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| PASTURES NEEDED FOR PROFITABLE STOCK [j 1 1 ? = ? ? TTir-?- ^ Pine Typi for Plowing. (Pnctnl by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The aouthern farmer who appre ' elates the advantages of raising him self mnch of what bis fatally needs; Is certain to be confronted at the outset' by the problem of pastures. It Is al most impossible to iwallxe a profit upon any kind of stock without (ood pastures and even If the stock Is raised primarily for home consumption rath er than for market, the first thins to be done la to establish one. Hitherto the Bonth has been sadly deflctent In this resect because all the attention has been siren almoet en-, tlrety to cotton. The southern farm er, however, can. If be will, hare as sood a pasture as was ever teen In Kentucky or Missouri; and hare It available more months In the year than Is possible In tbose states. Fpr a permanent pasture a combination of bur clover and lea pad ess and Bermuda trass will afford sood srarins for at least ten months out of the twelve, for the Bermuda and lespedeza can be traaed tbrouthout the summer and the bur clover from January until the Ber muda comes on asaln. On light, sandy soils near the gulf coast carpet grass may do better than Bermuda. In any case, however, every permanent pas ture should have a good proportion of some leguine?either one of those al ready named or melllotus, vetch, white clover or alslke clover. No matter what combination la se lected It takes time and work to pro There It Monty In Mulsa. duee a really good paatnre. In fact tuch a one require* at good toll, a* much work In Ita preparation and aa careful handling aa any Held on the farm. After the, ground hat been plowed or diaked and the aeed town bo grazing should be allowed until the young plants become to firmly rootb.-*. that they will not "be pulled out by the grazing animate. When seeding It done In the fall the field should not be grazed until the growth It well started, and no permanent pasture should ever be grated to heavily at to Injure th? stand. ' After the pasture has been made, there are two weeds which sometimes make trouble, the Mtterweod and the garlic or wild onion. The presence of bttterweed is an Indication that the pasture has been grazed too closely or has been trampled to heavily that the surface soil Is too hard and com pact for grasses and clovers to grow. The weed Is seldom troublesome on a rich toll In good condition and rarely so on a poor toll which Is not too closely grazed. The use of fertilizers or decreasing the number of grazing animals will aid In eradicating It. The destruction of the wild onion it a more difficult matter. It can be killed by a deep plowing of the ground in September or October, followed by a very shallow: plowing In the spring end then planting the field with some cultivated crop. However, this meth od cannot be followed In an ordinary pasture where there are many trees or 1? any pasture without destroying the grass and to making the field useless as a pasture for about eighteen months. When a pasture is not Infest ed it should be watched closely and any wild onions which make their ap pearance removed at once. The permanent pasture should be supplemented by temporary ones, for which many crops are suitable. For winter use the small grains and vetches will do for horses and cattle, artichokes, Ihufas, tweet potatoes and cassava for bogs. Prom December to April oats or wheat and vetch "htake the best grazing for dairy cows. Horses and mules do not care so much for the ?etch but they will eat the grain until the permanent pasture Is ready for them. One bushel of turf oats or wheat and one peck of vetch seed are suffi cient for an acre. If the rustproof oat Is used, the amount should be In creased about one-half. Oats, however, play such an important part In sound southern agriculture that It will pay the fanner to study thla queatlon thor oughly. With a little forethought it should be poaalble for the fanner In the cen tral and eouthern parti of the South to hare freah paaturea for cattle and hogs throughout the entire year. From the following llat a aelectlon ahould be poaalble which will meet condltlone on almoat any farm. j January and Fabruary?Wheat, oata and Tetch, artlchokea, rape, bur clover, ; velvet beam March?Oata and retch, artlchokea, rape, bur clorer, crimson clover. April?Oata ' and retch, rape, bur clorer, alfalfa, crimson clorer. May?Oats and retch, rape, red clor er, alfalfa, crimson clovec. June and July?Sorghum, oowpeas, red clorer, alfalfa. August ? Sorghum, cowpeas, soy beans, alfalfa. September and October?Sorghum, oowpeas, soy beans, chufaa, sweet po tatoes, corn, peanuts. Not ember?Cos peas, soy beans, chu faa, sweet potatoes, corn, rape, pe*v nuts. - December?Cowpeas. chufaa, sweet potatoes, corn, rape, relret beans. Through the use of such pasture crops as these pork can be made more cheaply In the South than In the corn belt It coats. It has been calculated, from