Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-08-21
Ho;d 10 the Pigs.

Don't let this season put you en-
tirely out of the hog business again.
Feed the wheat II you have no other
feed and can't buy feed for less than
the wheat will sell for. Some may
have to cut down their herds. but
all should hold brood SOW or two
OF more. and be ready to start into
tho hog business right next spring,
on the safe foundation Of sure feed
crops, propelly planted and culti-
waited And the COW is not to be
dispensed with and discarded by any
means Every farm has produced
rough feed plenty for at least a
few Of them If it is saved and stored
away for the winter. Livestock to
turn into cash the stuff fthat isnot
fit to sell has pulled great many
of the western farmers through a
tight place.-Farm Journal.
Save the Rough Feed
While rough feed may be conven-
icntly stored in a silo 1t Is entirely
possible { osave practically all of the
same feed without any silo at all
The difficulty is that there is no
mystery about it. The job simply
consists Of cutting the fodder at the
same time and in the same way that
it is cut for ensilage, but instead of
hauling while green to the ensilage
cutter II Is shocked in the field un-
I'll il has cured. Then, II the cured
fodder is stored away under cover
or is well stacked and protected. for
each dollar invested in labor and
expense there will be just about as
much feed as if the crop had been
put in the silo To be sure, it will
not nearly as convenient form Of
for feeding. There win be much
more waste but the expense of cut
ting and putting 1t in the silo will
be partially offset. But there is not
a thing scientific" about this 1t is
just ordinsry plain work, on the
hottest sort of day. There is not
the crow and the hurry that goes in
big job like filling the silo. 1t will
take a pretty Industrious man to go
to it alone and stay with IT through
the hot days. But If he does he will
surely get paid for it just about the
same that he would IL it was stored
in a silo and very likely a higher
net rate than If he went to the ex.
pense of building silo and espec-
tally If he has to borrow tine money
at rate higher than ten per cent
per year to buy cattle to eat the ST.
lage Do not give up in despair If
you haven't silo and can't get one
Instead. go to IL. and save plenti-
full supply Of fodder while 1t may
yet be saved. Farm Journal.
To Protect Stock from Flies.
The problem of protecting stock,
especially milch cows and work ami
mails, from flies. is constantly before
the farmer Most of the repelling
substances which might be named
are OF only Temporary value. as with
PRACTICAL yall of them, flies will be-
gin biting within a very few hours
after the application. This necessi-
tates considerable expense for the
ingredients and the applications Of
same and with some, i'll effects are
produced on the host by the contin-
ued application
A mixture of fish oil, ] gallon,
oil Of tar, 2 ounces. oil of pennyroy-
al, ounces, and kerosene, " pint,
applied lightly to the parts most
attacked by the flies will tend to
keep them off.
Work animals may be largely pro-
tected by plaSjAg blankets over the
back and trousers on their legs. The
dairy stock and horses when in the
barns may be protected by having
the barns screened and brushing the
flies off with burlap as the animals
are driven into the barn. The use
OF hodge fly traps in the windows
will also aid fn' the destruction Of
many Of theEflies which endeaver tc
escape or enter the barn. This fly
trap is OF Eipple, construction. When