The daily tribune., 1906-02-16

this was made necessary by an aeci-
dental injury to one Of tho cows. One
regular breeder Is fifteen years old. but
IL still vigorous and healthy, giving
milk enough to make It profitable to
retain her In the herd. Experts in the
Department Of Agriculture state that
they have never seen . thriftier. better
kept lot Of cows. Balanced rations are
fed to them every day in the year. con-
sisting of some Bucculent material
silage In winter. and rye, Timothy and
clover, corn or peas and oats In sum-
mer. A second portion IL 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 dairymsn
would be surprised to learn that every
COW on this farm has four ounces Of
salt daily. mixed with her fodder. hne
table salt being invariably used anu
evenly divided among the three feeds.
There are round silos on the farm,
each ten fest In diameter and thirty
four feet high. These altogether hold
about 100 tons Of silage and this guam
tity Of corn silage ID produced ON four
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men, three teams and . traction en-
gino to run the cutter are employed In
fllling the silos.
Tho proprietor Of this farm has not
adopted any systematic rotation OF
crops, ~ every foot Of land receives an
abundance of manure every year or
two. There IL but little trace Of weeds
and those that do grow are not Of the
undesirable kind. Intelligent methods
Of cultivation enabled the owner last
year not only to produce all the rough
age required for thirty head Of stock
but to have left nearly 1000 pounds Of
hay. which was sold.
Handing ths Manure.
The remarkable Yields ON this farm
are due entirely to the intelligent uss
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 IL utilized. The method Of
handling manure In this case can be
used only ON farms ON which stock Il
kept In stalls and IL therefore not ap
plicabie to all styles Of stock-farming
Behind each row OF cows II . gutter
eighteen inches Wide and seven inches
deep. These cutters have NO outlets
They are thoroughly cleaned daily
(the whole barn IL disinfectsd twics
week by FREQ use OF creoline. and
the interior IL frequently white
washed). When cleaned. the gutter,
arc sprinkled with ashes or dry dir,
to absorb what moisture may be pres
ent. During tho day . quantity ol
absorbent. consisting Of leaf mold. rot
ten sod. etc. IL placed In them. Ths
manure II lifted from the cutters into
cart backed mp to tho door and Il
then taken directly on to the neldi
and spread over them. In summer II
10 applied to the land from which tha
soiling crops are removed: In Winter
II 10 spread on the rye and grass nslds
No manure II used on newly seede<
graas lands.
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