one-third to one-half less to raise hogs when pastures are used than with concentrated feeds alone. Moreover the hogs harvest the crops without danger of loss from rain and without expense, and finally both the soli and the bogs gala. The soil Is enriched by the legumes and the health of the hogs Improved. WHEAT BRAN IS EXPENSIVE Southern Farmers Can Increase Profits by Growing Every Possible Pound of Food for Stock. There Is no doubt that wheat bran is one of the beet feeds that cam be used to produce a large flow of milk, yet. It Is about ths most expensive feed the dairyman can use. One pound of cottonseed meal has a feeding value equal to one and qa?haIt.of wheat bran," but of course it Will not do t6 replace the meal with bran. Cowpea hay has value almost equal to that of bran, the exact ratio being 1,800 pounds of bran to 2,004 pounds ?of-hay. " j t Many feeders believe that alfalfa Is fully equal to that of bran, pound for pound, and if the bran has to be bought In the open market the value of alfalfa la certainly greater, because the growing of alfalfa or any other good (Top always Improves the land, while feed brought in from the outside only adds Its manorial value to the soil. Farmers In the South can hardly af ford to buy bran; being s? far from the big markets the price 14 generally high?from twenty-flve to thirty dol lars per ton. In any other country where the soil is poor and tommercial feed high, effort should Vi made to grow every pound of feed ;tosslble up on the land Itself. Southern farmers are beginning to appreciate the value of this practice, and more stock feed is being grown In that country than ever before. 'While It is a gratifying fact, also, that more livestock Is ba ng raised in the South, there Is no doubt that the amount of stock food pec head grown on southern farms Is steadily Increas ing. ? Cottonseed meal is a favorite feed for the cows In the South and a good many farmers feed too much of It. If they would grow more cowpeas, hairy vetch, clover and alfalfa, and buy less prepared feeds, their piollta would be larger and their soil greatly Improved. COTTONSEED MEAL FOR COWS It Is Vary Rich In Protein and Animals Easily Get Too Much of It Makes Butter Whits. Dairyman In some localities have made mn;h use of cottonseed meal, and have found it good feed. It should be used "glth care and not too much fed at a time, for It Is very rich In protein aid cows easily get too much of it. It is also thought that It has a bad flltsct on color In butter, mak ing It m.ich whiter than where corn Is fed. jrlut the buying of cottonseed by our dairymen la at an end for now all have from fifteen to thirty acres of alfalfa, most of which has been sown within the last two years. Whan Silo Is Invaluable. When the grass dies down and Is not worth much tor pasture, the silo is Invaluable. Not only can silage be fed profitably in the winter tine, but it can be fed In the summer time? especially like ltlt. when many farm ers were compelled to sell lire stock at a sacrifice oa account of lack of pasture.' A?aM. fifafto. Keep all drafts oft your horsed. A draft Is pneumeala'e friend. Droppings Make Rich Soli. Poultry droppings make rich ground. many a poultry keeper haa mads his garden plot too rich with this form of fertiliser and been forced to haul a pot* grade of earth to mix with the garden soli and bring It away from <ta orerferullty. Cow Not Understood. Pew town people realise the tmpor tance of the 0airy oow from the stand point of human Ufa and business econ LIVE-STOCK-FRUIT - OAHTYIHB-BAIOEHIIIfl-FIELD CR0PS.SIL0S-"I6S N?w Wrinkle* FARM Making the 1 I AND F,m"r*' Progreeelve Butlneu Agrleultur* FIELD . I Profitable TOLD M ID WERESTIRfi MARRED EXPRESSLY FOR OUR READERS WINTER WORK IN ORCHARDS Whtn Qround Id Frown Id Favorable Tlmo for Hauling and Spreading Manure?Add Bono Mul. The winter when the ground Id Frozen hard la a favorable seaion for hauling out with cart or lied the ma nure needed. In spring the ground la too eoft to haul over and other work la too preaalng; the reault la thla Important matter la put off for another year. The manure ahould be hauled and epread evenly over the ground. Do not place directly around the trunks; It only afford* a harbor for mice and Inaecta. The manure should be rotted and from grain-fed cattle or horaes. Straw and ednk atalks, mixed with a little animal ma nure, la poor stuff and la only valuable as a mulch. This kind of manure ahould be hauled out to the orchard and plied. Mix a half-bushel of raw bone meal la each two-horse wagon load of manure as It is pllsd and make" a compact heap, which will soon rot down, and. when well rotted^ should .be spread. About one to two bushels la the proper quantity tor each large tree. The manure should be spread In a circle as tar out as the branches extend. Practical growers are now using from 400 to 800 pounds of animal bone and potash fertilizer per acre. The fertilizer la drilled In with rye in the early fall, the rye Is turned under in April?for green