Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1906 — HINTS FOR FARMERS [ARTICLE]

HINTS FOR FARMERS

The few Milk Cow ( In an addi as before the Connecticut I Dairy association Professor T. L. j Haecker said: “In the first place cows should come j fresh in the fall. If the calf is dropped in the spring, great shortage in the flow of ir }k will follow during the {summer, when unfavorable conditions 'prevail over which we have little conI trol. Flies, short pastures and press of farm work invariably raise havoc with .the flow of milk, and by fall you will have a lot of unprofitable strippers to board. “If good winter quarters are provided land a liberal supply of roughage arid I some farm grains are grown, with cows fresh in the fall, a better and more profitable yield can be secured. I With cows in full flow during stall | feeding, there is profit during the winter, even if feed is expensive. Then we get better prices, and this is an additional reason that the largest yield ►should be at this season. Hidebound Horse*. The condition called hidebound Is simply a general run down condition of the animal, bad digestion and malnutrition. Give the animal a drench composed of bitter aloes, eight drams; ground ginger, one tablespoonful; common soda, one tablespoonful. Mix in a pint of lukewarm water and give as a drench. Keep the horse in the stable two or thred days and feed on bran, with a half pint of flaxseed to the feed and cut grass' or clover, then the following in the feed twice a day: Sulphur, one-quarter pound; saltpeter, one-quarter pound. Mix well and give a large teaspoonful In his feed twice a day. After this mix well ground genItian root, one-quarter pound, powdered sulphate of iron, one-quarter pound. 'Then give a large teaspoonful twice a 'day in his feed; or if not working, simply let him run in a good pasture.— 'Farm Progress. Sheep on Small Farm*. There is a prevailing Impression that sheep are only suitable for grazing upon large areas, writes L. C. Reynolds in National Stackman. It Is erroneous and unfounded. There Is no other place better adapted to the production of sheep products than the small farms, where the best attention can be allotted to developing their highest productivity. Sheep never do so well as when maintained upon good pasturing areas in small flocks. This condition can be maintained on small farms where a limited number can be handled and forced to maximum production. The Useful Dorking*. The Silver Gray Dorking is an English fowl. Dorkings are noted for theii exceptionally fine table qualities and great beauty as an exhibition fowl, says a Pennsylvania fanner in American Cultivator. They have short legs, long, low set bodies, and especially full, heavy developed breasts. The flesh of the Dorking is very tender, fine grained and juicy, and the bones are much smaller than other fowls of their size. As layers I was well convinced of their abilities in this respect when from five June hatched pullets I received 700 eggs in eight months, the count beginning Jan. 1. When to Caponlze. The proper time to caponlze Plymouth Rocks is when they weigh two or three pounds, although it can be done at five pounds without losing more than 5 per cent, while at two pounds the loss will be from 1 to 3 per cent, depending on the skill of the operator. The larger the breed, the better capons it will produce. The ones having yellow legs are preferable. The Rocks, Wyandottes, Reds or any breeds whose standard weight Is not less than the Wyandottes will do, the ideal breed, however, being Plymouth Rock.—Reliable Poultry Journal. I.linr For Old Land. No matter whether lime is needed to destroy mineral acids in the soil, or whether it is needed to destroy vegetable .acids, or whether it is needed to supply the growing plant, the fact Is that much old land needs some lime. The top soil contains less lime than the subsoil because lime leaches. There may be a lot of lime in the top soil that is inactive. Be the action what it may, the presence of more lime is demanded on millions of acres where clover has ceased to do well.—Alva Agee in National Stockman. No Gain In Use of Salt. < It is supposed by many dairymen that the use of salt iujiberat quantities adds to the profit of buttermaking, but recent tests at the Indiana station indicate that when salt is left out water takes the place of the salt and there is nothing gained by weight with the use of salt, but if sold entirely fresh is found to weigh as much for a given quantity of cream as when butter is salted. Skim Milk a* Fertiliser. A curious experiment was made this summer near Halsey, N. J„ where a lot of refuse skim milk was used as a top dressing for grass land. It is claimed that remarkable results were obtained, and that the grass was about seven times as vigorous as on adjoining fields on which milk was not used, but which were dressed with commercial fertilizers. For Scour* In Calye*. When calves are afflicted with scours ■treat as follows: Glvq as a drench onetlilrd of a pint of linseed oil with three tablespoonfuls of tincture of catechu. Mix in a pint of lukewarm water. If not relieved In live hours give another drench of the same with the addition 3f two tablespoonfuls of common soda and repeat it every five hours.