The Columbus journal., 1910-02-02
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Provide plenty OF ventilation fol
your hen house.
On many farms a good dog is need
ed for various causes.
When alfalfa is cut and fed green tC
GARY COWS its entire value is saved.
Land plaster is a soil stimulant and
while ii increases growth at first Il
will injure the soil
Give the hens plenty of room. plenty
of ventilation. So shall your egg bas
ket cold January eggs.
Many tests at feeding to increase
the butterfat in milk have shown thai
some other factor is necessary thar
feed.
Two smaller silos are better thar
one big one They are easier to ill
keeps just as well.
The dairyman who has a good sup
ply of forage and feed and a bunch Of
good dairy COWS TO feed it to will strike
a pay streak this winter.
The best way TO treat manure wit!
acid phosphate is to use il as an alb
sorbent in the stable the same Us i.
advised for floats or gypsum.
Pigs, as a rule. sell for less pei
pound in the market than hogs. II
the market swine under $50 pound.
in weight are classed as pigs.
Nothing so stimulates the entire sys
TEN of the hog as pasturase. and 1t Is
especially beneficial during the win
ter months. whenever 1t can be pro
vided.
The value of manure does not de
pend wholly upon its fertilizing prop
critics: it adds humus to the soil. 4
is especially beneficial to gumbo ant
to mucky soils.
Unless exceptionally high prices are
paid for it. milk is fully as econom
ical a source of nutrients as other ami
NAL foods, but dearer than most staple
vegetable prOducyS
There is every indication the specu
lators will make big profits on the
butter they have in storage. Thi:
will have a 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 q
warm and invigorating bed which il
a necessity to perfect termination.
The production. care and applica
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 il should
there is one phase Of the subject that
may. That phase is cleanliness as q
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 a 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. II found that
COWS fed on beet pulp produced 10
per cent. more milk than when fed on
a corn silage ration and four per cent.
more milk than on a hominy ration.
Successful feeding does not con-
sist in chuckins out about as much
feed TO n certain number OF hens
just so often. Success means the
study OF your flocks and feeding &C
cordingly: different quantities at off
ferent times. with a variation in kinds.
for there are not two hocks that re-
Quire exactly the same treatment.
Kansas farms in 1909 eciipsed all
previous records and set a new stand
ard in wealth production. For the
first time. the value of farm products
and live stock has passed the half-bil-
lion mark. asgregating. to be exact,
s532. 6S5,2i5. or S51.440.414 in excess
of 1905, the best prior year. The
larger increases over the preceding
year are in the values of wheat, oats,
nay and horticultural products, which
show a net gain of &o3.SS 24- end