The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-09-03

age Tor Sneep.
Every farm ar experiment station.
is good slogan.
the farm as in the business world.
Reports are that this is the great
est crop year in the history of the
country.
the evening hours. Have q time for
quitting and then quit.
There is never an OvercrOwding or
the market for choice livestock of any
kind Make it a point to raise the
best.
1t Is absolutely necessary during
these hot days to keep every utensil
used in caring for the milk scrupu.
lously clean. Scald, scour and set in
the sun.
One good brood SOW Is a valuable
asset on the farm. She'll make you
more money than any other animal
on the farm in proportion to the mon
ey invested.
1t Is foolish economy which bor-
ders on the criminal to try and make
the weak and wOrnout harness serve
a little longer. Many fatal acci-
dent has been caused by failure to
recognize that fact.
The fair season is on. Plan to take
them in. 1t may seem hard to get
away sometimes, but it will pay
you The work will go easier after
you get back and you will find many
a new idea sprouting into careers Of
usefulness.
A new stallion law has been passed
by the Illinois Legislature which goes
into effect January l next. 1t pro-
vdes a fine of $25 to 500 for failure
to enroll any stallion offered for pub
lie service, or for failure to comply
with any of the other provisions of
the law regarding his examination.
transfer and advertising. No stallion
will be registered unless certified by a
veterinarian to be free from periodic
ophthalmia, bone SPAWN, ring bone,
bog SPAWN, curb accompanied by cur
by shaped hook, or any contagious or
infectious disease. The law requires
that a stallion must be enrolled and
bred or grade. The stallion registra-
ton board is required by the law to
use funds derived from enrolment
for publishing lists of stations and
other information pertaining to horse
breeding. Stallioners who comply
with the law will be given a lien on
foals, the same as under the old law.
Prof. William DIETRICH, swine spe-
cialist at the Illinois Experiment sta
ton. declares that nobody knows yet
how to feed hog He complains that
ing on any fundamental basis. Some
men have obtained good results, but
they are not uniform from year to
year, and these results cannot be sure
ly traced to their causes 1t has been
too much like guessing and gambling.
He says that pig feeding will not be
mastered until we get the largest and
most economical gains and get them
every time. We must know what the
hog is made of, and supply the kind
and amount of each food material re-
qulred and no more than will be prof
itably used. He has been able to
make 40 per cent. greater gain in live
weight and at less cost per pound. by
MS method Of feeding than by the
long accepted olff-Lehmann feeding
standard. In two lots he made his
pigs weigh ESQ pounds at eight
months. More than 400 pigs, all bred
at the University farm, have been
used in seven feeding experiments
and two digestion experiments since
1904. But the work is incomplete.
some parts uncertain, and he suggests
that some of the important factors in
swine feeding may not have been con.
sidered at all yet.
Prof. w. c. Cofrey has Just com.
pleted some feeding experiments with
lambs at the Illinois experiment sta
ton. the chief object being to deter.
mine the effect of silage upon the OK.
tent and economy Of gains when sun
plementing these feeds. Since feed.
ers have at times reported trouble
from the use Of silage. the experiment
was planned to ascertain, IL possible
whether 1t may be fed in combination
with the above feeds without injury
to the health Of lambs. and. II not
what may be the cause of trouble
Following describes the ration of each
lot of l6 lambs: Lot l. Shelled corn
clover hay. Lot 2. Shelled corn. sill.
age-small amount through expert
ment-clOver hay. Lot 3. Shelled
corn. silage-medium amount for first
63 days-clover hay. Lot 4. Shelled
corn. silage-medium amount through
entire experiment-clover hay. Lot 5.
Shp1lpd corn Sila eor