manure. This meth od la found to be the cheapest and Met method of fertilizing the orchard. SPRAY FOR SAN JOSE SCALE Best Remedy for Pest Is Thorough Treatment With Lime-Sulphur Mix ture Lata In Winter. (By C. P. GILLETTE. Colorado Experi ment Station.) San Jose scale is one of >he worst pests attacking orchgrjl trees in this country. It la extremely Important that orchards should be so treated as to exterminate the scale from them and prevent Its spread to surrounding orchards. Undoubtedly the best remedy for this scale Is a thorough treatment with lime-sulphur mixture late.hi the winter or early In the spring, before the buds begin to open on the trees. If the commercial concentrated lime sulphur mixtures are used they may he diluted In the proportion of about one part of the concentrated prepara tion to ten parts of water. If home made llmeeulphur sprays are used, probably there Is no better formula than the following: Good lump lime, 16 pounds; flowers of sulphur, 16 pounds; Water, 60 gallons. ? The lime should be slaked In warm water and, as soon as the, slaking has been well started, the sulphur should be added and enough water kept In the receptacle to keep the mass thin and sloppy. Boll for at least forty Preparing Mixture for San Jose Scale. flee minutes, or until the liquid la a deep brick red In color; then dilute to fifty gallons and apply at once. Protect Qrapes From Mildew. To protect grapes from mildew which may or may not attack them they should bq dusted or sprayed with sulphur. For a few Tines or the family vineyard a good way Is to-put the sulphur in a piece of burlap or a grain bag and shake the sulphur over the vines. A sprayer which will forcp the sulphur among the leaves more completely Is of course more effective. Fruit for Home-Use. In pruning fruit trees for home use let there be no varieties of Inferior quality selected. There is nothing too good for the home use. It Is a pleas ure to hunt out these good, things and to take an Interest In getting them started In the home garden and orchard. Applying Manure. When we apply manure to the grass land we get the lever under the very center of gravity of the whole farm When the grass crop comes up the whole farm comes up with It Spread of Cholera Germs. Keep a loaded gun for pigeons, rati and rtagtisk sparrows that carry hog cholera germs. ScaAee Hen. The iOOegg per year has Is almosi as ecarce as the hen with teeth. FEED FOR THE DRAFT FOALS Youngster Makoo Ono-Half Hit Mature Weight First Year of His Lite Ration From Wisconsin. The feeding of draft foals Is a very important matter. One only appre ciates thla when he realizes the fact that a draft foal makes onp-half his mature weight the first year of his Ufs. The foal must be fed, not starred, If he Is to develop Into a good draft horse. The foal fed an Improper and unpalatable ration the first winter usually has a big middle and two very poorly developed ends. Considerable attention has been given to feeding draft foals at tbe University of Wisconsin the last few yeara. At one year of age they have weighed from 1,004 to 1,200 pounds. These foals were all accustomed to a small amount of (rain before five months of age when they were weaned. After weaning they were given tbe following ration until turned on grass at about thirteen months of age. Ration for 100 pounds mixed feed: OS pounds crushed oats, IS pounds corn meal, 10 pounds bran, IS pounds finely out alfalfa or clover. They were fed all of this mixture they would eat three times a day and were given no hay other than that In the mixture until they were about one year old. Tbe amount of this mixture eaten per foal per day varied from t to IS pounds (20 to 30 quarts) i i Fins Type of Draft Stallion. according to age. Much of the time the feed was dampened and thoroughly mixed before feeding. The advantage* of the damp mixture seemed to be the variety of wholesome feed and the relish with which it was slowly and thoroughly chewed. Where one cannot feed so varied a mixture as that described, a ration of 20 per cent bran, cut alfalfa or cut clover with 80 per cent crushed oats fed as described will prove very effee tlve. Foals do not appear to be able to make as good use of whole oats and hay as an older horse. When fed those feeds separately and whole they eat less feed and have a greater ten dency to "pot belly." It is a practice of some successful Wisconsin breeders to feed liberally bran and crushed oats for grain three times per day and hay and sorghum stalks each once per day for roughage. Combinations such as marsh hay and corn should be avoided. Although corn silage can be fed to Idle horses it should only be given In a very limited way or not at all to foals. One cannot economize by limited feeding of the foal. What one saves in feed the first year he sacrifices from five to ten times in the finals value of the animals Only weli bred draft foals are capable of making 1,000 pounds pt one year and developing into a good draft horse. It generally does not pay to