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i The dairy cow is a highly dqvoloma ‘nd "ry amend, Mnmud
mschine.~ lhs is afactory into which the dairymsn puts his raw products
‘nd “om 'mon N “Dm” "tm" mf* Wi" Ply him better than market prices for his feed and more than ordinary pq" fo, M, um, md work M with any !l¢f0l‘y» llll lll\llt have the ability to work continuously for long
periods or the expense during periods of idleness will cat up tha profits 'Md' wh". th. “awry 1' in °°°""°“~ TNI lbilily in a dairy cow is l°”°"‘"7 ’°°°‘"l“d b’ uyml’ "HW *llc il a persistent milker; in other words. tbl! IM llll a good constitution and can stand the strain of a long period of lwtliloli- lf sho does not have s sooo constitution. she is iiireiy to so 0" l” "'° “““‘ Y*°’° “’°'“ "W 'lllhlw miles: perhaps annie change in the feed or a little irregularity in tha hour of milking, or a hundred .mg om other illlhll Which lilly ¢0l¥l° up any day on an average farm, and which seriously 53”" *he milk yield and consequently the profits for that particu- lar day 01' W°“~ C°Ul°<i\|°l\¢|! ill! Uitclliaent dairyman is ever on the look- out to build UP I l'i0l‘d U18! has good constitution. Now of just what thin term constitution consists some man have rather vague notions. We glve a couple of expert opinions. _
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Professor Haecker in speaking on this point once said: " ""` ` ` "` "An lhilllll 4099 in brisket. with broad shoulders and foreiega far apart,
has no more stamina or endurance than one with a narrow, sharp shoulder and owe neck. In fact. the latter, as s rule. has more nerve force ,mg enqur" ionser- Be fer M my observation sooo, an animal with s good miaaie and
carrying little surplus tisaue is fitted for much work and a maximum period."
Commentinl 01| U10 IU-|110 Point, Editor Heard. of Hoard's Dalryman, has
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“We thorourlliy agree with Professor Haecirer in the above estimate.
How often we hear men say that a deep brisket and much width between the forelegs indiviliel BNI! lun! and heart power, when indeed it does nothing of the kind. That is an old beef cattle notion. and is without foundation in fact. If any0n° Willie! £0 prove the truth of our' utterance, let him com- pare the heart and l\lnK8 01' B 1.000-Poli nd dairy, cow with those of a 1.500-
pound beef animal of the most approved build between the forelegs. He will find in most instances that both heart and lungs of the dairy cow are larger than those of the beef anlinsi. Indeed there is a reason for this. The dairy cow secretes a iarie 'amount of milk daily. This is a great draft on the blood circulation. The blood is vita lized by the lungs and she requires siren! l>l'°l\llUl¥ p0Wer. This fact should compel us to provide an abun- dance of pure air for our stables, for we are beating ourselves if we do not.
"Compare the build of the race horse between the forslegs with that of
the draft horse. .Yet will any man claim that the race horse is deficient in iunK “nd ha" D0wer. It is very evident that the facts in these two cases do
not iustify the judgment of those who have reasoned in favor of the deep, wide brisket as indicating increased heart and lung action.
"The best and truest indication of constitution in man and animals lis
the construction of the walls of the .tb domen. A large. strong frame with il. weak belly will not endure. On the contrary. a. deficient muscular abdomen
will often show surprising endurance. This principle is established by the structure of the umbillcus. A weak. spindling umbillcus indicates that the mother has very imperfectly nourished the fetus, and the walls of the abdo-
men will be thin and weak and the power ofiendurance correspondingly re-
duced. It is the animal, as Professor llaecker says, ‘with it good middle;
not unduly large or pot-gutted, but a belly with very strong muscular walls, that will go to the end of the course and endure best. This is constitution.
It is well to remember always that large size in both men and rmimaig 1| no indication of constitution or staying power."
