The Lamar register., 1909-07-28

Peas and oats grown together make
n splendid grazing ration for either
swine or sheep.
Plan for rest during the fair sea-
son. Take wife with you and have
good oldfashioned vacation.
Hogs like to root because it's thu
nature of the beast. They're built
that way. Why not give them the
chance?
Use the washday soapy water en-
the garden. Sprinkle on the plants
which have lice on them and it will
kill them.
Fresh, clean water is import mt
with every animal on the farm in he
summer time, but above all otf ers
with the cows.
Sheep kept continuously upon the
same pasture for several years are
more than apt to be troubled with
stomach worms.
fOWueTeu SOdpStohc SPi hhiSu VA
the hands before milking will make
the operation pleasanter for both the
COW and the mixer.
Poor seed sown means CORE
spending poor yield. Too much care
cannot be taken in knowing the quail
ity of the seed to be sown.
Careful feeding is better for the
stock and better for the farmer. for 1t
makes a profit for him at both ends,
saving the food and bringing better
gains in the stock.
To keep the cloth wet which you
place over the milk or water bottle to
keep it cool when taking it to the
field set 1t in a shallow dish of water
and let the edge of the cloth dip into
the water.
No trees in the pasture? Then
make shade for the cows by putting
up some posts and throwing over
them a matched roof 1t is a shame
to keep the cows under the hot rays
of the sun all day.
North Dakota is hot after the tuber-
cuIar COW. new law compels the
branding of all cattle that react under
the tuberculin test. A letter "T' not
, less than one inch in length must be
, punched in the left ear of each animal
+ proven tubercular.
Two ways of curing clover hay is
first to let 1t get well wilted. cock it
up in small heaps, let it sweat over
night, stir 1t out in the sun next day,
| then haul to the NOW before 1t gets
3 really dry so the leaves shatter on.
+ The second way is to cut when the
, dew is well off, follow with tedder
r and rake up and haul in the barn as
( soon as dry enough SO it will rattle
t when handled with the fork.
Extensive farming and dairying
don't go together. 1t takes small
r farms and intensive dairying to make
A good dairymen. Just as long then as
!. the average farmer wants to own all
!. the land that joins him, and under
II takes to farm it all, he isn't going to
4 pay much attention or take much in
n terest in dairying. Occasionally there
:. will be farmer who appreciates what
a dairying means to his soil. to his fam
y lily and to his posterity. and he will
be interested in dairying. He will be
a dairyman, and of all the farmers in
:, his community he will be the most
@ | successful.
Perhaps II would be safe to say that
r a majority of the farmers who keeE
r. cows for milk production guess al
a what their COWS cost them, and what
: profit they return. Not so the dairy
= men of Denmark, who follow pretty
~ closely the following scale of expense
n Cost of construction of stable per
a COW, $500: per cent. interest ana
~ per cent. wear and tear-.........S 40
l. Care per COW. 80
" Milking per cow. -"
Il Veterinarian. per cow. Us
:, 90 per cent. interest and deterioration
> in value of cow, s5i.co........-........ lo.s
IS Peat bedding. .......................... o.4
is Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. W. q
:, The manure well cared for valued at
H. SASS; and the calf at s.. 7O..-........sl'2
IS
Records of the individual cows are
IN the average as given in the table.
Of Prof. ]. b. Reynolds points out the
lie troubles which arise from faulty juno
" tions of drain laterals with the
k, mains leading to an interference witt
h the flow and resultant lodging OF the
n silt until it finally blocks the drain
in He saws it is sometimes best, wheI
i'd the lateral has plenty of fall, to make
n the junction two inches above th'
rs beod of the main. In any event, the
or junction should not be right angled
a but preferably at an angle of 30 de
I'd grees. The silt basin is valuable de
u vice in draining; its use and impor
n tance cannot be too well understood
I'd If may be used at the junction of two
mr. or more drains in a line of drain
an there it is necessary to change thu
at Grade from sleeper to less steel
an one. The purpose of the silt bash
aud in rf n