The state herald., 1909-09-03

EVERY IaTm an experiment BtatlOn,
is good slogan. .
System and sense are as useful on
the farm as In the business world
Reports are that this is the great
est crop year in the history of the
country.
Don't let the days work drag into
the evening hours. Haze time for
quitting and then quit.
There is never an overcrowding of
the market for choice livestock of any
kind. Make it point to raise the
best
1t is absolutely necessary during
these hot days to keep every utensil
used in caring for the milk scrupu.
lously clean. Scald, scour and set in
the sun.
One good brood SOW is valuable
"coSN oh thc iai Duc IL luuht yOu
more money than any other animal
on the farm in proportion to the mon
ey invested.
1t is foolish economy which bor-
ders on the criminal to try and make
the weak and wornout harness serve
a little longer. Many fatal acci.
dent has been caused by failure to
recognize that fact
The fair season is on. Plan to take
them in. 1t may seem hard to get
away sometimes, but 1t will pay
you. The work will go easier after
you get back and you will find many
n new idea sprouting into careers OF
usefulness.
A new stallion law has been passed
by the Illinois legislature which goes
into effect January / next. II pro-
vides a fine of s25 to 800 for failure
to enroll any stallion offered for pub
lie service. or for failure to comply
with any of the other provisions OF
the law regarding his examination,
transfer and advertising. No stallion
will be registered unless certified by a
veterinarian to be free from periodic
ophthalmia. bone SPAWN. ring bone.
bog spawn, curb accompanied by cur
by shaped hook, or any contagious or
infectious disease. The law requires
that a stallion must be enrolled and
advertised as either pure bred, cross
bred or grade. The stallion registra-
tion board is required by the law to
use funds derived from enrolment
for publishing lists of stations and
other information pertaining to horse
breeding. Stallioners who comply
with the law will be given a lien on
foals. the same as under the old law.
Prof. William DIETRICH. swine spe-
cialist at the Illinois Experiment sta.
ton. declares that nobody knows yet
how to feed hog. He complains that
In pig feeding we have not been work.
ing on any fundamental basis. Some
men have obtained good results, but
they are not uniform from year to
year, and these results cannot be sure.
ly traced to their causes. II has been
too much like guessing and gambling.
He says that pig feeding will not be
mastered until we get the largest and
most economical gains and get them
every time. We must know what the
hog is made of. and supply the kind
and amount of each food material re-
quired and no more than will be prof.
itably used. He has been able to
make 40 per cent greater gain In live
weight and at less cost per pound, by
his method OF feeding than by the
long accepted Woln.Lehmann feeding
standard. In two lots he made his
pigs weigh $50 pounds at eight
months, More than 400 pigs. all bred
at the University farm, have been
used In seven feeding experiments
and two digestion experiments since
1901. But the work IL incomplete.
some parts uncertain. and he suggests
that some OF the important factors I'm
swine feeding may not have been con.
sidered at all yet.
Prof W. c. Cofrey has Just com.
plcted some feeding experiments with
lambs at the Illinois experiment sta.
tlon. the chief object being to deter.
mine the effect OF sllage upon the ex.
tent and economy OF gains when sun.
plementing these feeds. Since feed.
ers have at times reported trouble
from the use OF silage. the experiment
was planned TO ascertain, II possible.
whether II may be fed In combination
with the above feeds without injury
to the health OF lambs. and, II not.
what may be the cause OF trouble
Following describes the ration of each
lot OF 10 lambs; Lot |. Shoiied corn.
clover hay. Lot 2. shelled corn, sIi.
age small amount through expert
mcnt-olovcr hay. Lot 3. sheilcd
corn. silngc-mcdlum amount for frs,
G3 days-cloyer hay. Lot 4. shciled
corn. silnge-medium amount through
entire espcrimeni-clovcr hay. Lot &.