The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-01-28
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Dairy cows do pay.
Muck soils are generally acid.
Ducks love to stay out all night in
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. unauthorized milk should
contain about 81 per cent. of water |
and 10 per cent of solids.
Even the hired man now rides where |
he once walked and he gets higher
wages than when he walked.
Watch the breeding sows. If they
get too thin il is had for them and II
they get too fat it 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
: ipt to be the cheapest butter producer.
Cows that are "finnicky" are not apt
' @ be profitable.
A coop IA by Is feet is large enough
q Tor so hens. Give them light, warmth
J. and plenty of air. Let the last filter
through a canvas window.
Ie Few COW keepers know anything
'e about the theory of dairying, but a
q good one has got the practice down
II ine. and this is what counts.
70 Clover that is vigorous will put more
re plant food into the land than clover
BY that Is not vigorous for 1t has more
ee power to draw on the nitrogen In the
air.
SIX Skim milk. which is whole milk
or minus part of its fat. and which cost
Is only half as much as whole milk. fur
nishes protein about four times a
~. eheaply as beef.
at
er A special bee-cellar in which moth
he ing else is kept Is certainly desirable
nut but many bee-keepers cannot affor
as this and yet can well spare room in
re good house cellar.
ew To protect the trees from mice an
rabbits. screen wire. veneer, or tarre
paper may be placed around tn
, a trunks. This Is. indeed, a good pr
10 caution for all young fruit trees.
lse
Is The chickens should be encourage
Is to run and scratch in the garden
i'm the winter after the frosts have d
up stroyed the tomatoes and other veg
md tables the fowls might damage.
to
Horse manure Is very dry and loos
Oh, In texture and difficult to mix wit
I'm. litter. Hence it heats rapidly, fe
an mentation sets in and the ammonia
her contains escapes into the air and
lost.
ces
lem The best way to fatten young sto'
re. to secure a maximum profit is to fe'
one them we'll from the start. Whether
nan be young cattle or lambs, they shou
ous be literally fed from the beginni
AXE of the feeding period.
hey
,cia, Milk requires no preparation. b
,ich no waste. and is more thoroughly
ring gested than most vegetable foods.
source of protein. the most I
best pensive of the nutritiye ingredients.
site is especially economical.
her:
liter. The manure of cattle Is genera
poorer than that Of any of the fal
animals On account Of 1t carrying
greater percentage Of water.
CT Idecomposes slowly and Is thereto
,.., good to mix with other manu-
q that are more inclined to heat
,nai.
one. OF course. pigs will live and ma
seat some growth on good clover past,
leas. without any grain. but this feed Is
was together too bulky for profitable
suits. hence the desirability Of feed
N tn a liberal grain ration while the p
.aid are on pasture for maximum Pre-
m, Holstein cows are now In grea
demand In dairy localities than ,
Yhas other breed. This Is not true In
owe neighborhoods. but II Is true In G
,urfh eral. There are several reaso
an. They are good eaters: they stand
posture better than Jerseys; they
hon, duce more milk than any other bre
ectlv they have teats SO formed that I
milk easier than other breeds.
In. they give down 10 the end with II