practice liberal feed ing with mongrel or scrub animals for there is but little margin between the final value of the animal and the cost of feed consumed. PICKED UP IN THE HOG LOT Overcrowding le Anything but Eco nomical Plan?Alfalfa Furnlahea Excellent Grazing for Pigs. Do not keep too many pigs together and compel them to sleep In one nest. The most economical gains In pig feeding are obtained by a Judicious blending of nitrogenous and carbo naceous foods. Crossing may improve the hogs for the feed lot alone, but not for the pur pose of perpetuating tbelr kind. Every hog grower should make a great effort to have a few acres of al falfa, because It furnishes unusually valuable grazing for hogs, and can be pastured off several times during the season. There Is nothing more disgusting than to have a lot or unruly hogs run ning at large about the farm buildings. With modern woven wfre fence, It Is easy to oonllhe them wlthlif tbelr proper limits. There is nothing gained by mixing corn meal with chopped alfalfa, except to Insure larger consumption. The longer any herd or family of hogs Is subjected to a ration of corn or confined to small pens and barren yards the lower will be their vitality and prolificacy. Pasture for "Hogging-Down." In figuring on amount of pasture fbr "hogging down"?It Is estimated that two acres of 40-bushel corn will feed 65 to <5 shoots about 16 days. There Is so great a difference in corn, stse of animals, etc., that there Is no certain way to get at this but turning in and noting results. m -__ Flockmaster Must Be Vigilant. The flockmaster, or owner, must b< ever vigilant Ha shoald know hit flock so well that the very sltghfhef In disposition will be detected at once I _ _ I CAUSES OF MANY FAILURES IN POULTRY A Badly Mlxad, But Busy Family. Every failure Id the poultry busl neea ceo be traced, according to James O. Hatpin, poultry man at the Wtseon aln College of Agriculture, to one or more of the fallowing reasona: 1. Too expenalve and too Impractical buildings. Flocks do not require cost ly equipment, and of course the poul try man must pay Interest on bis In vestment. Z. Lack of experience and failure to raise chicks properly. Many a man has jumped Into the poultry business with little or no experience, and naturally has lost money in hlx plunging. Z. Failure to market right To pro duce a superior product la not enough. It must be advantageously marketed. 4. Starting with pi or stock. It costs little or no more to start with prollt produclng stock than It does with In ferior fowls. 6. Neglect In Improving breeding stock. By carefully selecting the hens and' mating them with well cho-en | males more Improvement will be se cured. (. Neglect In cleaning. Filth la a certain cause of loss to the poultry man. 7. Neglect In lighting lice and mites. These pests are a source of heavy loss to all who do not fight them. 8. Poor management. Like every other business, poultry raising re quires close attention to details ~ Should Qo Slow. The more common cause of failure Is too heavy Investment. Many farm ers start with expensive buildings as soon as they get the "hen fever." They run Into debt, become discouraged after a few mistakes, and quit the business. It Is wiser to patch up the old poultry house and make Improve ments gradually as your profits war rant the expenditure. All amateur poul try man should g(, slow and build up his flock from humble beginnings. The next most common causa of fa IP ure la lack of emparlance,?No one should enter the poultry business off hand without any experience In rais ing chicks. He should serve an ap prenticeship on some poultry farm, or TEACHING CHICKS TO ROOST Clean If They Are Permitted to Remain on Floor. ft Is often altlitable to teach thn chicks to roost when eight to twelve weeks old. Winn they are allowed to remain on At floor It Is dtfltcul' to keep them c'van and to keep them from crowding., 'If wide roosts, three to four Inchet. ure used there Is but little, If any, xr <re danger of crooked breasts than If the chicks are allowed to remain on tt? floor. The chicks ??,n generally be taught to roost by pitting the perches near the floor and placing with them one or two old hens i r older chicks that are tn the habit or roosting. If this plan It Inconvenient or does not prove effective, the chicks may be placed on the torches after dark for a few nights until the) have learned to go there on their owt. accord. FOWLS DEMAND PROPER FOOD Green Feed, Meat Scrape, Grain and Lime Are Required?Freeh Water fa Alto Neceaaary. Laying bens, like the milch cow, de mand proper food. A mixed ration comprising green feed, meat scrap and grain, will, with the addition of lime In seme form, supply all that Is, re quired. Fresh water la SQso a neces sity. Chaff from alfalfa or clo>er af fords green food. The former, ground ready for use, may now be bought by the pound. Hens eat It Readily. Being rich In protein it la better for laying fowls than most forms of green food, and makes necessary less meat In the