River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-08-20
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
BY II. G. seyforth.

/ have been notified that Carbolin-
cum can be purchased at the follow
ing places in Pierce county: Olson
& Wolf Co., Spring Valley; Pres
colt Lumber Co, Prescott; August
Schwedes, Plum City; Prescott Lum-
Der Co, Diamond Bluff; Grant J. r.
Swenson, Lund; East Ellsworth
Hardware Co, and A. J. Harlander,
Ellsworth; A. w. Lund Co., River
Falls.
Have you placed your order for
pyrotol? If you want to have it
come in that carload shipment, give
this your immediate attention.
A good fitting ration for baby beef
cattle is so pounds of ground corn,
10 pounds of wheat bran and 10
pounds of oil meal per 100 pounds of
mixed feed. A calf six TO eight
months old will eat seven to eight
pounds of grain per day.
1t is very important that animals
be kept in clean, sanitary quarters.
The stalls should be cleaned out and
provided with clean, dry beddir
daily, animals that have to lie down
on wetgbedding do not thrive.
Blanketing the animal the last six
or eight weeks before showing will
keep the flies off and tend to make
sleeker coat and hide.
Five or six weeks before showing
the animal should be halter broken
and led about the place until it leads
readily and is not afraid Of people or
objects. After the animal leads well
it should be trained to pose By teach
ing it to stand quietly with head up
and each leg properly placed under
its respective quarters.
The animal should be carefully
groomed every day. A curry comb
and' brush are excellent tools to use,
especially a brush. The free use oe
these will help make the coat soft
and glossy. The hide is sometimes
rubbed well with a flannel rag
| dampened by rubbing mixture
composed of equal parts of sweet OIL,
soap liniment and alcohol. Use tar
soap and water to keep the soleS
spots off the legs and body. "A
| general bath occasionally is a good
thing provided you do it right. You
should have hose or stream of
running water If you cannot pro-
vide these always use large quanti-
ties of clean water Wet the coat,
lather freely with tar soap, rub we'll
then rinse thoroughly. After the
bath see that the animal is kept in
the sun or free from wind until dry.
Dip the brush in solution as desig-
mated on can, of cresol or some other
similar dip and rub over the coat af-
ter the baths. This should add to
the appearance of the coat. The
tails of all animals should be clipped
to the switch. This will make the
tail look small and the thighs large.
Long coated Shorthorns and Here
ford calves are usually shown to the
best advantage by curling the coats.
This is accomplished by wetting the
coat and brushing in down with the
dandy brush until it is thoroughly
wet. 1t is then lined with a cattle
| comb from the front to rear in lines
about one and one-fourth inches
apart. The lines are then raised up
with cattle comb and brush and the
curling process completed. The hair
is parted along the center of the top
line and laid fiat on the back. This
with the sides curled gives the ami
NAL very attractive low set block
appearance.
The heads of Angus cattle should
be clipped to just back of the ears.
Heads of Shorthorn and Hereford
cattle are not clipped, but the horns
should be polished. For this opera
tion use: (D rasp, to smooth off
rough places; (2) broken glass TO
smooth horn down; co sand paper,
to smooth further; (4) oil or metal
polish and flannel rag, to shine the
horns.
Write to the secretary of the Fair,
Oscar Halls, for a Premium List.
Plan what you want to take to the
fair this fall and make your entries
early. Do not wait until the last
few days to do all this work.