The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
NEWS OF THE FARM

1t is desired to have dairy cattle In
barn by themselves to avoid odors
being impaired to milk.
A good dairy herd is obtained by
using Il pure-bred sire. You can get
calves 9S per cent pure bred in gem
erations.
Two weeks before farrowlng the
SOW should be put into farrowing
pen so that she will become acquaint-
ed with her new quarters.
In case blackleg appears, the
healthy cattle should be removed
from infected pastures and all sus-
ceptible cattle should be vaccinated.
The least cruel method of removing
horns is by means of an application
Of caustic potash to the horn bottoms
while the calf is from 1 to days old.
For the 1st weeks the lambs re-
Quirc no more feed than the milk.
After they begin TO nibble food, en-
courage them to eat bran, cracked
corn, hay and sllage.
The farmer should not start out
with more than colonies of bees.
1t is better TO get experience with a
small number OF bees as the chance
Of loss is not so great
1t is best for wheat to make some
growth above ground before winter
sets in. If Il has not made this
growth it will not fill unless it hap
pens to have l. or good freezes in
the winter.
Roosters that have long sharp
spurs may be despurred with little in
b jury being done. This is accomplish
ed by the use of a fine saw and a
little caustic potash to causteriZe the
bleeding surface. In despurring a
rooster, cut the spur off close to the
shank. No stub should be left.
, Many kinds of floors are in use for
. horses but It Is doubtful If there is
anything that equals that old mother
earth 1t is noticed that horses which
stand on plank or cement floors are
lame much more than those on dirt
bottom. Cement floors are also cold
unless kept bedded heavily, and this
is hard to do as the bedding works
5 away from the horses feet.
E
, The cockelbur is strictly an annual
plant which dies, root and branches
: in the fail as will also every l of the
! burs deposited in the bottom of a
well-plowed furrow at any time in the
, winter. 1t is a we'll demonstrated fact
t that every burr that gets into the
5 bottom of n 6-inch furrow at this
4 time, will decay before spring.
This is the time Of year when lice
begin their worst work Live stock,
= especially calves and colts, suffer tor
: ments and grow thin and rough look
! ing, when much Of their grief is due
, to the unchecked ravages Of lice.
Many a COW has struggled thru the
. winter trying to furnish milk and
. feed an army Of crawling, blood-suck-
: ing pests, besides.
Lice can be got rid of without much
expense or labor. The sheep dips on
the market mixed to strong solu-
= ton we'll warmed and sponged into
, the animal, going the wrong way OF
the hair will do the business. Don't
e just dampen or wet the animal in q
r few places but soak every inch thorO-
e ly. DO this in the sunshine on q
g warm day and provide shelter unit
: dry. Repeat again in 10 days and
n wash hangers, posts and rubbing
Il places around building with same So
y luton.
II An Englishman urges farmers &c
's leave instructions that they be carried
's to their last resting place on a farm
u wagon rather than in hearse. He
100 l..
&c stamped tin and tinsel and we never
e know what the last person that uset
n 1t died from. He urges them not L
ie make their last journey in "gaudy
-e black vanished unhealthy hearse.'
We pass along TO American farmers
his advice, with the suggestion tina
the sanitation Of the hearse may fai
c to interest the man who takes his las
- ride in it-NatiOnal Stockman.
81 Experts In hog psychology have of
III fered many recipes for curing tn,
ie pig-eating SOW. They vary all tn,
= way from a liberal ration Of salt pOrl
le to a liberal application of a club. Tn,
io very best treatment for such q SOW
~ says our friend experience, is to feeC
. literally on corn, run a sharp knit,
.. into her throat at a point well known
et to all her best friends, dash the car
- cass into scalding hot water, clear
- outside and in, trim, salt and smoke
ls and serve with eggs right off tn
~ nest and skillet. 1t Is q sure ant
"a happy cure, says Farmers Review.
~ If any land is infested with cockel
burs, carefully remove all trash
stalks and other stuff that might in
terfere with n clean job of plowinp
p 1 or more inches deep. on this lam
COW peas, alfalfa or even kafir, cane
millet or sudan grass. This metho
- enables the smother crop TO get
10 start of the burs and they will onl
D. send up slim, sickly stalks, which wi
- he removed with the crop, leaving tn
a ground IN fine condition for fall plow
I'd ing. If well done, the land will be a
n free from burs the following sprin
OF as tho none had ever grown thNre
b.
One method of selecting a herd sire
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