The Ely miner., 1909-12-31
NlH FARM
A lillian NI1

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Don't overcrowd the young stock.
Study the individual cows and do
not feed all alike.
Clean food and clean stables are a
good preventive of disease.
Let the young calves have access to
good, clean hay at all times.
Take care of the pigs or you Will
have no hogs to take care of.
A barn for sheep without floor Is
preferable If it can be kept dry.
Coal oil applied to the roosts in
small quantities will kill parasites.
Cow stables should have no cellar
under them nor storage place above.
The flesh of birds differs in quality,
according to the food on which they
feed.
Poultry droppings, treated with
land-plaster, is one of the high grade
fertilizing agents.
The hog is preeminently the most
corn and grain-condensing animal on
the American farm.
By careful attention to proper
methods of combining feed the cost
can be greatly reduced.
One of the shrewdest bankers in the
country rates his customers largely by
their ability to raise hogs.
The breeding ewes should be fed
and gotten into good condition in the
fall, after the lambs are weaned.
Eliminate the hogs part in the eco
nomy of farm feeding operations and
you will remove the factor of profit in
many cases.
If milk weeds are of any use to the
dairyman 1t might be good plan to
save the rag weeds to make the trav-
cling junk dealer happy.
The best feed for the dairy COW is
bran and shorts. Ground corn, oats,
cane seed and barley mixed or sepa-
rate will be good for change.
When any remedy is recommended
for disease too many want to drop
all precautionary measures and rely
upon the remedy as their protection.
The hog will make from twelve to
fifteen pounds of pork, live weight,
from bushel of, corn; the sheep from
five to eight, the steer from four to
five.
In the vineyards of France, grow.
ers not only use smudges to keep off
from the suns hot rays the morning
after the freeze.
Profit in the orchard depends upon
the perfection of the fruits raised and
the quantity. And the trees cannot
produce their full capacity unless they
are well cared for.
The Oregon experiment station has
decided that the scab on the prunes
which is more or less troublesome to
them is caused by the weather and
not by fungus growth.
In homes where the children al.
ways like to spend their spare time
elsewhere, the parents should take a
day off to think and see If they can
tell why. There is a reason"
No one will dispute the fact that an
unhealthy COW is not, and cannot be
profitable until she is relieved of her
trouble. The diseased COW should be
put under the care of the veterinarian.
It is surprising now the value of
horses keeps up in face of the fact
crease in the number Of automobiles
used in towns and cities, as well as in
the country.
BY getting the shock corn in early
the field can be used for late fall pas
ture. The corn ground may be clean
but the grass along the fence rows is
worth a considerable amount The
more often the pasture can be changed
the better it is for both stock and
pasture.
The cattle should be fattened as
quickly as possible. It never pays to
prolong the feeding even though
man may think he will strike better
market later. While heavy feeding is
not so good at the start, the amount
of grain should be increased from time
to time until the cattle are on full
feed. Plenty of roughness should al
ways be provided, and the herd should
have free access to pure water and
good salt.
Unquestioned experiments show
that there is Is to 20 per cent. more
value in grain fed hog on good pas
ture than fed in a pen or yard. The
pig will do very well on clover pas
ture alone, but little grain will give
enough better pig to pay for the ad-
ditional cost several times. A good
supply of milk with very little grain
| on alfalfa pasture makes excellent
pork and makes it at the lowest cost.
Both pigs and hogs will do better. be