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‘ 'A more intelligent appreciation of the adaptation of the horse' to the
duties required of it seems to be developing. The tendency to grow large
horses exclusively, and without any reference to the sort of work they are to do, or the conditions under which they are expected to work, is showing
signs of modification, and it. is a wholesome sign. Of late, it is common to
see the conviction expressed that the re are places where a 1,200-lb. horse is
actually more efficient than one weighing from 300 to 500 lbs. more; places
where the first would be more desirable even if its cost of up-keep were
as great as that of the larger animal.
Many observing farmers are now asserting that a good horse weighing
around 1,200 lbs. is a better horse for the farm than the heavier ones now so
generally used for form work, does more work in a day and at less cost.
'i\`iien considering this subject it should be remembered that the horses on
average farms have many idle days du ring the year. and since the larger horse consumes more feed than the smaller one, the first should have much
the greatest efficiency when at work to make good his greater cost of main- tenance. Hence, if true, as is now frequently asserted, that for most kinds of
work on the farm the lighter horse is the more efficient, then keeping the heavier one is a bit of extravagance that no farmer should feel himself able to indulge. .
The farmer who would buy and maintain a ten-horse power engine to do
the work of one of half that power would be regarded foolishly extravagant; Why. thenfshould he be regarded less so lf he insisted upon owning and main-
taining horses of greater power than his work and conditions require.
This is not an argument against the larger horse. It has its_ place, -and
the ficid of its use is a large one. For market purposes it is a desirable
horse to grow; the market demands the well-formed, good-actioned large horse, a__d gh, uma 15 not likely to come when it will not be a profitable animal to grow. But it should not be forgotten that the places it is re- quired to fill are very unlike those of the farm horse or the ordinary roadster, and it is a reasonable inference, then, th:-.i i!~»- ‘-rrse should be adapted to the conditions in which it is expected to work. Adaptation to environment is as beneficial to horses of various ,types as to other forms of creation. _
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' Slings may be fed with advantage to beef cattle, in moderate quantities. up to about forty pounds a day. The health of the animals and the quality of
the hge( prgduwd on moderate silage feeding, leave nothing to be wished for.
If the sling; ig made from immature corn, care must be taken not to feed too lsrge quantities at the start, and to feed carefully, so as not to make the animals scour. Prof. Henry says in regard to the value of silage for fattening steers: "As with roots, slings makes the carcass watery and soft lo the touch. Some have considered this a disadvantage, but is it not a ds--
sirobig wrrgigtqn in me fattening steer? Corn and roulhase Df_0¢“°° I-
_hard, dry carcass, and corn burns out thc digestive tract in the shortest possible time." --=- i
'r With silsgs and root digestion certainly must be more nearly I1°l'lIlL and its profitable action longer continued. The tissues of the body I" i\licy» hnd the whole system must be in just that condition which permits rapid fat- h°l\ll'il. While believing in a large use of silal°v in "I0 Pl‘¢"|’l\||l‘\’7 *WUI
'pull its continuance during most of tha fattening period. I would recom- end thst gradually more dry !""4 ll* °“\"¢"“t°d " Q" p°"°d ‘av°"`°'"'_ ii: omrr um the nesh may become more solid. Una in this way. I believe Flllge will become an important aid in steer feedinl ill NNW |°°"°“| °f “_” i`°\1ii\i'y. Results from Csnadl. W|'°°“5i“ '"5 'nn' °’°""“°“° '"u°"' show the arose saarmion or this food for nach mains narrowl-
Iorml 'wok fn" M reg hui: as much siiage as full grown ones. with the
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The near approach of spring brings
with the unfolding bud an awakening to the necessities of the time in the minds of many hundreds of farmers in the Kreat Northwest. In this annual renewing of plans for another season it inl8ht be well to ask oneself. if there has been any extension of plans or broadening of ideas through knowledge cained from good farm papers or other -literature. Will it be the same old story this spring as it was last: start the drll as early as possible, when the wheat planting season is past put in all the flax, and turn off the hired help for a couple of weeks until hsying and harvest starts. .
