Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1905 — HINTS FOR FARMERS [ARTICLE]

HINTS FOR FARMERS

The Profitable Pig. Pig raising is no doubt a very profitable business where cheap food can be had from city garbage, else so mauy of the extensive farmers near the cities would not persist in swine breeding year after year. So well, In fact, does the business pay that the nearby farmers sometimes express wonder that more is not done in the pig raising line on the back farms, where the food can be raised very cheaply and the swine pastured a good part of the time, uud all without the annoyance to neighbors sometimes caused in thickly settled districts. A good market can be fouud almost anywhere for young pigs of common stock, while pure breds cau be sold at correspondingly better values by those who have the knack of working up a trade in such lines.—American Cultivator. For Blind Stagger,. Having noticed a request for a remedy for blind staggers, I will send one that I am satisfied Is all right if taken in time, say in twenty-four hours after the animal begins to show signs of it, writes a Texas correspondent of Farm trad Ranch. Take one tablespoonful of saltpeter, dissolve in one pint of water, mix that with one piut of good whisky and give It to the horse. In two hours give him another piut of whisky and a pint of water. Let him sleep his drunk off, and he will be all right. I find it best to dreucli through the uose, using a bottle and being careful to bold the horse’s bead high enough not to waste any. Potatoes as Hoar Feed. Professor W. A. Henry, director of the Wisconsin experiment station, in his book, “Feeds and Feeding,” says of potatoes: The writer conducted experiments a few years since to ascertain the value of potatoes for hogs. The potatoes were carefully weighed and then cooked in iron kettles and a weighed amount of eornnieal added so as to make a thick pudding or mush. These experiments show that 445 pounds of potatoes were equal to 100 pounds of commeal in pig feeding. In other experiments I have shown that cornmeal had a somewhat higher feeding value than barley. Feed the Chickens. Chickens that are poor without being cared for make but small progress in life and seldom if ever become the best egg producers, says American Cultivator. To have the best results with a quick spring growth necessary for the establishment of size and vigor, they must be well fed, regularly fed and properly fed from shell to finish. Anything short of this insures an advance to poor growth and poor results all along the line. Pick all the small, slow gowing, indifferent appearing pullets and save them for broilers. Keep for maturity only the best of the whole lot of pullets." Location of Orchard*. Of course trees will grow almost anywhere, but since no one establishes an orchard for growth alone, but for profit. It is well to use one’s best Judgment h«£e also, says National Stockman. Naturally well drained land 1b probably the very best selection and cheapest site which you can cbooae. Not so much difference about the fertility; you can add that. Never get Into a deep hollow, neither plant where you have too much northern exposure. Grafting; Wax. To four pounds of resin and one of beeswax add one pint of linseed oil. Put In a beavjf pot, melt slowly and mix well. Pour Into a tub of cold water and pull by hand until it assumes a light color. Work Into sticks, and keep in a cool place until wanted. In using, oil the.bands, work the wax until soft and press It tightly around the grafts and over the cracks.—Rural New Yorker. Balldinv Vp a Dalry Herd. I have learned that It will take years to build up a very good dairy herd and that we must be very careful In breeding or purchasing our herd. My plan In starting out would be to purchase good heifers Just a little before they become fresh. By careful selection and care one can build up a good herd In a few years.—J, A. Harris in American Cultivator. . Read The Democrat for news.