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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-26

comfortable until they are dry enough TO
put with the sow. II the weather Is severely
cold they can be held for Il feeding or two
In the tub and led sweetencd cows milk
with teaspoon.
II a pig gets chilled do not abandon him
a9 long as there Is life. Take a pail and put
water warm the hands can bear in It
and hold the pig In it with the bcad out OF
thc water until he is revived Wrap in a
warm wooden cloth and feed some milk that
Is warm. Keep him comfortable until 1t Is
eafc to put him with The SOW.
The SUCCESS achieved with the litter will
depend "A good deal on how the sow has been
and Is handled at farrowlng time. II she
has been kept on dry feed she should have
some succulcnt feed like roots from the
start In absence OF roots feed some sloppy
feed with wheat bran and middlngs In 1t
Feed lightly at first and increase gradually
until she is on fun feed by tho time the pigs
week old.
IL the sow Is inclined to cat the pigs take
them away from her at once Find the
cause II possible IL may be that she has
hold OF tho aftcrbirth. aud as the pigs have
much the samo odor she wants moro, She
may be constipated, and if 80 give some
laxative feed, well salted. at once. Take
somc old salt pork. cut IL In thin slices and
feed her ono slco at time until she does
not want eny moro and VIII lie down and
remain quiet. Then 1t Is safe to put tho
pigs with her
Tho cause Of pig eating is generally con-
stpatlon. which causes a fcyered condition
and dolIrlum. IL tho SOW has had an abund
oncc OF exercise before farrbwing time and
has had some succulcnt food along such
thing an pig eating is rarely known. AS the
present winter has been steady. cold one
with no interruption of warm thawing spells.
when SONS would naturally get out, exercise
and get a variety OF feeds part of the time,
We may expect to find Some sows that Will
have tho pig eating fever.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-26
Raising Pigs for future Pork Supply

I NO time in the history Of tho coun-
" try has the outlook for higher prices
A FOR pork been better than at tho pres
cnt time. Tho supply OF hogs in the country
is short. our manufacturing industries are
active. giving employment TO a largo army
OF laborers that must be fed The meat
from the hog is becoming moro and moro
popular among laborng people account
OF Its paIatabiliy and as an economical food
II has equal among the meats.
Pork is Il popular meat account Of
tho ease with which II can be cured or
saltcd transported to all parts Of the world
and handled under varying conditions be-
fore II Is used 1t is always In convenient
form To be cooked and served on short no
ticc or it can be cooked and kept for a con-
siderable length of time, which makes il
availabIc To be used long tour of travel
or as dainty with other foods at Il picnic
dinner
People In foreign countries appreciate
our pork meats and buy and consume large
quantities at all times Of the year In fact
our meat products that como from and are
part OF our American hogs are among
the most popular and widely known COM
nerclal products that nre sent out from our
country. American hogs ra Used under fn-
vorablc conditions that mako them healthy
and from which better class or meat Is
produced than anywhere else In the world
arc accorded honors abroad not given 10 any
produced elsewhere.
AS the season for the arrival OF spring
| pigs rs near al hand. 1t IS a matter of i'm
| portance that should be prepared for
| them In ordor to saye as largo n percentage
| as possible. The Glrrowing nest should be
provided beforehand and the SOW allowed
| To occupy 1t at least a week or ten DAYS bo-
| fore the pigs arc expected. a liberal amount
| OF straw should be provided and then she
! should have opportunity To warm and
| lack 1t before tho pigs come. II lis a mis-
take to put In a lot of fresh straw just be-
| fore tho pigs arrIvo, for they get tangled
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-26
Questions of the Feed Lot
Siiage for Feeding LiUe Stock
Professor Herbert W. @vnToyd
Illinois coiicoo Of A0,ieyitgrs

