Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1906 — HINTS FOR FARMERS [ARTICLE]

HINTS FOR FARMERS

Keeping Onions In Winter. To keep onions through the winter there are two important points to remember. They must be perfectly dry when cribbed and must be kept in a very cool place, with plenty of ventilation. A temperature of about 32 degrees is necessary to preserve onions. A good way to store onions is to build shelves or blns with slats so the air can circulate freely among them. Do not pile them more than two feet deep, because they are likely to get warm and rot. There is little danger of the temperature getting too low for onions. They have been known to withstand a temperature of less than zero without freezing. Should they happen to become frozen, however, they should not be handled, but kept in the dark. Moving and handling them do more harm than the frost.

Sore Mouth of Cattle. The treatment for Mycotic stomatitis, or sore mouth of cattle, is as follows: Bring the affected animal to the barn or barnyard and feed on soft, nutritious food, such as bran mashes, ground feed and gruels. A bucket of clear cool water should be kept constantly in the manger, so that the animal can drink or wash its mouth at pleasure. It will be found helpful to dissolve two heaping tablespoonfuls of borax or one tablespoonful of chlorate of potash in each of the first two bucketfuls of water given during the day. Swab out the mouth daily with a 2 per cent solution of carbolic acid or of creolin or a 1 per cent solution of permanganate of potash or one part of hydrogen peroxide in two parts of water.— Atlanta Constitution.

Facta About Horaea. Some people say it is a good plan to cross English Shires with Clydes. If a filly is strong and large she may be bred at twp years, but it is generally better to wait another year. It means stronger colts. Silage may be fed to horses In small quantities, provided it is absolutely sweet; if not, it is dangerous. No good farmer thinks of selling a hog without fattening him. Then why not fatten horses for the market? TJie Arab always gives his mare a run of five miles Just before she is to be bred. Mares that are worked regularly while In heat are surer of their foals. It does not hurt a mare to give hey-, moderate work up to within a week of foaling.