Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1911 — NOTES from MEADOWBROOK FARM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NOTES from MEADOWBROOK FARM

By Willian Pitt

laying hens. Late in the fall Is a good time to hatch spring chicks in some sections. Shorts are more economical feed for sows and growing pigs than corn. The deepest mudhole and steepest hill measure the real distance to market

Turkeys will soon become weak and subject to disease where inbreeding is practiced. i I T1 Where there is plenty of skimmed milk, beef scraps for hens need not be bought ? ' ' When the hogs fall to gain at least a pound a day it is time to say goodby to them. I Get your cows started right for the coming cold weather and they will do well air winter. I Build a warm, dry and otherwise comfortable room for the calves for the cold weather.

I When selecting a cow for the dairy look and see if the eye of the animal is large and full. This is the time of the year when dairy cattle require better care and more liberal feeding. ■ - ■ To thoroughly clean milk utensils they first should be rinsed with cold ; water, to remove all particles of milk, The successful feeding of lambs depends largely on their being offered great variety of food while in the yards. ’ 1- • ' Peach trees can be planted any time between last and first frost; the . earlier in the winter they are planted the better. Keep qll the rotten fruit well cleaned up around the orchard, as these constitute the winter quarters ; of numerous orchard pests. If all of the garden space is to grow profitable crops, no large trees must stand closer than thirty to fifty feet from the garden fence. The calf that is expected to develop ■ into a strong and profitable cow ■ should be given all the chance possi- ■ ble during its early period of growth. The best results are usually obtained from the work that is systematized and most carefully planned. This is 'not always the hardest work on the farm. The best way to stop a hog from eating chickens is to put it on the market as soon as possible, since it will soon lead other hogs into the bad habit

The best milking pail is the one so constructed that it will reduce to a minimum the amount of dirt falling into the milk during the process of milking.

An old horseman says that the chief cause of colic in horses, or the cause of the largest per cent, of these cases, is brought through long abstinence from water.

Do not neglect to secure a good supply of fine dust for the, fowls during the coming winter, while the ground is yet dry and ’there is dust in the road.

There is much .difference in the individuality of cows and their powers to produce milk as there is in men and their powers to perform certain kinds of work.

The profit in a cow comes from the extra amount of milk she will yield over what she ordinarily gives on common pasture or the coarse feeds usually given her.

The poultry raiser who notes his flock carefully, taking! into account what they are doing, and capable of doing, ought to know more how to feed and what to feed, than anyone advising at long range.

It Is very dangerous to pasture stock on second growth sorghum or Johnson grass, as this year has been dry in many sections and these crops have been grown under unfavorable conditions.

Skim milk is a good food fbr poultry. The fat has befen taken (from it and leaves it proportionately *rich in protein, which is-a very desirable element in poultry food. Use it to mix a mash for the chickens. You may also give them all the milk they w'll drink.