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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1914-04-16, Page 6P.,'• • "4. 0,0 1.!* 1i • Want, ;etre, .r3t. •11;'1• heallet rei le eel el vonit vo,!, ill or arolliti‘f 1 Ili" ,ti•104., 11r4 Unless: yoli VIAuu11,'::s ill the l'fl ,tA, weak soletien tie a eirtninon , e• mail tat dip epilideed about the lee.: house w tit 1;1 ev felt foul et odors a tel help te preserve the general health of the tinlietile. il'oo timeh teed end too little exervise art geeerany the eauses of thiinips. The reniedy is evi- dent. es. Ifisease germ.; and pueesites find tiwir kindest lin rbor in lilth. ea Clean hogs are V.f.npralls healthy hogs, free of parasites. Cleaull- ot. uess eosts little but effort. 6:41 A GOOD FARROWIND PEN. Small Pertable Huts Beet For the Sow and Litter. A farrowing eon made from fenc- ing boards, light and portable. five feet square, is one of the handy errange- Metal; On our film and Mdispellsable Th farrowing time, writes at 0. Brown in the National Stoek man This pen may he set up anywhere on the farna-in a shed, on the barn floor or in the basement. in the open barn loa ebout the straw stacks or wherever 'comfort exists for the advent of the youngsters. The dam can get no nesting material save what we give her and cannot smother her pigs in the litter. We bave cavil of our A shaped hog bunks built from matehed barn siding with open front door, and fitted in the top ridge of each is a hook upon which we hang a lighted lantern, exeluding ell frosted air from the interior. Over the dome; we tack temporarily a piece )1' Multi') with a light piece of board et the bottom, which bolds the curtain 111 place, The dam can go out for feed and the yoringaters are not exposed to the chill winds. On sunny days these curtains are fastened up and the sunshine ad- mitted. Dry nesting material adds greatfy to the health of the dam and. the thrift of the early litters and b worth while giving. THE GRADING OF SHEEP. Breeders and Feeders Should Be Sepa- rated In Winter Quarters. To make the best gains. sheep, when itrought into whiter quarters. should i. spared into several different tleelce. The breeding ewes should be eela separate from the la nibs, rams end the feeding flock. Weak. thin ewes should be separately yarded so Ciat they may get their share of the teed. Rams should be kept in lots of ample size so as to allow Bien) plenty of egereise. 13y taking these precautions and reg- nIarlY providing the flocks with suita- ble feed and an eteleanrice Cif fresh "tter and by shellei lire them in clean, well ventilated quarters success in sheep husbandry is assured, according to Frank Kleinheinz, shepherd of the Wiaconsie experiment statiou flocks. The choice of feed depends to a large extent upon the condition in which the ()reeding flocks enter winter quarters. There are several breeds of sheep which run naturaay to good size. Take the Shropshires, the Hamp- shires, the 01..torila, the Lincolns, the Cotswolds or the Cheviots, all of whia are incitimd to grow to good size, and one will make no mistake in feeding and breeding foi meat. These sheep all produce lambs fredy, and the lambs are as thrifty and fast to grow as are the old sheep, soon cowing to marrket- able size. most of these sheep, too, may be classed as twin bearing, an- other point In their favor. The Illustration shows a Cheviot wether. if in good flesh and having iiceess to good roughage, such as ;lover. millet, alfalfa bay and roots or corn silage, hordly any grain is necessary. but if the sheep are in a thim weak condition no Mine should be iost in supplying them with hearty grain rations. Oth. tn•WiSif% teSilltS it lambing dale will be illeti ppointing. Pure water simile! tie seppued the tioek at all tittles, and salt should be kept where the sheep may hey.; reedy trevese to It. Sneeeasfu/ Orel:masters eensitiet it a eeriime mistake tO pro- vide their sheep with salt but occa- thriatilv. for under these eonditions they aro apt to et too much, which oftentimes reuses excessive drinking Of water and a derangement of the di- gestive organs. * Raising Hogs Cheaply. In raising hogs cheaply It is neees- entry to begin with the sows. They must be fed Well in order to produce a good litter of strong, eigorone pip. Ottte4 are a selendid feed. l'hey are a balanced food. Corn Is not snit - (Ole. It la too fattening. Als0 peorlde plenty Of pure Water. EXerelee ItWoeSsary. This can be proltided by twins, ow aata ah a feeding floor, *tottering it thinly. It is not deco. ow, te trrind tbe Otte., iseeo•oosecoes000**•0***••• • • • • T li E M I I, K M A K E R. • • e — • * l Miit the leithing votv three • • • • times a day. • • • o Is your barn prep:ter d for the • • cold wintry weather? • • • • Put a little bran in the bottom • • of the pail when the ran has : re * drunk his milk and he will read- • il • • y learn to eat it. •• • You cannot expeet a cow to • • o give large miantifiee of