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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA,
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FEEDING AND CARE OF THE SPRING PIGS
MBUXJWBROQK
&yY FARM
Hetfors soon make cows.
RULTO
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Renovate the alfalfa field.
Proper feeding Is Important.
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Dock tho lambs when about a month
old.
Trim tho hoofs of the sheep when
you shear.
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Plant somo trees.
Keep up tile fences.
Watch brood sows closely.
Have salt handy, for tho cows.
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Tho hog louse multiplies very rap
idly. Salt is cheap. Glvo tho cows all
thpy care for.
It la easier to select the seed than
to grade the grain.
Lovo for animals finds gratification
in their daily 'caro.
Do not keep a cow that tests below
three per cent in butter fat.
Don't' feed tho bow for a day after
she farrows. But give her drink.
The ewo flock requiroa especial at
tention during the lambing season.
A woodlot provides fairly Ideal con
ditions for the rearing of small chicks.
To make a profit in dairying, get
good cows and glvo them the best of
care.
There Is more money In a good
milker than any other man on tho
farm,
Plowing when the soil is not in
proper condition is a waste of time
and horseflesh,
The same properties that make milk
a gopd food for calves make It good
"r growing chicks.
Keep tho hog pens clean and dry
even if you have to floor them with
cinders add cement
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The salt in butter will remain In
grains, not being dissolved, If the but
ter is worked very dry.
It Is a mistake to try to force a cow
to make milk out of food that does
not carry milk making qualities.
There is no way to distinguish fer
tile eggs from those that are not be
' fore placing them In the incubator.
Cow testing aids better and more
intelligent feeding. The most careful
man is tho one who gets tho best re
turns. Don't have much bedding In the
nest at farrowing time. Many a pig
gets lost in tho bedding and is lain on
by tho bow.
Coarse bone is not necessarily
strong, nor fine bono wea"k. It de
pends on what tho hog a'te when that
bone waB growing.
In the generality of cases heifers
Tvlth their first calf do not show as
high a test- of butfter fat as they do
at a more mature age.
The gasoline engine is the Ideal
power to run tho separator bocauso
it can be depended upon to maintain
a uniform rate of speed.
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A broody hen, if loft to her own de
vices, w)ll frequently select her nest,
lay her eggs In It and bring oft a
good hatch of healthy chickens.
Corn, tho last of the great cereals
to be discovered, Is now grown over
n greater area of the earth's surface
than any other grain except wheat
Where tho eggs are intended for
hatching there should be no forcing of
egg production, but tho honB should bo
given ample runs and fed for vigor and
fertility.
It. Is wise to remember that what
ever makes the hen more comfortable
and more contented helps to produce
the good hatch which all poultry keep
ers deslro.
A Btudyof the kind of butter liked
best in one's market le quite essential
to high prices as much so as a knowl
edge of the principles underlying good
butter making.
Some feeders say that sheep thrive
tbetter by being fed on tho ground, but
nve do not believe it. It le certainly
n wasteful method. It is better busi
ness to feed in tho racks in tho stalls.
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Dy keeping up the practise of lato
hatching and tho use of Buch fowls as
breeders from year to year you will
decrease tho size of tho fowls, lower
fortuity and in tho long run Injuro egg
production. Tho late-hatched chick
may be all right for the showroom,
but It Is, as a rule, a poor proposition
for the egg basket.
Heavy feeding does not always pro
duce proportionate gains.
Quality is more Important than slzo
in selecting tho breeding stock.
Great lung capacity In a cow Is es
sential to high milk production.
Hatching eggs should not be washed
except when absolutely necessary.
Palmetto Is undoubtedly tho lead
ing American variety of asparagus.
Have Uie nest boxes of tho right
size for thCj breed of fowls you have.
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Large horses do not stand the heat
of midsummer as well as small ones
The way to tell your cow's fortune
Is to find out what she Is producing.
Get the chlckB outdoors as soon as
posslblo when the ground Is entirely
dry.
Provide the hens with lots of nests,
both Inside and outside the poultry
house.
The food for young ducks should
not differ radically from that of the
young chick.
Don't abuse the pigs bdeauso they
get through the hoK in the fenco you
forgot. to repair.
In nearly all states there Is an in
crease In tho number of farms of less
than twenty acres.