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COMBINEB SEVERAL PURPOSES-
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This buildlnr is suited to a rather
gmail farm, or one with a moderate amount of stock. Size can be varied much, but any change must be laid out with care. Construction is simple, arrangement convenient, and combines several purposes.
The outside wall of bam is of cement
grout, built between forms. I-lay drive- way and machine shed are studded and covered with drop siding. Roof is covered with a good prepared roofing. Stable floors are of cement, except that platforms of horse and cow stalls are of wood blocks laid in cement, and floors of cattle pens are of earth. Hay driveway has floor of matched plank. or may have cement. or broken stone laid as for macadam roads. Shed has earth floors. Second storey of barn is floored for hay. Loft of machine shed is roughly floored, or part may be open to roof.
Stable has one double and two sin-
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SOME FAULT8 OF PASTUREB.
BY 'r. L. HACKER.
One of the potent factors in secur-
ing a large yearly flow of milk is to so adjust farming operations that cows are provided with proper food during the entire period of lactation. The mera fact that you have a pasture lot forthe cows which furnishes an ample supply of feed in the early part of the season and gives the cows access to good water and shade, does not always keep the cows-in good flow. In fact the bet- ter the pasture the greater danger/of disappointment, because, *lose who have them are apt to neglect providing succulent feed, avaliable when pasture grass gets hard and has a much lower production value than it had earlier in the spring when little of the nutriment is expended in the process of digestion. Unfortunately most of the cows freshen in the spring.
When the season is early and favor-
able to a luxuriant growth of grass, the yield for a time is satisfactory. but soon
there is a gradual shrinkage in milk because grass grows slower in mid-
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line. Questions should be specific, clear and ' eoneils. and should be addressed is the ilfitor of tha Agricultural Department of this
Nair. Any pence requirlnf answer by msil
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Honey Makers Can be Kept With -__ ' ' Profit in Heart of Large City. 9_"°!°ll KM*-' A- 3-» A 'ml-re hurt her
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ri few years ago it was thought that .M "nh °,c°“.,,,,, when n-nam' "_
only localities especially favored horn, An|__ C", gh, hm.. .na K,” would give large honey crops; but skin healthy and clean.
since the introduction of the Italians, and the new methods of management 'mlm more _suhgaribq _wmg ng 1
almost every quarter of the globe. V°“°“"7 '"1' l' "VY mln- I N04 lil! Bees are kept with profit even in the ‘"5 °""°k°d °°"'~ A"""TfY WW- Wd*
heart of large cities. ln this case the §::°°““°h"° in “m'm°°” °°“° 'um°‘
apiary is usually located on the roof y in 'nd' ‘ _ of the building, that the bees may be le” "ken, to frlgmen nervous Deon" 'l‘hin lfsre- S. A. C.-- A seven-yeah
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past experiences. I-low often, during the long, cold days, have you looked through the frost laden air across an _endless stretch of drifting snow, with nothing to relieve tlio eye but n few
with four stanchions two pens for youll!
cattle, a silo, and feed bins. Feeding alley is short, saving work and space.
at rear, calf pen for feeding milk,
protruding weeds along the roadside, or, a bunch of animals humped up behindf o. dismal strawstack. work horses pos- sibly turned out by some of your neigh- bors to eke out an existence until spring work begins? This word picture will call to mind many slmlinr ones whiclv most country people have seen in past winters. Now if you are acquainted; with any person in your vicinity \vlio| has a well arranged system of hedges and groves around his home. just take rr littlf- time off and study his arrange- ment, learn what it cost, what care he_ gives, the kinds of trees and shrubs’ grown. the appearance of thriftlncss about the place in general, and see if you don't think it worth while to plant a few shrubs the coming; spring affer- ward~ adding groves and ornamental hedges.
