Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-28
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Dairy cows do pay.

Muck soils are generally acid
Ducks love to stay out all night in
their runs.
Pekin ducks are good breeders even
at four years of age.
Roughage fed in considerable guam |
titles will result in the production OF |
beef.
Good, unadulterated milk should
contain about 81 per cent. Of water
and 13 per cent. of solids.
Even the hired man now rides where
he once walked and he gets higher
wages than when he walked
Watch the breeding sows. If they
get too thin it is had for them and If
they get too fat it is for the unborn
pigs
The proper feeding Of poultry is a
science and one that not only affords
pleasure In its investigation but profit
In its mastery.
Some men don't seem to realize the
Importance of manipulating the nd.
der with the hand at the same time
they are milking.
The COW with the good appetite Is
apt to be the cheapest butter producer.
Cows that are "finnicky" are not apt
to be profitable.
A coop IA by 18 feet is large enough
for so hens. Give them light, warmth
and plenty of air. Let the last filter
through a canvas window.
Few COW keepers know anything
about the theory Of dairying. but
good one has got the practice down
fine, and this is what counts.
Glover that is vigorous will put more
plant food into the land than clover
that is not vigorous for it has more
power to draw on the nitrogen in the
air.
Skim milk. which is whole milk,
minus part of it's fat, and which costa
only half as much as whole milk, fur.
nshes protein about four times as
cheaply as beef
a special bee-cellar in which moth.
Ing else is kept is certainly desirable.
but many bee-keeper3 cannot afford
this and yet can well spare room in a
good house cellar.
To protect the trees from mice and
rabbits, screen wire, veneer, or tarred
paper may be placed around the
trunks. This is, indeed, good pre-
caution for all young fruit trees.
The chickens should be encouraged
to run and scratch in the garden in
the winter after the frosts have de
stroyed the tomatoes and other vege
tables the fowls might damage.
Horse manure is very dry and loose
in texture and difficult to mix with
litter. Hence 1t heats rapidly, fer
mentation sets in and the ammonia II
contains escapes into the air and is
lost.
The best way to fatten young stool
to secure q maximum profit is to feet
them well from the start. Whether /
be young cattle or lambs, they shoult
be literally fed from the beginnin;
of the feeding period
Milk requires no preparation, hal
no waste, and is more thoroughly di
gested than most vegetable foods. Al
source of protein, the most ex
pensive Of the nutritive ingredients. I
is especially economical.
The manure of cattle is generall
poorer than that Of any of the farm
animals on account of 1t carrying
greater percentage OF water.
decomposes slowly and is therefor
good to mix with other manure
that are more inclined to heat.
OF course. pigs Will live and max
some growth on good clover pastur
without any gram, put this feed is a
together too bulky for profitable r,
suits. hence the desirabillty of feedin
a liberal grain ration while the pig
are on pasture for a maximum prof
Holstein COWS are now in create
demand In dairy localities than an
other breed. This is not true in a
neighborhoods. but 1t is true in ge,
eral. There are several reasons
They are good eaters; they stand e.
posure better than Jerseys; they pr
duce more milk than any other breed
they have teats 80 formed that the
milk easier than other, breeds, an
they give down to the end with litt
stripping; the veal calves are lare
at Dirth and grow fast.