Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-12-12

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are very thin in flesh it is not necessary
to feed more than half pound Of grain
per head daily to ewes weighing $50
pounds. A good ration consists of equal
parts of oats and bran or Stwo parts
part Of corn. One may. feed, where
available, one and one-half to two
pounds of good clean silage per eve
per day and an equal amount Of good
clover hay or alfalfa. Where good
1 legume, as clover, alfalfa, or soy bean
hay constitutes the major part Of the
| roughage fed, it will probably not be
/ necessary to give the ewes grain until
| about six weeks before lambing. At
| this time it is well to begin to feed
/ ewes little grain ration, about one.
! fourth pound per head daily Of equal
parts of corn and oats. In any event
in compromising rations the farmer must
realize that economy and efficiency
should be the watch-words and feed
enough to have the ewes gain from Is
to 20 pounds during the winter period.
"Plenty Of good drinking water
should be kept before the ewes at all
times. In the coolest weather whore
ewes are receiving nothing but dry feed
they will drink from two to four quarts
Of water per head daily.
"Another important thing for flock
masters to recognize is that breeding
ewes should get enough exercise. When
it can be arranged at least a part OF
the roughage should be fed in the field
at some distance from the barns or the
shed and the ewes should be out every
day that the weather is fair.
"In sheltering the ewes protect
them from cold rains and driving
storms. Low temperature in the barr
or shed is not serious, so long as the
sheep are dry under foot and oyel
head.''
! Momemakers to Attack Soaring Liv
forces Of General High Living Costs
| will be made by the hundreds Of wo
men who will attend Farmers anc
Home Makers Week, University Farm
St. Paul, December 20 to January 8
The women will be led in this attack
J by the specialists of the home economics
division of the Minnesota college Of
agriculture. Under these specialist:
they will take a sort of officers train
ing camp course. They will study thu
amounts Of foods needed by individuals
in the family very much as mess off
GERS studied rations for the soldiers
They will study batters and dough-
and how to substitute sour milk TO:
sweet milk; also the significance Of thu
costly egg in batter and dough mixture:
They will study the rcmodeling Of gar
ments; the home-making of millinery
a family budget; the home care of thu
sick, the principles underlying the ar
i'll every day life, and many othe
things. The chief purpose of the pro
gram will be to point out the ways o:
thrift without sacrificing family health
or happiness. Bulletins giving details
Of the plans for the week will be issue(
in few days.
Common Burberry. Breaks Init
"Movies. "A one reel movie educa
tional film, |'The Barbarous Barberry,'
is now ready for distribution to count,
agents, high school superintendent ant
agricultural instructors. This film, pre-
|parcd by the United States Depart
mcnt Of Agriculture, depicts the raw
ges Of black stem rust and tells Of tn
villainv Of the common barbcrry. U.s.
of this film may be obtained withou
charge, except for exprcssagc, by com
municating with Mark A. Mccarthy
University Farm, st. Paul, MINI.
I Beelxeepers To Meet At Universit!
Farm.-The annual meeting Of tn
Minnesota Beekecpers association will
be held Dec. 81 and Jan. Farmers
and Home-Makcrs Wcek-at Univer
sity Farm. Francis jaeger, G. c. Mat
thcws, L. V. France and F. E. Balmc1
all Of University Farm; A. w. Rankin
G. D. Baker, C. B. Straws, L. D. Leon
ard, all Of Minneapolis; Marshall Her
tig Of st. Paul and 0. J. Goodmanson O.
Little Falls will make addresses.
Best Prices Paid For Tested Cows
Minnesota COWS that make good unde
the regulations of testing association
are "dclivcring the goods' in NOR
ways than one. N. L. Lundeen, tn
Barnum association tester, reports t.
W. A. McKerrow, Livestock specials
Of the extension division, Universit,
| Farm, that at a recent auction the av
erage prices paid for tested cows wa
much higher than those paid for COW
that had not been tested. One grad
Guernsey sold for $197.