Trees and shrubs' can be secured,
which will thrive in any part of the Northwest. The mock orange makes n good sized tree in two to titres years. it grows rather tall, produces a profu- sion of beautiful white flowers in June. This is an excellent plant for groves. The native varieties of Ninebark give! a, very fine effect and are propagated easily from cuttings. Bumac is large- ly used to give color effect in autumn when its foliage turns a deep crimson. it is especially adapted for bunches of shrubbery and is very hardy. The yci- low flowered current (Ribes aureum) ig 3 very popular shrub and producesa fair quantity of fruit. If only one plant is secured it can be soon increas- ed by layering and from cuttings. The Elder (Sambucus sp.) is used exten- sively in groves and parks where groups of larger trees are required. It pro- duces lnrge numbers of fiowrrs in great flat topped racemes. Tamarack may be riunted among other bushes to give s. fine delicate effect. The flowering Almond is s. small shrub usually plant- ed on the borders of groves. The flow-
ers look like small roses.
Some of the most popular hedge
plants are.the Russian olive, Golden Russian willow, Barberry, Buckthorn, Dogwood, (Cornus stoio ifera). Buf- falo herryi (Bhepherdla argentea), and Caragana. The Golden Russian willow makes a particularly rapid growth, attaining in a few years a height of ten to fifteen feet. Cuttings can usually be made the second or third year and these sell readily for
from 75 cents to $l.75 per thousand.
The complaint if often made that
trees cannot be made to grow on par- ticular farms. lf such cases are ln- vestigated it will be evident that the planter failed to thoroughly tame the land before putting in trees, planted the wrong kind of trees in improper places, did not cultivate, allowing grass and weeds to choke the trees to death and absorb the moisture. or planted the trees scattering and allowed animals to' bark them 'until they became discour-
aged and died.
Trees can be grown in any place
in the Northwest. If properly traated._ Trees' are forest plants, so they should he out in large enough groups so that they will keep tha ground beneath them free from weeds and grass. Plant' a group or belt large enough and wide;
enough to give something like forest! conditions. Use such trees as the oak. mfr maple, box-elder, ash and elm, if, the belt runs east and west it is a goodi plan to plant Russian willow on the north side. then rows of maple. ever- greens, and ash between. putting alms on the south side. The branches of| the elm are strong and ilu-y grow \-1-ry;
e to the ground. so that snow.
clos ucaughr by the trees will lodge about
where the elms are whose branches are able to resist the crushing weight. Af- ter ths third or fourth year no grass will grow in suchabelt if the trees are from four tn six feet apart. To ‘get
color effect. plant smear the other trees. Peulsn Liiecs and Bnowbaila ' -
Cow stalls are widest at rear, :-. great convenience in milking. Litter car- rier tracks take manure from alll parts or stable out at one door. The same truck will convey ensilage to sheep pen Or yards. Stairs are convenient to lilly mow or silo. Horses and cattle ure wa.tered in the barn, the two small tanks being supplied from a pneumatic tank in basement of house, connected with the plumbing plant. This also supplies water for a yard ta:nk, is safe i`i'oni frost, and gives a complete fire protection. Stable is carefully ventilat- ed (not shown). The silo will hold 60 to 75 tons. It is built of concrete its doors and chute connecting with fceding alley,
The second storey holds sufficient
l.u_v and other roughage fir all the stock. Chutes convey hay or bedding to stable. There are large feed or Bruin bins in four parts, each having n spout at bottom leading down to cov- ered boxes in feeding alley. A cir- cuifir hay track with slings deposits the hay over the mow so evenly that very little hand moving is required. A siruight track connects with the circu- lar unc. and conveys grain from wagon in driveway to the bins, using the hay carrier. A branch running in the op- posite direction conveys machinery to the shed loft.
The machine shed has sliding doors
the entire length of one side, and dou- i;le floors to hay driveway. lt can be indefinitely lengthened, giving any ds- slrcd cnpadty. By using small holst- inK pulleys and iight wire rope. hay racks. heavy market boxes, etc.. can be lifted from the wagon, and by the track nbove stored in the loft, if necessary moving one article over another. This Save' hard lifting ana fully utilizes space.
