The Lamar register., 1909-01-13
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Feed the pigs all they will eat up
clean three times day.
insufficient feed and poor shelter
will ruin the most promising heifer.
The wise feeding of corn to the hogs
will give you better profits than if the
corn were sold.
Breeding ewes should be fed a ra-
lion which includes oats, wheat bran,
inseed meal. clover hay and roots.
In planting an orchard remember
that the soil should be as carefully
prepared as for any other important
Oop.
Chest protectors on the work team
will prove source of comfort to the
animals and will lengthen their work
days.
The neglected colt or calf will prove
profitless. To get your money out Of
either you must provide right condi-
tons 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 13-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 a colt of fair
grade stock can be made clipper
by the proper care. Care in other
0rds is needed in raising any kind of
colt with profit.
Some chicken raisers ventilate their
coops through the chinks. Poor plan.
Stop up the cracks with good battens
or felt covering and provide ventila-
ton 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.
The determination on the part of a
great many farmers to feed nothing
but farm grown crops upon the farm,
is one that has made 1t extremely diff
ficult to select rations suitable for fat
tening growing hogs in a dry lot,
which are available and will meet with
approval Skim milk will serve this
purpose as well, or possibly better.
than any other farm product, but it
rarely ever is available in sufficient
quantities for extensive use in feeding
hogs.
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 a 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 it is storming
aside. A gasoline power outfit re-
quires only a small roof space to cover
all.
"Roughing" 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 sufn
cient for maintenance. Well-cured
hay WIN bohS WIN iouhSi
(stalk and ears) may be used. but q
small amount of grain is advisable
Timothy hay. and corn slower is moi
a satisfactory ration for ''roughing'
horses through the winter. They need
more protein. which may be supplied
In the form of some leguminous crop
Horses that have been treated in this
way should be given grain and exer
else at least six weeks before being
put to work.
Some western farmers think that
Secretary Wilson of the agricultural
department is altogether too much OF
an optimist. After paying tribute
to the splendid service which he has
performed for the farmers of the
United States in his long service as
head of the government agricultural
department. one western farmer goes
on to say: Secretary Wilson's failing
runs in queer vein for one of his age
He is given to optimism. His latest is
to the effect that western farmers
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