The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-28
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Feed the pigs all they will eat VI
clean three times a day.
insufficient feed and poor shelter
will ruin the most promising helfer
The wise feeding Of corn to the hogs
will give you better profits than IL the
corn were sold.
Breeding ewes should be fed a ra-
tion which includes oats. wheat bran,
linseed meal. clover hay and roots.
In planting an orchard remember
that the soil should be as carefully
prepared as for any other important
crop.
Chest protectors on the work team
will prove a source OF comfort TO the
animals and will lengthen their work
days
The neglected colt or calf will prove
prohtless. To get your money out OF
either ycu must provide right condi.
tions and keep them growing
The farmer who is content to
guess" what his COWS are returning
him is generally the farmer who com
plains that dairying doesn't pay
well.
A little grain every day for the
horses during the idle season is grain
well-fed. Remember also that change
from heavy work feed ration to the
lighter ration Of the dull season should
be made gradually.
A 1S-year-old Nebraska boy had an
exhibit at the Omaha corn show. Out
of corn and corn stalks he had made
a miniature house, two barns and a
windmill. Ten to one that boy has
been anchored to the farm by the right
kind Of encouragement.
The feed and care OF the colt is al
most of as much importance as the
breed. A pure bred colt can be
ruined by neglect and colt of fair
grade stock can be made a clipper
by the proper care Care in other
words is needed in raising any kind of
a colt with profit.
Some chicken ralsers ventilate their
coops through the chinks. Poor plan. |
Stop up the cracks with good battens
or felt covering and provide ventila- /
tion through windows or suitable open
ings. Chickens should have an abun-
dance of fresh air at night, but cold /
draughts should not strike them. A /
cloth drop curtain is good for zero
weather.
Most farms of good size can use a
gasoline engine to profit. Some still
hold the opinion that there is no use
for any kind Of power on the farm but
one operated by horses. Where a
small amount of grinding is done, this
is probably the case, but the man who
feeds from one to three carloads of
cattle season and makes a practice
Of feeding his work teams chop. needs
a power he can use when the track is
muddy or even when 1t is storming
outside. A gasoline power outfit re-
luires only small roof space to cover
all.
"Roughlng' horses through the win
ter is coming. kept through the
winter In this way horses should be
given a shed for shelter, preferably
one opening to the south. AS a feed
It was found at the Utah experiment
station that alfalfa alone was suffi-
,ient for maintenance Well-cured
clover hay with some corn fodder
lstalk and ears) may be used, but
small amount of grain is advisable.
Timothy hay, and corn stover is not
! satisfactory ration for "roughing"
iorses through the winter. They need
more protein, which may be supplied
n the form of some leguminous crop.
Horses that have been treated in this
way should be given grain and exer-
Use at least six weeks before being
)ut to work
Some western farmers think that
Wilson of the agricultural
department. is altogether too much of
in optimist. After paying tribute
0 the splendid service which he has
for the farmers Of the
United States in his long service as
read of the government agricultural
department., one western farmer goes
N to say: Secretary Wilson's failing
ms in queer vein for one OF his age.
lie is given to optimism. His latest is
o the effect that western farmers
AVE more money than they know what
o do with, in fact those were his very
words. He also says that the farm ,
Houses of the western farmer are 4t
trictly modern in every respect and !
ire as good as need be made. In fact, /
III through Secretary Wilson's inter |
Jew runs a vein of overfiowing optIm- {
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