A desirable modification of the above
described design can be made by pinc- |"R B Krlhary between hay driveway and machine shed. A gasoline engine and separator room can be included, and the milk conveyed away from the stable doors under cover. the skim milk being returned to calf pen. Grain can he elevated. ground or cleaned, and taken to bins in barn for use.
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TO CUT AND CURE CLOVER HAY.
For sheep a fine palatable and digestible
clover is desirable. According to analysis the best time to cut is when all the clover is in bloom. Much clover is destroyed far '00 ‘QRS to make the best hay. It is dif- ficult to lay down any rule or method of making clover hay that can be regarded as best. What does well under one con- dition and on one soil may ba entirely wrong on another. One method is to cut hay one afternoon so that it will not wilt sufficiently to be injured by the dew. The fi-lllvwlui afternoon lt is raked and put in small cocks and left fn cure for s. day and`then hauled in. - `
Another way il to cut in morning, rake
toward evening into very small winrows. Tha mx* .lay ilieie are turned with a rake by raking in opposite direction which exposf-1 the undried hay to the sun. lf good drying weather exists some of the hay can be stacked or hauled into the bsrn, otherwise coclring and leaving is necessary. A few nrliwlniu that early sro; nsnais clover hay .in bunches or thick shsaths and 'less of the leaves will be lost. Turn- ing, if only for an hour, in a good sun, helps wonderfully and i0-la tons -can be turned easily in an hour with a horse and rake. Curing in a cock lsi more beneficial than
one ordinarily believes until he has tried it. It actually cure: out when is would not spread on the ground, _ _
summer; and if _the pasture was not stocked to its full capacity, that which has not been cropped throws up a seed stem and becomes hard and unpalatabie and is rejected i‘y the cows. So the pasture looks as though it had amlllii feed, but the cows do not eat it and shrinkage in flow takes place. it is a good practice to stock a pasture to its full capacity as soon as grass has a good start and keep it pastured so close that none of it goes to seed. :md pro- vide soiling plots which can be used in ease the pasture fails to supply enoukill lc keep up a normal flow, which gener- ally occurs about the middle of July.
Clover should not be used aa Sree”
feed because it is too valuable for hay ns a winter feed. it has a high per cent. of protein and if fed in the winter in connection with farm grown grains. balanced rations can be provided with- out the use of expensive concentrates.
For soiling we generally plant a cou-
ple of acres to oats and field peas just as soon as the frost is out of the ground. This year they were put in about the middle of April, using two bushels of peas and one bushel of oats tn the acre. Then about the middle of May we generally put in a couple of acres of early fodder corn, planting, or rutlier drilling in, about forty lbs. of early seed corn to the acre, and this is followed by an acre or two of evergreen or ii-ite sweet corn. The corn is plant- ed with a wheat drill, leaving one shoe open, closing six more. me" ]eaVi“8 another open and closing the rest. '
So by passing over the field three
rows are drilled in distant, about the same as hill corn. The kernels in the row should be from two to four inches apart if the seed Is good. lt is also is good practice to sow an acre or two to millet. These crops should be used freely for soiling purposes. If the plot of oats and peas is not all used for soil- ing purposes, what is left after the peas have been in full bloom, should be cut for hay; what is left of the millet should be cut for the same purpose as soon ns fully headed out. unless it il needed for seed. What is left of the fodder corn should be cut and put into large stocks the last week in August or the first week in September. depending upon the weather. At any rate it should be cut when in the dough stage.
There should also be a field of fodder
corn planted in drills as stated, to be used during the winter in the shape of| cured fodder or as sllsge. ~’i‘he field should be prepared the sa.me as for corn to be planted in hills, but should he drilled in from two to three weeks inter and should he harrowed thorough- ly each week to destroy the weeds. Af- ter the fodder corn is drilled in it sho-ilf' be harrowed once before it is up and once after. when the rows can be easily seen. Some plants will of course he covered up and now and then one will be riraggled out. but if it is planted as ;_hic»¢ly as sullested this will do no arm.