The condition A the roosting quar
ters bus some ifluence, Indirectly,
upon egg production.
Have you raked up the hog lots and
burned everything you can burn?
This is most important.
We are at tho beginning of a period
of enlightenment concerning the pos
sibilities of hog farming.
Touch up the thin places in the
meadow by applying a thin top-dressing
of well-rotted manure. -
The quality of nourishment rather
than the bulk should guide ub in the
purchase of feeding materials.
Nests with china eggs, placed in out-of-the-way
.corners, will tempt the tur
keys to make their nests there.
It Is beBt to feed tho now .calf three
times a day for a while rather than
give the same amount in two seeds,
The testing association promotes a
greater appreciation of tho cow and
coneequently better results are suro
to follow.
Thumps will not occur If the pigs
get lots of exercise. Make them chase
the sow over tho pasture and they
will not be so fat
Some bacteria are sure to find their
way into tho milk, and for that reason
the milk must be kept cool in order
to retard their growth.
Never locate the road so close to
the stream bed that ItwIH'be subject
to an overflow or on ground which s
constantly damp and marshy.
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The fact that almost any old plug
can make money at farm work ob
scures from vision the possibilities of
his making money when sold.
Every particle of food that the hen
cah find for herself by ranging over
the promises amounts to a direct or
an Indirect saving to her owner.
It s much easier to run a flock of
poultry down than to build It up, and
nothing will run down a flock of chick
ens quicker than Improper feeding.
As a rule, there is more profit in
marketing fowls reasonably early
than at any other time; prices aro
not only better, but there Is a saving
of feed.
Tho hen that lo able to mix bugs,
grasshoppers, worms, slugs and bee
tles in with her regular grain ration
will need no tonic preparations In her
dally feed.
Provide ample roosting places for
the growing young chicks. Deware
of crowding. Nothing Is so conducive
to colds as the overheating that comes
of crowded quarters.
It Is claimed that stack burned al
falfa Is not only eaten more greedily
than when -well cured, hut that It con
tains more digestible nutrients than
tho dry cured hay. The Kansas Ex
periment station is authority for the
latter statement
Old ducks aro reared much the same
as chickens. They need no roosts or
scratching sheds, a low coop llko a
hog houso being suitable. They live
on whole oats, corn and alfalfa hay
very comfortably. They forage on
pasture In summer,
A Healthy and Profitable Spring Litter.
A sow with several little pigs can bo
conveniently aud profitably main
tained by tho average suburban house
holder. Tho sow and her brood can
not only bo kept by the surplus waste
from the kitchen, but tho pigs In No
vember or December will prove a good
source of supply for fresh meat; then,
too, some of tho plga may bo sold at
a prolit.
Tho feeding and care of the pigs is
as important as tho breeding in pro
ducing a good hog. Plenty of feed
and good caro may make a good hog
out of a runt, but the lack of It will
always mako a runt out of a'good pig.
Young pigs must have a dry bed and
plenty of sunshine. Begin feeding
them as soon as they will cat and
keep them well fed until they are ma
ture. Always keep plenty of clean,
fresh water where the pigs may drink
at any time. Tho more milk a sow
will glvo the faster her pigs will grow.
Hog lots should bo built where the
sun will shine In some portion of them
t all hours of tho days. Sunshine is
one of the greatest factors for de
stroying germs and keeping down dis
eases. A supply of clean, fresh wa
ter at all times is essential. The
trough should always be kept clean
and not so much feed given at one
time that it would be left In the
trough to becomo sour and filthy. Tho
AVOIDING GRUB IN
, THE SHEEP FLOCK
Veterinarian Can Relieve Ani
mals, but Prevention of In
fection Is Much Better.
The condition known as grub in
tho head Is caused by tho presence in
the cavities of the head between tho
eyes of tho larva (worm stage) of tho
sheep bot-fly. The trouble is con
fined to sheep and occasionally goats.
Tho eggs are laid in tho nostrils
'of tho sheep during tho summer
by a yellowiBh gray fly somewhat
larger than tho houso-fly. Tho eggs
hatch and work their way up into
the cavities of tho head between tho
eyes, but not Into the brain. Tboy
attach themselves thero and remain
about ten months, when they loosen
their hold and ore sneezed out and
burrow into tho ground. Thero they
pass through another stage, emerging
in a month or six weeks an adult
fly, and tho life cycle is begun again.
