Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
Live Stock Pointers,

1.-Two OlUCk TUlIIlCI ).
"A COW per acre." sounds pretty big,
but it may work all right if you nave
the right kind of acres and the right
sort of cows.
Tack five minutes to the work of your
days and go over the calves with comb
and brush 1t will be the best in
vestment of time you can make
When a horse comes in after work
sponge Off the harness marks and
sweat, his eyes. his nose and mouth,
and the dock. Wash his feet, but not
his legs.
Don't let the lamb perish: IL weak get
it a rubber nipple to slip over a bot
tie, and let it become Mary's pet. An
old wooden stocking, punctured for leg
holes. makes a splendid sweater to help
keep it warm.
A few good brood mares on the or
binary farm IL bred to a good stallion
should produce several good colts
every year besides doing the ordinary
farm work. To secure the best results
the brood mare that does the farm
work must be given the best care and
attention.
The careful herdsman avoids diges.
tive disorders in the calf by feeding
the skim milk warm and using only
clean buckets. Overlooking also helps
to derange the digestive tract and
should be avoided. From the time
grown it should be provided with
clean stall. This prevents navel Ill
and insures healthful growth.
frequently a serious pest in winter.
Any of the various dips advertised
sold for this purpose are effective. They
can be put on with a sponge or brush
and worked in thoroughly to the skim
but it is not always safe to wet an
animal all over in cold weather.
Kerosene and lard rubbed in from
horns to the tail is safe and sure
remedy. An even better one is to use
powdered sulphur. Rub 1t i'm well with
There is no danger from using this.
Early milking and late milking in
the evening may be all right if man
is overly anxious to make money and
do the work himself But, if hired
help has to do it, the owner of that
particular farm will soon gain the rep
utation of being a hard man to work
for Why not send the man who takes
care of the cows home from the field
at o'clock in the afternoon, and have
the chores done in seasonable time?
There is no time when man is ma king
so much money as when he is milking
They why shouldn't it be done during
seasonable hours of the day?
In feeding skim milk calves the
grain needed to supply the missing fat
may be corn, barley. oats or a mix
ture. Occasionally feeder has skim
milk or alfalfa or clover hay on hand.
and to these he adds linseed meal. cot
are all high in protein, and when any
one of them is combined with skim
milk and alfalfa-both high in protein
an unbalanced ration results and
low. The digestive tract of calf is
small and frequent feeding of small
amount during the first month is best.
During the first month it is better to
this period either oats or corn may be
fed unground. Hard grains like kafir
and milo give best results when
ground All grain should be fed dry
in a trough. Mixing feeds with milk
is not recommended, as calves chew
their feed better when fed dry.
Skim milk is a most valuable hog
feed. Experiment shows that it COM
pares with grain for a feed at the
rate of six pounds of skim milk equal
to one pound of grain Its chief use
should be as a supplemental feed Tor
muscle and bone builder. To be sure.
II can be fed to fattening hogs sue
cessfully. Whether 1t be fed or not
should be governed by the price OF
grain and the price and availability of
skim milk.
When it may be fed economically
can be determined from the compare
tive value: One of grain equals six of
skim milk When skim milk is fed to
fattening hogs. it should be fed only
as a part of the ration. Three pounds
of skim milk to one of grain is the
nroportion usually recommended. In
other words, balance up the ration.
When the amount of skim milk to be
had is limited. best results will follow
giving it to the growing pigs, and sup
element the fattening hogs ration with
tankage in limited amounts.