The Lamar register., 1909-08-11

Sow cover crop in the orchard
after the last cultivation.
Dry and clean stalls should be pro
vided for the calves.
The good idea is worth sticking to,
but be sure it is a good one before
| risking too much upon it.
1he crop of flies on the farm can be
reduced considerably If the manure ia
kept cleaned up.
Manure put on the soil in big chunks
is not readily Incorporated with the
soil and may do more harm than
good.
A mixture of salt. copperas, lime and
ashes is god for the hogs and should
be placed where they can have access
to 1t at all times
With other food stuffs increasing in
price why should not milk go up also?
| There is not enough margin of profit
for the farmer under the present scale
| of prices.
II there is no pasture for the ram
provide paddock in which he can ex-
ercise. 1t is shortsighted policy
which would keep him shut in the
barn these days.
Look at the nuts on the buggy occa-
sionally, and the other vehicles, too.
Easy to tighten them, but mighty hard
to repair the damage sometimes when
a wheel comes rolling of.
Does every COW in your herd re-
turn you a profit? you cannot know
unless you have tested the milk and
keep a record of the yield. Use the
scales and the Babcock tester. 1t is
the only way.
If by careless handling a piece of
farm machinery lasts you only five
years when it might have been made
to do good service for eight years or
perhaps ten years, see what loss
your carelessness has cost you.
| In discussing the feeding of cows,
Ex-Gov Hoard of Wisconsin declares
that when the American farmers wife.
few years hence, hands her husband
the shopping list there will appear the
following: Chocolates for daughter
Susan. taffy for little Bill, and a gal
Ion of molasses for the COW! Cows
like sweets" he said. 81 / feed my
herd a regular ration of molasses ev.
cry day, and find that they thrive on
1t. 1t makes their flesh fat and their
skins glossy, 1t gives Zest to their
appetities and helps their digestion.
1t increases the quality and improves
the quality of their milk. for 1t puts
the COW in a good humor and good
humored COW is the best mixer"
| Wheat and oat straw have a value
of about six dollars per ton for feed
and four dollars a ton for bedding If
handled right. Much straw is wasted
from careless ricking. If possible put
all the straw in one large rick close
to the barn The straw should be
thoroughly tramped down. keeping the
middle full When the grain is
threshed by large steampower there
| should be three men at least on the
rick to properly place the straw as 1t
comes from the carrier. A large, high
rick, well put up, and after it settles
nicely topped OF and wired down.
| will shed rain perfectly.
| Paralysis in swine most often fol
lows overlooking of rich heterogeneous
foods to animals that are closely con
fined Pigs do best when allowed
considerable range and not fed too
highly. As this affection involves the
spinal cord it is not only liable to
prove fatal, but is not, as a rule sat
isfactorily treated. First, remove the
cause Cut down feed and allow plenty
of r:nge, and If not fed too literally
they will forage about and get exer-
else. Young pigs only partially para
lyzed will often come right treated as
above advised. Old animals will not
often respond to any form of treat
meut.
Farmyard manure is weak in both
phosphoric acid and potash, and these
elements are supplied in fertilizers.
While they may be used alone. it is
customary to use them in connection
with farm manure. which will prac-
tically mean crop insurance, and will
actually prove so with sufficient mois-
|
ly on fertilizers containing all the ele-
ments of plant food. This was demon
strated at the experiment station at
Rothamstead, England. where for ~
years wheat was grown on chemical
fertilizer without manure and yielded
| a larger average crop per year than
similar section on which farmyard
manure was used.
Sore shoulders can be avoided on
the horses with proper care. No sen
sible driver and owner of a horse will
allow his horses shoulders to gall and
become sore, because this is danger
that can be wholly avoided. The prin-
cipal causes of shoulder trouble in
horses are ill-ftting collars, the per-
nicious sweat pad and too low draft
on the names. 1t is the urgent duty
of every one owning a working horse