A few grubs may not causo enough
trouble to be noticed, However, if
there are many, a thick, dirty white
or yellowish discharge is caused with
coughing and sneezing, tossing of
the head and weakened gait Some
times death results.
A veterinary can relievo the sheep
by trephining, but prevention of In
foctlon 1b a better practise. In fly
time the noses of tho sheep should
be tarred often. Some force their
sheep to take their salt through an
auger hole, and keep It smeared with
far during fly time. A dark shed
where the sheep may escape tho files
is a great help.
IMPROVEMENT OF
LOOSE SAND'Y SOIL
Lime Makes Them More Com
pact and- Retentive of
Moisture.
Lime may improvo loose Bandy soils
by making them moro compact and
more rotontivo of molBturo. For this
purposo some form of carbonate of
lime is usually recommended, and in
much smallor quantities than for clay
soils. Clay soils will stand moro lime
than sandy soils. Tho Improvement
of sandy soils will often bo much
greater If the lime is applied to a
gTeen crop turned under.
Lima hastens tho conversion of tho
vegetable matter Into humus, and
this with tho lime helps to fill tho
open spaces between tho sand grains.
It Is claimed by those who have given
much attention to light sandy soils
that there, aro no other types of soils
that will respond quite so readily to
liming, provided the necessary vege
table matter Is supplied in the form
of a creen cover crop turned under.
troughs should bo frequently washed
and placed whoro the sun will shlno In
them. This la especially truo of thoso
used for feeding small pigs. Clean,
dry straw should bo placed In ovory
houso for bedding, bb it is essential
that tho sow hayo a warm, dry bed
when she farrows. Many young pigs
are lost each year from cold and ex
posure at farrowing tlmo. Tho young
pigs must bo kept warm, dry and
should have plenty of sunshine until
they aro, several weeks old.
A good sholtor for Uttlo pigs during
tho summer months may be made by
sotting four poles Into tho ground and
securely nailing two by bIx Inch ma
terial around these about throo feet
from tho ground, and upon thoso a few
light poles may bo put crosswlBO and
straw or coarsb hay plied on top.
If tho pigs show Indications of
scouring keep a mixture of charcoal
(one bushel), hardwood ashes (ouo
buBhel), salt (eight pounds), rlr
slaked llmo (eight pounds), sulphur
(four pounds) and pulverized copperas
(two pounds) where tho hogs can oat
It at will. This Is not only a good
remedy for scours, but Is one of tho
Dest preventives for worms.
it Is also well to remember that
pork is moro in demand than either
beef or mutton, and tho danger of
overstocking tho market la remote.
PREDIGESTED CORN
TAKEN FROM SILO
Moisture Essential to Continu
ance of Fermentations That
Make Fodder Palatable.
Why Is It that when tho corn plant
Is cut up into small bits and packed
In a silo, perhaps with tho addition of
water, it comes out aftor a while trans
formed Into a feed stuff essentially
different from corn of tho samo kind
loft outdoors, oven though the latter
may also receive an abundant wotting
from the rain, questions Northwestern
Agriculturist. Why Is sllago succu
lent, mildly Bour, and tender, while tho
plant outsldo becomes tough, dry and
tasteless?
The answer 1b tliat, as soon as tho
corn plant Is severed from the ground,
and Its life processes stopped, a num
ber of chemical changes begin, such as
tho change of sugar Into lactic acid
the same that Is produced In tho sour
ing of milk.- Air and light being ex
cluded by tho tight walls and covering
of the silo, and by the "packing" of
tho silage under trampling and Its own
weight the moisture osseutlal to the
contlnuanco of thesa chemical changes
or "'fermentations" Is retained, heat
Is generated, and tho fodder under
go oa a ripening process which, mnkes
It palatable and cany of digestion. In
fact, tho shredded corn plant Is, In a
measure, llko tho "breakfast foods,"
which we enjoy so much, "predlgcst
ed." The outside plant, on the con
trary, exposed to sun and ulr, quick
ly loses Its moisture, so that the chem
ical changes cease, and it "dries up"
at lost, almost to a point of worthless
ness. PROTECTION FOR
SORE SHOULDERS
Collar From One Horse Used In
discriminately on "Others
Causes Much Tro'uble. N
The shoulder Is a tender spot If a
collar does not fit well, It causos the
horse about as much discomfort as u
poorly fitting shoo. You know how
comfortable It Is to wear n shoo that
fits some CSno elso. Taking the collar
from one animal and using tho same
Indiscriminately on others causes
about tho samo trouble. When start
ing tho horses at hard work, bath
Ing tho shoulderB every night with
wntor 1b an oxcellent practise.
