The Columbus journal., 1907-01-30


for eollectioas. aAd Judges awarded
these prises o. . scale a points such
a would 10 10ed IN judging Hive
stock. Some q Tie ears which were
most favogably considered Were
smaller than The best. % b found IN
IN eastern cognAeld, yet It was easily
demeostrated that q ~ bet q
these ears TIE coss - . paeked
tAat ~ yield vas assoaisAia<
se"e - n. !. - : -.sp 49, Of c,sa. st.
n,~ - .&Ss and clean milk ves
ll.AY = now ven unoerst0od By every
farmer Who takes hisT product to
creamery or eoasigns IL to . city deal
er. What has not been % ven known
perhaps. II the No less important fact
that milk to be kept free from harm
ful bacteria. must b cooled imme
diately after being drawn from the
COW. aud kept cool until used. The
bacteria do not readily multiply IL
cold milk. but they increase In the
billions In milk which is allowed n
stand with the animal heat untem
pered.
Here Is the way one farmer careA
for his manure: In one corner Of the
harm lot he has . shed closed On one
end. both sides and part Of the front
into which he puts the manure. Amy
oaal. leaves. trash. etc. he finds on
the place are put In there with tho
manure. This compost pile In left
to accumulate from one year to an
other. and when well rotted II taken
out and spread On the lAnd. There
is some doubt ~ to whether this
method Is as good n the one In
which the manure il spreaa at 0oce
On the land. for experts conee0d that
the highest value Of manure = when
It II first made.
The farmer Who Is satisfied With
the same results year after year ID
going backward instead Of forward
Keep posted on the latest develop
ments In agricultural science and
then adapt as many Of the new ideNs
to your farm aS possible. In this
way you win be constantly improving
your methods. Increasing the fertility
and pr0ductiveness Of your farm. and
securing larger returns for your b
bors. And also you win ind that D.
lightful stimulus In your work which
comes from . Consciousness Of being
master Of your work instead Of being
q slave to conditions
In IN experiment In feeding steers
in Nebraska. while making oil cake
ten per cent. Of the grain ration did
not cheapen the production secured.
the finished product sold at IN ad-
vance Of IS cents per 10 pounds live
weight This goes to show that tho
value Of food when used in fAttening
cannot always be accurately esti-
mated from the increase directly re-
sulting from Il. Corn iS considered
to Be worth eight per cent more IN
making Increase Of pork than harley,
and yet In growing hieh quality p
bacon, II is possible % TO feed barley
obtained from it than from feeding
corn.
Lumpy jaw, 20 called. Is . tumoF Of
more or less rapid growth that does
not always occur ON the bovine Jaw
or head. 1t IL found frequently in
Dther parts Of the body. Il II not
considered contagious and il not rap
dly fatal In some cases iodide OF
one and q half to two and
! half drains. dissolved in water ana
In . drench daily. has
,een beneficial The amount must
,e adapted to the size Of the animal
t is not wise to give this treatment
o COWS in milk. A fun description Of
he disease and treatment may be OBJ
aimed free by readers of Meadow
,rook Farm Notes by addressing the
bureau OF Animal Industry Washing
on. d. c.. and asking for Circular Sc.
The Association Of Pork Butchers
d Holland has recently published the
esults of some trials conducted At
everal government experiment. sta
Ions with the object of testing the
elative value Of different meals, e.
ecially maize. barley meal. oatmeal
nd buckwheat meal, for the fatten-
e Of pigs. The trial was made with
8 young pigs. all Of the same are
nd weight, divided into four lots.
no animala 0f each 1nH roeolvoIA -
pectively, as much as they would
ut Of the different meals. and in ad-
Ition they all had daily . supply Of
kim milk and some potatoes. After
hey were killed IN examination Of
le carcasses showed that the flesh
the pigs fattened On maize was
Ot as firm or salable as that Of the
gs fed ON the other meals This
suit is the same as has been report-
! from trials In America and Can.
Ia, and is worth noting. Il would
opear that maize IS q good food for
owing pigs. but that other meals
lould be substituted, either In mart
; altogether. during the last month
two Of the fattening process.
In setting out trees the following
ethod will give good results: MAIZE
e hole two feet or more in Diane.
r and eight to II inches deem. 40
re Of tree may indicate Place rich
p soil in one pile and the subsoil
another. Cut out all broken or in.
red rO0ta from the freo~ <o -