The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1909-05-20
From the very first get the colt ac-
customed to handling.

excellent drinking tub.
Grit must be provided for the little
chicks II they are kept confined.
More care has to be used In feeding
corn and wheat to horses than in feed
|. ing oats.
Keep the little chick dry. Nothing
in such fruitful source Of disaster
| with them as wet and cold
Salt the sheep regularly, or provide
convenient boxes where the animals
can help themselves
Millet hay If cut at the right time
and well-cured is better hay than tim
othy, especially for sheep.
II the horses are worked until they
are too tired arrangement of the d.
gestive organs Is apt to follow.
The Babcock test is the only method
by which you can be certain that your
cows are giving you square deal.
Remember that the first grass of the
| spring Is rather light and flimsy
feed. 1t has not the food properties Of
the later grass
Make 1t rule to cut sprouts from
the orchard trees three times during
the season-in the spring, In June and
the first of September.
Don't turn the stock on the pastures
while they are soft. You will lose more
In damage to the grass than you will
gain by the feed the stock will get.
Get the sheep shearing out Of the
way and dip the sheep as soon as you
get the wool off them. A second dip
ping should be given ten days later.
The reason that skim milk Is such
splendid food for young and growing
stock is that 1t is rich in protein food,
which Is needed for muscle and bone
building.
A fender is quite essential in the
narrowing pen to prevent the SOW
from lying on the little pigs. With
the fender the little pigs can get out
of her way.
Catalpa cuttings will grow in good
soil IL the cuttings are made after
the leaves have started. With years
growth the cuttings can be transplant
ed to permanent locations.
The higher temperature at which the
milk is run through the separator the
larger the amount of cream, but 1t will
be thinner than the cream which Ia
SKINNED from cooler milk.
A large log can be easily turned
into small garden roller by putting
an iron pin in the center at each end
and making a framework which will
permit the log to revolve-on the pins.
Provide plenty Of fresh water for
the sheep. IL not confined in a pas
ture where there is running water pro-
vide a good trough where they can
always find supply of clean, fresh
water.
II your feeding methods educNse the
calf to put her food upon her back in
the shape of fat she will have that
tendency when she becomes COW. AL
ways feed the heifer with the thought
of what you are trying to develop.
In transplanting strawberries an or.
binary, fiat mason's trowel will be
found serviceable. Pushed back and
forth, it will make wedge-shaped
opening. into which the young plant
can be put.
Remember the feeding of a young
brood SOW should vary from that OF
the hog intended for market. In the
former you are building foundation
of muscle and bone and vigorous
health, in the latter you are looking
for weight. Feed little fattening
foods to the former and give a run
on PASTURE for the latter give ration
of fat forming foods.
In experiments by the Nebraska
station to discover the pulling strength
of harness tugs 1t was found that they
began to give way at 1850 pounds and
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