The Delta independent., 1909-06-25

Poorly prepared land is sure to be
followed by poor crop.
Flowing, like every other depart
ment of farm work, can be sighted.
Never so hurry the milking as to
make the COW nervous by your haste.
Time srent in making things look
tidy about the farm is time well
spent.
Clover hay is best fed to hogs by
chopning up fine scalding with steam
and mixing with the slop.
Mites and lice are tiny things but
they are great robbers of the profits of
the hen house. Get rid of them.
If you have kept the manure spread
during the winter the spring work is
going to prove easier than 1t other
wise would.
Founder in horses is caused by too
much food. a sudden change in food,
or too much water when the animal is
warm and then left to stand
Where only a few hogs are kept a
dipping tank is not needed but a
good job can be done by washing them
thoroughly with a cloth or sponge.
Now is the time to get the hen hous
os cleaned out and the fight upon lice
and mites begun. Such work cannot
be begun too early or kept up too
faithfully.
Don't rush your cattle on the pas
ture too soon. 1t is bad for the pas
ture and the cattle once having tasted
he fresh grass will not be content If
.nclement weather compels their being
!,ept in the barn.
Feed the oats whole to the horses
except in cases where the teeth are
bad or you have not sufficient time to
feed and have the horse chew its food.
In case the trouble is with bad teeth,
have the horse looked after.
Any farmers in your neighborhaad
who are always laying their failures
on the weather? 1t is the farmer who
fits his work into the weather that
succeeds. The farmer who stands
around and complains is the one who
makes a muddle of IL.
Remember the spring work is the
hardest of the year and the horses are
in poorest condition for it after the
winter of idleness. For this reason
begin slowly with the animals, watch
their shoulders to see that the collars
do not chafe and above all keep them
well fed and rest them often.
1t Is a good plan to wean the Pics
at seven to nine weeks of age Turn
the sows into pasture and feed very
little for week. After that time bran
and shotts mixed in a thick slop can
be fed with perhaps a pint of corn
twice day. This will keep them In
good condition until bred for the next
litter.
The agricultural college of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin has by its post
mortem tuberculosis demonstrations
in various parts of the state stirred
up stockmen to the importance of i'm
mediate action against tuberculosis.
Before demonstrations were made less
than 1000 station tuberculin tests were
being made annually When the dem
onstration campaign was begun in
1906 the number of tests was in
creased to 5000 In 1907. and last year
to nearly 10000.
Lambs should be docked within the
first week or ten days. Take a two
inch chisel, and II 1t is sharp rub the
edge on a stone until It is too dull to
cut wood readily. Then use a heavy
mallet and do the cutting on a smooth
block of wood. Have some slaked
lime handy and thrust the chisel in
this each time before using II. This
dull edge will crush the blood vessels
before 1t cuts them consequently
there will be less blood lost and the
wounds will heal quickly without
| trouble.
The women folks like the cream
separator. even when they have TO
run II. because there are no crooks
and pans to wash or to be bothered
with: this is all done away with. The
milk. after being separated. is made
| pure. as the foul matter that is in the
milk is purified when 1t is separated,
as in the old way II remains In the
milk and cream. A cream separator
will reduce your dairy work to almost
nothing compared with what II was
before you used the separator. Every
time you separate your milk II means
TO you time and money. 1t will pay a
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