The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1909-08-12

1t Is a short-sighted policy for the
farmer to work his soil for present
gain without thought as to Its future
fertility.
The value of cream depends upon
its flavor and palatableness. Be care.
full that 1t does not become contami-
mated in any way,
In order to make a balanced ration
with alfalfa ground corn and barley
should be fed, together with little
wheat bran and linseed Meal.
The high priced grain calls for the
economical COW, which is always and
ever the COW which gives yield OF
milk inrichness and quantity sufficient
to warrant keeping her on the farm.
Feed just enough so that 1t will be
eaten up clean. Left over food calls
rats around the coops and you know
what that means where there are lit
tie chicks.
Feed as much of the produce of the
farm to your own stock as you can.
In this way you turn back to the soil
the fertility and keep improving It's
condition.
Experienced dairymen who have fed
silage would as soon think of dairy.
ing without hay crop as going with,
out silage. Hay and silage are both
needed. Alfalfa hay makes an ideal
feed in conjunction with corn silage,
as it supplies the protein necessary for
the balanced ration.
Hot water applications will give re.
lief from the pain caused by contact
with poison ivy. After the hot appli-
cations wet the poisoned portions over
] with strong solution of sulphite of
soda, adding some glycerine to keep 1t
| from turning white when dry. Re-
peat the operation when necessary.
The successful dairyman must be a
| student of the task before him. He
must know his cows, know how to
care for, them, know how to handle
their product, and know how to breed
| for better stock. This of course he
cannot do unless he has the pure bred
bull to breed from, This is one of the
prime requisites of the profitable
dairy farm.
L 10 hv t4H <xr oil
the corn the cattle will consume,
swine following at the sfhe time in
the pastures, that the hogs will take
care of all that is not digested. 1t is
true that swine will gather all the
corn in the Weddings, but 1t Is also
true that cattle when fed very heavily
l will consume and digest more food
than can be assimilated by the sys-
tenn, so that neither the animal to
which the grain Is fed nor the swine
will get the full benefit of the same.
Hogs pastured On rape do we'll. II
will pay farmers to investigate the
matter. The Wisconsin experiment
station has recently finished series
of experiments and finds much to- in
dictate the value of rape as hos
feed. The conclusions are, that with
pigs from four to ten months old, rep
resenting the various breeds of swine
an acre of rape, when properly grown
has feeding value, when combined
with ration of corn and shorts
equivalent to 2,436 pounds OF mix
ture of these grain feeds and money
value of $19.40 per acre. That rapt
is a better green feed for growing
pigs than good clover pasture. the pigs
fed upon the rape having made on the
average 100 pounds of gain on SO
pounds less grain than was required
by the pigs fed upon clover pasture
; That pigs are more thrifty, have bet
ter appetite and make corresponding
ly greater gains when supplied will
rape pasture in conjunction will
their grain feed than when fed OF
grain alone. That plat Of Dwar
Essex forage rape when planted II
drills 80 inches apart. early in May
in Wisconsin, will yield three goo
crops of pasture forage in Favorable
, season. That rape is the most salts
factory and cheapest green feed 70
swine that we have fed. That ever,
feeder of hogs in Wisconsin shoul
plant each spring small field of rap
. adjoining his hog yard. and provid
himself with few rods Of novabl
+ fence. to properly feed the rape t
brood lows and young pigs. Tha
3 rape should be sown for this purpos
: in drills 80 inches apart to facilitat