Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-05-02

The great Importance of clean sta
bles, clean cows and clean milk yes
sells is now we'll understood by every
farmer who takes his product to- a
creamery or consigns it to city deal
er. What has not been SO we'll known,
perhaps, is the no less important fact
that milk to be kept free from harm
full bacteria, must be cooled imme-
diately after being drawn from the
COW, and kept cool until used. The
bacteria do not readily multiply in
cold milk, but they increase in the
billions in milk which is allowed to
stand with the animal heat untem-
pered. -.
Here is the way one farmer cares
for his manure: In one corner of the
barn lot he has shed closed on one
end, both slices and part of the front
into which he puts the manure. Any
offal, leaves, trash, etc., he finds on
the place are put in there with the
manure. This compost pile is left
to accumulate from one year to an
other, and when we'll rotted is taken
out and spread on the land. There
is some doubt as to whether this
method is as good as the one in
which the manure is spread at once
on the land, for experts contend that
the highest value of manure is when
it is first made
The farmer who is satisfied with
the same results year after year is
going backward instead of forward.
Keep posted on the latest develop
ments in agricultural science and
then adapt as many of the new ideas
to your farm as possible. In this
way you will be constantly improving
your methods, increasing the fertility
and productiveness of your farm, and
securing larger returns for your la
bors. And also you will find that de-
ightful stimulus in your work which
comes from a consciousness of being
master of your work instead of being
slave 10 conditions.
In an experiment in feeding steers
in Nebraska, while making oil cake
ten per cent. of the grain ration did
not cheaper the production secured,
the finished product sold at an ad-
vance of Is cents per 100 pounds live
weight. This goes to show that the
value of food when used in fattening
cannot always be accurately est-
mated from the increase directly re-
sulting from it, Corn is considered
to be worth eight per cent more in
making increase of pork than barley,
and yet in growing high quality
bacon, it is possible so to feed barley
that higher return relatively will be
obtained from it than from feeding
corn.
Lumpy jaw, 50 called, Is a tumor of
more or less rapid growth that does
not always occur on the bovine jaw
or head. 1t is found frequently in
other parts of the body 1t is not
considered contagious and is not rap
idly fatal In some cases iodide Of
potassium, one and a halt to two and
a half drams, dissolved in water and
administered in a drench daily, has
been beneficial. The amount must
be adapted to the size of The animal
1t is not wise to give this treatment
to COWS in milk A full description of
the disease and treatment may be OBJ
tanned free by readers Of Meadow
brook Farm Notes by addressing the
Bureau of Animal Industry Washing
ton, D. c., and asking for Circular g.
The Association of Pork Butchers
in Holland has recently published the
results of some trials conducted at.
several government experiment sta.
tons with the object of testing the
relative value of different meals, es.
pecially maize, barley meal, oatmeal
and buckwheat meal, for the fatten-r
ing of pigs. The trial was made with
As young pigs, all of the same agel
and weight, divided into foW lots
The animals of each lot received, re-.
spectively, as much as they would
eat of the different meals, and in adj
dition they all had daily supply of
skim milk and some potatoes. After
they were killed an examination of
the carcasses showed that the flesh
of the pigs fattened on maize was
not as firm or salable as that of the
pigs fed on the other meals. This
result is the same as has been report
ed from trials in America and Can
ada, and is worth noting. It would
appear that maize is a good food for
growing pigs, but that other meals
should be substituted, either in part
or altogether during the last month