Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-01
Value of Glover.

70 eastern Wlelt
| it occupies a position similar to alfalfa
| in the west. For building up worr
out soils clover is par excellence. 4
| good stand Of clover is the best pos
| sible preparation of land for a sue.
ceeding crop of grain. Glover sod. II
is claimed, contains enough phosphorio
| acid for more than double an average
crop Of wheat enough nitrogen fol
more than four average crops anG
| enough potash for more than siv aver.
age crops of wheat. The feeding value
OF clover is we'll known, 1t making
an excellent supplement to a grair
ration. Either clover or alfalfa should
be part Of the crop rotation Of every
we'll regulated farm.
Grub in Sheep.
Reports coming in state that many
sheep are dying from grub in the
head. This disease is caused by a
parasite that gets into the head thru
the nostrils. The parasite is grub
the larval form of the sheep gadfy
which resembles somewhat common
house fly. only it is larger. It attacks
the sheep, laying its eggs in the nos
trils, and when the larvae hatch out
they crawl up into the, head. This
causes a catarrhal discharge from the
nose Of the sheep and often violent
staggers and death.
In this, as in all diseases. prevention
is better than a cure, or at least easier.
Smearing the noses of the sheep with
pine tar will prevent the flies laying
their eggs. If the flock is provided
with plenty of good shade they will
be protected, as the fly does not bother
except in the heat of the day and
then not under shade. Keep shut up
during the heat of the day and allow
out in the evening and morning to
Craze.
AS for a cure, many recommend the
use of kerosene poured in the nostrils
while the animal is held on its back.
but this will not remove all the grubs
only those that may not be in the
sinuses. Fumigating the flock with
turpentine or smoke from tar will often
help. Where the grubs get too bad
1t is probably best to fatten and sell
for slaughter before they reach the
bling stagger" stage
AS the f1y attacks sheep more dur
ing July. August and September, 1t is
then that flock owners should take the
greatest precautions for protecting
their sheep
In the Poultry Yard.
Probably the thing of most impor-
sance in the management of poultry
during summer is the water supply
Healthy fowls must have good, pure
water to keep them that way. Vessels
in which water is kept should bs
cleaned every day,and not allowed to
sour. This item cannot receive too
much Of your attention this month and
next.
The way to have chicks stay where
you want them is to feed them there
until they have formed the habit. Be-
gin as soon as they are Matched.
AS a remedy for droopiness in fowls
one poultry keeper advises dipping
them in warm water in which strong
bacon grease has been poured Hold the
fowl by the wings and dip it under the
water two or three times The grease
kills the vermin and helps the OLD
feathers fall out. leaving room for new
ones. Dipping helps the moulting pro-
cess and by treating them in the early
fall they are freed from lice and will
stand the winter better.
Recipes for making johnny cakes for
poultry are given in a recent bulletin.
They are as follows:
No. /. Add a little soda to sour milk
and stir in cornmeal to make a stiff
batter. The addition of few inferti!e ,
eggs will improve the cakes. Bake UNI
Ill we'll cooked thru. Make the cakes
hick so as to reduce the proportion
Of crust.
No. 2. One pint cornmeal. one-half
pint of bran, one teaspoonful meat
neal, one raw egg. one teaspoon soda:
add water to make a stiff batter and
bake two hours.
No. 8. Ten parts cornmeal. three
parts wheat n1iddhngs. one part meat
neal. by measure: mix with water or
skim milk and bake.
No. 4. Prepare a meal by grinding
ogether twenty pounds of corn. fifteen
pounds oats, ten pounds barley; add |
en- pounds wheat bran. To make cakes
AXE one quart sour milk or butter
milk add a little salt and molasses, a
luart Of water. heaping teaspoonful |
soda: thicker with the meal and bake
n shallow pans.
No. 3. Take equal parts of corn,
wheat and oats ground together. Mix
With milk and bake. If milk cannot be |
obtained for Johnny cakes use animal |
neal in the meal.
Take out the old nests. burn the nest
and thoroughly cleanse the
,oxes. Old nests are good breeders of
mites and they will make the hen that
its on them lead a miserable life.
In the matter of keeping eggs II
hould be remembered that eggs will |
,eep longer if the males are not al
owed to run with the hens.
When soy beans are added 10 the
rain ration for poultry at least rs per
ent of the fun amount of animal food
an be saved. which is an actual saw
ng in the real cost Of feeding ac-
ording to Professor r. A Moore or
university He fed soy beans
o fowls and found that the hens fed
n them laid remarkably we'll and the
gg fertility was the best. The beans
we're cracked before feeding.