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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-23

that tho entire system may regain normal
condition, Twenty minutes or hGll an hour
Is none too much rest for heavy luboring
horse during the hot weather before being
fed
Watering work horses when weary and
hot when stabbed Tor meals is AN open ques-
tion among farmers and practical horse men
Some proclaim watering Is dangerous and
cite Instances where valuable animals have
died from the effects J always permit my
teams 60 drink moderate amount of water
at normal temperature before stabIlnp az
least difficulty. However. never ovcrwork
them. II Tho weather i5 excessively hot they
are given Jess work to DO never worI; m,
teams 70 the extent that IT causes them To-
become wet with sweat.
During tho heavy working season the
horse should have "A small amount OF con-
ccntr0tcd, nutritious food IN such orantir,,
thHt can be properly masucatcd ana al
gcstcd. Corn Is not looked upon by MANY
scientific men as Eood feed for Work borcoq
It is not IL led alone. but il is ON. of ~,
best grains I" use In comp0undIng .,ratn
ration where horses arc laborinr heavily !
terd my work tcams ono part corn. throo
parts oats and one part bran. and nnd II ono
Of the most excellent ratnns ] bnyc rsd
grain both whole and ground, and prefer II
ground during the working season.
Hay should bc led very sparinqly 10 y,orl,
horses. Mixed hay Is preferable 9oG -h,,,,I
be- free from dust aud mold. Darpiug tb,.
hay with lime water g. Ia be r.clulu,.r5,4
Give the work horses plenty OF timo to ,.r,,,
eriy uasucatc their food
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-23

fact. be able to make his own stock food
and thus save paying high prices Tor feed
of an unknown character
Henry Observation-Disclosures healthy
animals do not make better use OF thcir feed
because of their addition If animals are
out OF condition they should receive specific
treatment according To their ailments a
good manager OF live stock win have no use
for these high priced continental foods or
condition powders; poor manager viii
never have fine stock by employing them.
"Marfarlane (Ottawa, Canada That
there are remedies for specific diseases useG
In veterinary practice, which are sold as
such. IS no doubt the case. but as regard
tho universal cattle medicine, or 'cure-all'
II Is very doubtful as TO whether the farmer
obtains value for his money.
The evidence at hand goes To show that
there Is practical unanimlty OF opinion
among scientific men in public positions who
have given the subject special study in re-
gard to several points connected with con
dmental stock foods:
l. They are of no benefit TO healthy AMI
mails when fed as directed either MS 10 in
creasing the digcstbility Of the feed eaten
or rendering it more effective for the pro-
ductlon OF meat milk wool, etc.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-23
AnSweyS by the Veterinarian
A6scossos
Or, A. s. hiord1de,
Eiseossgn College Of Asrfeylssrs

WE bought a work horse two years ago
w in the city and ever since he has had
bons break OUT on different pats OF his body
and discharge pus and blood and then heal
up The veterinarian can dry them up quick
Iy by applying q medicine. but thcy come
again at some other part He S. big cater
good worker and In pretty fair condition but
not fat We feed corn and corn fodder In
season and alfalfa and other hay. Sometimes
he gets some oats. What can be done for
him?-K- Y. Nebraska.
Repy-Lose no time In having the Vctcrl-
marian test this horse with mallein as fnrcy.
the skin form OF elnnders. Is to be suspected.
and that is "A terrible disease, requiring de-
structon OF the horse and quarantine and
disnfcction of the stables II has To he
dealt with BY state law. Chambers -farcy also
SIS communicable and tataI to man wel
as horses, and so one should bc very surc
his horse Is not affected with that discnsc
before attempting To cure It. We have known
of several deaths OF farmers ana horsemcn
in the past few years from glandcrs con-
tracted from cases supposed TO be "catarrh'
or "distempcr or some such discase. II IS q
horrible death. Under the circumstances VIC
would not feel justified in prescribing treat
1nent graduate veterinarian or the state
veterinarian or deputy should be called In at
once.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-23