CT WANT little advice on alaGc fcedni
for beer cattle and also for horses. mule:
and sheep Please give me your mcthod foi
building the silo."
Corn silage has proved to be valuable II
the feeding of beef cattle, particularly so In
the wintcrins of breeding stock and stock
cattle. IL can also be used 10 advantage lr
tho futtenIng OF beef cattle, especially caIyo,
and yoarllngs.
In tho uso Of siaGc by tho inexperienced
there IS a tendency to attempt To uso to1
much Of it The best results follow its use
when It * supplemented with other feeds.
In its use in fatteninG. cotton seed meal and
oilmcal are good feeds TO use In connection
with It
Thero IS considerable difference OF opin-
ion concerning the value OF sllago in tho
feeding of horses and sheop somo insistlna
that it Is very valuable aid in tic cco-
nomical feeding of horses and sheep. wbile
others hold that it Is not only not odvan-
tagcous but positively injurious. Tho I'LL
nols experiment station has never export
mvnted in tho use of silage In tho feeding
OF horses. II has, however. conducted soma
experiments in the feeding of silaGo to fat
tenlne lambs and very satisfactory results
have followed such use bulletin viii be
issued from this station within tho next fcw
months which viii give the results OF this
shcep-fccding experiment. 1 believe that in
tho majority OF instances where silage has
proved Injurious TO horses and sheep that
tho sllagc has not been OF good qaulity.
Spoiled moldy sllaGc VIII, OF course. in
Jurc any animal and particularly the horse.
Concerning the building OF silos. I would
say that at the Illinois experiment station we
have two types OF silos-what is known as
the Gurlcr type and tho stave silo. We pre-
fer the Gurlcr type. although It is moro diff
0cult and complicated to erect Tho cement
and sold concrete wall silos arc gaining
favor, although more expensive than the other
types referred to, and are undoubtedly the
most permanent and satisfactory form where
the builder wishes to go to the expense nee
cssary and secures a good job in their con-
struction.
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Another condition may be looked for. AS
the cold weather has been so steady the
sowS Will remain In the nest good deal OF
the time. They viii not get out and cNcr-
cisc sufficiently to keep up healthy circu-
lation and VIII not transmit sufficient life
nnd vigor to the pigs to enablo them To
live. II tho sows have been fed on rich feed
have become ncshy and lazy. there will be
more or less pigs that VIII have just life
enough to squeal. but not life enough TO get
TO tho sow and bo nourshed. Sometimes
whole filters arc afflicted In that manner
and when one has them he Will be con-
fronted with discouraginE proposition.
do not know or any treatment that VIII save
them.
After the litter OF pigs gets started care
Ebould be exercised 10 givo the sow only
such feed as will enable her To give rcu-
sonable amount of milk and keep the pigs
In u healthy condition The little fellows
nrc very sensitive to changes of feed. Any
thing that Is hard for the SOW to digest will
disturb tho condition OF the digestive organs
of tho pigs and givo them dinrrhca. A ten
spoonful of -four OF sulphur given to the
sow twice per day will usually regulate
matters with tho pigs. but the improper feed
should bo withheld. a repetition OF such
conditions is likely TO lead TO more serI-
GUS difficulties. In my own experience [
have not found any. better grain feed Tor
the SOW than corn -andoat chop and the
wheat mlddlinGS. equal parts III thoro is n
tendency to constipation a little wheat bran
can be added and also small amount of
roots or potatoes. but do not depend on the
roots as tecd use them only to keep up
n healthy and moderately lax condition OF
the system.
Give the pigs dry. warm nest In which
to remain and let them have q chance for
exercise while yet young. Do not let them
get the habit OF spending all the time In the
nest; they need exercise as well as pure nIr
Sec that they got both or they viii get In o
condition that VIII induce thumps. which
VIII Talk about latAr.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-26

few years lnJudiclous cropping. Well. 1t IS
like this: the fertility Is there all right but
the great bulk OF IT is in such form That
IT is locked up, and all you may have thls
year Is just what Mother Nature VIII hand
out 10 you 1t Is Ike money In the bank.
behind bolts and bars; IL Is yours, yes, but
children and reckless spendthrfts arc not
allowed to even handle all the money that
may belong 10 them
Now let US take this soil apart and OK
anime some OF the essentials for plant
growth which II contains.
The chemist tells us that tho three prln-
clpal elements OF plant food arc nitrogen.
potash and phosphorus, phosphorlc acid.
as 1t Is commonly called He tells US that
the use OF each OF these elements Is as fol-
lows: Nitrogen Is the forccful part Of the
growth 1t takes force Ia push the head of
the plant up. up into the air. il takes force
to grow corn II feet high: IT takes force
10 lit the tons of water to keep the leaves
alive. He tells us that nitrogen Is some
relation TO tho salipctor which gives the
explosive effect TO gunpowder that II Ia
the nitric acid which, when mixed with
harmless glycerinc. makes the terribly eX-
plosivc nitro glycerln, which Is again trans
formed Into powerful dynamite So. nc mat
ter whether VIC grow corn, OF shoot game.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-26
By ". A. CIapp

