Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1907-12-26

this late tdate.
The complaint against cement floors
for hog houses that they may bring
on rheumatism in the animals does not
seem to ,hesweH founded in experience,
as many who have given them thor
ough trial have found no such results
ensuing. Effcgiven proper bedding and
kept free from drafts Of wind. no
trouble OF any kind is experienced.
During the year ended June 80, 1906,
5,595,566 bushels of rye were used DIN
this country in the production Of dis
titled spirits About twice this amount
is consumed ;annually by the mills of
the country and ground into flollr.
During 1904, the latest year for which
figures are given, the consumption for
this purpose was 11,4SO,370 bushels,
which made '1,5O3, 100 barrels of -four.
The rule forffeeding followed in the
case of United States artillery and
cavalry horses is IL pounds Of oats
and IA pounds of hay per day for ami
mails weighing from 1000 to 1,206
pounds. In Germany they are fed 10
pounds Of oats, SIS pounds Of hay and
IT pounds of bright straw, In Eng
land the ration followed is 10 pounds
Of oats, u pounds of hay and 8 pounds
of straw.
A woman lin IA western town ON
whom it devdlved to prepare chicken
for the MONDAY meal, losing her nerve
when it came to- tlecapitating the fowl,
shut her eyes lin order that she might
not witness the execution. She miss
ed fire and cut off a finger instead
Where one is AS tender hearted as this
the only safe way would be to dis
pense with the AK and wiring the chick
ems neck. f
For unauthorized ecussedness and
pure malice 1t would be hard to equal
the record of a western farmer we
read of lately who, to satisfy a grudge
against his neighbor, dragged dead
cholera hog into his pen. Of uninfected
swine. The miscTeant understood the
nature Of the disease sufficiently so
that he, took the Precaution of leaving
in the pen the gloves with which he
handled the carcass of the animal
The ladybug, although "a mite of a
little creature is worth millions upon
to the agricultural and horti-
cultural interests of the country In the
services which 1t renders In holding in
check numerous parasitic enemies of
tree, shrub, vine and plant 1t is one
of the marvels of the insect world and
wins the admiration OF all who study
it's habits and realize somewhat of the
service which 1t renders In natures
economy.
In opposition to view quite gener-
ally held, to the effect that alfalfa Is
NOT a good feed for horses, DR.. Smead
of the New York Tribune cites the fact
that in some portions of the west good
horses are raised on an almost exelu-
sive alfalfa diet, fed at the rate of
from TWELVE to fifteen pounds per day.
A moderate ration of alfalfa is excel.
lent for brood mares and sows. The
value of alfalfa as food ration is I'm
dictated by the fact that it contains IL
per cent of ngestible protein while
the best clover hay contains but 68
per cent.
We have In mind a boy who shirked
about every job that was ever given
him to do and who finally entered
the navy as kind of soft snap job !,
which would furnish him pretty good
time with relatively little work. He
tired of this and did as he had done
with other tasks, shirked-that is, de-
serted-with the result that the au-
thorities are now on his track and if
they catch him will likely shut him up
for two or three years. He early ac-
quired the Sinking habit and stuck to
1t. The outcome is exactly what might
have been expected.
A dairy ration which is followed by
the Wisconsin experiment station con-
sists by weight Of one part of cotton
seed meal, two parts wheat bran and
two parts distillers' grain This ration
Is fed at the rate Of one pound per day
for each pound of butter fat produced
by the individual cow per week. For
example, Ii she were making ten
pounds OF butter per week her ration
on this basis would be ten pounds of
feed per day. The distiller's grain,
which is used because it provides ra-
ton at minimum cost, could be SUBJ
stituted in case 1t is not available with
ground oats and corn or corn and cob
meal.
The total annual loss to southern
stock raisers as a result Of damage
from the cattle tick Is estimated. at
SAC, 100000 The plan Of campaign
which has been inaugurated with a
view to graduating the tick and car
ried on under the direction of the de-
partment at Washington, cooperating
with stock raisers In different infested
localities. has been along three chief !
lfnes-namely, fnsecticide treatment,
rotation of pastures and a starving Of