Always see that tho collars aro
cleaned up before yqu put them away.
After tho team has been working a
few hours in tho morning it Is always
well to lift the collars and clean them
off. Many toamstors take off tho
names during the noon hour In order
that the strain may be taken off the
horses' necks.
HEN SHOULD BE KEPT BUSY
Shock or Fright Will Cause Fowl to
Hold Up Her Eggs Overfeeding
as Bad as Underfeeding.
Hens hold up their eggs Just as
.cows hold up their milk. A shock or
fright of any kind, such as being
chnsod by a dog, tho prcsenco of
strango dogs, etc., will causo a hen.
to hold up her eggs, and frequently
causo dead eggs. Changing tho house
will also causo a hen to hold up her
eggs for a few days. Hens and pul
lets should not bo housed togothor,
a pullet has not finished her growth
when sho begins laying thoroforo shu
will lay har bost on a ration which
would throw an old hun off her foot,
hecauso she la making feathers, bono,
flesh and eggs. This is on tho same
prtnclplo that a growing boy of six
teen will outcat lita father.
The hen should bo kept busy, Bhe
should have plenty to ent of a variety
of food; a one grain ration will mean
A General F'urposo Hen.
sudden death. She should bavo plenty
to drink, and her owner should know
when she shirks her duty of laying
oggs. Overfeeding Is almost as bad
as undcrfecdlng, and is sometimes
responsible for eggs without a shell.
A well balanced ration provides shell
material. If the fowls aro too fat do
not glvo mashes, substitute hard
grains for which they should scratch
and add a little opsom salts in tho
drinking water.
FEED FOR THE BABY CHICKS
Best Plan Is to Confine Mother In
Coop Until the Youngsters Are
Strong and Sturdy.
(Dy W. E. VAPLON, Colorado Acrlcul
tural College.) .
If you will notico tho Query col
umns of tho poultry pross, you will
find that to feeds and feeding of baby
chicks is attributed most of tho blame
for tho ills they have,especlally bowel
troubles; my experience has been that
the feed has -less to do with tho mor
tality of chicks than any ono of th
Boveral other factorB. Farmers gen
erally feci that turkeys aro hard to
ralso, but babying nnd lice probably
got most of thoBo that die. I know
two women who aro very successful
with poults, one feeding only cracked
wheat, and the othor cracked corn; In
both cases tho mother hens aro con
fined and the poults have alfalfa range.
It Is a good plan to keep tho hena in
coops until tho chicks and poults are
beyond the danger point and aro
Btrong und sturdy. Wheat and corn,
cracked, whoro chickens nro on froo
range is all the groin needed. Milk
in any form 1b not only a good food
but a tonic and brats any you can
buy in packages. The old fashioned
Johnnycako made up of ground grains
and wot with milk cannot bo Improved
upon. t
When dad is using tho plow or cul
tivator, make him turn over a fow
furrowB where tho chicks aro kept
Feed scattered in this Ioobo dirt wilt
glvo them something to do and also
provide a bath. It's easier to feed
twice a day than overy couplo of hours,
and Just as well if plenty of line grain
is scattered broadcast whero tho
chicks can find ft.
Incentive for Scratching.
As an Incentive for scratching a
combination of grains may bo scat
tered and tha fowls required to work
for it. A good combination Is as fol
lows: Wheat C pounds, cracked corn
C pounds, oats 4 pounds,, kaflr or mllo
1 pound, barley 2 pounds, buckwheat
1 pouud, coarse beef scrap 1 pound.
Rear Ducks Artificially.
All duck rulaers who produce any
considerable number of ducks each
season hatch and rear them artificially.
Some of tho large duck farms hatch,
rear and market as many au a hundred
thousand ducklings in ono season.
Hatching Geese Eggs.
