The Marshall republican., 1907-07-05

sells 10 now Nbil understood By eyery 7
farmer who takes his product TO ~
creamery or consigus II to . city deal
er. What has not been 90 well known,
perhaps. 10 the NO less important fact
that milk 10 be kept free from harm
full bacteria, must be cooled imine-
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 q shed closed on =
end, both sides and part Of the front
into which he puts the Manure. Any
offal. leaves. trash. ETC., he hnds on
the place are put In there with the
manure This compost pile ID left
to accumulate from one year TO an
other. and when well rotted Ia taken
out and epread on the land. There
In some doubt az TO whether this
method IL as good as the a In
which the manure 10 spread 1t once
on the lind. for experts. contend that
the highest value Of manure 10 when
II Is first made.
The farmer who is satisfied with
the same results year after year 10
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 ~ possible. In this
way you will be constantly improving
your methods, increasing the fertility
and productiveness Of your farm. and
securing larger returns for YOU Ia
bors. And also you win ind that de-
iightful stimulus in your work which
comes from q consciousness OF being
master OF your work instead Of being
q slave to 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 rs cents per 100 pounds live
weight. This goe TO show that he
value Of food when used In fattening
cannot always be accurately esti-
mated from the increase directly re-
suitins from II. Corn Is considered
10 be worth eight per cent more In
making Increase Of pork than barley.
aud yet In growing high quality
bacon. Il 10 possible 30 TO feed barley
that q higher return relatively will be
obtained from II than from feeding
corn.
Lumpy Jaw. 30 called. In q tumof OF
more or less rapid growth that docs
not always occur on the bovine law
or head. II II found frequently In
other parts Of the body. Il 10 not
considered contagious and 70 not rap
fdly fatal. In some iodide Of
potassium, one and a half to two aud
a half drains. dissolved In water and
administered in q drench daily. has
been beneficial. The amoun must
be adapted 10 the size of the animal.
II Ia not wise 10 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.
ION. d. c., and asking for Circular 90.
The Association Of Pork Butchers
tu uoliauA hss rAcautlv u,,hit.h.x a.
results Of some trials conducted at
several government experiment sta
tions with the object Of testing the
relative value Of different meals, es.
p~cciaily maize. barley meal, oatmeal
and buckwheat meal. for the fatten.
Ing, OF pigs. The trial was made with
~ young pigs. AL Of the same age
and weight. divided into four lots.
The animals Of each lot received, re-
s~pectively. a. much ~ they would
eat Of the different meals. and in id.
ditiou they all had daily q supply of
skim milk and some potatoes. After
they were killed a examination of
the showed that the flesh
Of the pigs fattensd on maize was
not a. arm or salable as that Of the
pigs fed on the other meals. This
result ID the same as has been report.
cd from trials In America and Can
ada. and IL worth noting. II would
appear that maise II q good food for
growing pigs, but that other meals
should be substituted. either In part
or altogether, during the last month
or two OF the fattenipg process:
In setting out trees the following
method win give good results: Make
the hole two feet or more In dame
ter and sight TO ~ inches dsspa a.
sire Of tree may indicate Place Rich
t0n aoil IN oua ni1e ana tho s.h.-.n