milk: tin- • less she has Dimity of feed an • d • • • quantities of water. • • An aecount should be kept •• • • with every vow. Tee way to ale- • • O termite; her Vallti.. is be rising: • the settles and. the Ilabeoek test. • (a e Other thize.,; 11(4142: equ•al, the • • largest yields of milk item -illy • • • O represent the largest protits. . e• o Not one VOW baia 'll iu 111'11(1re:el • • a has windows etiough. o . _ .. .. ...... !' t 8 0000000000000000000610001110 I EASING FALL COLTS. Pays to Cre.sil F.lor,-.ic That 1-Irvo Flad • to Get In Fere: fa tee teerenp. Every. seeean the termer ie fettled on to solve the fee ;let problem. fitle 01 t Wo, iterhups it, hi,.; 1118 1,1153 Iliftsc. In tf10 Stifilig, 1)1(1 Ol1if58 1' bie&'ils tlit'i 11 the 1111 be must 0:41ti whole yeer in his horse breed- ing department, says. J. V. Abingdon .n the National Stoelentan. At tin: best, he must lose six or eight monthe. Shall he let that go as so inueh lost enyway and six months more on top id it, waiting till spring to breed the mares once more, or shall he breed them in the full and so save half the year? That is the question to be set- tled. It is not a matter on which there is absolute unaniinIty. Some say they have no lurk with fall colts and so never try to raise them. Others al- ways breed the mares that miss in the spring. while still a third school main- tains that fall colts pay and do better than spring colts and that mares should be mated in the spring only to fill in the time lost by their failure to breed to the fall service. With this last school I have no patience. 1 do The illustration shows a two-year- old grade Percheron filly which was dropped in the fall. She Was fed sweet whole milk from a cow to make up for the grass denied her. She got a couple of quarts twice a day. But if whole milk is not avail- able four or five quarts of sweet Warm separator milk will do very ell. A point to temember in the ease of a fall colt is that it must have plenty of exercise, a clean bed and all the grain it will clean U p in addition to the milk. Fresh water should etways be within Its reach. bowever, that a farmer is wise .0 breed iu the fall one or two value - de producers that failed to settle in he spring. There is not much to be gained by baying the mare but half gone in her pregnancy daring spring work, fox nowadays fall work, such as gang plowing, bauling the corn binder, haul- ing the manure spreader and the like, is a task about the same, no matter what season of the year undertaken, :Ind the need for caution is just as great in the fall as it is in the spring. It is six of one and half a dozen of the other, so the matter simmers down to the choice between losing six months or a whole year. Fall colts can be raised as prontably as spring colts for the reason that what they eat during the first months is seldom missed. When six months old or thereabouts they go out on the grass and if well fed make a eontinuous growth, but never quite so good as a spring colt does when given exactly the same treatment. There Is something about the action of the grass in the young stontaell that na- ture requires and which is denied to the fall born youngster. Age to Breed Sows. Breeders are not agreed as to the proper age at which sows should be first bred. Some declare it more profit- able to breed immature or youngsows. Professor Coburn says: "Eight menthe ola is as young as it is judieious or proper to breed them, and we would much prefer to have them a year old before letting, them to the boar. The pigs from large, old sows will be more in number and frequently double in size of the others at a Month old, and with the saMe care they will frequent- ly Weigh 50, per cent More at nine or twelVe menthe old." CASTOR IA Tor Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Beare the Signature Of 444. itI LLL Fthi a'4i1 It is not poseible to give a ration that will suit all VOIlltitioliS fill kinde of vows. In generai. 'toe ever, It may be vied that the tirst requisite of an ideal rather tor a geed awry cow is to feed all the vougnage ison- ing crop, hay, snug.- roots. et will eat up clean and Olfe of concentrates (bran, ebop, lends or grain, soy bean meal. ete.1 for each three to four pounds of milk she Iwo - duces. In most cases it will be found that this will be just 'about all she will eat ,regularly witbout going oll feed. The second requisite in an ideal ration Photo by Long Island experiment station. For milk production the Holstein cow Is unexcelled. Other breeds of dairy cattle give milk testing high- er In butter fat, but for perform- ance at the pail the Holstein stands pre-eminent. The photograph here reproduced shows a few of the COWS of a herd of FIolsteins main- tained at Sayville. N. Y., by W. 15, Slater. Recently twenty-four of this herd were shipped to the Arizona State hospital. Nothing but pure breds are kept M the herd. Is that it should be nutritious. The ra tion should be sufficiently