Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1907 — HINTS FOR FARMERS [ARTICLE]

HINTS FOR FARMERS

2cTreetmant Far Heavee. There la no real cure for R conflrrned case of heaves, but much may be done by careful feeding and watering and the administration of proper tonics to alleviate the distressing symptoms, as follows: Feed so as not to overload the stomach, always giving three feeds a day. Water before feeding. Do riot put to work under an hour after feeding. Feed but little roughage and only of the cleanest and best quality. Shelled oats are the very best feed. Mix four ounces each of copperas and saltpeter and two ounces of nux vomica, all well pulverized, and divide into twenty-four powders, one to be given every night in bran mash. After this quantity has been given skip two or three weeks and repeat Giving half an ounce of Fowler’s solution of arsenic every night when the animal is at work in the spring will often enable the animal to do a good day’s work when otherwise it could not do so. This might be continued for a month or six weeks without danger; then stop for a few weeks or as long as the animal can do without it—Atlanta Constitution.

Building Up a Mutton Flock.

From Iqua; observation and experience 1 am satisfied that the process we call grading is a safe business in the hands of any man, even the most Inexperienced, and is always attended with success. By grading I mean the use of well bred rams upon common ewes and saving the best female progeny for establishing of future flocks and breeding these to a ram of the same breed, and thus continue bnildiug up a flock that for many purposej Is as good as a pure bred flock. A man with a flock of native ewes who wishes to produce mutton can select a good ram of any of the mutton breeds, Shropshires, Southdowns, Hampshlres or Oxfords, and by using pure bred males for four or five generations and saving the best female progeny can build up a flock that- for mutton purposes is as good as the pure bred animals and will make just as good mutton.—Dr. F. B. Mainford, Missouri Agricultural College.

Sheep Needed on the Farm.

A professor in a western college of agriculture recently made the sweeping assertion, “Sheep should be kept on every farm.” It is certain that there is not a farm that would fail to be benefited by sheep either in large or small numbers. Sheep eould be profitably handled on practically every farm in connection with the grain crops. They occupy a place in the economy of the farm that no other animal can fill so well in consuming the straw, hay, cornstalks and other refuse fodder. They are beneficial In many other ways too numerous to mention, but their chief value perhaps lies in their service as fertilizers. Next in importance is their service in clearing land of plants, and in some cases weeds, which no other grazing animal would feed upon.—Farm Progress.

Sweeny of Shoulder.

If there is swelling of the shoulder, bathe it with hot water three times a day and after each bathing apply some of a solution of half an ounce sugar of lead, two ounces of laudanum, one quart of water. Continue for three or four days. Then rub in a little of an ointment of one part of cantharides and six parts of vaseline or lard. If there is no swelling or beat, apply a strong liniment, ,such as compound soap liniment. If the blister be found necessary, apply the ointment as already described once every two weeks and give the animal complete rest It usually requires two or three months to cure a case of sweeny.

Grease Heel In Horees. In the early stage of grease heel apply a poultice of linseed meal, changing twice a day, until the heels are clean of scurf. Then rub on daily oxide of zinc, one ounce; vaseline, two ounces. If any tendency to become scurfy, apply the zinc ointment again; also give a dose of eight drams of aloes in half a pint of hot water cooled by half a pint of cold water. Cleaning the heels well and painting with ordinary white lead paint rs claimed to be a good remedy for a mild case. ■ ■ ■; j Swine Notes. Keep the sleeping quarters clean and dry-’ ' - " Keep the clear water before the hogs , all the time. Do not feed an extreme green corn diet. Have good shade during the warm weather. Do not crowd the young stock unnaturally. Feeding the Brood Mare. If the mare is to foal early, before grass time, give her a few boiled oats and a liberal supply of bran, with a little flaxseed occasionally. If she is getting plenty of grass, nothing of this kind will be needed. Salt For the Hog. Give the hogs salt and ashes, especially hard coal ashes, and an occasional dose of copperas and sulphur in the slop. Be particularly careful about this with the hogs that are in the feeding pens. Feeding Foals. Never allow two foals to feed out of the same box. One is sure sooner or later to become master and secure the lion's share. Working the Mare. There is no reason why a mare, if properly hitched and properly driven, should not work right up to the time of foaling.