion is made up OF
dry hay or fodder, which gives some
consistency to the manure. The third
portion consists of meal products, of
which three kinds are used-bran, oil
meal and gluten. Many dairymen
would be surprised to learn that every
cow on this farm has four ounces of
salt daily, mixed with her fodder, fine
| table salt being invariably used and
evenly divided among the three feeds.
There are round silos on the farm,
each ten feet in diameter and thirty
four feet high. These altogether hold
about 100 tons of silage and this guam
tity of corn silage is produced on four
acres, planted on June 22nd. Eleven
men, three teams and traction en-
CINE to run the cutter are employed in
filling the silos.
The proprietor of this farm has not
adopted any systematic rotation of
crops, as every foot of land receives an
abundance Of manure every year or
two There is but little trace of weeds
on5 - "aa that do grow are not of the
undesirable kim: Intelligent methods
Of cultivation enabled the owner last
wear not only to produce all the rough
age required for thirty head OF stock
but to have left nearly ono pounds of
hay, which was sold.
Handling the Manure.
The remarkable yields on this farm
are due entirely to the intelligent use
of stable manure. Most farmers waste
more than half of the value OF the
manure produced on their farms. On
this model farm every particle OF the
plant food is utilized. The method OF
| handling manure in this case can be
used only on farms on which stock is
kept in stalls and is therefore not ap
plicable to all styles of stock-farming
Behind each row of cows is a gutter
eighteen inches wide and seven inches
Deep These cutters have no outlets
They are thoroughly cleaned daily
/ (the whole barn is disinfected twice
week by free use of creoline, ant
the interior is frequently white
washed). When cleaned, the CUTTERS
are sprinkled with ashes or dry dir
to absorb what moisture may be pres
ent. During the day quantity o
absorbent, consisting of leaf mold, rot
ten sod, ETC., is placed in them. TIL,
manure Is lifted from the cutters Int
cart backed up to the door and 4
then taken directly off to the field
and spread over them. In summer I
Is applied to the land from which tn
soiling crops are removed; In white
II is spread on the rye and grass fields
No manure is used on newly seede
grass lands.
This is the experience Of a pionee
) farmer starting In with no previou
: training, but going to work I'm a meti
odical manner to learn what he coul
from the experience of others. He ha
applied principles and business metl
[ DDS and has blazed a path into
4 region of great possibilities. There
+ no doubt that his experience can b