The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-24
Poultry and Farm Notes

the breeder to Diet CT az a glance all
the defects, owing TO the constant
impression OF the charac' erisJlcs on
his mind by trtqJeRt observation:
white, II his attention was directed
to several breed, he would not SC
readily notice the details essential to
perfection ia all points.
The man who sends his live stock
Of any kind into the ~inter In thin
flesh simply robs himself of part OF
his presto. Fat is provision OF
nature upon which the animal may
draw for heat ia cold weather. A
little fat, just eaough TO make the
animals show good condition, Is q
mighty good thing for the animal
when the cold wave comes and IL is q
mighty good Investment for the
owner as we'll.
Put the brood Sews 10 pen by
themselves. Ii you let them herd
with the others aud pile up on cold
nights IL may cost you any number Of
fne filters. Pigs Is pigs these days.
A hog will change corn into big
round dolers little faster than any
other farm animal provided he Is .
good one. II he is 3 scrub he will
do business the other way round.
Where is your self binder, mower
and cultivatoI? Out Ia the field
where ysu last used lhsnp II 10 this
kind Of neglect on the part OF the
farmer that keeps the jssk dealer in
business. It costs whole lots less
to build sheds then to buy new
machinery.
Every farmer whe owns . farm of
any size should owe = small hoek Of
sheep. They eat ~ weeds and
bushes aud lot Of things other stock
won't touch, and II properly handled
are ssrs money makers year after
year.
Match your horses hrst In temperc =
Aent and then ia sIss, csler and style.
Horses Of like disposition Dc their
work better and easier to both tsem-
selves and their driver.
When feeding the oatf for the first
time Offer him half gallon OF milk
at as nearly natural temperature as
possible. Back the calf into corner.
Stand astride his neck; insert the two
first Singers Of one band 10 his mouth,
If hungry the calf will suck the
fingers; lead his head into the pail
and he will get = taste Of the milk
and after a few seconds withdraw the
fingers, II the calf fails to drink at
first trial repeat the operation uRtil
he gets good swallow Of milk, and
the task is completed. The calf
when hungry ssOn tiads out that he
can drink. II at the first feeding.
the calf drinks fairly well do lot feed
again for IL hours. Let him get
hungry he won't die from starvation
even though he didn't drink q drop
at first attempt to feed. This Is the
editors plan and we have seldom ever
failed Oh the arst trial.
In (, eding calves az In feeding all
other animals, no hard and fast rules
can be made governing quantity to be
fed. Calves, Ike children, are often
of delicate appetite and net good
feeders. In such cases the quantity
of feed given should be reduced,
probably, much below the accepted
standards. Let II be the calf feeders
axiom: "Don't eysrfeed anything at
any time'as stop feeding before the
calf gets oil he will eat or drink.
Overlooking causes indigestion and
scours in calves as 10 children, and
more calves die from overlooking
than from starvation. To do we'll
the calf must have good appetite.
This he can't have If overfed, and
particularly so II oyerfed when young.
We have known farmers to claim
that sklM-milk poisoned calves. Skim
milk In proper quantities never killed
a calf but skim.nilk taken down In
gorging quantities will kill calves, or
any other animal, and so will corn,
oats, clover hay, alfalfa or anything
else which the calf Graves and Of
which he eats enough to gorge him
self.
The nights are long now aud 1t is a
long tine between the evening and
the morning meal, especially II the
latter is net given till nine or ten
o'clock. The fowls should be fed as
soon afver daylight as possible. II
you. are . late riser or have other
duties to perform before feeding the
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