The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1920-04-08
NOTES OF THE
FARM BUREAU
County Agent Advises Farmers to
Begin Raising Heavy Draft
Horses This Year
WILL BE IN GREAT DEMAND
Good Advice is Contained in Answers
to Queries

II you are in doubt about change
in the attitude farmers are taking
toward the draft horse, spend day
At some farm sale where some good
big draft horses are offered.
A year ago most farmers through
the corn belt states thought the day
Of the draft horse had passed, but
they have to think differently now.
They see that they are not going to
be able to produce these good big
horses in time to take advantage of
the beginning of extremely high
prices. Under the. circumstances,
the best thing to do now is to start
raising heavy draft horses, because
few people are raising them so there
is bound to be a decided shortage
which always follows an era Of low
prices. This in turn will cause horses
to be very high in few years. The
fellow who has them will be able to
set his own prices.
R. B. Ogilvie, buyer for Union Stock
Yard & Transit Co., says: "a pair
of gray draft geldings sold on the
Chicago market today for $500. Good
draft geldings are going higher every
day."
Government reports show that we
are $4,000 horses short this year.
Also that only one-third as many
colts will be raised this year as were
raised last year. Remember that gas
oline and tractors are still going up.
Do not go out Of the horse business
just at the time you should get into it.
Question Box
Can YOU give me good ration for
sows that are sucking pigs? C. P. M.
Corn 60 per cent, middlings 35 per
cent, tankage per cent.
Corn 60 per cent, middlings 80 per
cent, oil meal 10 per cent.
Corn IS per cent, oats As per cent,
oil meal 10 per cent.
Skim milk or buttermilk will take
the place of tanlkage or oil meal.
About 21a pounds of milk to pound
of grain is a good proportion.
Nearly every spring I lose num-
Der of pigs by the sows eating them
up as soon as they are born. How
can I feed my sows so that they will
not do this? E. M. T.
Sows that eat their pigs as usual
thing have not received enough bone
building material during pregnancy.
/ would suggest that now is the time
to begin feeding the sow tankage and
minerals and thereby make it un-
necessary for her to balance her ra-
tion by eating her pigs. The growth
OF the unborn pigs causes a drain on
the mother that if not taken care Of
by proper feeding will frequently re-
suit in a depraved appetite. Feed
her salt, charcoal and tankage.
Some Of my hogs are affected with
q sort Of pig scours or diarrhoea.
What may be the causes, and can
you give me cure? M. J. 8.
Pig scours are characterized by a
whitish fecal discharge with foul
odor. The causes are over-feeding
the sow, sudden change in her ra-
tion, sour slop, and dark, cold, damp
or filthy quarters-things that upset
her digestion and reduce her vitality.
The result is the secretion of milk
which causes inflammation of the
pigs stomach and intestines.
The best treatment is prevention.
II the sow is not receiving laxative,
nutritious ration, give one. Provide
warm, clean, dry. comfortable and
properly ventilated quarters, and see
that the SOW and pigs receive lots Of
exercise each day to keep them in
good physical condition.
Remedies: Feed the sow limited
ration 80 that the pigs will not get
too much milk. Sows weighing from
200 to 400 pounds should receive from
2 to 4 ounces Of raw linseed oil in a
slop. Lime water is a very effective
and cheap remedy for pig scours.
Dissolve a piece of common stone
lime the size of an egg in a quart Of
water. The dose for a sucking pig is
q teaspoonful and for sow from two
to four ounces. Feed it once or twice
each day until the scours are checked.
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