The state herald., 1909-01-01

Best results In fattening hogs are
obtained where the basis OF the ration
Is corn.
Ease the burdens of the wife BY
cleaning your boots thoroughly before
entering the house.
Part Of the winter leisure ought to
be used for the repairing and painting
OF the farm machinery.
Remember. the best seed is none
too good. 1t is losing game to labor
over seed Of low terminating power.
Begin a course Of reading for the
winter months which will better
equip you for the farm work next
season.
| You need grit and SO do the hens
The right kind Of Sr.. In you will
make 1t certain that the right kind Of
grit gets into the hens.
While sheep are growing wool and
making mutton for you they are clean.
ing the fields OF weeds and spreading
valuable manure over the land.
Study your flock so as to know
which are your best birds. Then use
the selected stock for breeding pur.
poses next spring and thus build up
| yOuY NpCl In nuality
The sheep that are left to fill up on
the frost-bitten, snow-covered pasture
VIII not thrive, you may be sure. Give
hay and grain ration II you want to
make your flock profit earners.
In feeding growing stock remember
that there is need of constantly in.
creasing ration. They need food to
build the larger frame and they need
food to supply the daily bodily needs
When the ground is well frozen
cover the strawberry beds with straw,
leaves or cornstalks. The object OF
covering after the ground is frozen
is to prevent alternate thawing and
freezing.
The right treatment will remove
ring bone on young horses. II the ami.
NAL walks on the toe use a hishheeled
shoe. When Inflammation is active
adopt soothing measures, and then se-
we're blistering or even firing may be
resorted to.
The form OF the skull OF the hog de.
pends on nutrition. health and the EN-.
ployment OF the n. Lscles OF the head
and neck in roofing. Where hogs are
well nonrished their skulls are round.
er and firmer than In the case of hogs
poorly nourished Roofing helps to de-
yelop longer skull and snout.
II is claimed by a French naturalist
that II the world should become bird.
less. man could not inhabit It after
nine years time. in spite of all the
sprays and poisons that could be man.
ufactured for the destruction Of In.
sects. The insects and slugs would
simply eat all the orchards and crops
in that time.
Dried refuse from tomato canneries
analyzed by the Ontario experiment
station shows content of 2.54 per
cent. nitrogen, 3.2s per cent. phos.
phoric acid and 0.6i per cent potash.
Assuming 75 per cent. OF moisture for
the material as It leaves the factory.
the amounts would be: Nitrogen,
0.6f per cent, phosphoric acid 0.S2 per
cent and potash 0.16 per cent, com.
position comparing favorably with that
OF barnyard manure.
Ohio has stringent law In refer.
ence to the sale OF milk products. II
prohibits the sale OF milk under the
following conditions: /. From cows
fed on unhealthy feed. 2. From cows
fed on wet distillery or starch waste.
.. From diseased or sick cows. 4.
From cows kept In place that IL
unclean or In an insnnitary condi.
tlon. 8. From cows kept In a
cramped or unhealthy condition. 6.
When water or other foreign substance
has been added. T. When IL IL un.
clean, impure. unhealthy or unwhole.
some.
Dairy farmers Will watch with inter.
est the Joint Investigations of the Wis.
consin and Illinois experiment sta.
tons on tuberculosis cows. The work
OF either station will serve as check
on that OF the other. innsmuch as the
experiments at Madison viii be similar
to those at urbarn. The bacterioo,
glsts OF the two stations will be In
charge OF the work. lnasmuch as IN.
nois and Wisconsin are the two great.
est dairy stations In the country, the
cooperation OF these two stations will
be OF great Significance In the new
movement to eradicate tuberculosis
from the herds OF the country.
II you are troubled with straw worm
or iolnt.worm, The sIrcg, way OF deal.