The Globe-republican., 1906-11-08
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The fat hen won't lay. Send her tt
. the pot.
A kick at the COW is kick at the
milk pail.
Chopped sweet apples with grain "a
ton on top makes an ideal feed for the
COW.
The hog pasture should have com
Portable shed in which the animals
may take refuge from storms.
1t Is said that small and young ban
tams are sometimes sold under the
name of squads.
The fussy, fighting hen has no
rightful place in the successful poul-
tryman's flock. Get rid of her.
Full feed for the COW all the time
or she will lose you money 1t is
easier to drop in the milk yield than
it is to recover the shortage.
The Illinois experiment station has
just issued bulletin No. 100 on "Loca-
ton, Construction and Operation Of
Hog Houses" If you are interested,
write for a copy.
Give the poultry house plenty of
light. The window. should have a
south exposure if possible, in order
that the sunshine may get in and
warm things up bit for the hens on
the cold days.
Hogs in Cerro Gordo county, Ia, are
afflicted with Strange malady resem-
bling cholerain symptoms. Hogs
grow poor, lose appetite, die in tor
ture. No remedy has yet been found
to be effective, and some farmers have
lost 100 head.
Experiments at the West Virginia
Prof Hodge of Clark university has
estimated the value of toads to the
farmer at SIS apiece because they de-
stroy cut worms. There is a regular
market for toads in England, however
at 25 cents apiece.
The market grade known as roast
ing pigs is a class Of pigs from three
to six weeks old and weighing from
Is to 30 pounds. They are not gen.
orally found quoted in market in such
small numbers and only during holt
day seasons Pigs of this class usu-
ally are of very uniform grade. They
are taken direct from their dams,
dressed with head and feet on, and
served like spring chickens or turkeys.
The price varies greatly, ranging all
the way from regular live hog prices
to that paid for poultry.
A good hog house should be 20 feet
wide, six feet high at the ewes for con-
venience in cleaning, and as long as
the size of the herd requires. The
interior arrangement will be two rows
of pens, eight feet wide, with four
foot passage between them. The floor
should be of cement with a half-inch
gutter just in front of the trough, and
draining toward the end of the house
farthest from the feed room. If dur
ability is sought after the side walls
and partitions may be of cement for
one to three feet up. If the exercise
yards are large and well-drained they
need not be cemented.
Rotation Of crops as a principle of
successful farming is recognized to-
day by almost every farmer, but Just
the best method of rotation is not al
ways clear, Different methods, of
course, are required for different soil
and climatic conditions, but compare
son of the system followed by other
farmers is always suggestive and help
full. Here Is how an Iowa farmer
manages on farm of 100 acres: First
comes 40 acres in corn. This 40 acres
OF corn at 40 bushels per acre is 1000
bushels Of corn at 40 cents per bushel.
$64O. Total cost of same, 5000, leav-
ing $40 net proceeds of this 40 acres.
Twenty acres In oats used as a nurse
crop for seeding clover and timothy
at 30 bushels per acre, 900 bushels at
rs cents per bushel, $3.50; SIS cost of
seeding and labor SIS net. Clover or
timothy meadow 20 acres, $120; grass
seed, $50; for hay, $3.50; $11O net.
Meadow 20 acres at IL tons per acre,
80 tons Of hay at SIS per ton, $3.50; $50
expense, $40 net Twenty acres in
pasture grass in one plot, 30 acres In
another, Which will keep 80 head of
stock at $3.50 per head for pasture
season, $225 net. Ten acres contain
farm buildings, orchard, garden and
hog pasture, which will return at least
$50 net. Total proceeds of this farm
for one year, $1,000. This is an aver
age Iowa farm Of his section Usually
there are 40 acres put in corn, using