The Lamar register., 1909-03-03

ment II you want 10 KNOW where you
get off at, and want to show a
profit.
Brutality towards the cows cuts
down the milk yield and robs a farm
err of his profit. BE sure your help is
not abusing the faithful animals.
A good ventilating system in the
COW stable would prevent dampness
and keep the hay from spelling in the
loft.
The scientific farmer has found that
the hog gives better returns when
housed and fed in clearly manner
Filth never did man or beast any
good.
In fattening chickens for market
keep in rather dark room where they
cannot see other chickens at large,
and where dogs or cats cannot dis
turb.
Fairly good work may be done with
poor tools, but how much easier and
better work could be done with good
tools. The best are none too good for
the farm.
Dead Sheep orLive Ones.-Teacher-
How many legs has a sheep, John
N.Y." Johnny-"Dead or alive?" Teach
er-"Is it not the same thing?" John
ny-"Oh, no; there is big difference.
A live sheep has four legs, dead
oh 1,,,t hn nth c
ders.'
The reason sows eat their pigs is
in most cases due to the fact that
they have been kept too much on one
ration before the litter came. Give
variety of food, especially during the
last two months of the period, and
you will not be likely to have any
trouble with the mothers eating their
offspring.
Let quiet prevail in the stable at
milking time. Don't get the cow TO
stand over by giving her a kick or
jab with your fist Place your hand
on her TANKS and tell her to get over
in kindly voice. Unless she is spoiled
willingly, for she wants TO get rid of
the milk in her udder as badly as you
want to get 1t.
MilIet is good for the laying hens.
Beans are equally beneficial. Sor-
ghum and broom corn seeds Will do
to add variety to the bill of fare. Bar
ley is about of the same merit. Pop
corn contains more nitrogen and phos-
pilates than does the regular Indian
corn. Buckwheat is an egg-produc-
ing food, but must be fed sparingly, as
1t is overwhelming.
A Pennsylvania dairyman who has
kept record says 1t takes $50 quarts
of milk to produce calf that will
weigh 100 pounds at four weeks. His
record of feeding so calves showed
II, 900 quarts of milk, and for
which he received $iS1, or four cents
per quart, and the calves did the milk
ing He says the calves must be good
ones-not little, runty Jerseys.
The apple tree needs care like other
The old idea that once planted 1t
should be able to care for itself and
bring forth an abundance of fruit can
no longer be maintained, since such a
method is neither economical nor
business-like. Fruit trees of whatever
kind or nature need as much, or more,
care and attention throughout the sea-
son as any crop grown.
One farmer We know of who be-
lieves in ventilation for his barn but
in a ventilating system, has adopted
the muslin curtain on a modified scale.
His windows are made to swing in,
being hinged on the lower edge of the
sash. A strip Of muslin at the top
and around the sides let's the window
open just so far In bad weather the
windows are nearly or quite closed,
while on fine days they are opened as
far as the muslin will permit and an
abundance of fresh air is admitted
to the stable without draft of any
kind.
Encourage the cats to stay around
the barn by giving them a little milk
night and morning. The farmer who
begrudges them a little milk at milk
ing time is stingier than the fellow
who stopped the clock at night to
save the wear and tear on the ma
chinery. The cats system needs milk
when it is catching and eating rats
and mice. If cats are given milk
regularly at the barn. there they will
stay, and where they stay you won't
find many rats or mice. No farmer
can afford to raise grain at present
prices and feed it to rats, so be good
to the cats.
The best ration for the beef herd is
not the best ration for the milch cows
Cows about to calve should be fed on
succulent food, such as silage or roots.
bran, oil meal and oats chop, but omit
the corn at this time. Feeding grain
of any kind just previous to or imme-
diately after calving is not very good
policy. Keep the bowels in good con-
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