in 1t easily and 1t Is often the cause OF
the loss of some Of the pigs.
Be sure the pen Is warm and comfort
able Do not let there be any drafts OF cold
air coming In at the side and do not let
too much space above allow the cold air
To come down on them. An extra cover
four feet above the nest may be the means
of saving the litter from chilling II the
weather Is severe and The pen Is large In
close tho ncst by fnlsc partitions to prevent
cold air coming In at that time. These par
tltions can he dispensed with as soon as
tho pigs get started.
On several occasions when the weather
was severe l have partltoned of a small
pen in the sheophouso and made a covering
Tor II, and II worked very nicely The sheep
manure being a warm manure made a warm
bed for the pigs when born and while young
up to the time that they could endure con
ditionS elsewhere. 1t Is not necessary To
move them for week or two. as they do
very nicely in the sheep she'd as n large
number of sheep being In there night and
day keep tho temperature at a comfortable
point When one wishes TO move them let
the sow out then catch tho plgs and Put
thom In q basket and put blanket over
III To hold thcm in and carry them to the
nest In Tho hoghousc or other place where
you wish To keep them. Coax the SOW 10
tho place where the pigs arc; she viii rec
ognlZo them and use the new quarters as
homo, change 10 clean nest Is likely
to do them good
IL ono has mado any mistake about the
records and the pigs como before the neccs-
fary preparations have been made for them.
do not neglect TO cnro for them. Take
basket or q tub Conc with Nat bottom IL
best), neat soaDstope or some bricks and
put IN inc bottom. cover with layer OF
straw then with a dry blanket Put the
pigs IN tbore as fast as they come and keep
blanket cover over tho top of the tub and
you nave "brooder" that will mako lhcm
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Dairy Notes

WE ARE not so much in need at the
w present time Of new findings I'm the
dairy business rs We are OF the application
of things already known.
Dairymen in general should gain a bettor
understanding of fixing desirable character
istcs In their herds. so that no one individ
ual need carry the burden OF another.
It is not fair calculation to take the aver
ago OF the herd as the basis OF computing
annual profit from tie dairy. Let each In
dIyidual stand on her merits
From the lowest mammal 10 the noblest
man milk is the ncsh builder and Giver Of
nerve power. 1t Is the ono product that
serves an indispensable purpose in tho per-
pctuation OF the human race. Let it thon be
pure and sweet at any cost.
Difference In individuals 10 produce mnx-
imum now OF milk should prompt every
dalryman TO weed out his inferior animals
as carly as possible,
II Is the general practice Of dalrymcn 10
feed their cows all the roughase they will
cat and then balance up the ration with
grain. There is immcasurablc waste to
this practice. Feed as nearly a balanced ra-
ton of both combined possible,
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Df FERTILITY We commonly mean tho
| X plant food In the soil thut is in a
proper condition for the plant To as
| simulate. a soil may be stored full OF ma
| tcrial for plant food. but if II be not In
the right form SO that the plant may uso
1t To mako growth, that soil would not DC
called a fertile soil our Iow-lying. cold.
sour soils arc an Illustration OF this
Many things arc required to bring
plant from seed time to a successful harvest.
but we will aGrco that ono of the most need
ful Of these is food. abundant food. within
easy reach and in the proper form
When returned traveller tells us that I'm
the northwest they grow from forty to nifty
bushels Of wheat per acre. our first impress
sion is not one OF excellent seed or Improved
cultivation, or of great good luck; no. our
very first thought Is OF the fertile. fruitful
soil that enables that result When we hear
of a man who raised 100 bushels of corn to
tho acre VIC know that his soil Is good be-
cause otherwise such result Is not possible,
no matter how good the seed nor how per-
feet the cultivation
1t Is urgently proper. therefore. that wo
inquire into this soil OF ours and find out
whence comes The difference between half
crops and fun crops. which II continued.
mean 10 the farmer good times or hard
-
failure.
Tho original rocks. OF which. 80 these
learned scientific men tell US. the earth was
flrst composed. after being ground in ma
tures ice-mill To 1nc particles and then
dccayod and weathorcd into still finer ones.
and transposcd and mixed t)rough tho
agency OF rushing torrents and Noah-lll<c
delugcs. were then fitted 10 become the
frame work OF a soil. just the crude fiber
in our plants acts as their frame work and
although usually largely indigcstible by our
animals is still indispensable. as II fur
nishcs storage room and protection for the
food particles.
Now the framework Of a soil Is no more
a fertile soil than tho frame work of a cow
Is good roast beef 10 Is the accessory fur
nishinGs that arc necessary; so Mother Ma
ture simply followed good. practical farming
ways and by growing all tho plants that
were adapted to her farm and returning In
an economical way the soil product to the
soil she finally brought this earth. after
uncounted ages, to the perfection in which
we find 1T and handed It over TO the sons
Of men. not Tor our very own, but in trust
for the coming generations OF her children.
even to tho thousandth generation.
Having created US trustees OF this great
fund OF fertility. Mother Nature knowing
how careless and wastcful her boys would ne
with her treasures II she let them have fun
swing wisely put us under limitations AZ
TO the amount OF fertility we might draw
out oil .hc soil with our needless. wastcful
ways. She put us upon a yearly allowance
so to speak. Why the chemist tells
US that there Is fertility enough in tho or
dlnary farm soil 10 produce good crops for
thousand years and yet tho farmer knows
ia a certainty that most soils can be run
OUT and made unproductWc with just
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-26

