The state herald., 1909-03-26
Do not feed concentrated foo6s to
the SOW that has Just farrowed.

good care OF the stock gives the farm
er good return for his pains.
A handful of oil meal in the horses
feed once day will act as good con-
dition powder and put his coat in sleek
condition.
Provide snug quarters for the ewes
with lamb, and see that there is no
place where the lamb can creep away
from its mother.
The too-large collar is about as bad
as the too-small collar See that the
collar fits. The horses will pull bet
ter and there will be no danger OF
sore shoulders.
Try putting a handful of shelled corn
with the grain for the horse. 1t will
encourage better grinding of the feed
and the little corn will be good for
him.
Plan to grow your chicken to mar.
ketable size as soon as possible, foi
the amount of feed required to pro.
duce pound Of flesh increases as the
chicks approach maturity.
ing you when the owner of horse
has been in the habit Of clubbing 1t
over the head. 1t will raise Its head
high and try to back. Such actions
tell all the story.
care. When he comes in tired, wet
and dirty, rub him down and blanket.
and use bandages on his legs. Then
after he has cooled of give him a
vigorous brushing and put him up for
the night.
Are your cows Of poor grade? Don't
get discouraged and quit, or turn a
leaf ear to the arguments in favor OF
improvement. Start in by getting a
pure-bred sire. II you can't do better
buy a calf and rear him yourself. and
as you get opportunity buy in better
cows and get rid Of the poor ones.
The farmer who prides himself on
his skill in bringing his cows through
the winter on the minimum amount OF
feed is generally the farmer who com.
plains that the cows do not give
enough milk to pay for their keep. II
such fellows would try the plan ol
generous feed rations they would be
agreeably surprised how the cows
would more than balance the account
against them.
Observations at the New Mexico az
ricultural experiment station indicate
the following ways In which excessive
cattlegrazing Is Injurious to land: The
kinds OF plants preferred by the cattle
are eaten before they have time ia
seed. and so die out. leaving less valu
able plants to occupy their place. The
soil becomes SO compacted. especially
near drinking places. that rain-watei
will not sink In. The paths made by
the animals give direction TO the flow
of surface. water and lead to erosion
of the soil
II troubled with reaches YOU ear
keep the pests down II not get rid oi
them entirely by use OF trap made
as follows: Take any deep vessel OF
jar and place II where the reaches con
gregate. FIJI II partly full of sweet
ened liquid paste. Then take several
thin. narrow pieces of wood bend each
one into an inverted n. and hang them
on the jar-one end almost In the
liquid, the other on the shelf or floor
The idea is to make several gang
planks" up which the reaches can
crawl. with n sleeper gangway inside
down which they will slide into the
llquid-never TO return.
Grain which Is affected with stink
ing smut can be treated successfully
acr ording to the Oklahoma experiment
station In the following way: Two
pounds OF crystallized commercial cop
per sulphate solution should be dis
solved In so gallons of watcr The
gain is placed In this solution. and
should remain Immersed for about II
hours. The seed should be stirred oc
casionally. After draining for u few
minutes the seed is again immersed In
lime solution. which IL prepared by
shaking two pounds Of good lime and
diluting the same with 20 gallons OF
water. II has been noted thn, the
omission OF this treatment with the
lime water results In n decreased per
centage OF termination.
In reference to the value OF manure
to the farmer Prof. u. u. Voorhees, de,
clares II In worth In money on the farm
Just as much mn the farmer would have
10 pny for their chemical constituents
"a the fertilizer market For Instance.
nm average dairy COW. well fed. will
return i2A tons Of manure per year.
This equals III pounds OF nitrogen. 77
pounds OF phosphorc acid and 10