The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-11

Manure put ON the soil In big chunks
Is not readily Incorporated with the
| soil and may do more harm, than
good. -
A mixture of salt. copperas. lime and
ashes Is god for the hogs and should
be placed where they can have access
to it at all times.
With other food stuffs increasing in
price why should not milk go up also?
There is not enough margin of profit
| for the farmer under the present scale
| of prices.
II there is no pasture for the ram
provide a paddock in which he can ex
ercise. 1t is a shortsighted policy
which would keep him shut in the
barn these days.
Look at the nuts on the buggy occa.
sionally. and the other vehicles, too
Easy to tighten them, but mighty hard
to repair the damage sometimes when
wheel comes rolling on.
Does every cow in your herd e.
| turn you a profit? you cannot know
| unless you have tested the milk and
keep a record of the yield. Use the
scales and the Babcock tester. 1t is
the only way.
II by careless handling a piece of
farm machinery lasts you only FIVE
years when it might have been made
to do good service for eight years or
perhaps ten years, see what loss
your carelessness has cost you.
In discussing the feeding of cows,
Ex-Gov. Hoard of Wisconsin declares
that when the American farmers wife
a few years hence. hands her husband
the shopping list there will appear the
following: Chocolates for daughter
Susan. taffy for little Bill. and ga!
lon of molasses for the cow Cows
like sweets" he said. l feed nv
herd q regular ration of molasses ev
cry day. and find that they thrive on
it. 1t makes their flesh fat and their
skins glossy 1t gives zest to their
appetities and helps their digestion.
1t increases the quality and improves
the quality of their milk. for it puts
the COW in a good humor. and good
humored COW is the best mixer"
Wheat and oat straw have a value
of about six dollars per ton for feed
and four dollars ton for bedding II
handled right. Much straw is wasted
from careless ricking. If possible put
all the straw in one large rick close
to the barn. The straw should be
thoroughly tramped down. keeping the
middle full When the grain is
threshed by a large steampower there
should be three men at least on the
rick to properly place the straw as il
comes from the carrier. A large. high
rick. we'll put up, and after it settles
nicely topped off and wired down
will shed rain perfectly.
Paralysis in swine most often fol
lows 0ver-feeding OF rich heterogeneous
foods to animals that are closely con
fined. Pigs do best when allowed a
considerable range and not fed too
highly. AS this affection involves the
spinal cord, 1t is not only liable to
prove fatal. but is not, as rule. sat.
isfactOrily treated. First. remove the
cause Cut down feed and allow plenty
of range. and if not fed too literally
they will forage about and get exer
cise Young pigs only partially para
lyzed will often come right treated a.
above advised Old animals will not
often respond to any form of treat
ment.
Farmyard manure is weak in both
phosphoric acid and potash. and these
elements are supplied in fertilizers
While they may be used alone, it is
customary to use them in connection
with farm manure. which will prac
tically mean crop insurance, and viii.
actually prove so with sufficient mois
ture. Crops can be grown continuous
ly on fertilizers containing all the ele
ments of plant food. This was demon
strated at the experiment station at
Rothamstead, England. where for 4:
years wheat was grown on chemical |
fertilizer without manure and yielded |
a larger average crop per year than .
similar section on which farmyarG |
manure was used.
Sore shoulders can be avoided on |
the horses with proper care. No sen
sible driver and owner Of a horse will |
allow his horses shoulders to gall and |
that can be wholly avoided. The prin |
cipal causes of shoulder trouble in
horses are ill-fitting collars, the per
nicious sweat pad and too low a draf. |
on the names. 1t is the urgent duty /
of every one owning a working horse |
to see that the collar is fitted exactly |
to the shoulders of the animal, and II |
this is done no evilsmelling and skin |
burning sweat pad will be necessary
for the comfort of Dobbin. Many OF
the working harness outfits, nova |
days. are not made with the comfort
of the horse in mind. This is seen
particularly in the placing of the draft
in the construction of the names. for
in the majority of cases the point OF
application of the pulling force is
fixed entirely too low down on this
part of the harness. When
the animal is at work, the pull thus
comes on the point of the shoulder
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