or blow up big pine stumps. nitrogen Is
The force that does It.
lie tells us that potash combines with
and softcns or dissolyes the sand grains and
other minerals. so that tho plant can use
them 10 stifteu its stalks stem that il
VIII stand up. You know that grass and
grain which grows on very rich ground
often falls over and lodges: plenty of nitro
gen there 10 boost II. but not enough back
bone TO hold IT up, don't you see? And the
phosphorus. he tells us. Is what il needed
In the top. in the grain, in plants. In the
brains of men. We tip our matches with
II TO get quick bright results; phosphorus
stands for concentration and ability; [ should
say that a man without phosphorus In his
brain would be Hike head OF wheat with
out the kernels. n cob without corn
Now as VIC take out some of this plant
food in cvory crop grow. we can soon
Sec our finish" so to speak. unless the
supply in the soil Is constantly renewed and
this can be done in three ways:
1. By buying fertility from those who
have it to sell In the form OF commercial
fertilizer. This may sound all right, but
1t is too expensive for ordinary farm crops
as 1t costs much money that It doesn't
leave profit enough TO live on.
?. Mother Nature Is constantly unlocking
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Feeding Value of Sweet Corn

EN6yHAT Is the comparative value OF
Wv sweet corn and ordinary field corn
FOR tho feeding OF stock for fottenlnG pur-
poses or dairy cows? Also pea YInes?'
The principal advantage OF sweet corn
fodder over ordinary field corn. either for
fattening purposes or feeding OF dairy cows.
lies In the fact nat II planted early it be-
comes available earlier in the fall for soiling
purposes. II is greatly liked by cattle. y
few stations have conducted experiments TO
determine the relative amount of digcstible
nutrients in equal areas OF ordinary field
corn and sweet corn and 1t has been conclu-
sivcly proved that more dlgcstiblc nutrients
can be produced with ordinary neld corn
than with the sweet corn.
Pea vines are rellshed by fottenlng cattle
by sheep and by dairy cows and furnish
desirable variety in tho ration.
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IN THE POULTRY YARD FEED LOT AND DAIRY
Poultry Notes