cows In juno when on good pasture, which
had been fed silage every day. come 10 the
gate at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and below
and ask TO come TO the barn and get slage.
which they would eat groedily and appar-
entity with great relish. 1 have seen the cX-
pertinent tried OF offering the COWS at the
same time corn cut fresh from the field and
silage that was put up the year before.
Every COW chose the silago and ate that
FIRST. 1t Is true these cows had been fed
sllagc every day all summer and II may be
the habit of eating silage had something to
do with their prcferring il. but they surely
would not have done II IL silage had not been
pretty good feed.
There Is no better and cheaper feed to
supplement short pastures, which we arc
almost sure to have every summer on ac-
count Of drought. other causes. than good
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Summon Sore

For two years draft marc has a
largo sore como on the side or the leg bono
below the hook OF her left hind leg. and the
sorc Is red. and the leg swells and Is
lame. In winter time It almost disappears
but you can sec tho place plainly. We have
tried all sorts of medicine on this sore, but
IL won't stay healed What is II. md is there
any way OF curing 1t to stay curcd?-H T
r.. Minnesota.
Reply-This Is n summer sore" due To tho
fungus known as "botryo myces." II you can
employ an expert he win disscct out the
sore. II Is not necessary to go deep; but
nfter the removal OF the surface sore II is
necessary TO thoroughly cautcrzc the wound
with lunar caustic. rcd-hot iron or corro-
sivo sublimate solution dry dressing Is
then kept upon tho part and renewed daily
until healing takes plnce. II the operation
,annot be done. cleanse tho sore ana when
Try rub in a very little powdered yellow sui
phuret of arsenic. after smcarinG lard freely
pm tho sound skin. Tie the marc up short
that she viii be unable 10 bite the part
Romoyc the resultant scab when II looscns
hen paint the sore once daily with the fol-
owing; Picric acid. two drains: alcohol half
)lnt Cover the sore with cotton batting and
! bandage as soon as the liquid has been
,pplicd and has dried This usually gives
,ood satisfaction but these sores are a bad
uSiness and very difficult 20 cure.
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Have Cows Fresh in Fall

60 Find says a prominent dairyma'
1 of Illinois, that winter dolryine
moro profitable Than summer dairying
always uy 90 have my dairy cows com,
fresh between oct 1 and Jan. L. and fec,
plenty nf cnslaEc and good clover hay. Will
bran. gluten some other good protein feed
] let the cows bc their own Judge rcgardln,
the amount they will consume and digest u
get tho greatest value.
This / think. Is the way 10 make then
pay the greatest profit | nnd that goot
COWS. well led and cared FOR viii pay a goot
profit every day of the winter and will do
almost well during the next summer AZ
viii those that come In fresh IN the spring
Cows that frcShen late In the fall VIII
take their vacation in the early fall. wheI
the pasture is usually short AS rule hci
sisters that freshen In the spring shrink con.
sidcrubly In their how OF milk. and then 1t II
almost impossible TO get them back to where
they were before tho pastures BEGIN to dry
up And even n they are brought back II 1,
done with very expensive fccdstun which
0nd viii usually consume most OF the profits
Il find that II is most profitable TO kcel
the COWS doing their very best while they are
fresh. No COW can be lowed TO shrink In
her milk for a few weeks OF perhaps for
month and then be expected 10 catch up tc
her former standing and make up for lost
time BY high feeding l have learned that
she will not make up for lost time. therefore
II is very important that she be kept up 10
the very best at all times in her now OF milk
Cows that come fresh in the fall viii
give the greatest returns when prices are
usually higher than I'm summer. while those
that freshen In the spring arc just tho
verse; therefore think II best TO have then
freshcn In the fall"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-23
KEEP THE HENS HAPPY

