Middletown transcript., 1908-08-01
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

f ~ o"'e' equal weight, giving al
q the animals will eat up clean. To add
, suecuience to the feed, yellow Swede
turnlps sliced fine are also good. Alfalfa
hay should also be given in abundance,
Partial paralysis in pigs may be treated
successfully in some cases by dosing with
EPSON salts, allowing one ounce to each
animal, following with dessertspoonful
OF cod-liver oil, 10 grams phosphate of
lime and two drops nux vomica az a
physic, given twice a day for several
weeks.
| For the colt, mares milk is best, but i.
can be raised on cows milk if it is rightly
managed. The mares milk being thin
ner and sWeeter' than cows milk, the
latter should be diluted and sweetened
slightly.
lt is hard to successfully treat ringbone
after it has become firmly established
upon a horses leg. In the early stages
proper shoeing will straighten the foot
and relieve the strain which is the cause
OF the trouble. Ringbone is due to an
injury to the tendons of the foot, or to
blows, spralns or overworking before the
bones have been fully formed and hard
ened. 1t is regarded as disease that
may be transmitted by tendency.
For the convenience of importers of
fine breeding cattle the Bureau of Animal
Industry has made tuberculin tests in
Great Britain of cattle intended for i'm
portation into the United States. Last
year II Jerseys were passed and one re-
Iected. Of the 81 Guernseys examined
only one was rejected, Seven of the 81
Ayrshires examined were rejected.
The more food the COW can be induced
to eat, the more milk she will produce.
Usually COWS do not consume more food
than they can properly digest. The
ration, therefore, should be made as pal
atable as possible in order to induce the
COW to eat large quantities
Sal soda is excellent for removing fat
and disease from milk pals, cans and
separators, but soap is best for dirt alone.
Sal soda is neither poisonous nor corro-
sive. Use with water in small propor-
tions.
An egg, to belong to the strictly fresh
egg class, should not be over three days
old in summer weather, and a week old
during winter. But in either case they
must be kept in a cool temperature. Heat
very quickly stales eggs. Crates of eggs
allowed to remain in the hot sun for sew
eral hours will quickly change their con-
dition.
A 'large roaster" means a plump, soft
chicken of to pounds weight. The
broiler weight in March is II pounds
each; in April, u pounds; in May, II to
pounds. Old cock birds have special
classification, and do not come under the
head of Large roasting" fowls.
1t is good rule to market all stock as
soon as they can be got ready. Poultry
is no exception to the rule. Chickens,
ducks, turkeys and geese should be rap
idly fattened and quickly sold.
The young pigs should be provided
with plenty Of exercise. In the absence
OF more natural exercise the herdsman
should turn the pigs out of doors two or
three times day, and drive them about
the yard for awhile.
Hickory timber is fast disappearing.
and it is said to be more difficult to re-
place than any other wood. There is no
substitute that is as tough, elastic, or as
| durable.
The secret of raising uniform bunch
of pigs is in keeping each litter by itself,
SO that there can be absolutely no "steal-
ing." 1t is true that this involves some
labor in feeding and also little fencing,
but the owner will be paid handsomely
for his labor when he markets his bunch.
An Indiana farmer has made corn cuI-
ture study and for 25 years has been
endeavoring to increase the yield by grow
ing a variety that will produce more ears.
He now announces that he has obtained
corn that bears three ears to the stalk,
each averaging over II inches in length.
Illinois bee keepers want the State to
prohibit the use of poisons in fruit sprays
until after the blooms have been fertilized
by bees.
More horses are injured by enforced
idleness than by work. Days that horses
are not at work they should run in box
stall or yard. Their hair may not lie
quite as close, and even be little longer,
but they will keep healthier and be in
much better shape for next seasons work
for having their regular exercise every
day, either in the harness or out in the
yard.
Mangels grown continuously Oh the
same land for four years, yielded over
nine tons of roots, containing one ton of
dry matter, while on land under rotation
they yielded "a tons of roots and four
tons of dry matter per acre, at the New
York Cornell Experiment Station. From
25,0O0 to $4,000 plants of mangels, ruta-
bagas and hybrid turnips, and from 4O,-
600 to 10000 plants Of carrots. per acre,
are suggested as proper stands.
The larger the amount of protein in the
ration the larger the milk fow
1t is claimed that COW needs eight
gallons of water day, and will consume
that much ii it is within reach. Milk is
composed of about 81 per cent. water
Cows confined to pastures in which there
is no running water and the COWS are
watered morning and night, it would
necessitate that COW would have to
drink four gallons at time in order to be
supplied. As the cow does not know
that she must drink four gallons, she will
naturally use less and reduce her milk
supply accordingly.
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