The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-08

No profitable winter dairying Is
possible without silo.
When the tins begin to show rust
discard them from the dairy.
The weed which Is allowed to go to
seed means lot Ut extra trouble next
season.
Feeding experiments have proved
that silage Is good in fattening cattle
II properly fed.
The root Of hog like the reot Of .
tree helps It to grow, therefore give
the hog chance to root.
| Clean water for the hens should be
the rule. Have the water dish % IT.
ranged that the chickens cannot foul Il.
Cold fall rains never helped put
milk In the udder Of the COW or flesh
on the backs Of steers. Provide proper
shelter.
Keep the ground stirred and the
weeds out Of your strawberry patch.
You win reap the rewards Of your Ia
Dor next season.
Even with the flock which has
range 1t is well to provide a box Of
grits and charcoal SO that they can
easily help themselves.
Keep the machinery on the farm up
to date. but don't go to the foolish ex.
treme Of thinking that every new ma.
chine Is better than the old and tried
one.
More dairymen are following the
practice Of keeping individual records
OF their cows and Of also keeping .
debit and credit account OF their en-.
tire business.
Look over your fields carefully con.
slider the varying conditions Of your
soil and then consider II there Is not
some other layout OF fields and crops
which would improve the farm and
give greater profit
An old dairyman declares that
farmers make q mistake by looking
too much at the creamery. the price
they are to receive for their milk, and
not enough at the farm end-what
their milk Is to cost them to pro-
duce It.
That piece Of meadow which Is get
for the plow can be greatly improved
by liberal scattering OF seed follow.
ed by light narrowing. II this Is done
just before a rain SO much the better
will the results be.
Loco disease, which afflicts stock In
some sections of the west, has been
investigated by the bureau of animal
industry and proved to result from
eating certain poisonous plants. known
as purple locoweed and rattleweed,
which are common In dozen plains
states. The best remedy Is to destroy
the weeds and remove the stock from
access to them. Ordinarily the stock
will soon recover when SO removed
and fed upon alfalfa and other nutri.
tious grasses.
The square or oblong silo are OBJ
jectionable because 1t is difficult to
build the walls strong enough to
stand the pressure caused by the
great weight Of the sage. and the
amount Of silage lost in the corners
will amount, in a few years. to a con-
siderable value. The best shape 10
circular. A silo should be more than
twice as high as wide. Do not build
a silo teo large In diameter. as the
amount Of silage spoiled from day to
day will more than pay the interest
on the cost of an extra smaller one.
The main qualities of q silo are that
the walls be strong enough to with.
stand the pressure and 1t shall be
alright. To get this the first step
is to build good. solid foundation.
commenced below the frost line.
Hcgging down corn saves the labor
of harvesting. The hogs become the
harvesters and turn the corn into pork
right on the field. At some OF the ex-
pertinent stations and ON private,I
farms a certain definite acreage Of
corn has been fenced on and q num- |
Der of hogs turned In to eat the corn
The hogs were weighed before they |
were turned In and again weighed
when they had cleaned mp the corn
OF q definite area This gave the q. |
act gains the hogs made on the corn. |
In most cases cash net gain has |
amounted to as much or more than |
the market value Of the corn. which |
makes 1t an economical method Of dis |
posing Of corn. since harvesting and
are saved. Another value |
In hogging down corn at maturity in
the fall IL the enriching of the coll l