w ny is it that some poultrymcn make
w greater success of poultry raising than
others who seemingly have equal advan-
tage? The answer Is that successful poul-
trymen know how to keep their hens
&appy.
a great many people fan to appreciate
that hens have dispositions or temperamcntS
like human beings and. like the latter do
their best work wncn optmistically in
olincd. Successful poultrymcn realize that
enc happy hen Is worth dozen grumpy
pncs-
The happy hen is the kind that mis- the
SgG basket ton months in the year She is
llways busy, never complaining about the
Testhcr and always picks up the worm that
presses her path In the morning she quietly
Jomes down of her perch and steals out into
hc farmyard. and by noontimc has sufficient
naterial for an egg. The rest Of the day
INC visits here and there singing her old IA
niliar song. Not less than five times each
reek she pays tribute TO her owner by leav-
ng an egg in tho nest
The happy hen IS the profitable hen. She
tcVer finds time TO have the blues Her step
IS quick and scratch long and sweeping. No
n5ttcr II the temperature is 20 below zero
hc keeps at work Her great aim in life is
% break the record In egg production.
Tho farmer and poultiyman who desires
o make the hon business profitable as well
~ a pleasure must study closely the dlspo-
Jition OF his fowls The hen that goes about
Nlth her head down. indicating "A don't-care
Jpirt. is a good subject for the market She
generally "A good feeder. but poor layer.
Hens. Ike people. inherit many Of their
sharactcrstics- Where little attention is
paid TO culllng out the drones In tho flock
their nls-bcr increases annually. because tho
nen that Is happy lays through the winter
months. and when spring comes is ready TO
pit. She, of course. makes a good sitter.
and eggs arc selected from the lazy hens
which lay FOR few weeks In the carly spring
and placed under her. The following season
over, and consequently very few eggs are
gathered during the winter season
II Is not always tho fault ot the hens
that they have the blues Noi infrcquently
the source OF the trouble rests largely in tho
manner I'm which they arc cared for Where
the poultry house Is cleaned perhaps twice
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-23
Best Care of Manure

MA ANURE IS very perishablc and loses
~ rapidly under most conditions from tho
time II is made. II dropped whore II is want
ed. or II applied At once, the loss Is the lcnsL
No farClor should be SO blind a. TO cuppose
he Is keeping up fertility in proportion as he
feeds stock. unless he gives tho manure
proper care; IL is getting manure on tho
land that counts u fertility. When manure
cannot bc hauled and spread as soon as
produced, II Is best preserved by the deep
stall system Octting Il accumulate under
the animals feet with plenty OF bedding for
any desired timc). This system seems cs-
pcoially adapted TO winter feeding i'm mixed
farming. Nitrogen Is the principal element
in manure. and the fun value OF manure
IL secured only when II Is applied To land
needing nitrogcn.-Frank 1 na--.
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CHEAP SILO IN BARNS

A n INEXPENSIVE siIo can be built OF
stock boards. flooring or other lumber.
Where a man has Il barn and wants 10 put
silo In ono corner II may be well 10 build
II square. The greatest care should be taken
10 remove all the silage from the coCners OF
The silo. All exposed TO air win rot. To
build such silo, take 10y 10 inch planks,
lay them down In square shape like a door
frame. letting tie corners lap. and spike
them together wen at the corners, then take
some plank two feet long and spike at the
corners so az To make the corners four inches
thick. Then saw pieces TO bind across the
corners. These pieces shonId be three fcot
long. Spike we'll You have now got tho
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-23

To SHOW that there Is danger OF contract
Ing tuberculosis from using milk from
tubeTcular cows. we cite the statement OF
Health Officer Woodward OF Washington,
who says that about Is per cent OF the people
who die In the District OF Columbia from
tuberculosis contract the disease as a result
OF drinking milk from darics In and around
Washington II mas been found that an un-
usually large number OF COWS around Wash
Ington have the disease. This is serious
situation. and IL this is true around Wash
ington it is true in other large cities.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-23

