The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-10

II Ire wind blows the mulch on the
wbeFry beds put It on again.
Eve the sheep only as much clover
It mixed hay, as they Will eat up
clean
ne snccessful stock-raiser must
know how to feed. what to feed and
how mitch.
Now Is the time to overhaul all the
farm machinery and put 1t in shape
Tor next seasons work.
stop guessing and use the scales
aud the Babcock tester to find out
what your COWS are doing.
The profit on small flock we'll
kept Is certain. while that on a large
flock poorly-kept is hard to find at all.
II takes Judgment to buy feeding
stock, as many a man has discovered
I after he has gotten a lot OF feeders
that won't fatten.
Sprinkle the dusty hay with water
before feeding to the horse. The dust
! IL very bad for his lungs and the lungs
are is vital part of the horse.
You can't make good furrow In
life while the temper is rufied.
Smooth out the kinks, get good.
natured and then at the work like a
man.
The barn ought to be handy to the
house Think Of the amount of walk
ing you do in the course OF a year
when the barn lies quarter to half a
mile from the house.
Extra good butter always commands
q few cents more pound than the
regular market price, but poor butter
IS always at the bottom. Which
i grade are you marketing?
Many man who uses whip in
brealing the colt needs to apply the
whip to himself rather than to the
colt. He who cannot control his own
temper cannot hope to gain control
over the unbroken colt
When horse is working he needs
enough feed to supply the energy de-
manded of him plus the necessary
amount to keep him in good coRdl-
ton. When he is idle he only needs
sufHcient feed to keep him in fair con-
dition.
Next to good laying strain, the
best to start with is healthy flock
Of birds. Good healthy breeding stock
Will produce with good, strong consti.
buttons, birds that will not be liable
TO disease, and these are the fowls we
want to put into our pens both for
A eggs and breeding.
share your good thoughts with
\ others. When you discover good
point In reference to farming methods
let your neighbor In on the good thing.
You will find II you do that he will In
turn be letting go some good pointer
that will help you. Too bad there is
not more interchange of thoughts
among our farmers.
One full feed of hay day is enough
( for the horse, thinks a Canadian vet
erfnarfan, who reasons that because a
horse in the work season only gets
one full feed OF hay per day 1t should
4 be SO in winter, when the practice too
often Is to allow the horse to stand
and MUNICH hay all day. The horse to
s Be healthy should have its stomach
s empty two or three hours before the
next meal is given him.
Oats make good feed for any of
the farm animals, especially, of course,
the driving and work horses Don't be
stingy when feeding oats to calves or
colts Some claim that crushed oats
are better to feed than the whole,
They may be for hogs or dairy cows
when oats are made only part of the
ration, but for horses, colts and calves
feed them without crushing, and feed
\ good oats. In the absence OF oats,
barley makes fine feed for colts or
pigs
Here is the way one of our success
full dairymen figures out the advant.
age OF rearing his own cows. He says
d really good COW is worth from $50
10 $50 in almost any dalrying section
and at almost any time of the year.
IN his opinion we can grow a heifer
sub 70 the time she is two years old
for $40 and then she viii pay her way
until she is worth $50 or more. pro.
yidipg, of course, nothing befalls her
we have the thing we want reared
under our own eyes, and better for
All practical purposes than anything
that we could buy for more money.
The convenience Of having the COW
we want at hand without having to
look Tor her is important,
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