Free press., 1907-01-05

Cranberries are said to be among
the most healthful fruits we have.
The sunny corner in the stable and
the best of feed will make profitable
cows out of the heifers.
Corn roasted like coffee and fed
twice a week more than pays for the
trouble in improved poultry.
Now is the time to destroy all CO.
coons and all egg clusters found on
tree trunks, branches, etc.
The fall calf is six months ahead of
the flies and is in good condition then
to put up good fight against them.
During the past nine months there
has been shipped abroad $4,000, 900
pounds of butter, at an average price
of Is cents per pound.
The scales and the Babcock tester
will help you to weed out the COW that
don't pay. Why keep an animal that
is losing you money?
The best hammered COW is not al
ways the most profitable COW. Sen
timent should not control in determin-
| ing what COWS to keep.
Secretary Wilson, of the agricul-
tural department, suggests the agricul-
| tural high school as a preliminary in
stitution to the agricultural college.
| Good thing. It's coming.
Turn your spare moments into cash
| by picking up the loose end of things,
by mending the broken and partly
worn7out things, and by stopping the
| little leaks here and there.
Good general rule for feeding stock
is dry feed for beef and mashes and
succulent food for milk
Separate the roupy fowls and give
nothing but soft foods and water, mix
ing with the former one teaspoonful of
spOngia, and teaspoonful of the
spongia in pint of the drinking
water.
Not two per cent of the edible
plants of the world are known or
grown by American farmers. Good
reason why the government should
send it's agents into all the world to
find new plant life better adapted to
our soils than some we are now grow
y}ns'
The use of cement is invading the
green houses and benches for plant
culture are being more and more con-
structed of this material, being more
durable than the wood or tile benches.
One fioriculturist who has used ce-
ment benches tells of the method of
construction: Il put up temporary
wooden benches, using wire in two
inches of concrete, putting up also
wooden forms for posts or uprights,
and running the cement in these
forms to support the bench. We left
drainage. We used iron pipe bearers
every four feet, these resting on the
cement uprights or posts. The
| benches are very substantial and dura-
| BILE, lasting for years without needing
any REPAIRS" And he adds that the
| only trouble with these cement
benches is that if great care and judg-
ment is not used, the plants standing
on the benches are easily over-wa-
tered or get soggy, and they are not
considered as good for planting out
stock as are the wooden benches or
| the terra Gotta or tile tables.
The question as to whether it was
better to feed stock in sheds or in
stalls has during recent years been
| the subject of much discussion and
not a little study and investigation.
While 1t may not be correct to say
| that it has been fully settled, the ex-
| periments conducted during recent
years have thrown considerable light
| upon the subject These experiments
| have resulted, as a rule, in favor OF
| feeding in sheds, and allowing the ami.
mails to move at liberty in the barns
| and in a protected yard at hand. An
| experiment thus conducted recently by
| Prof Thomas Shaw at the Minnesota
| experiment station came out in favor
of feeding the animals in the shed
| rather than in the STALL Prof Shaw
comedies the one strong argument in
| favor of stall feeding in that it pro-
yides for feeding animals just the
| amount of food that they should be
! fed, but on the other hand he presents
the following points against such prac
| tice: The animals lose TO such an
extent the ability to move about or to
stand any jostling that they do not
bear up well in going to market, on
| foot, by rail or by steamboat The
/ difference in this respect is very
| marked between them and cattle fin
ished in the open shed and yard. More
| time IS called for in feeding and wa
| tering the animals and also in remov
ing the litter. This item is impor
tant. In these days OF expensive
labor it is very important One man
may care for many more animals
when fed in boxes and not tied than
when the animals are tied in stalls
| The cost of housing is also less. The
stable with stalls and floors is more
costly than the shed without floors