IF YOU have plenty OF skim milk feed e
| 10 the poultry. Tho hens VIII convert G
pound OF skim milk into moro profit than a
thrifty shoat. Always feed the milk as near
tho game temperature as possible. If YOU
heat Il one day continue the same practice
the following.
Tho sooner farmers recognize tho fact thaS
poultry raising should be as carefully and
thoroughly conducted as the dairy businesS
the quicker a good many dollars viii be
added to the family income
Tho man who sells his eggs at tho countr1
store will not for the present receive vcr6
much encouragement TO produce strictly hiGf
grade eggs Try some sood. roliablo com.
mission firm In some largo city and let your
grocery man rest
a diet OF whole corn win help tho her,
with plenty of heat TO resist cold weathos
but the trouble IS. most farmers feed toS
much corn. A half ration of corn IS a greas
plenty and IL cracked before feeding will
cause the hen to tako plenty OF exercise.
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Wo,4h of the Bull

DESPlTE all that has becn said in asricul-
II tural and live stock papers relative 10
tho absurdlty and loss of money involved IL
the use OF scrub bull, muny farmers aro
stiIl breeding their cows TO any bull that
Will produce a calf from the COW they merely
desire to como fresh" for milking purposes.
They cannot understand that the cheap bull
is really the dearest and that In this day OF
cxactlon the scrub calf Is not worth raising,
as against the calf that has been bred for
special purpose. either to grow rapidly into
beef or mature into COW for the dairy. In
the breeding operations OF tho farm the In
PRODUCTION OF good bull means r gradual
improvement of tho farm herd. whether do
signed for beef purposes or for tho dali
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Nan Win Hungry Soils

THE man who starvcs his soil starvcs his
L pockctbook but many farmers fall to
realize this. They do not stop TO think that
when they keep removing crops from their
land without making adequate returns in the
way OF barnyard manure and fertilizers their
soil is gradually losing it's productive power
Thus they are starving their pockctbooks by
starving their coils. This is pcnny-wise and
pounu foolish procedure.
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Answers By the Veterinarian
Navel and Joint Disease
Or. A. S. Alexander
Eiseoasi1 College Of Agriculture

7 S THERE any preventive FOR navel trouble
. In young foals Frank NJ Pollard. Mime
Iota,
Rcply.-Navel and joint disease OF younG
ioals may be prevented by cleanliness and
uso OF disinfcct0nts. The trouble Is due to
entrance of Nth germs by way of the raw
navel cord ut birth. TO prevent this. provide
hc mare with clean, fresh bcddcd, dlsin-
fccted and whltowashcd box stall In which
to have her foal. When tho foal drops and
the navel cord has been severed, Immediately
wet the stump of tho navel with a solution or
two drums OF powdered corrosive subllmatc
In pint OF boiling water. and repeat tho ap-
plicatlon twice daily until the cord dries up.
falls of and no raw spot can be seen. II the
cord does not break al birth make the marc
rise. and she may break IL in that way II
the cord has 10 bc tied use a string that has
been soaked In a per cent solution OF lySol.
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Help Problem Gropng Larger

ZACH year secs the farm help problem be-
l. coming bigger one. ono central Mis-
sourl farmer tells OF paying 15E cents per
shock TO get his corn cut and tied. and even
at that price the negroes who were doing
the work wanted to quit before they were
through tho last neld Many other farmers
In the same nciehborhood wero unable 10 get
their corn cut at any price
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MAR. AND MRS. NELS MARTINSoN Of
IFl Hutchinson Mimi, sold in one year over
81 200 worth of poultry products from $50
hens a forty-acrc farm win certainly pro-
ducc feed enough Tor from 500 to 1000 hens.
making an income oC from $1,000 to $1,000
within the reach Of poultrynan on a forty
acre farm.
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Q ECRETARY WILSON speaks this word
- of caution to farmers on the subject OF
making denatured alcohol on the farm MY
advice To farmers *. first, to try and learn
tho technical processes OF fermentation and
dlstillatlon, and then TO proceed cautiously In
regard 10 the waste materials which they
may have available, namely. potatoes, refuse
OF the Indian corn cannery waste apples.
waste melons. etc"
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Pigs Like Peas

D IGS usually make greater gain fed peas
1 than when fed corn. compared to the
amount OF feed consumed, In a trial ex
pertinent It was noted that while the animals
fed corn otc moro In tho early stage, those
pca-fcd did better in that respect later show
nG that peas arc a more pnlatablc food than
corn alone. and the pigs not so liable to
get off feed when fed peas The market
price of peas is higher than corn. although
much moro valuable for pork production