ration. WslbFed Hen Pays. Are you going to allow the price of grain to cause you to underfeed your chickens? Better sell them now. It does not take a half-starred ben loDg to eat her head off. The well-fed hen will lay enough eggs to more than pay her keep. Color Affects Price. The color of eggs has something, to do, with their sale In most markets. Some prefer the brown tints and some the white. In preparing baskets for sale It la well to cater to these tastes. Put all browns in one basket, all 1 whites In another. Paper cartons for transportation, holding one dosen < eggs, can be had at paper dealers'. Brown shelled eggs are apt to be large, since most of the larger breeds of 'owls lay .colored eggs. Colo- really i has nothing to do with contents. i siai?i u, | Laying Season for Geese. If sexes are equal, geese, pair. The laying season usually opens In Feb ruary. Young ganders make better breeders than do young geese. As a 1 rule geese are tree from disease. Old geese are more reliable, and lay more eggs than do young geese, Oeese lire longer than do any of our domestic poultry. For Winter Eggs. Important as is breed, feed and care are even more necessary for good winter egg production. j. If be can, and before he (tarts out for himself, be should take a course at some recognized poultry school. After he has learned, the ways of the flock he may have some assurance of suc cess. Hut many mistakes and failures are sure to beset the patb of the Inex perienced. r : Many poultry men fall to market correctly. They either get too far away from the market or try to force themselves upon an overcrowded mar ket And they often fall to put their goods up In attractive packages and do not advertise efficiently. A good understanding of the market condi tions of a given locality is essential In building up a trade there. It Is absolutely essential to have good stock to start with. No poultry man need expect to have any success If he starts out with a flock of board ers.. The stock need not be pure bred, but It must be good enough to more than pay for its'keep. The flock must be Improved by care ful selection and by the Introduction of new strains wben necessary. Each brood of chicks must be better than the last If the poultry bu^ness Is to be a success. The boarders and the stragglers must be culled out Con stant Improvement is the surest road to success. A very common cause of failure Is Just plain neglect?neglect In cleaning up the house; neglect In spraying and In lighting lice and mites. There Is no excuse for this kind of failure. The poultry man ihould be continually on guard against Insects and diseases. And above all, he must always keep his house and his birds clean. All of these causes of failure may be summed up In one word. And that word Is "Mismanagement" The three great laws of success In poultry may be summed up as follows: Oet some experience before going into business. Improve your stock. And keep clean all the time. The only cure for mis management Is common sense, and the farmer who expects to make a suc cess out of poultry should keep a good stock of It with him. COMFORT FOR SETTING HEN Should Be Guarded Agalnat Fussy Work of Laying Fowls?Plan for Arranging tha Nest. In setting a hen well one mast see that every surrounding la the best pos sible. That the nest Is not too deep and rounding In the bottom, but near ly flat, with rounded sidee so that the eggs will lie In a single layer and not pile upon each other in a manner that Is more than likely to cause them to get broken. In cold weather It Is a good plan to line the nest box frst with paper, then the nesting straw or chalf. This pre vents the cold from getting to the eggs so easily from below. It Is essential that the setter be guarded against the fussy work of the laying hens. A laying hen .using the naflie nest will soon break up all possi bility of a good hatch. Ou the other hand, the setter must not be confined so closely that she cannot come off at will to feed and dust herself. USE ONLY GOOD INCUBATORS Many Llttls Details Require Skill and Intelligence In Operating Ma chine Successfully. r ~~ Homemade Incubators are not gen erally desirable, since they are sel dom scientifically adjusted, nor made of best materia^ nor property fitted up. The lamp. Its burner. Its wick. Us chimney, Its location for heating, all require skill and Intelligence. 