Middletown transcript., 1909-02-13
Farm NEWS. AND VIEWS

on clover for the same time. But rap.
alone does not make an ideal food fo
Il gain. Some grain must be fed.
/ AT the Missouri Station, four pounds o
shelled corn, when combined with tim.
othy hay, made an average gain Of about
two-thirds of pound daily per stser
while the same amount of corn, Rher
combined with cow-pea hay, produced
more than one and half pounds daily.
The combination of cow-psa hay and
shelled corn was more than twice az
efficient as was the combination OF tim.
othy hay and corn.
| The Colorado Agricultural College has
a horseshoeing department, SO as to teach
the proper method of horseshoeing.
Generally, the most profitable hog ia
the one that farrows early in spring, and
sent to market the latter part of the same
year. A hog less than a year old that
can be made to weigh 200 to 250 pounds
will be profitable. 1t seldom pays 90
keep hog over winter unless the condi.
tions are favorable.
Collie in horses is generally the result of
careless or improper feeding. The stom.
ach Of the horse is small, and the diges-
tion is limited, and if the horse is hungry
and oyerfed, or is allowed to gulp down
9 big feed. collie is the result. Also if
musty hay or musty, sour feed is used or
II fresh.Cut grass wet with dew or rain is
hastily eaten in large quantities, collie is
often the result.
The famous English harness blacking is
made as follows: Three ounces of turpen-
tine and two ounces of white wax are
dissolved together over a slow fire. Then
add one ounce of ivory black and one
dram Of indigo well pulverized and mix
together. When the wax and turpentine
are dissolved, add the ivory black and in.
digo and stir until cold. Apply thin.
Wash afterward, and you will have a
beautiful polish. This blacking keeps
the leather soft and is excellent for har.
ness and buggy tops.
Here is spawn and ringbone remedy
recommended by a noted veterinarian
Curpentine, three-quarters of pint; wood
alcohol, three.quarters of pint; tincture
of iodine, three.quarters of pint; cam.
phor gum, six ounces; crude petroleum,
one and one-half ounces; oil of thyme,
one-half ounce. Cut the camphor into
small pieces and dissolve it in the alcohol |
and turpentine, mixed. Then mix in the !
other ingredients and shake thoroughly.
Before applying wash the parts well with
strong soapsuds, taking care to wash off |
any discharge. For ringbone cut off the
hair and rub the remedy in for Is min
utes every other day. For SPAWN rub for
the same time every day.
The first thing in the morning hens
should begin scratching. A few handfuls
of grain thrown in the litter after the
birds have gone to roost will give them
to do that will warm up their
blood as soon as they leave the roost.
The right temperature of water for
scaldiug hogs is lS0 degrees. II any part
Of the hair does not readily slip, cover
the spot with refuse hair and apply scald-
ing water. Pull out, rather than shave
off, all hair to make good job. During
The Fcalding process the hog should be
tnrned and drawn out of the
'caldipg baErel or vat for airing. Hair
.o;nes out easiest Immediately after scaId-
ng, while the skin is warm aud moist.
In esIting or sugar-curing pork, apply
he preservatives to the meat before all
II the animal heat has fully left it. After
he meat becomes cold aud rigid the pre-
eFvatives are slow in striking in, do not
lenetrate deeply and the meat is very
liable to spoil when warm weather comes.
Professor Boss, of the Minnesota Agri- {
ulturaI College, says that statistics of the
ctuaI hours of labor on the farms in-
show that farmers work nine
Iours day in the summer and between
our and five in the winter. Professor i
bailey, OF the Roosevelt Farm Life Com
Mission, tells the story of the schoolma' am
1orking from until 4 until she married
farmer, aud had to work from to9.
The Indian corn crop for 1908 amounted
D 2,643, 100000 bushels. The crops of
hree years have exceeded this, but only
be crop of one year Q9O6) exceeded it
cry much. The value of the crop is es.
mated at 81, ,6l5, 100000 The price of I
orn is exceptionally high. There are 4
My two years in which the farm price !
this crop was as high as it is for this
ear. In 1881 the price was 63.6 cents;
] 1901, when there was only two. thirds
| an ordinary crop, The price was 6O.5
snte. The total value of this crop is by I
lr the highest ever reached. The crop
1902 was worth billion dollars, and }
le crops of 1904, 1905 and 1906 were
orth 500, ,O00,UO0 more; the great in
rease OF $500, 100000 over the crop of {
BOZ was made in 1907, and now the in-
-ease is $60O, 000, ,0O0-equal to the gold 4
j the treasuary OF rich nation.
Il is always advisable in feeding sheep
OF to feed too much corn. Clover, hay )
nd corn in equal parts, by weight, should
. given during the fastening period. Ex- Z
,pt for fattening purposes it is better
Of to feed sheep on corn at all. Corn is Z
i'd to contain about 50 per cent. Of starch
I'd per cent. Of oil, both being very
gestible. OIL makes fat and the starch
reduces heat and aieo fat. On account !
its heat-producing power tits inadvis- I
Die to feed corn. Because of there not {
sing any great quantity of protein in ?
I'm il is necessary to feed something else
ith it-either clover or alfalfa.