Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-05

ne udders OF COWS should he
"asned with warm water and thor
oushly dried before each milking.
calves three or four months old
may be fed all the grain thew will
consume. Shelled corn and oats are
good feeds.
pumpkins are good for cows, and
they nave about one-half the feeding
value of corn silage.
Inc men that you find pulling feath-
ers should be removed from the flock
and either placed by herself or lust
IN a small coop with a strange male
plrd. This will keep her out of
harm's way for time, and later on
sne may be transferred to another
pen, where she will have to move
ABOUT some TO get away from the
pecklngs of the other hens. 1t is a
pad habit and should be discouraged,
even if it means the loss of a few
birds. 1t is not the entire flock of
plrds that is doing this, but usually
q few that have got the habit. Get
them away, even il you have to cut
OIL their heads and use them for the
table.
There are two reasons why the
poultry flock should be culled early
IN the fall. There may any number
or other good reasons, but the selec-
ton of winter layers and the necessity
OF getting rid of the drones are para
mount.
By all means get rid of the drones
among the old hens the aged ones
whose usefulness may be at an end,
and all of the pullets that are under
sized, defective or in any way de-
formed. The old hen may be fattened
and put on the market around the
fall and winter holidays, but sold she
must be. There is no sense in feeding
her another year.
In culling the flock for winter egg
production it should be remembered
that after hen is two years old she
will begin to lessen her production,
unless she is an exceptional in
dividual. There should be no haste
to get rid of the yearling hen. She
may not lay as many eggs as the pull
let, but her eggs contain more germ
strength, and she will be needed as a
breeder.
1t is a pretty good scheme to keep
half pullets and half yearlings. This
balances the purpose of the flock
rather evenly. BY keeping up this
system year after year you soon get
a flock that is young, prolific of eggs,
and yet with the maturity and
strength necessary for the Matching
of the right kind of chicks each year.
AS general rule it may be laid
down that the older the hen grows
the fewer eggs she is going to lay.
If we all used trap nests we would
be able to very soon tell when hen
was no longer producing eggs in
profitable numbers.
For ricketts, in pigs allow the pigs
free range on grass, clover or rape,
and feed mixed rations in form or
slop, adding limewater at the rate OF
one ounce to the quart. Pigs have
ricketts, from malnutrition. Do not
make corn more than very small
part of the ration. AS they improve
add digester tankage to the slop TO
make ten per cent. of the mixture.
Oats as a hog food have never
Dttn NCIy pOpuiil ioI wv
First, the price is usually too high,
and, second, the feeding value is not
so great per pound for hogs as that
of corn.
If you find the chicks ailing look
them over for lice, for that Is most
frequently the cause of their ailments
at this time. Keep them well busted
with insect powder. A little grease
under the wings and on the head VIII
help keep the lice away.
A variety of feed is important for
the hard worked horse. A grain mix
ture of nine parts of oats and one
part of bran by weight is an excellent
combination. The horse should be red
from four to seven quarts of tins
mixture three times day, the
amount depending upon the size OF
the horse and the character of his
work. In addition, two to four ears
of corn can be fed. On idle days the
ration should be cut down about one
third in bulk, and the grain mixture
changed to seven parts OF oats ana
three parts of bran with only one
half as much corn or none at all
The work horse should be given
daily from fourteen to eighteen
pounds of good hay, preferably timo-
thy. Good clover or alfalfa hay, If
fed. should be mixed with about one
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