Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1907 — HINTS FOR FARMERS [ARTICLE]

HINTS FOR FARMERS

Remedy For Milk Fever. Perhaps the simplest of all remedies for milk fever Is the filtered air treatment. This is being successfully used by nearly every veterinarian in the country. Simply take a common syringe and stuff a little absorbent cotton In the end of the tube through which the air enters the instrument. Then pump out nil the air which is contained in the syringe, place the injecting tube in the teat and pump In a reasonable quantity of air. If the air seems to remain In the teat gently massage the udder till It Is distributed evenly over the quarter. Treat each teat in this way, and it will not be long till the cow will be able to be on her feet. In case she suffers another attack repeat the treatment Previous to making the air injection the operator should see that his hands are perfectly clean and that the instrument and the cow’s udder are clean. If a failure is made it is generally because everything was not clean before the operation was attempted. Statistics show that out of 715 cows treated In this way last year only seven died, apd six of the fatalities were due to mistakes made in performing the operation.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Forecasting the Weather. The farmers’ club of . the American institute has Issued the following rules for forecasting the weather: The wind never blows unless rain or snow is falling within 1,000 miles of you. When cirrus clouds are rapidly moving from the north or northeast, there will be rain within twenty-four hours, no matter how cold it is. Cumulus clouds always move from a region of fair weather to a region where a storm Is forming. The wind always blows from a region of fair'weather to a region where a storm is forming. When the temperature suddenly falls there is a storm forming south of you. When the temperature suddenly rises there is a storm forming north of you. The wind alwaj’s blows In a circle around a storm, and when it blows from the north the heaviest rain is east of you; if It blows from the south, the heaviest ra|a is west of you; if it blows from the east, the heaviest rain is south of you; if it blows from the west, the heaviest rain is north of you.

Food Value of Grain. The fattening value of grains depends largely upon the free oil, or fat, contained In them, with their sugar and starch. One per cent of oil Is considered equal to more than 2 per cent of sugar and starch. At these estimates slxty-nlne pounds of corn equal seventy-eight pounds of barley, but the barley is richer In albuminoids and is therefore more valuable than corn for the development of flesh.

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