Middletown transcript., 1909-01-02
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

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il the safest food, makes the best mutton
d . less cost, and produces the best al
Il strongest manure.
!. Experiments recently made for the pu
pose Of a,cetiaining the nutritive value
salt for shsep, show that those whic
have been fed salt gained in weight 4 l.
pounds more than those which receive
no salt. Moreover, the sheep which II
ceived salt produced 1 1.3 pounds NOR
, wool and Of q better quality than thos
which received no salt.
The quickest way to improve our pas
lures, when short OF manure, is to top
dress them, or to pasture sheep for sea
son, as these animals will exterminatl
| such weeds and grasses as COWS will no
eat. If she pasture cannot be given uT
to sheep, pasture as many sheep as COWS
and il will be found that The pasture will
sustain as many cows as when they were
pastured alone, while the fertility of the
pasture win allow an increase in COWS oI
at least ten per cent. annually.
lis well known fact that the hen, to
do her best, must have exercise. She
wants to do some scratching, so give her
a chance. Make her work for part of her
feed in straw strewn on the feeding floor.
Hens, IKE all other creatures, if they
find that they can get living without
working for it, are going to take it that
way, but If they find they must do some
scratching in order to get their breakfast
or dinner they will scratch and be glad to
do it, and the more scratching hen
does the healthier she will be and the
more eggs she will lay.
Let the colts have out door exercise in
good weather if it is little cold. They
need as much exercise as possible.
There are contrivances to pat On plows
that pulverize the soil as they go along.
Each round drags or crushes The last fur.
row.
Trainers OF colts tell rs that teaching
the colt one thing at a time, and that
thoroughly, is the only way to make a
good horse.
Indigestion in horses may be readily
overcome by feeding them some ground
iaxseed, and if you have none then feed
some oil meal.
1t lisa good plan to give the horses Sc
cess tosaIt ell the time, aud if sprinkle
of wood ashes is added il is pretty sure
protection against worms.
The State of Kansas owns proprietary
poison for killing prairie dogs and gophsrs.
1t lie made at the. experiment station and
sold at cost to farmers.
Keep the COWS comfortable 1t night
and when the weather. is cold and wet.
In daytime, if they have pasture and
good water, they can care for themselves.
Many farmers write from alfalfa dis
tricts that they are grinding their alfalfa
and find that il gers at least one.third
farther in feeding stock than when fed
whole.
E. d. King, in recent address before
the Kansas Association Of Improved
Breeders made this comparison in behalf
of sheep and wool profits as compared
With cows. lie said:
"one hundred. good grade ewes will
cost about the same as 10 good grade
cove, will eat about the same the year
through, and at the same per cent. of in.
crease will return 50 lambe, worth 81 |
each, and 1000 pounds of wool. worth
$l75, as against eight calves. worth $40
each, and 1000 pounds of butter, worth
$500. Quite difference in favor of the
sheep, and they will run in the pasture |
caring for themselves, and any of you |
who have milked 10 COWS through the |
year and hand fed the calves, as you |
must to get the butter returns, know |
that there is great deal of labor attached |
to that work.
IF the farmer does not have the alfalfa
or clover to 60 with bis corn, the sheep
will thrive admirably upon prairie hay, |
wheat or fax straw, corn, fodderor sorg-
hum or kafir corn, but as these are all |
highly carbonaceous, be should feed |
some bran or oats or oil meal with the |
corn to balance the ration. In 1901 my
flock was confined entirely tocorn fodder
and half bushel per 100 head daily of
ration composed of wheat and cottonseed /
meal in equal parts, and did fine.
ST fattened some old ewes for market /
upon cottonseed meal and q very light
feed OF poor shock corn. Some of the
professors whom We consulted said:
'Don't feed any -cottonseed meal to preg-
nant ewes. But some 20 head ran, with
the fRttening flock up to Iambing and
did we'll and raised good lambs
The farmer who looks ahead will al
ways have come young stock coming on
to take che place Of old for home use, or
to be sold when prices are good. He
will have corn TO sell when there is /
scarcity and prices soar, and all Of bis
neighbors have to bny. There is . big |
difference in farming profits between al
ways having to buy high priced feed In
the spring and having them to sell.
Many moderate farmers have become |
rich in yearly looking ahead and provid.
ing well against this one universal CON.
dition. Oats st 40 cents in August are |
80 cents the following March
or April, and that means 2oper cent. pro.
&c for holding, which is q good rate Of In
teress for the man who has them to sell. |
Curing meat for future consumption is |
one Of ths annual jobs on the farm. In
some sections Of the country She
problem Of sailing down meat is |
serious ons because ofthe heat. Here is a |
fecsips which i said to be good one:
Fer 1,00O pounda 81 meat take ten quarts
Of saltppseF; one pound Of pepper and |
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