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It is best to turn bosrs together on a cool morning, because they so easily ba- come overheated when angry and exer- cising violently. More bears dis from be- coming overheated doubtless than from the injuries they give ons another.
An dttendant mould always :I near at
hand when boar! an tu vtlther for the mst ds-ne. He may than interfere if the dual becomes too lively and pre- vent calamity. He should grab the most vicious one by fha tail. administer a few risps over the side with a slick. pull him sway when the other boar charges him,
tabllshed like those on the ground in all essential points.
The rear of u village lot or, if one
lives on a farm, back of the house in an orchard is an ideal location. The ground about the hives should he roll- ed and smoothed down so that a lawn mower can run over every part of it, as the grass should bc kept smooth about the hives and smooth ground renders the use oi',\vheelbarro\v or cart in handling loads more convenient. If the npiary must be located near the iiighwny, a high board fence should be placed between the hees and the street; a hedge of osage, orange or evergreens; a trellis of some sort of vine; trees, shrzihbory or anything that will cause t‘ bees to raise their flight to a height of ten or twelve feet above the traffic of the street should be used. _The bees should never be al- lowed to go direct from their hives on a line that would encounter vehicles or pedestrians, otherwise the bee owner may have lawsuits on his hands.
if the hives are located under old
trees four or five may be placed under each tree, but if under young ones only one or two should he placed at a tree, and in that case always on the north side to be in the shade. Too much shade, however. is detrimental, also too much sun pouring directly upon the hives. The best plan is to allow the hives to get the morning sun up to 8 or 9 o'clock and the af- ternoon sun from 3 or 4 o'clock on. lf one does not have trees or shade of any kind in his yard he may take one of several courses: First to use double walled hives; second, single walled hives with shade boards; third, single walled hives with a vine on the south that can be reared to furnish shade within a year or two. A grapevine trellis eight feet high and ten or twelve fcet long, running from east to west and well covered with vines can pro- tect from five to ten hives.
The fourth plan is to use overhead
trellis, making use of straw, dried grass or brush for covering as is done in Arizona and Cuba. There trellises are sev_en feet high and run east and west, and are indispensable in hot lo- calities. The expense of these shades is small as they can be made of ma- terial tound in the locality or wire may be used, drawn taut hack and forth over the top, dried grass or straw placed on the top and more wire stretched to hold it in place.
When the beehives are placed in long
rows close together. as under a sh or on a roof it is very essential that the hives differ from each other in appearance so that the bees can distin- guish their own hive from the rest. The hives may be painted different coi- ors or given some distinguishing mark as a stone or brick or brush in front of some of the hives and not others. Buch a mark is preferably made about the entrance, as tha bees can see it both leaving and returning.
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he is not to be master. Good Judgment must in all cues be used. and the boar should not be cruelly treated. or injured in any way. it is often much more hu- mane to intervene than to ist tha bears fight to s finish, and it mrtsiniy often
wdi. Ans.- Give the mare a run on from for a month or two.
Grease Heat- Subscriber- What can be done for a horse that has valor! pimpies an his hind heels. There is s disohsmls. An.s.- Poultice with snid- i>l1l°glltine for a few days. than apply Rescrcin Oint., Iii) per cent. once &1iy.
Lame Cult-J. G. A.- A two~yaar-old colt has been lame since about 7 months. She swmgs har hind legs out quite ds-
the hip. Try blistering over lill |0111! every two weeks. _
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Btsfie Blipa.- E. P.- A four-your-old mare, aitier standing in the stall for . some time, drags ber _hind leg and it is _ ltiffforst.ime;sheisaotis.mc. Wibat is the cause and cure? Ans.- The mare should not be kQt standing in stall when
not at wolf. . .