80 does the body of the Incubator, as regula tor, ventilation, the moisture supplies and the tray. - Do not buy from any old firm or buy any discarded machine. Get the best by teat and give it the best that la In you. Then, keep a record of hatches from both hens and Incubator and compare results, not forgetting that your hen Is free to lay again while her first eggs are hatching. Lag* of >Blrda for Show. If ihow birds hare rough legs, bend age them In cloths spread with vase line, for a week before the show? washing them first, of course. The raaellne leaves a stain on the feath ers which Is hard to get out In the wash, so be careful to push the feath ers back and bandage under them. Onions for Poultry. Onions make an excellent feed and, chopped fine and fed to. the poultry oc casionally during the sinter, will ma terially help to keep thun In good con lltloh. Cgns for 8etting. In cold weather 11 to 13 eggs are enough for a setting hen. The number may run as high as 17 In very w^rm weather. Water Is Essential. A great amount of water Is used to form an egg. ? Tee Much Pat A sole diet of corn produces toe much fat OALRV T4CT3 WINTER FEED.FOR THE COWS Important for Dairyman to Provide an Abundance of Different Food# to Koop Up Milk Flow. (By R (?. WEATHER8TONE.) During the -winter montha It la gen erally found difficult to provide aueh food aa la neceaaary for the dairy cow to keep up the regular flow of milk. At thla aeaaon of the year feed la generally acarce?the proper kind for the dairy cow?and that which we hare on hand la often of an Inferior quality. After coming off the green freeh graaa they do not rellah each dry feed and being of an Inferior quality one will toon notice a great decroaae In the flow of milk. For this reason It la very Important for the farmer to try to provide an ik . ' ? ? A Fin* Typ* of Dairy Cow. abundance of different feed* to oak* up for thl* dry or Inferior feed. Of courae the flow of milk cannot be kept up to what they (It* during the spring and eummer when pastured, but with plenty of first-class hay, auch as alfalfa and good clover, and fine feed of bran and corn meal kept on hand that It may be fed liberally two or three times a day as slops, there will not be so much decrease In th* milk supply after all. That la. If It Is given to them liberally and regularly. Do not think It Is a waste to feed such feed when there Isn't anything but dry hay of some kind to feed on. On the latter, the cow can barely maintain her flesh, much less keep np the milk supply. When we have good clover hay and alfalfa, not so much of the bran, fine feed or meal Is required, as both, when cured properly, are very strong feeds and cattle thrive on them. 1 am not going to attempt to give the amount that should be fed, as I leave that for the dairyman to decide for himself. What I wish to Impress upon the reader's mind Is this: The necessity of having on hand always a liberal supply of bran, meal. One feed, etc., to go with the dry hay or corn fodder, which Is generally of an In ferior quality, fed at this season of the year. Without the above feed mentioned. It Is Impossible for the dairyman to obtain good results during the season when cattle are not pastured. TASK OF DEHORNING CATTLE Operation la Moat Frequently Per formed to Prevent Animals From Injuring Each Other. Cattle have been dehorned since about 1790. The operation sometimes Is performed to remove horns that are broken or otherwise Injured, but most frequently it is to prevent horned ani mals from injuring one another.t'tTsu ally tt Is considered Justifiable Ota ac count of the benefits that are derived from the operation. The growth of horns on calves may be prevented entirely by the liberal use of a strong solution of ordinary lye; or If the use of a solution Is not desirable it can be purchased at drug stores in the form of sticks known #e caustic potash. This should be ap plied immediately after birth to the place where the horn makes Its ap pearance. Care should be exercised when using 'this remedy because the" lye will eat away all the skin with which it comes in contact. Various kinds of instruments are used for the removal of the horns of older animals. If an ordinary saw ia used it should be sharp and fine, as this lessens the danger of splintering the bones of the head during the oper ation. If a large number of animals are dehorned, quicker and safer work can be done with a "dehorning in strument'' This can be purchased of any veterinary supply company for *7.60 to $10. It is best not to dehorn during the fly season. Sometimes the horn is cut close to the head and cavities are opened which become filled with mag gots If files are prevalent The ani mal suffers Intensely, If this happens, and there is a rapid loss In condition. If cavities are accidentally exposed a small piece of cotton, smeared with tar, may be applied to the wound and held In place by means of a bandage around the- head. This also Is of great value if excessive bleeding follows the operation. If maggots gain entrance to the cavities of the head tbey should be washed oat with' a weak, watery solution of ordinary dip. Feeding Skim Milk Calves. The feeding of skim milk calves during the winter months is attended by greater risks from "scours," since the mflk is fed at variable tempera tures unless the greatest ears is ex ercised, and this variation, irregu 'arity and close confinement are sura to cause the most damaging results among the animals' digestive organs. ?sll the Kicking Cow. The kicking cow will drive away the hired man and make the boys tired at farming. Send her to the bate bee, * ^
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