The Lamar register., 1910-01-26
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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 10 per cent. of solids.
Even the hired man now rides where
he Unce walked and he gets higher
wages than when he walked.
Watch the breeding sows. II they
get too thin 1t is had for them and II
they get too fat 1t 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 I'D
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 II by IS feet is large enough
for 80 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 a
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 its fat. and which costs
only half as much as whole milk. fur
nishes 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-keepers 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. a 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 difiicult to mix with
litter. Hence It heats rapidly. fer
mentation sets In and the ammonia It
contains escapes into the air and is
lost.
The best way to fatten young stock
TO secure a maximum profit is to feed
them well from the start. Whether It
be young cattle or lambs. they should
be literally fed from the beginning
of the feeding period.
Good timothy hay has about the
same feeding value as good, bright,
well-cured corn stalks. 1t is not con-
sidered as good for milch cows as the
corn stalks, though the analysis of It
would seem to indicate that It is prac.
tically as good.
The manure OF cattle is generally
poorer than that of any OF the farm
animals on account OF II carrying a
greater percentage OF water 1t
decomposes slowly and is therefore
good to mix with other manures
that are more inclined to heat.
Only n few years ago automobiles
we're but luxuries of the very well-to-
do; to-day they are the common con-
veyances of much OF the middle class
Vi Citicb pTeJu-
dice which at one time existed against
them among farmers has practically
disappeared. In fact. the number of
farmers who own and operate ma
chimes" is constantly on the increase.
In covered, weather-proof, hopper
shaped bins there is always an ample
store Of ground feed. easily accessible.
As the cattle eat from the trays be-
meath these bins.i there Sits to them
additional supply so that as rapidly
as they eat the supply is renewed A
system of that sort saves an almost
endless amount of manual labor for
the man In charge Of the cattle. The
''roughness," clover hay and corn fod.
der. is always within their reach.
Holstein cows are now In greater
demand in dairy localities than any
other breed. This is not true In all
neighborhoods. but 1t is true in gen.
eral. There are several reasons:
They are good eaters: they stand ex-
posure better than Jerseys; they pro
duce more milk than anv other bread.