silaee. ] know some OF Tho mos, successful
dnirymen in the country Who feed sllaec
every day In the year-winter as well as
summer
have never led sagc TO beef cattle, but
il has been tried by some farmers and az
several pf the cNperlu ent stations. The re-
ports are all favorable, especially in the first
stages OF faJtening. Large steers were fed
forty To fifty pounds daily and they made
rapid growth. OF course the steers were fed
other forage with H. but tho succucnt silagc
seemed to aid digestion and cause better
assimilation OF the food. The gain I'm weight
was put on at less cost than II could ba with
dry forage and grain alone. AZ the fattcnlng
period progressed the amount OF sllage fed
was somewhat reduced, until near the end Il
Is nearly all left on. as TO make the flesh
more solid
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-23

each year, and badly Infested with lice. 1t
cannot be expected that the fowls will be
happy The poultry house should bc kept
clean during every month OF the year. II is
none too often To clean the house thoroughly
every two weeks
TO keep the hens happy and satisfied
they must be well fed on a wide range OF
easily digcstihle foods, No hen is con-
tented unless her entire body Is sustained
In a strong vigorous condition II she Is
wanted To lay eggs during the winter months
summer conditions must surround her. Ami
NAL food must be supplied TO take the place
OF worms and bugs, Green food must he
fed to supplement grass and other green
foraEcs-
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frame OF the SiIo finished. These frames are
10 take the place OF loops on the round silo
TO start To build. pile on top OF each other
all OF these frames just where the siIo IS 10
be- built then take lumber (noorlnC. stock
boards or shiplop win be good). go inside OF
the frame stand the boards at each conner
ana nan inc bottom OF the boards to the sill
or TO tho bottom frame, then raise the ton
frame TO the upper ends OF standing boards
and nail II you want silo deeper than
one length of lumber. let tho nrst course Of
lumber reach To the center OF the TOP . by 10
Inch frame: the other course win then have
room Tor naming Now raise the next frame
up within four feet Of th,- upuer ono and
continue 10 drop down three and one-haIr
feet three fee: and two and onc-half feet.
and the last frames lWo feet apart. Now
board up Inside, after which, il stock lumber
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GoJtre

We have had three calves with swelllngs
N their necks right below the throat Tho
jumps are loose and do not seem to affect
The breathing. Is this serious, and can they
be removed? Tho calves are thriving and
tat well The cows We're well fed in win
Ter. getting all tho hay they wanted.-P. l.,
iowa
Reply-The condition is not serious as tho
calves are thriving and eating we'll. As that
Is so. the cnlargemcnts gradually will dis
nppcaH To hasten absorption rub In iodine
ointment two or three times a week Tho
dwellings Involve the thyroid glands ON each
Slde OF the neck just below the throatlatch
Calves of inadcquntcly led cows or COWS that
bro weak and ill-bred suffer most from this
disease. Sometimes lack OF lime OF excess of
lime may be suspected as part or aggrayat-
ing cause. The drinking water being soft or
overheard may cause a tendency TO the trou-
bic and that, too, may be hereditary
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A LITTLE rape may bc sown on tho out
~ ot-the-way places on the farm FOR
poultry and hogs. II viii pay the farmer
better thun weeds, which usually grow OF
such land. Rape Is fun Of nutrmcnL Pas
ture, however ot any kind-clovcr. alfalfa or
uny of the grdsscs-ailordS good food FOR
pig. and 1t is so much cheaper than grain
foods that it Is surprising that more farm
ors do not fence In tracts and SOW the land
to grazing crops Tor their swine Besides
furnishing cheap feed. pastures furnish the
minimum amount of labor in caring FOR The
flock.
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Questions of the Feed Lot
F1oTsssoy Herbert W. BUmfors
HnLI.-. IL LIZ
feed Gram to Cows on PastUros

eGn O COWS on good pasture need 10 be
- fed grain or concentrates OF an,
kindT'
Professor Fraser says that when cows arc
on good pasture they should not need 70 be
fcd grain unless producing over twenty five
pounds OF milk per day. or unless they arc
in thin condition and II is desired 10 increase
their flesh. The amount OF grain that they
should be fod VIII depend upon the amount
of milk thcy are producing above this. Cows
giving nfty pounds or more per day can
not get the required nutrients TO produce this
from pasture alone The same will apply
after YOU are feeding fodder corn the last
Vt August IL the corn il planted thick 80
that II docs not contain much grain.
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Easy Hay TO Maintain Sod

