The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-09-03

quitting and then quit.
There is never an overcrowding OF
the market for choice livestock Of any
kind. Make It point to raise thu
best.
It 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 Ia 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.
It Is foolish economy which Dor.
ders on the criminal to try and make
the weak and WORKOUT harness serve
little longer. Many a fatal acct
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 II will pay
you. The work will go easier after
you get back and you will find many
a new idea sprout,ng into careers Of
usefulness.
A new stallion law has been passed
by the Illinois legislature which goes
into effect January / next Il pro
vides q fine OF SIS 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 q
veterinarian to BIO free from periodic
ophthalmia. bone SPAWN. ring bone.
bog SPAWN. curb accompanied by cur
by shaped hook. or any contagious OF
infectious disease. Tho law requires
that a stallion must be enrolled and
as either pure bred, cross
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 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
In pig feeding we have not been work.
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
iy traced to their causes. II has been
too much like guessing and gambling
He says that pig feeding will not be
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 70.
CURED and no more than win be prof.
itably used. He has been able to
make 40 per cent. greater gain In live
weight and ut less cost per pound. BY
his method OF feeding than by the
long accepted Woln-Lehmann feeding
In two lots he made hIa
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 IL fncomnlete
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. Coifey has lust com
plotted some feeding experiments with
lambs at the Illinois experiment attn.
ton. the chief object being to deter.
mine the effect OF silage upon the ex.
tent and economy Of gains when sup
plementing these feeds. Since feed.
ers have at times reported trouble
from the use Of silage. the experiment
was planned to ascertain, II possible.
whether II 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.
describes the ration OF each
lot OF 16 lambs: Lot I. Sheiled corn.
clover hay. Lot 2. Sheiled corn. sill.
age-small amount through expert
ment-cloyer hay. Lot 9. Shelled
corn. silage-medium amonnt tor 6..e
50 days--clover hay. Lot 4. Shelled
corn. silage-medium amount through
entire OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hay. Lot 6.
Shelled corn. silage-large amount for
lirst 63 days-ciover hay. Lot 9.
Shelled corn. silage-large amount
through entire OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
hay. The amount of silage was varied
In the different lots with the idea In
mind that II number OF lambs died
Or were thrown 'off feed" or II the
gains made were less than normal
where a large amount OF silage was