Bloody milk- B. C. 'i.’.- A cow C ysatl
did always for a tort timeafuer freshen-
ing has blood in her milk. What is the »
cause! A.ns.-Tlzie heavy flow of blood to t.he udder causes easy rupture 01 smell blood vessels v/hen miiked in somi
oowa wltirthin vessel walls.
Skin Diseases -E. A. D.- My horse has some kind cf itch; the hair rubs off ' leaving the skin greasy and u kind of scurt collects on the heirs. What do you advise? Ans.- Wash the diseased skin with any of the dips advertised in' this paper. Use ss directed for manga.
Ma.re's Bag Hard. -Subscriber- Msn
is soon to foal for the first time. Her bag is hard as if caked; has been so since she was a colt. Can anything bs done? Ans.- Better wa-it until she foals before doing anything. If part of the udder is diseased or useless the colt may need feeding. _
Bunch on Colit's Neclt,- J. K.- A 3- yeur-old colt has a. hunch on her neck.” It was soft at first but, but is new Qui" hard. I have rubbed it with alcohol ‘ without effect. What should be dune! Ans.- The bunch should be freely cut open to allow free drainage. lnject can- ‘ bollc acid solution once daily.
Heaven- A. H.- Mare was taken with
choking and difficulty of breathing sav- eral times in extremely cold weather ia# V winter and now has lleaves. What i.s a remedy? Ans.- Give tinct, lplass, 1 ’ < ill- 01-. oil Eucalyptus. I fi. oss.; snake *Nl Ind UNO teuspooaful I times daily. Feed only best clean hay and not goo
much of that.
White Soours - subscriber- Young `
calves before they are taken from the °°‘W P1119 lway and die when 2 or 8 days old. They act dumpish and have occurs. ls this trouble infectious; Ang- whit; scours is an infectious diarrhea of calves. ' Disinfeot the stable every week; glvs -' H"““"h Nb lllais in 1 Gram doses 8 times daily. _
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GRAZING FULL FED BTEER9. d'
Feeders are divided in opinion as to me """°*‘”‘"¢¥ °f ivfulris on to pasture
cattle that have been .ed heavily on -
Uni" ll\l'°i1a'h the Mater with the inten- “°" °f. "fly serine ms.-uetinc. It hu been found in most cases that when first ¢\“"l¢d 011 grass the cattle do not eat “mush 5773111- UN lfals being mmw pals- - “\’|°- Q|°\lKh less nourishing. This "UNI B "Did shrinkage in weight 'for the first ten ur fifteen days, the r~ssuit_bei1il that they v.s|gh little if any mme a month after tuming on grass than when first turned out. After that time, inw- evcr. they make. more rapid gains limi!
those finished in s dry lot.
A great many feeders do not turn hd!
mi mars out to pasture at ui pi-iterri to finished a dry lot. Buyers prefer dgiil i Hd ¢° tially nears qs_‘m~y_ dross out a_'_~.. hither :_-_pil-ceatsde `of carcass to live,-_,__
yield il|1ner_m»at. If, mr ____ my rrusihue iibdbvos so thas ii beoom‘ necessary to turh` full fed stelirl RM'
spring ll can be done without inju "c" mm trlmrins' and rcuab fssa should le given in saaitioo. in this way tho ri-&\“~“ ' ` and the csttiis come on togathar an] there is no sbmpt change in the feeding
and corresponding period of ibm. `
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saves the life of s valuable animal. hence In older agricultural regions where " It is not at sil necessary to keep been there is a denser population and land has
separate throughout he whois season. a higher vlus dairy products caa`be pro- Thsy can be turned tosebhsr without dan- duced more economically and are s ehcapri ger if properly managed. but unless some er food than other animal products. iq llttia attention is given to than they are many cases on the farm milk sind creed very iikniy so "annihilate" each other. are sold, when a part could he more .lust as soon as they have had their dnt econosuimlly and profitably used at home, iight out and become accustomed to scan instead of purchasing more expensive and other, they viii get along peso-Ny tha lou nutritious foods with the money oh-
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