The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-31

The 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.
II YOU want to improve your farm
land put It 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
nerches Is not 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 calving time.
Don't let your farmers meetings
drift into a 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 NJ
real farm problems and discussing
them.
Have you taken an inventory OF tn
farm vet? No business house of an.
size in the world but that takes al
accounting OF its stock at the end
the year preparatory to the new year
business. Does not the farmer nee
to know what he has on hand an
: what amount of business he has don
during the year before he is in shap
{ to intelligently begin another year
: work?
5 It's not Drawn alone which make
for successful farming. Brains al
needed on the farm as never befor
The man who is going to reap the r
K wards which the farm can be mad
10 yield must be equipped for the tas
He must not only have pretty cor
n prehensive knowledge Of the principle
governing agriculture. but he must po
sess practical business qualities whiC
ID will enable him to market his crol
. after he has raised them.
Fowls suffering from contagio
disease should be killed and burie
e,s sn Lighter ailments. such as colds. for
stance, should be promptly treate
and we know of nothing better than
quinine pill Zone grainl each night
about week; four drops Of tinctu
ty Of aconite in a halfpint OF drink
1t water is a good remedy for a cold II
he shows itself by sneezing. When
M fowl is droopy, shows loss of appeti
v: and the comb and waffle do not ha
is that bright look they have in heal
nd a family liver pill will very Oft
in work wonders.
hts
The foot and mouth disease,
or aphthous fever, which has been ca
est ing so much concern in the east
pie which has been held In check by
Co vigorous and prompt quarantine me
for ures of the government, is a hig
Ted contagious fever, characterized
eat seruptions Of blisters In the moi
ing around the crown of the feet and
not tween the toes. It is spread by {
tbs, tact with the diseased animals,
0ng with manure. hay or anything I
am- they have touched, or the buildings
My cars that have harbored them. Tho
the ordinarily considered disease of
is tile. it affects hogs, sheep, go
sive horses. dogs, cats, and, sometimes,
mans. The disease is seldom t
sub to humans. and is confined chief.
bad children who have used unboiled ]
from infected cattle, In animals
milk disease makes its appearance in
veg three to six days after exposure t
NUT lection. The first symptom is (
Law. followed by high fever In da
Law: two small blIsters about the size
.tur- pea appear in the mouth. TIE
ngs. tality is usually one to three per c
land sometimes reaching five per cent
wing is more fatal in calves that have
nrut fed on infected milk. Foul foo
auu, ground itch is quite common with
noa tie that stand in filth, but this is
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