The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-03

wheat bran and linseed meal.
The high priced grain calls for the
economical COW, which is always and
ever the cow which gives yield oi
milk inrichness and quantity sufficient
to warrant keeping her ON the farm.
Feed just enough so that 1t will be
eaten up clean. Left over food calls
rats around the coops and you know
what that means where there are lit
tie chicks.
Feed as much of the produce OF the
farm to your own stock as you can.
In this way you turn back to the soil
the fertility and keep improving its
condition
Prof, Burnett. Nebraska. and Prof
Holden. Iowa, are both OF the opin-
lon that organization of farmers. prin-
cipaliy for social and educational pur-
poses. Is one thing now most needed
In country life.
Experienced dairymen who have fed
silage would rs soon think OF dairy
ing without a hay crop as going with.
out silage. Hay and sIlage are both
needed. Alfalfa hay makes an ideal
feed in conjunction with corn silage.
as 1t supplies the protein necessary for
the balanced ration
Hot water applications will give re-
lief from the pain caused by contact
with poison Ivy. After the hot appli-
cations wet the poisoned portions over
with strong solution of sulphite OF
soda. adding some glycerine to keep IL
from turning white when dry. Re-
peat the operation when necessary.
The successful dairyman must be n
student Of the task before him. He
must know his cows, know how to
care for them, know how to handle
their product. and know how to breed
Tor better stock. This of course he
cannot do unless he has the pure bred
bull TO breed from. This is one of the
prime requisites OF. the profitable
dairy farm.
II is argued by those who feed all
the corn the cattle will consume.
swine following at the same time in
the pastures. that the hogs viii, take
care Of all that is not digested. II IA
true that swine will gather all the
corn In the yoidings. but 1t is also |
true that cattle when fed very heavily |
VIII consume and digest more food |
man can be assimilated by the sys-
.em, SO that neither the animal To
which the grain is fed nor the swine
viii get the full benefit Of the same.
The grubs which often trouble the
'ow are the larvae OF the OK warble
ly thypodermis lineata). and should
g squeezed out and destroyed; other.
wise on entering the ground they win
merge after a time in the shape OF
lies TO carry on their pestiferous
FORK BY applying fly extruders to the
acks or cattle In fly dime and spong-
ng the back of each animal with
trong salt water or solution OF coal
ar dip In late fall and early winter
luch OF the trouble can be prevented.
Hogs pastured on rape do well. II
Ill pay farmers to investigate the
latter. The Wisconsin experiment
tation has recently finished a series
experiments and flnds much to in
icate the value OF rape as hog
'ed. The conclusions are, that with
Igs from four TO ten months old. rep
ssenting the various breeds OF swine.
acre OF rape. when properly grown,
az feeding value. when combined
ith ration Of corn and shurta.
luivalent to 2,436 pounds OF a mix ,
IRE OF these grain feeds and money
ilue OF $l940 per acre. That rape
better green feed for growing
gs than good clover pasture. the pigs
d upon the rape having made ON the
'erage 100 pounds OF gain on 33.5
'unds less grain than was required
the pigs fed upon clover pasture.
nat pigs are more thrifty. have bet
appetite and make corresponding :
greater gains when supplied with |,
rape pasture In conjunction with /,
cir grain feed than when fed on
ain alone That Q plat OF Dwarf :
sex forage rape when planted In \
Ills 30 inches apart, early In May, !.
Wisconsin, will yield three good =
Dps Of pasture forage In favorable =
ason. That rape is the most salts =
,tory and cheapest green feed for a
Inc that we have fed That every 4
sder OF hogs In Wisconsin should ?
mt each spring small field Of rape =
Joining his hog yard. and provide y
nself with few rods or movable y
ice, to properly feed the rape to +
pod sows and young pigs That Y
oe should be sown for this purpose p
drills 80 inches apart to facilitate q
} stirring Of the ground and cult. y
ion after each successive growth
J been eaten on. That hogs should -
be turned upon rape pasture
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