East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-19
FACTS FOR FARMERS

The first feeds must be warm, fresh
milk from a fresh COW, preferably its
own mother. Be patient with the
calf.
Don't keep the silo closed too late
| in the fall season. Better open it
early before the cows begin to shrink.
The neglected COW rarely If ever
fills the milk pail. If too little feed
| is given her, either the COW or the
milk will suffer.
With butter fat selling above 80
cents pound, there is big money in
farm dairying. In this country the
average farmer can produce all the
forage feed, and other rations right
drove of good milk cows all winter
and keep them in fine condition for
| giving milk all the time.
Producing what the consumer
wants and putting it on the market in
an attractive form are two of the Sc
crets of successful dairying.
Each farmer should plan some sys-
tenn by which a greater portion of his
crops may be fed on the farm, and it
Is a known fact that the dairy COW
Is one Of the most economical animals
on the farm.
One of the greatest causes for trou-
BILE and loss in the dairy nursery"
is that Of unclean feeding vessels and
troughs. Feed the calves in nothing
but clean vessels and you will save
much trouble, worry and loss in dairy
|, ing.
1 rrh al ad
not sufficient for calf's growth, and
, nourishment after the first month
, and some bran, shorts, oatmeal or al
falfa will prove valuable addition to
the ration.
Fumigate the Poultry House.
Now Is the time to fumigate your
: poultry house. This is something
} that should be done every fall, if not
: oftener-not alone to destroy lice and
mites, but to kill germs of disease
, which may lurk in the cracks between
5 the boards and in the dust that COL
8 lects on the timbers. The easiest
method is to use the sulphur candles
1 made for this purpose and sold by
t dealers in poultry supplies. If these
candles cannot be obtained easily
f flower Of sulphur, which may be had
| at any drug store and which Is the
t finely powdered form, may be used
: by burning on live Goals or with pa
s per.
= II Goals are used pan half full
of sand and dirt may be set on thu
,. floor Of the house, a shovelful of live
e Goals put in it and half a pint Of flow
u er Of sulphur placed on the Goals. 1
= it Is not convenient to use this meth
g cd, a layer Of lightly crumpled pape,
t may be placed on the sand in thu
: pan, some flower of sulphur sprink
on it, and then layer of paper plac
ed on. then more sulphur until fou
4 or five layers are made. with sulphur
g on to- This may be lighted at th'
q bottom and If It burns well, will fill
II the house full of the fumes. Th'
@ contents Of one pan will fumigate ;
house ten to fifteen feet wide ant
G twelve to fifteen feet long. For lonl
e building several pans must be usec
4 at the same time.
2 All windows and doors should b.
Il kept closed while the sulphur is burn
n ing so that the fumes will be con
d fined and will permeate every part o
the house. The house should be KEEP
v closed for an hour and then may b
q opened and aired. In another hou
e it will be fit for the fowls to US
e again.
h Value Of Dairy Products.
The value of dairy products are no
i appreciated as highly as their wort
l. and Importance entities them to b
d The breakfast, dinner and supper ia
BILE would be poor kind Of affairs
e it were not for dairy products, an
re there would be little pleasure in eat
N ing.
Did you ever stop to think what tn
ii family table would be without pro
n ducts of dairy cow? Suppose ther
were no cows in the world, what poo
Ie kind of eating we would have. Jus
t. think Of the children having no but
t. ter to spread on their bread, and thin
Of what kind Of bread you would ge
IL there was no buttermilk to make
W mp with.
'r Did you ever try to eat your break
d. fast food without sugar and cream