The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-09-19
BETTER WATCH OUT.

Lne grand jury last week on IN
charge of perjury, because he faile
to list all of his hogs with the asses:
or last winter. He was called befOr
the jury and informed by County Al
torney Roadifer that if he would plea
guilty to the charge he would be pa
rolled and finally pardoned. as case
of this kind are something new AM
the officials did not desire to be to-
strict on the start. The plea of guilt
was made and the man was released
under $500 bond.
il 1t seems that if hogs are under 81!
months of age on the first of ,Januar!
each year, they are not subject t.
taxation. The. grand jury found THU
man failed to list Is head that arr
said to be more than six months ole
at the time and for this reason he wa:
subject to charge of perjury, as ;
man signs an oath when he signs The
assessment roll. Somebody reported
the matter to the grand jury and o.
course they had to take action.
This will no doubt be an object
lesson to everybody, both in town
and on the farm, and all will here
after be careful that they list all OF
their property with the assessor be
fore they sign the assessment roll
The oath reads like the following and
when a person signs it after failing
to tlist all Of his property he com
mits perjury and is subject to ten
years in the pen, so we are told
Il (name) do solemnly swear Tor
affirm that l am the person assessed
above, that l have read the foregoing
assessment roll of property listed to
me, and that the same is full, true
and correct list of my taxable prop
erty, both real and personal property.
including moneys and credits, owned
by me, and that the liabilities above
given to be deducted therefrom are
obligations in good faith actually own
ed by me subject to taxation within
the district and all property which
should be listed on this assessment
roll to me or by me.
"Signature'
Might be we'll to suggest that if
the grand jury expects to enforce
this law as it should be. that body
will have to be in session almost
continually.
lit is time to quit shoveling grain
indiscriminately into livestock. Good
livestock farming demands it and the
need of more food requires it. Feed
ing grain to meat animals with a law
ish hand is responsible for one OF the
greatest feed losses on the farms of
this country. Hay, fodder, silage and
pasture are the cheapest, feeds and
will carry animals along with min
imum of grain. Keep the frames OF
the young animals developed on these
cheap feeds. Withhold the full grain
ration until the finishing period ar
rives. Breeding cattle may be Win
tered on the cheaper feeds This ad-
vice OF animal husbandry specialists
Of the United States Department OF
Agriculture to stock feeders Is not
emergency advice only; it Is the
sound logic of meat production, which
American farmers must learn ii they
are to compete successfully with the
European meat producers in the COM
ing generations. These are good days
to learn the lesson of feed conserva-
ton The waste of corn stOvcr can
be checked, it is said, through use of
better methods of feeding fodder and
slower and it can be almost entirely
stopped through the use of silos.
Straw and stover are best utilized
for feed when accompanied by con-
centrates. such as cOttOnseed meal.
II the large amounts of cottOnseed
meal ordinarily used for fertilizer in
the south were, instead, fed to live
stock and the manure used for fertil.
izer, the value OF the meal would be
increased from so to S5 per cent. Prac-
tfcal experience as we'll as expert.
mental work has taught that straw
and stover can be used very econom-
ically in the ratiOns of almost all
kinds OF livestock. They can be used
in the fattening rations of all farm
animals except hogs and should COM
pose the larger part of all wintering
or keeping rations of cattle, sheep and
horses Greetings herds of beef cat
tie or dry dairy cows can be success
fully. kept on rations composed large
ly Of these roughages. FlOcks OF
breeding ewes do well on such feeds
when some grain is added. Horses
doing very light work or no work at
all need little grain if given a plenti-
full allowance of clean. light straw or
slower. Under certain conditions, of
course, grain should be added to the
ration, but now it should be con-
served as largely as possible for hui
man consumption. Inc Dulletln men
toned suggests various rations which
are made up principally of these waste
feeds.
"The first place in hog raising in
the United States is easily with the
corn-grOwing sections says bule-
tin from the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, land here corn
is the first grain thought of when
the fattening of animals, especially
hogs, is considered. The corn belt
has wonderful advantages for eco
nomical pork production, but it also
has it's disadvantages. The cheap
ness and abundance of corn in the
corn belt have often led farmers to
use 1t as the exclusive grain feed. But
breeding stock SO fed does not thrive
SO well and is not so prolific as when
given varied ration, and when used
for fattening an exclusive corn diet
is not generally profitable. Any To-
cality that will grow clover of any
species, or that is favorable to the
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