While gecflo eggs can bo successful
ly hatched in incubators, it is usually
best to set them under a hen or a
gooso because ono seldom hns enough
nt ono time to mako tho use of un in
cubator necessary or advisable.
UPWARD VjE
Far up on the Itlver
of Life thera
stand
A stately city nnt
fair; '
Anil below It ar
shallows a n ij
rapids ntiix
curves
And whirlpools that
strain nn tho
steadiest nerves..
And ninny goi
blunderlngMhere..
While a fow stnnrh,
vessels pnn up
ward and on.
Stemming w I t
splendid force
Tho current tltnh,
now In terribly
strong.
But tomorrow may,
glldo llko the lilt
Of A BO UK,
Scrcno In Its beau
tlful course.
Ah, mark how tho powerful packet pro-j
coeds, '
With a mah and the roaring or steam.
Spreading waves that aro high and thatl
IiIbb In their might
Whero many a boatman Is wcpt out ofi
Bight
And left In flnnt down with tho stream fi
Ami the tlmWa of many a pitiful wreck
Aro btrown on the rocks and tno snore,.
And many u boatman Is calling for aid, l
And n fow aro undaunted nnd many
nfrald. '
And many lean limp on their oars.
The banks or tho river nro barren some-i
times,
Or gracefulty (doping nnd green,
And tho winds that blow over them oftenj
nro wild.
And now and then fragrantly scented am
mild,
With orchards a-bloom on tho sccno;
And over tho river to winding about,
And tho bars aro forever unknown.
For tho channel keeps changing by night
and by day,
And tho streams that flow In tempt the;
innny awny,
Whllu ft few Journey upward alone.
The city men cnll by tho name of Succesj
Is a bnautltiil city to seo.
With domes thnt aro lofty and glided ano
bright ,
And walls thnt aro graceful and splendid,
and white.
And proud vensols moored at tho quay:
But never from unoxplorod regions above,1
Whcnco tho waters eternally flow,
Has ever a craft floated down ori the;
stream,
To bo moored whero tho columns nfl
cupolas gleam ,
Wor those who toll up from below.
Terrible Predicament.
"My husband has threatened to sua
mo for dlvorco," sobbed tho beautiful
actress.
"Chocr up," said her manager,
''Nearly ovory actress has boon sued
for divorce."
"I know, but think what the publlo
will say. I have always tried to bo
all that a wtfo should be. Now no
body will bcllovo It."
"If you're Innocent, why don't you
flght the caso?"
"That's tho trouble. I'm nfrald If
fought tho caso they wouldn't give
him the divorce." '
PICKED THEM UP.
"And what1
asked tho Sunday
school teacher, "is
your name?"
"Arthur Henry,
Drown Williams
Oreen Joyco
Urown Corwln."
"Gracious! How;
'(Hd your parents over happen to glv
you all thoso naraos?"
"They didn't glvo me nil of thorn-
My step-paronts helped."
Willing to Extend Sympathy. )
"Yes," ho said, aftor explaining to
his wlfo that tho lodgo meeting had
been a very important and a some
whnt protracted ono, thus making it
Impossible for him to got homo a min
ute earlier thnn ho did, "and therq
wcro two fellows thero who made thu
worst fools of themselves you could
imagine. You couldn't And two worso
chumps In a row of counties clear
across this Btato."
"I suppose not," sho replied. "Who
was tho other ono? I'd llko to sympa
thize with his wife."
The Cruel World,
nefore him flowery pastures spread,
lie heard a glad brook flow along,
And from n brunch above his head
There falls a sweet Juno shower of song.
Thero Is mild fragrance In the breeze
That blows from orchards far away,
Tho musing cows beneath the trees
Are being peaceful whllp they may.
Ills limbs are straight and young and
strong,
He gazes forth from undlmmed eyes,
Hut, thinking thnt the world's gona
wrong,
Ilo sees a far-off cloud and sighs.
Strange Neglect,
"There's ono thing, though," snlrt
tho stranger, "that I can't under
stand." "What's that?" asked tho old sot.
tier.
Nobody around horo has assured
mo that this Is tho garden Bpqt of tha
state.
Couldn't Lose the Chance.
"My husband alwayB remembers my
blrthdny nnd our wedding unnlver
or.ry."
- "I should think you would positive
ly hate him," replied tho other woman.
