The Lamar register., 1909-04-28
N.Y. FARM
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for the horse
Dogs and sheep raising do not gen.
orally harmonic very well.
Rape is good for fattening lambs.
The seed can be broadcast or drilled
in.
Twenty-four hours after Matching is
plenty early enough to begin to feed
the little chicks.
When working in the soft ground
with the horses this spring try work
ing them without shoes.
After the sleeps wool overcoat Is
removed be sure that they are not
exposed to sharp. chill winds.
Keep the young stock growing right
from the start A set back is always
hard to overcome, and proves expen-
sive.
Dwarf fruit trees are large bearers
generally in proportion to their size.
Fruit is easy to gather and the trees
do not take up much room.
Sugar peas, which are edible pods
and all. are a nice thing to put in the
early garden. Cooked with pork they
make most appetizing dish.
Remember that the newborn colt
must have milk during the first half
hour after 1t is born, and must be fed
artificially II II is not able to suck the
dam.
Crushed oats, wheat bran and oil
meal makes good mixture for the
young colts to munich on, and they will
learn the trick early IL given the
chance.
Have limit set to the period of the
days work. No farmer can expect to
keep good farm help IL the labor in
the fields runs from sun to sun. and
a dozen cows to milk after dark.
Farmers invite attacks of cholera in
their swine herds by the filthy way
in which they keep the hogs. 1t has
long since been conceded that 1t pays
TO keep the hogs in wholesome sur
roundings as well as it does the other
animals on the farm.
A drag which will do good work
firming and leveling the soil can be
made by boring holes IS inches from
each end of five or six round poles
six feet in length. then stringing them
on chains by passing the chains
through the holes and letting them
come together in front where the team
is hitched. This drag will crush clods
as it passes over them, firm the soil
and leave it level and smooth.
The suggestion has often been made
that the bull is improved where he
is worked. With nothing but idleness
It is no wonder that they SO often be
come vicious. They have nothing to
do but to study deviltry. For some in.
explicable reason, they are considered
too good for any sort of labor. In this
age of rapidlydoing things. we do not
expect to see an increase of the use
OF oxen on the farm. But we have the
bulls. and II working them will make
them more harmless. why not put
them under the yoke?
A man needs ordinary horse sense
and a willingness to learn from the
horse IL he Is going to make a good
hand at handling the animals. A mar
to be successful must be with horses
and be close observer of theii
moods. manners and makeup. A col,
should be trained from the first mo
ment that he is helped to his feet Il
taught to yield early to mans re
straint and guidance he will never
need breaking" To follow his mas
ter's wishes will be second nature
Never speed a colt too young, ant
when he is given speed, permit 1t fol
short spurts only and as he car
bear 1t.
Ropy milk is caused by a fermen
and develops after the milk is drawn
and is due to bacteria. but ii is no
considered an unhealthy condition. fol
cheeses are nearly all made from mill
which has undergone this fermenta
ton. The peasants of Norway con
slider ropy milk a desirable beverage
Most people, however. object seriously
to milk with any tendency to form
threads. This trouble frequently af
fects the milk of a dairy day after day
and is removed only by the most dras
tic measures. Outbreaks of this nature
frequently occur in the cold months
because the bacteria of this grouI
thrive better at low temperatures thar
the lactic-acid bacteria which hole
them in check under normal condi
lions. In one case 1t was found thai
these bacteria were abundant in the
dust of the stable. The trouble wa.
removed by thorough cleaning ant
withdrawing.
The proposed increase in the indem
MITIGATION Of dairymen whose cow