The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-07-16


Grass IL esssatial 10 TIE ASst e -
hens. but something elss u AseAoa -
food
1t is . short sighted policy fn1 the
farmer to work his soil for p1eoent
gain without thought Is to its future
fertility.
The value Of cream depends upon
its favor and palatableness. Be care
full that it does not become contami-
mated in any way.
| In order to make q balanced ratioa
should be fed. together with . little
wheat bran and linseed meal.
The high priced grain calls for the
economical COW, which IL always and
ever the COW which gives . yield OF
milk inrichness and quantity sufficient
| to warrant keeping her on the farm.
Feed just enough SO that 1t vii be
eaten up clean. Left over food calls
rats around the coops and you know
what that means where there afe lit
tie chicks.
Feed as much Of the produce of the
farm to your own stock A. you can.
In this way you turn back to the soil
the fertility and keep improving its
condition.
Prof. Burnett, Nebraska. and Pro-.
Holden, Iowa, are both Of the opin-
ion that organization of farmers. pFtn-
cipally for social and educational pur-
poses. is one thing now most needed
in country life.
Experienced dairymen who have fed
silage would as soon think Of dairy.
ing without hay crop as going with
out silage. Hay and silage are both
needed. Alfalfa hay makes an ideal
feed In conjunction with corn silage,
as 1t supplies the protein necessary for
the balanced ration.
Hot water applications will give re-
lief from the pain caused by contact
with poison ivy After the hot appli-
cations wet the poisoned portions over
with strong solution OF sulphite of
soda. adding some glycerine to keep 1t
from turning white when dry. Re-
peat the operation when necessary.
The successful dairyman must be
student Of the task before him. He
must know his cows. know how to
care for them. know how to handle
their product. and know how to breed
for better stock. This Of course he
cannot do unless he has the pure bred
bull to breed from. This is one of the
prime requisites of the profitable
dairy farm.
1t is argued by those who feed all
the corn the cattle will consume.
swine following at the same time in
the pastures, that the hogs will take
care of all that is not digested. It is
true that swine will gather all the
corn in the voidings. but It IL also
true that cattle when fed very heavily
will consume and digest more food
than can be assimilated by the sys-
tenn. SO that neither the animal to
which the grain is fed nor the swine
will get the full benefit of the same.
The grubs which often trouble the |
COW are the larvae of the OK warble |
fly (hypodermis lineata), and should
be squeezed out and destroyed; other
wise on entering the ground they will
emerge after time in the shape of
hies to carry on their pestiferous
work. BY applying ny extruders to the
backs Of cattle in fly time and spong-
ing the back Of each animal with !
strong salt water or solution Of coal |
tar dip in late fall and early winter
much Of the trouble can be prevented.
Hogs .pastured on rape do we'll. It
will pay farmers to investigate the
matter. The Wisconsin experiment
station has recently finished a series
Of experiments and finds much to in
dicate the value of rape as a hog
feed. The conclusions are, that with
pigs from four to ten months old. rep
resenting the various breeds of swine.
an acre Of rape. when properly grown.
has feeding value, when combined
with a ration of corn and shorts,
equivalent to 2,436 pounds of mix. !
ture Of these grain feeds and a money |
value of $19.40 per acre. That rape
is a better green feed for growing !
pigs than good clover pasture, the pigs
fed upon the rape having made on the
average 100 pounds of gain on 1875
pounds less grain than was required
by the pigs fed upon clover pasture.
That pigs are more thrifty, have bet
ter appetite and make corresponding.
ly greater gains when supplied with
rape pasture in conjunction with /
their grain feed than when fed on