The Semi-weekly leader., 1910-02-05


On many farms good dog is need
ed for various causes.
When alfalfa is cut and fed green to
dairy cows its entire value is saved.
Land plaster is a soil stimulant and
while it increases growth at first it
will injure the soii.
Give the hens plenty Of room. plenty
of ventilation. So shall your egg bas-
ket hold January eggs.
Many tests at feeding to increase
the butterfat in milk have shown that
some other factor is necessary than
feed.
Two smaller silos are better than
one big one. They are easier to fill
and easier to feed from and the silage
keeps just as well.
The dairyman who has good sup
ply of forage and feed and a bunch of
good dairy cows to feed it to win strike
pay streak this winter.
The best way to treat manure with
acid phosphate is to use it as an alb.
sorbent in the stable the same as is
advised for floats or gypsum.
Pigs, as a rule, sell for less per
pound in the market than hogs. In
the market swine under 1870 pounds
in weight are classed as pigs.
Nothing so stimulates the entire sys-
TEN of the hog as pasturage, and it is
especially beneficial during the win
ter months, whenever 1t can be pro-
vided.
The value of manure does not de.
pend wholly upon it's fertilizing prop.
critics; it adds humus to the soil. 1t
is especially beneficial to gumbo and
to mucky Soils.
Unless exceptionally high prices are
paid for it, milk is fully as econom-
ical source of nutrients as other ami
NAL foods, but dearer than most staple
vegetable products.
There is every indication the specu-
lators will make big profits on the
butter they have in storage. This
will have tendency to make prices
good again next spring.
TiIlage opens up the soil to the
ameliorating influence of the air and
sun, giving the newly sown seed a
warm and invigorating bed which is
a necessity to perfect termination.
The production, care and appIica-
ton of manure is given the least con-
sideration of the three, in this coun-
try. caused, no doubt, by the bound
less extent of virgin soil, found by
our forefathers.
Although the factor of keeping clean
both milk and cream may not appeal
TO some farmers as much as it should,
there is one phase of the subject that
may. That phase is cleanliness as a
guard against the dissemination of
disease by milk and cream.
While our hardest varieties OF
roses may endure the evaporation OF
our trying winters, they will, how.
ever, come through stronger and give
better results the coming season il
they can receive a fair measure OF
protection during the winter.
OF course, pigs will live and make
some growth on good clover pasture
without any grain, but this feed is al.
together too bulky for profitable re.
suits, hence the desirability of feeding
a liberal grain ration while the pigs
are on pasture for a maximum profit.
Any good cellar for fruit or vegeta
bles will do to winter bees In, pro.
vided corner may be set aside from
the main cellar by some sort Of par.
tition. There must be ventilation So
as to cool the temperature, which may
become too high, especially If the col
onies are strong and numerous.
That dried beet pulp is a better
feed for dairy cows than corn silage
was demonstrated by the New Jersey
experiment station. 1t found that
cows fed on beet pulp produced IL
per cent. more milk than when fed on
corn silage ration and four per cent
more milk than on a hominy ration
Successful feeding does not con
sist in chucking out about as much
feed to a certain number OF hens
just so often. Success means the
study Of your docks and feeding ac
cordingly; different quantities at diff
ferent times. with variation In kinds
for there are not two hocks that re-
Qulre exactly the same treatment.
Kansas farms IN 1909 ecl1psed all
previous records and set new stand
ard in wealth production. For the
first time. the value of farm products
and live stock has passed the half.biI
lion mark. aggregating, to be exact
s632 ,6s5,245. or $57,440.414 In excess
of 1908, the best prior year. The
larger increases over the preceding
year are in the values Of wheat, oats
hay and horticultural products, which
show a net gain of s24. 4.7S6,247, and
live stock, which are worth more thar
s27 ss,2o2.
Red top Is a valuable grass FOR botf
hay and pasture on lands to which Il
is wen adapted Although it viii grow
well on variety 0f soils. it is best
adantsd ia low lands and those havtz,s