Charlevoix county herald., 1910-04-23


Time to get the mower In shape for
the haying season which is so rapidly
approaching. Sharpen up the knives.
The old cock and the young hen or 4
the young cock and the old hens make
| good combination.
Dairy by-products obtained from the
creamery or cheese factory should be
sterilized before feeding to the pigs.
II the house for the fowls is per-
mitted to become foul, you will soon
find that your profits will be minus
quantity.
A sour feed pail has wrought havoc
among the calves on many farm.
The time spent in scalding the pals
is we'll spent.
The best results from the farm can
only be obtained as the farmer studies
the individual characteristics of each
field which he is cultivating.
Too heavy feeding sometimes causes
paralysis in young pigs. When such
condition arises take away the corn
and feed only bran and skim milk.
II you have not facilities for pastur.
ing the hogs, be sure that their pen
| is kept clean and that they are free
from lice.
Make every square rod on your farm
yield its quota of profit. Some use
can be found for even the poor strips.
Study out how you can best use all
your land.
Night hawks in the poultry house
are found in the presence of those lit
tie red mites and in the lice that in.
fest the hens. If given free reign they
will suck all your profits away.
This is Prof. Hackers remedy for
scours in calves: After castor oil has
been given it should be followed by
teaspoon of Zenolium or in very bad
cases a tablespoonful. He recon-
mends that the navel of the young
calf as soon as dropped should be
bound up with four per cent. disin-
fectant solution. Others suggest that
the navel of the calf be wet with
1900 solution of bichloride of mer-
curry corrosive sublimate).
The silo has passed the stage
where it's value can be questioned.
Such feed in combination with alfalfa
or clover with mixture of corn or
barley for grain, silage furnishes an
especially good ration, all grown on
the farm and cheaper than mill feeds.
The Importance of palatability can
not be overestimated, as it increases
the amount of feed eaten and when
properly assimilated, the more the
animal eats the larger product it will
return.
Be careful that you do not use too
much arsenic in the spray used on the
fruit trees. Prof. Headden believes
that arsenic sometimes accumulates
in the ground under trees that have
been oversprayed during series of
years, until it reaches a quantity that
menaces the life of the trees In re-
cent bulletin he says: Hundreds of
such trees are dead or sick beyond
recovery, and all show the same
symptoms. The first sign is the APP
pearance on the trunk of chocolate
colored spots. The bark is soon killed
and dries down. The foliage drops
early so that diseased trees are easily
picked out in the fall, and they will
be found nearly girdled with dead
bark. The second year the tree will
start, but it dies about midsummer.
In every case the roots are found to
be dead and the bark at the base of
the trunk is in bad condition. In fact,
the trouble seems to start here. Chem
ical tests of wood taken from roots,
trunks, etc., plainly showed the pres
ence of arsenic"
The feeding of the growing pigs to
get the best results and the quickest
returns is problem which every
farmer is anxious to solve. The agri-
cultural department of the govern.
ment, after experiments, offers the
following suggestions as to the proper
rations: Twenty to sixty-pound pigs,
three ounces of cornmeal to each
quart of milk; sixty to one hundred.
pound pigs, six ounces Of cornmeal to
each quart of milk; one hundred to
1S0-pound pigs, eight ounces of corn
meal to each quart of milk On most
farms the supply of milk will be linn.
tied, especially when calves are fed,
and in these cases they recommend
the following ratons: Twenty TO- $780,
pound pigs, three ounces of cornmeal,
wheat. rye or hominy to each quart