The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04

hogs on 1t.
Salt, charcoal and ashes should bs
kept where the hogs can help them
selves.
1t Is an easy thing to push the.
horses SO hard with the early work a.
to put them out of condition. Such
methods do not pay
When the horses come In all tired
out and covered with sweat don't let
them stand in the raw winds. They
will be sure to catch cold II you do.
Did 1t ever occur to you that dirty.
foul-smelling troughs are the source
of many disorders among the animals
using them?
Be ready for the dry spell when IL
comes this summer and have green
food for your cows by planting a spe-
cial patch for them now.
AnSiS 10 lAl0 ~ oAy AZ CuNOuI 08o'
ment Of spraying for San Jose scale.
1t not only keeps the pest in check.
but destroys many other insects.
The only way to accurately Judge .
COW Is by weighing and testing her
milk. Guess methods will prove most
Plan to build . silo this year and
plant the field with corn against the
time 1t will be ready to go into the silo
for winter use.
Corn ground cob and all. together
with q portion of oats. makes = good
feed. not only for cows. but the
horses rs we'll.
Something from nothing never
works out in the dairy. You must put
the feed into the cows II you are going
to get the milk out Of them.
The successful farmer is he who ID
quick to observe. slow to run after In
and patient In following out
the practical lines of work on his
farm.
Scientific research has done great
things for agriculture. A striking H.
lustration Of this 10 found in the sugar
beet. whose sugar content has within
remarkably brief period Of time been
increased from 1875 per cent. to 1885
per cent.
A study Of the root growth of corn
shows that the lateral roots run about
four inches below the surface of the
soil between the rows. This shows
that the cultivation should not be
deep after they have made good
growth.
Corn Is poor feed for the young and
growing pigs. Give them the flesh and
bone forming foods. Give them all
that they can utilize. Keep them
growing at the top notch. In this
way you will get your hogs into mar.
ketable condition quickly and will
realize more profit than will the farm.
er who economies ON feed but who
lengthens the feeding period.
In speaking of the difference be-
tween the feeding value Of fresh skim
milk, warm from the separator. and
the same milk cooled and then re-
heated to the same temperature when
It was desired to feed ~ y. H. Otis
declares that there Is practically no
difference. He says: In test have
fed two lots OF calves In comparison.
giving one fresh hand-separator skim
milk still containing the animal heat,
and feeding the other lot sterilized
creamery SKINNED cooled to about
SO degrees F., to keep 1t sweet from
IL to IA hours. AS good results we're
obtained with one as with the other.
Under ordinary farm conditions it Is
difncult and often inconvenient to
keep skim milk sweet, and for this
reason better results are usually OBJ
tanned with hand separator skim milk.
Suhicient heating will. however. pre-
vent the transmission Of tuberculosis.
which is quite frequently spread
through skim milk.
Sows that have been fed an almost
exclusive diet Of corn during preg-
nancy, reach the farrowing period in .
highly feverish state, are irritable and
nervous and crave some flesh-forming
food They very likely kill one of the
pigs and eat 1t and having once tasted
flesh the chances are they will de-
your the entire litter II left to them
selves. Other troubles at farrowing
are also frequent where sows have
been fed too much .attening food and
have had little exercise. The pregnant
SOW is pig factory and the feed she
demands is that which will make
bone, muscle and gristle. for that is
what the pig consists OF. Feed her