The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-09

j heep the young CulChcuS SEOWluS.
Green food is essential.
The vitality of alfalfa is much les
sened by letting 1t stand very long
after the proper time for cutting.
It Is the COW which the man ID
anxious to sell that you cannot afford
to buy.
Keep only as many chickens rs you
have room for. Crowding is always
Salt. fresh water and kind words go
a long way in inducing the COW to I'LL
the milk pail
Speltz when ground and mixed with
| bran or cOrnmeal makes a good feed
FOR milk cows.
| Do you know how to run your farm
az well as you think you know how
to run the country?
The stanchion is cruel thing to
keep the cows in during fly time. IN
less the stable is screened.
Kerosene makes a good spray to use
in the chicken house, only be careful
of fire or lighted matches after using.
nnn IN 0nnlr of tho
average farm orchard twice to know
that it is the most neglected spot on
the farm.
Dirt is the great enemy of milk.
From the feeding and handling of the
COW to the final disposition of the
milk you cannot be too careful.
To stop a horse from gnawing, wash
the manger and rope with coal tar.
This must be put on hot with an old
brush or broom.
1t should not be necessary to re.
mind you that the separator should
be washed and scalded each time it is
used. Washing it out with clean cold
water is not sufficient.
Eggs that are uniform in size and
color find a more ready market and a
better price than eggs not so assorted.
This is one of the strong arguments
in favor of one breed of hens.
The dairy farm needs power OF
some kind. In purchasing an engine
get one that will do more work than
you will require of it. 1t will make its
running easier and will provide for in
creased business.
After the first year it is almost i'm
possible to Judge the age of a hen, and
for this reason leg bands should be
used to prevent you from sending the
young hens to market and keeping the
old ones. The cost of the leg bands is
as nothing compared to the convent
ence of knowing each individual fowl.
Register the numbers in a book and
under each number keep q record of
HI tuIS
way you will be able to deal intelli-
gently with your flock and make your
profits more.
A wa!low for the hogs is a good
thing in the summer time for it helps
them to keep cool. One of cement may
be made by digging a hole Is inches
deep and ten feet square. In the bot
tom pack six inches of coarse gravel
or cinders, and on this lay three
inches of coarse concrete. Smooth off
the surface and raise the sides six
inches higher. This makes shallow
basin, which will make a good sani-
tary wallow. and a barrel of water a
day will be sufficient to keep it going.
If you have running water which
can be piped into the basin, SO much
the better.
A method of curing alfalfa hay with
out the use of hay caps which has
proved successful is 10 cut the alfalfa
in the morning as soon as the dew is
off. allow il to remain in the swath
as late an the afternoon as possible
and yet get it raked before the eve
ming dews fall and then put it in tall
cocks, if it looks like rain: otherwise
leave il in the Window over night II
the next day is sunshiny the hay is
scattered after the dew is off. allowed
10 dry until late afternoon and put in
the barn. If the weather is not favor
able for drying. more than two days
will be required to cure the hay.
Here are some feeding maxims by
Prof Beach which we are glad to
give space TO among the Meadow
brook Farm Notes: The more food
the COW can be induced to eat, the
more milk she will produce. Cows 90
not usually consume more food than
they can properly digest. The ration,
therefore. should be made as palatable
as possible in order to induce the COW
to eat large quantities. The larger the
amount of protein in the ration, the
larger the milk flow. Protein in the
ration is essential to the production of
the milk. The less energy required to
digest the ration the larger the milk
flow. The richer the ration. the rich
er the manure. The dairy farmer
must look here for a large part of his
profit. No two COWS can be fed alike.
Each must be studied differently. In
crease the protein in the ration and
watch the milk flow.