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necessary tankage into 1t. mix Win
every 100 pounds about hVe pounos OF
the meat product. If the sows get too
fat. increase the proportion Of ground
alfalfa accordingly. The results should
be happy ones at farrowins time.
Don't forget" adds Mr.. Evvard,
the common salt at free will and
plenty of good. wholesome water.
state this year and all farmers may
not have alfalfa hay. However, tney
also may benefit from the foregoine
suggestions. They may feed oariey
stead of the alfalfa hay and expect
almost equally good results. Meat
meal though it may cost $50 per ton.
is relatively economical feed Tor pal
ancing such highly carbonaceous 1eeas
as corn and barley. 1t is a very high
ly concentrated feed.
Selling registered stock to those who
desire to build up their herds ana
f1ocks is valuable side line for an
intelligent farmer to undertake.
Get all wethers and lambs in the mar
ket as soon as fit A good article never
goes a-begging in good market.
No animal is profitable when standing
still in condition. There is profit In
growth.
A mere maintenance system of feeding
is losing game.
If the pastures are short feed grain in
troughs. in the pasture. Feed regularly.
A very small quantity of grain given
daily and regularly often turns the scale
from loss to profit.
Keep the flock tagged or maggots may
breed under the filth.
Examine the horns and around the ears.
Turpentine dropped in holes and on
sores will dislodge maggots; then
smear with tar.
The flock must have shade and shelter
during the hot days of August. Be sure
it is provided.
Unless you have fed roots you cannot
realize how valuable they are for all
stock, particularly sheep.
Wind is a good thing. Sweeps the old
earth clean and makes everybody healthy.
But when it Sits through big cracks in
the barn 1t doesn't make the cattle feel
well, either, when you come to pay the
extra feed bills. Stop the cracks with
battens, not with feed.
That the self-feeder is practicable for
lambs Is shown by the results of an eX-
pertinent that has just closed at the Ne
braska experiment station. Twenty eight
lambs fed for forty days by the self
feeder method made an average daily
gain of half a pound a head at a cost of
VIA for each 100 pounds of gain. The
net profit per head was s145. Pea size oil
meal and prairie hay We're kept before the
lambs constantly from the beginning of
the test. Corn was added the third day.
and gradually increased from that time
At the close of the third week the lambs
were consuming about two pounds of corn
and one-half pound of oil meal per head
daily. AT the end of the experiment they
were consuming one-half pound more of
corn day and the same amount of oil
meal The average daily consumption of
prairie hay per lamb was one-half pound
corn was valued at 60 cents a bushel, oil
meal at $40 ton and prairie hay at 50
a ton.
After the butter is taken from the
churn the latter should be rinsed out
with warm water and the rinsing fol-
lowed by thorough washing with
very hot water. The rinsing out with
warm water will remove any butter
milk which may remain in the pores
OF the wood. The hot water will re-
move any fat which may be left in the
churn. 1t is never we'll to use SOAP
powders on the interior of the churn,
but the occasional use of small
lime water is beneficial. To keep the
churn sweet and free from odors and
taints small handful of lime placed
In some water in the churn or in the
last rinsing of the churn is effective.
1t is very essential in good butter
making to see that all apparatus used
is absolutely clean and free from un-
desirable odors and taints, as these are
quickly absorbed by the butter.
Improved live stock on a farm is a
sign of prosperity. The way to begin
is by swatting the scrub sire.
Carelessness in care of feed will
cause a loss in the wool as well as the
loss in poor, sickly lamb.