TT WOULD seem that the easiest and most
| logical procedure in developing Il perfna-
L ucnt agriculture would be to work out
a variety OF systems of live stock husbandry
which would retain much as possible of
tho fertility removed in cropping. supple
mcnttng whatever lack OF fertility there may
bo by tho purchase OF mineral fertilizers, or
the purchase for feeding purposes of tho
large supplies OF grain produced and bound
to be produced by grain farmers. This buy
Ing OF grain 10 feed need not be done with
the thought or building up the stock farmers
farm at the expense OF their neighbors, but
in a public spirited and economic sense assist
In making n good market for the grain pro-
duced by those who Tor personal reasons pre-
fer TO remain grain farmers, who do not
need the fertility In tho crops they sell be-
cause they may follow a carefully planned
and scientifically sound system OF grain farm
ng-of permanent agriculture without live
stock.
Ex0ct statistics showing the amount OF
farm products shipped out OF Illinois and
those used Tor manufacturing purposes arc
not available IL Is believed, however. that
the amount OF corn reserved on the farms
for feeding purposes would fall considerably
short OF 80 per cent OF the total production
OF the state. Illinois produced In 1908 ap-
proNlmately 900. 600 900 bushels of corn, As
sumlng that onc-haIf OF this Is shipped o1
our Illinois farms. wish 10 call attention
TO the fact that the $50 600. 900 bushels
shipped would fattcn each year over 800 001
steers or their equivalent in other live stock
and that the fertilizer produced by this feed
ing would increase tho annual possible pro-
duction OF the state SIS 900 900. But IL IS
gucd that Illinois Is primarily grain grow
ing section and that it's agricultural Develop
meut lies along grain growing lines Un.
doubtedy grain growing is to be a leading
and permanent branch OF the agricultural n
deavor OF tho state. but there several
systems OF live stock farming that arc not
incompatible with grain growing and that
are necessary for it's permanent success. 1
believe the time will como when IL viii be
considered bad economies to transport num-
berless carloads and shlplOads OF grain tn
far distant lands for feeding purposes. 10
may be even practically impossible for trans-
portatlon companies TO handle such traffic.
Already railroads are having difficulty in
handling the present volume OF business. Tic
necessity OF keeping the cost OF foods within
reach OF the masscs-that Is at such level
that the laboring man be well nourished
and highly efficient will eventually demand
that the distance between the producer and
consumer viii be shortened.
One statement Will doubtless be sufficient
to Illustrate the point In most, perhaps ALI
European countries foodstuffs are offered
consumers at a price which is noticeablJ
closer 10 the price which the producer re-
ccives than is the in this country. There
urc some legitimate reasons perhaps to ac.
count FOR part OF the discrepancy, but by M
means all OF it,-Professor Herbert Mumford
There IS only one crop OF land and that
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has been used. put on a heavy grade o
tarred paper, then break tho joints and pu'
ON another layer Of lumber II noorine IL
used ono thickness viii answer These snof
are cheap. good and lasting. and. being In {
barn. require no roof
Silos. like everything else. cost as mucI
as We may feel like spending on them on,
man is satisfied with u barn costing $500
while his neighbor Will spend three times a
much ON tho same sized building
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\ sensible chicken house arrangement T. shown
above 11C ucsts Hrc placed uudrr tho roeste,
saving space. \ boarj Tor droppinrs insun.-
cicanllue-s 4 feeding arrangement aud dust
pon also shown.
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40 WASTE srAcr HERE

\ bacn uuit aztec tho above construction con-
tslns TIC minimum ct waste tpl-c Usually taken
up by rottcu and supports iu ordinary blrns
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There IS only one crop Of land and that !
being used up fast What then?