Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-06

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If milk cans and utensils are washed
thoroughly and scalded last without
subsequent wiping they will be much,
freer from contamination by bacteria
than if scalded and wiped dry with d,
rag.
The 1000 pound draft horse at three,
years old can always be counted on by
the horse raiser as safe and profitable
proposition, During the past few years
such an animal has been worth from
10 to II cents per pound. (
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The heifer calf that Is intended for
dairy, use should not be given too, fat;
tening a ration, Oats, grass and milk
with a scant ration of shelled corn
her proper development. = Z
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II Some one who has tried it says that
If -four Of sulphur is mixed, literally
with the seed corn in, the planter box
the clitwormsi will not touch the corn
so treated. 1t is certainly an easy and
inexpensive recipe and at least, WORTH
trying. Ill 40 &
THE colt that is halter broken at the
start and trained gahd handled as be
grows not only makes, q much more
tractable horse at three years old, but
also one that will fetch a copsiderabiy
higher price on the market because OF
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When the flock Of hens As' confined
at close range and no, green food IS
available, cut green stuff. preferably
awn cuttings should be given to them
In, generous allowancel every . day or
two. The greediness with which they
devour it ,not only shows that they
relish It.. but that theft ;systemsi need #.
:. A proper combination Of spade and
elbow. grease, win; make the worms
working in the earth in the hen yard
available for. consumption as animal
food. The hens willNnot only beN better
off, for the food which, they get thus,
but the chap who works the spade
handle will get exercise that will do
him good
where decent amount of prelimi-
nary road work and grading has been
done roads can be kept in fair shape
if no other implement is used than
broad tired wagons for hauling produce
to market These tend to mash Jumps
of dirt, fill up the ruts and pack the
earth down. so that it will shed water
in first class shape when it rains. l<A
A good many municipalities place a
minimum butter fat limit Of 8 per cent
for all peddled milk If the dignitaries
who framed these ordinances had to
put up with milk that tested less than
the above per cent in their coffee and
on their oatmeal a good deal more
vigor would be manifested in the prose
cutionlof Hiolators of the regulation.
Anew York farmer reports success
in the use of common stovepipe SCOT
as a cure for scohrs, In calves. An old
method of preparing the dose was to
take a tablespoonful Of SCOT, MKT
with the, white and yolk of an egg, put
it back in the shell and place the filed
shell far back in the mouth of the 'af-
f1icted calf Another cure for the
scours is to put small amount OF
formalin in the milk ration. 81
If the slugs start to work on the
currant and gooseberry bushes, they
may be busted with powdered white
hellebore, or the same may be applied
as a spray, made by mixing one ounce
of the chemical in two gallons OF wa
ter. Paris green is also effective and
may be applied in the form Of dust,
using one pound of the poison to twen-
ty pounds Of -four. If the dust spray
is used, it is best to apply it when the
dew is on the leaves.
One Of the thoughts that come to a.
visitor to the Grand Canyon Of the Col
orado is of the enormous length of
time that must have been consumed
in the geological formation of the gil
gantic shapes and depth of rock found
in places there and the cons of years
following that were required in the
transformation Of what is supposed to
have been the bed of an immense lake
into a river valley, in which flowing