The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-01-14

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wet with hydrogen peroxide and iron
dry. TIE scorch will disappear like
magic.
For the average breeder. one breed
of fowls Is enough; more than one
Kind makes too much WORK, for the
amateur especially.
IL Is well 10 remember that too many
, chicks crowded in one coop make 1t y
hotbed for disease an death. "Clean-
illness Is next to gcdiness" In poultry
culture; make this your text, and
scare out cholera and pdre3 diseases
If you own some choice, pure bred
poultry, keep them comfortable and
clean; feed on pure and nutritious
feed ana breed only from selected
birds, even of choice stock. Nothing
legenerates so quickly as poultry.
Poor shelter, bad care and musty
feed, will in few generations, make
scrubs of the finest fowls.
Now that the ground Is covered
with snow and sleet, carry an armful
or two Of litter from the barn and
scatter Ia the poultry house or in the
shed adjoining, 50 that the fowls may
scratch in it and be healthy and
happy. A happy, lively hen is the
one that lays. A basketful or two OF
alfalfa leaves from the haymow Is
also good thing to scatter in the
hen house. The hens will eat lots
Of it.
With a silo aud a good, clean, well
ventilated stable you are. practically
independent of weather conditions,
The milk f1w will keep !.p t. the
high point and milk is what you are
after.
Beyond certain point more grain
will not produce more milk. Your
cow can use just so much food and
pay for it but beyond this she cannot
go Begin by feeding light ration
of grain aud gradually increase this
to the capacity Of the COW. Succulent
feeds like ensilage or roots are of the
highest value in winter feeding for
quantity.
Prof. c. VI. Eckles of the Missouri
Experiment Station announces at
least eight advantages to be gained
by use of the sio:
L. Silage keeps young stock thrifty
and growing all winter.
q Itproduces fat beef more cheaply
than does dry feed.
3. IL enables cows to produce milk
and butter economically.
A. Silage is more CONVENIENTLY
handled than dry fodder.
5. The silo prevents waists of corn
stalks in the manure when slags is
fed.
6 The silo will make palatable
food OF stuff that would not otherwise
De eaten.
7, 1t enables the farmer to preserve
'ood which natures at rainy time
If the year, when drying would be
next to impossible.
8. 1t isthe most economical method
Of supplying food for the stock during
the hot, dry periods of summer. when
he pasture Is short.
Mules have always been good |
but of late they have grown
better each year, In the motive |
power of tho farm there is nothing /
better than the mule and he has
many other uses as we'll. Mules have !
won a bad reputation chiefly, as we
believe, because Of the activities of
the funny men In the newspapers but
this is not deserved. Mules have
bad reputation as kickers which is
also not deserved. A mule born of
Kicking parents will he likely to
inherit this disposition but so would
a colt. On the other hand, the mule
is one of the "smartest" Of farm
animals He knows how to take care
of himself and because Of this he will
outlast two horses at hard and con-
tiuuous work. For this reason he is
in demand by large construction
companies, for the street, the cotton
field, the logging camps, the mines.
The mule will not overeat nor over
drink. When very tired he never
eats nor drinks until he rest. III he
is overburdened he stops though this
does not often happen. He is Of a
quiet disposition and takes things
easily. Ne is not nervous and does
not wear himself out. He is not
subject to many diseases and disorders
that affect the horse aud he frequently
knows more about his work than does