The Lamar register., 1908-10-07
Watch the butter milk and be sure
you are not losing lots of butter fat.

the aggregate. Remember that
Young ewes should as a rule never
be bred under ii months.
When through using a tool, or ma
chine. put it up.
Feed the horses regularly. Iryegu-
lar feeding encourages boiling of food.
leading 10 Indigestion.
It is no longer a question: Does the
silo pay? Rather. what is the best
method of handling the silo?
Don't forget that charcoal is good
for the hogs, salt, also. Have it where
they can help themselves.
The road horse stuffed with hay
makes poor traveller. Feed light on
hay and heavier on oats when using
the horses much.
Good bacon brings good prices. See
that your breed of hogs is right, and
then feed for the best results.
Large animals consume less pounds
of dry material per 1000 pounds live
weight per day than do small ones.
The bull that isn't dangerous and
the gun that isn't loaded both belong
in the same class and should be given
wide berth.
Do I'll, a
old. have plenty of gravel. Much
bowel trouble is caused by lack of
good grits.
Intelligent feeding of live stock re-
quires not only knowledge of the
food constituents, but knowledge of
the animals fed.
When building the hen house be
sure 1t has a south exposure and good
window space. 1t will make it bright
and warm this winter and will make
the hens feel like laying.
1t is a good thing to have the horse
so gentle as to be able to crawl un-
der him, and then 1t is a good thing
II the horse should suddenly startle.
1t has long since been demonstrate
ed by experiments that corn alone
does not make the best or most eco
nomical fattening ration. The corn
must be balanced by feed containing
more of protein.
The board silo can be given a &C.
ment lining by Cheating with lath and
applying the cement Silos thus lined
should be thoroughly cleaned each
year and then washed with thin &C.
ment to fill the cracks which may
have formed in the thin lining.
Cream that has been allowed to
stand too long will break or become
watery and will not make the best
favored butter. The secret of good
butter making is knowing just when
the cream has reached the right stage
Of acidity.
The horse with a congratulated
case of worms should be given a pur-
gative before any tonic treatment is
begun. Administer four drains of
aloes before breakfast or on AN empty
stomach. Also give a warm enema of
four quarts of strong soapsuds. Fol-
low this with a course of tonics. Sui
phate of iron, two drachms; gentian,
four drains. and columbo. two drains;
twice daily. for a week or two. Give
at the same time sound, nourishing
diet and gentle regular exercise.
Successful dairymen plan a system
of crop rotation which enables them
to have one market or cash crop, be-
sides the profits from the dairy. The
increased fertility brought on to the
farm from the use of concentrated
feed stuffs more than offsets the
amount of fertility removed by the
sale of the dairy produces. Another
factor is that the same help required
properly to conduct dairy can find
time. outside of the regular routine
of dairy work, to care for a profitable
market or cash crop.
tuberculosis symptoms vary accord
ing to the location of the disease.
Commonly the lungs are more or less
involved. The disease is character
lied by dullness. tenderness of with
ers. back and loins, occasional dry
ness of the nose heat of the horns
and ears. want of pliancy of the skin.
accelerated pulse, bad breath, slight,
infrequent, dry cough, blue watery
milk II you are alarmed at the ap-
pearance of your herd write for ex-
pert opinion to your state experiment
station.
Here is the experience of one farm
er with potatoes which showed ten
dency to blight. In a patch of about
half an acre he dug one-third just be-
fore the tops were dead, dried and put
them in the cellar. Not one of these
rotted and all seemed to keep in per-
feet condition. At the same time he
pulled the tops on another third of
the lot and burned them, leaving the
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