The state herald., 1908-12-25
NlH FARM
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lhe neglected calf becomes the
stunted COW.
Feed costs money. Don't let the
animals waste it by careless methods
of feeding.
Study your flock from now on with
view of sorting over for mating in the
early spring
The satisfied farmer is the farmer
? who finds satisfaction and stimulus
in doing everything well.
IL you want to improve your farm
land put II down to clover. field by
field. and pasture hogs on 1t.
Hens do not relish scratching in
damp. heavy litter. See that plenty
of straw or leaves that are perfectly
dry is supplied.
Keep the henhouses clean. Great
piles of frozen manure underneath the
perches is not a very good testimonial
for the owner and not much encour-
agement for the hens to do their best.
Leaks In old shingle roofs can be
more surely fixed by the use OF strips
OF tin than by using shingles. as the
latter are apt to raise the edges of
those about 1t and make the leak
worse.
Cows that are to calve in winter or
early spring should have about six
quarts OF some vegetable every day
for two weeks before calving, II this
course is pursued there will be no
milk fever nor any other OF the many
troubles incident TO calying time.
Don't let your farmers meetings
drift into IA mutual admiration society
in which nothing better is talked
about than neighborhood gossip. which
pats those. present on the back and
criticises the absent neighbors. Make
such meetings profitable by taking up
real farm problems and discussing
them.
Have you taken an inventory OF the
farm YETI No business house of any
size In the world but that takes an
accounting of Its stock at the end of
the year preparatory TO the new years
business. Does not the farmer need
TO know what he has on hand and
what amount OF business he has done
during the year before he is In shape
10 intelllgently begin another years
work?
It's not Drawn alone which makes
for successful farming, Brains are
needed on the farm rs never before.
The man who Is going to reap the re.
wards which the farm can be made
TO yield must be equipped for the task.
He must not only have a pretty com.
prehensiye knowledge Of the principles
governing agriculture. but he must pos.
scss practical business qualities which
will enable him to market his crops
after he has raised them.
Fowls suffering from contagious
disease should be killed and buried
Lighter ailments. such as colds. for In,
stance. should be promptly treated
and We know OF nothing better than n
auinlnc pill lone grain each night for
about q week: four drops Of tlncturo
Of aconitc In hnlfplnt Of drinkinF
wnter In u good remedy for a cold that
shows itself by HncoEing when a
fowl In droopy. shows loss Of appetite
and the comb and waffle do not have
that bright look they have IN health
family liver PHI will very often
work wonders.
The foot and mouth disease. oi
nphthoua fever, which has been cnuB
ing so much concern In the east, but
which has been held In check by IN,
vigorous and prompt quarantine meas
ures Of the government, Il highl,
contagious fever, characterized b,
.rupiionH Of bllHtsfa In the mouth
around the crown of the feet and be-
tween the toes, Il II spread by con
tact with the diseased animals. ol
with manure. hay or anything else
they have touched or the buildings ol
ears that have harborod them Though
ordinarily considered a disease Of cat
Tie. Il Affects hogs. sheep. goats
horses, dogs. eats, and. sometimes. hu
mans. The disease Ia seldom fata
10 humans. and n confined chiefly Il
rhiidrcn who have used unboilcd min
from infected cattle In animals th'
disease makes IL appearance In from
three TO six days after exposure to In
feclion. The first Hymptom IN chill
followed by n hiRh fever IN day O
two small hlisters about the size Of |
pea appear In the mouth The NOR
tnllty il usually one 10 three per cent
sometimes reaching il,e per cent I
"a morc fatal In calves that have tsei
fed On infected milk, Foul foot q
ground itch IL quite common with cat
tia that stand IN Nth, but this Ia read