The Lamar register., 1909-03-10
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going to give a generous now OF milk.
A good road is good investment
for any section.
Kind treatment is one of the ingre-
dents of the ration of every cow. No
danger OF overlooking along that line.
The good bIOod SOW ought to prove
profitable up to seven or eight years
of age.
Look over the flock and If any OF
the ewes seem weak. separate them
Din the flock. and give them extra
care and feed until they grow strong.
Know when your stock is ready for
market and know when and where
you can find the best market for your
stock.
Grow some hickory trees for ak
and Hammer handles. If you raise
more than you need you can easily
sell, for hickory brings a good price.
stock. II your barn lacks windows,
put them in at once, window with
every stall.
1t has been we'll said that anybody
can keep stock, but it is quite another
thing to manage so that stock will
keep you. Are you doing it?
II 1t is possible to avoid it don't
take your seed potatoes from base
ment where there is a furnace. Their
vitality is apt to have been i'm
paired.
A little molasses added TO the ra-
ton Of the cows is good. 1t gives zest
to the appetite. but too much is bad
for tue COW. and it should not be fed
In the breeding season.
Give the horses q run IN the pasture
IL IL is possible. 1t must be pretty
monoionous standing in stall for
long stretches at time, as some
horsss are forced to do in the winter
Ny, how the hens do like the chance
to scratch over a sheaf of oats or
wheat which has not been threshed
out. They will get all the grain If
you give them a chance,
Are you getting the bulletins from
your state experiment station? They
are yours for the asking. Have your
name put on the list. If you do not
want them all but only those of GER
tain topics, you will be put on the
special list for the kind of bulletins
you want.
Provide clean troughs and feed
fioors for the hogs and you will re-
wise your opinion of the animals that
they prefer filth to cleanliness. A
cement feeding floor and movable
troughs that can be scalded out once
or twice a week will enable the feed
err to give them sanitary conditions.
A good horse sling for supporting
the animal on his feet is made by
folding a stack cover SO as to pass
under the belly, then roll 1t on pieces
of scantling from each end so as to
from hammock of the proper length.
BY the use of chains and a singletree
the Sing can be supported from above.
Straps or ropes must be used at both
ends to prevent the horse from: fall
ing forward or backward.
II farmers would keep pure bred
chickens of one breed their eggs would
IHput ON a better appearance in the
market because of uniformity of size
and color. Poorly assorted fowls may
return a profit, but they do not re-
turn anywhere near the profit that the
same number of well-bred, uniform
hens would. Scrub stock of any kind
is poor property. 1t costs as much TO
feed. house and care for them as 1t
does sor good stock, while the returns
are materially less. The mongrel hen
eats The most and returns the least
for tie food consumed.
OF course you make 1T habit to
blanket the horses when stopping tc
do little shopping. A good many
times one thinks he will only be
minute in the store, and does not want
10 take the time TO throw the blankets
over the horses, but once in the store
the time passes rapidly and perhaps
It is half an hour or an hour before
one comes out again. And all thai
time the team has been standing there
after the warm drive and has suf
fered with a biting wind. Shame or
Won Take time to blanket if you are
not gcIny 10 he gone more than ten