Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1904 — HINTS FOR FARMERS [ARTICLE]

HINTS FOR FARMERS

Crlbblag Horses. The cause of this habit la in the majority of cases due to indigestion or bad teeth, so when the horse has the habit it should be turned over to a veterinary surgeon to have its teeth put In order. If this does not break up the habit, then treat the animal for Indigestion. f »Give the animal a dose consisting of a mixture of two ounces of turpentine and one pint of raw linseed oil and repeat in a week. See that the animal has plenty of exercise and keep a lump of rock salt In its manger all the time. For awhile let the ration consist of bran and cornmeal night and morning, with cut hay as roughage. At noon let the ration be of whole oats, with a small allowance of hay. Under this treatment the animal will show a marked improvement In a short time, and if It is persisted in the treatment will probably break up the habit of cribbing.—Breeder and Sportsman. A Berkshire Host. Breeding Berkshlres has been a hobby with me for twenty-five years, says a New York correspondent of Amer-' lean Agriculturist. About six years ago 1 started a herd of large English Berkshlres. I have had pigs at five months and five days old dress 169 pounds each. I like them better than any other breed I have ever handled. They fatten easily for market In the spring I ring my hogs and turn them In my orchard, where they pasture to good advantage. Pigs are weaned when they are about six weeks old. I feed milk and middlings to young pigs, but my breeding sows get bran and water. I feed beets with a little corn twice a day In winter. At farrowing time I separate them nntll after the pigs are weaned. Pssitrr In Demand. There has been an unusual amount of inquiry of late as to the possibilities of the poultry business being overdone. Surely the past season should satisfy every one that for many years to come there will not be an excess of poultry or poultry products of any kind. Chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese as market poultry have all sold higher the past year than ever before. Even at this time they are very high in the markets, the supply of turkeys said to be exhausted through the entire country aud the storage houses empty. In the face of these conditions one would scarcely imagine that for many years at least there would be an excess of these products.—Feather. Cottonseed Meal. A large number of cattle, sheep and hogs are kept at the Agricultural and Mechanical college of Texas on which experiments are made to determine the relative value of foodstuffs in producing fat. Recently it has been determined that cottonseed meal is unsuited for feeding cattle that are at the same time eating for roughness alfalfa and peanut hay. This combination produces too much looseness of the bowels. Corn or some such grain should be substituted for the cottonseed meal.—Farm and Ranch. Henhouse Conveniences. On a shelf out of reach of the fowls keep a box of lice powder, a bottle with spraying solution, box of vaseline or carbolized lard and a ball of string. The bottle should be fitted with a notched cork to allow the fluid to -escape, says Poultry Life. A few whirls of the bottle over roosts and about walls and floors will keep the house smelling sweet and destroy germs. Crude carbolic acid is one of the best germ destroyers. It should be used with a spray and one ounce added to each gallon of whitewash. Dr. Koch's Discovery. Professor Koch, according to a cablegram from Berlin, has discovered a new serum for the prevention of the cattle, mule and horse epidemics which have been killing animals in the South African herds. It is stated that the government of Rhodesia paid Professor Koch (150,000 for his services. Koch has discovered also that the African rinderpest is radically different from the American Texas fever, the belief having previously existed that the former was imported from America by cattle from the south. Help the Rant Pip. If the pigs have a trough to themselves, away from the sow, the runt stands a fairly good show If he is liberally fed, says American Agriculturist Otherwise he is no better off than he would be were the extra food not provided. Keep the trough full, and he will eat after the rest have finished. The runt should be kept with the sow for a couple of weeks after the otbere of the litter are weaned. This gives him a chance to gain &ome before he la compelled to subsist on what he eats alone. J Hot Water For ivy Poison. A medical expert' for the United States army recommends the use of hot water to check the Irritation caused by Ivy poison. This remedy was fonnd better than llmewater, soda alcohol, zinc oxide and the other common substances used. He plunges the affected part directly into the water or applies It with a sponge Ferilaf the Unfcs. Arrange the trough so that the lambs cannot climb in and soil the grain with their feet Place a rack over the trough so that the lambs can put their heads through to get the grain. t Tho Bacoa Hop. The Minnesota experiment station asserts that up to six and a half months the bacon hog can be produced as cheaply as the lard bog.