The Lamar register., 1910-01-26

LlmDeTneck, IN Chickens, ID
caused by the absorption Of a poison
found in decayed animal food.
6orghum. cut and cured when the
heads are slightly brown and the
seed in dough. makes a fair winter
feed.
As to the best time to market young
stock. 1t is. as a general proposition.
when they are in a finished market
condition.
A handful of oil meal given to the
good condition and makes his coat
soft and sleek.
Ten cows that average 300 pounds
Of butter fat per year produce as
much as 20 cows that average only
$50 pounds per year.
OIL meal is being shipped by the car
load to Europe. where 1t is fed by
dairymen. II would be to our advan-
| tage II this were fed at home.
A man should have a good strong
hand and he should know how to use
1t in order to get the milk out OF the
udder and get it out rapidly.
Chopped onions are very good for all
| kinds of poultry. Onions are not only
invigorating. but are excellent when
the fowls are subject to colds.
The precaution against possible
danger, where work is pressing and
farmers want to get their corn in
out OF the way. is ventilation Of the
crib.
Onions must be kept in dry. clean
place. although protection from cold
Is not SO necessary. In fact. freezing.
with moderate thawing out. makes the
g.! flavor milder.
A pail OF milk standing ten minutes
where 1t is exposed to the scent Of a
strong smelling stable. or any other
Offensive odor, will imbibe a faint that
will not leave It.
Well fattened young stock always
sells at good price. and It is general
ly better to let the condition of the
animal rather than that of the market
determine the date of selling.
With good milking cows, well fed
and well kept, milk can be produced
at a cost of 65 cents per hundred and
butterfat for 16 cents per pound. This
is an average for the year round.
II some OF the brooder chicks are
not quite SO thrifty as the others they
should be put by themselves II pos
sible. where the stronger ones will not
run over them and rob them OF their
feed.
There is SO much difference In the
composition of milk from different
cows that many large butter and
cheese factories now test all the milk
they buy. and pay for 1t according to
its butterfat content.
The automobile has not spoiled the
horse market nor has the incubator
| spoiled the demand Tor Biddy. One
Nebraska firm alone reports the sale
of $4,000 incubators the past season.
yet hens are higher than ever.
Sometimes a pullet wishes to lay
but cannot because her egg organs
| are weak. They need strengthening.
Add a little oil meal to the soft feed,
and give little chopped raw meat in
addition to the regular ration.
The Iegumes draw nitrogen from
the air and store 1t in the soil for the
succeeding crop, thus making good the
loss OF this element through the pre-
vious crop grown. These means are
at the command of every man who
cultivates the soil and II he will avail
himself OF their good Offices he may
view his crops with much pleasure
and great profit.
A tree. in order to go through our
usually dry winters. needs to have a
well developed root system, such as
takes at least one growing season to
produce. II young trees are planted
in autumn, they must endure the most
trying period of the year with Nttle
or no root growth to take up in some
measure the moisture lost by evapora-
ton; hence winter-killing by drying
out is the usual result.
In experiments conducted at the In
diana station in 1893 milk COWS ex-
posed to the weather in winter, but
provided with shelter, made a very I'M
favorable showing. as compared with
those given shelter in the stable ex-
cepting for brief airing when the
weather was suitable. The exposed
cows ate more food, lost In weight and
also In milk yield. while the sheltered
ones gained in weight and made a
better showing. At the Kansas ex-
pertinent station similar results were
obtained.
One OF the leading questions con-
nected with the successful manage
ment of dairy farm is the question:
will 1t pay to devote more than ordi-
nary attention to the care and food
OF the dairy cows during the winter