bulky on the one hand to fully distend the stem- acb and other digestive organs, and at the same time there sinned be enough digestible material to fully rueet the requirenieuts or the animal. Practical experience Is renehecl when about two- thirds of the total dry matter of the ration is In the form of I migtage and one-third in the form of concentrates. In addition to this an Ideal ration should be palatable so that an animal will eat it with relish. While little Is known cementing the effect of pal- atability, it Is certainly true that of two feeds alike in all others respects the one most readily eaten by the ani- mal will be the [nom effective. The secretion of milk seems to be Intimately connected with the water content of the food. The Ow needs a large amount of water to drink, but aside from this there is a demand for feeds containing a high percentage of water, such as green forage, silage, roots, etc. The cow's digestion is kept In much better tone when such feeds, are used. To have an exact balance between the protein and the earbohydrates and fat is not so important us was once thought; for milk production It is nec- essary to have a larger amount of protein than for beef animals, but a dairy ration is now considered fairly satisfactory if the nutritive ration falls anywhere between 1:4.4 and 1:6.5. Last of all the ideal ration should be composed of such feeds as will fur- nish the largest amount of digestible nutrients at the lowest cost. This ne- cessitates the liberal use of home grown feeds with proper selection of those which must be purchased. -A. B. Nystrom, Washington Experiment Sta- tion. Handling Hogs In Winter. The successful bog growers use a little system in handling their fall and winter hogs the same as they do when handling other valuable stock. If the farmer wants his pigs to grow as fast as possible he will probably give them a mixture of 95 per tent corn chop and 5 per cent tankage the flrst thing in the morning, lEle will then slop the herd along about 9 or 10 o'clock. Be will give the herd just enough feed at both of these times so they will clean it up and be slightly anxious for more. Alfalfa hay will be in evidence at all times. The hogs will be slopped again auout 3 or 4 o'elock in the afternoon and given chop and tankage again the last thing in the evening. This is one method of feeding. There are others. Remedy For Horse Itch. Horses seem sometimes to be affect, ed with a serious Itching of the skin at the roots of the mane and likewise the roots of the hair about the tall whleh cannot be attributed to liee. The remedy which is suggested for an in. feetion of Ms kind Is to thoroughly wash the part affected with soap and water and after drying apply an iodine ointment, rubbing it in carefully. The iodine ointraent may be made by talc. Ing one-half dram of iodide of potash and one ounce of lard. Laxative food and a four ounce dose of salts until the bowels are moving well will be a benefit to the horses in this condition, Intestinal worms, and especially pin worm, occasionally cause more or loss rubbing of tbe tall. Watering the Horse. Always water the horse after he hut eaten his hay at night. Do not go to bed leaving hina thiraty fl night. Wk NG A ICI S. ‘iiii L 16 1914 • 1 le: ;Plea re a tfeie e t, DatIffer WISDOM, .4* t 0 if* 11 't* 4.1 Ile sure the valves tette 0 warm and suuny eorliet In the hem fiethe winter No young thing grows well in the dark. Peed a layer from the top of the silo every day to prevent waste. !hat Attempt to ent out sec- tions of dm ensilage, for it will spoil for several Mello on all exposed sides. Por the milking herd clover or alfalfa hay and wheat bran and ()amine with ensilage will make a most satisfnetory 1111(1 econom- ical ration. (let a tboroughbred butter bred bull van' now. if you have none, and grow him well to be. gin to improve your dairy herd. float year. \Vitli a good duiry sire and a careful selection of heifer calves from the best cows a man of moderate means can lu a few years own it herd that will com- pare ,favorably in production with horde of pure blood. f;; *e 44 etateee:eeekeSe-aaaearaeleaatraeleiteteaeleteeetea4: SHEDS FOR SHEEP. Buildings Should Be Made With Wide Doors to Prevent Crowding. Many ewe Iambs are lost in the win- ter through crowding In yards aud pens. It is natural for sheep to crowd together, and they therefore require plenty of room, writes a correspondent of the Iowa Homestead. They also need to be kept in small apartments set off from the Main sheffir so that one band cannot trespass on the place of any other. I believe that fifty are enough to be kept in onc shed, and if this sbed is twice as long as wide and has a door at one end and all oors at tbe side opposite the feed racks everything in the shed will be most convenient, en- trance as well as exit beiug conven- ient and safe. Pregnant ewes should be kept in pens or sheds lace these. Sheds shoula be made outside of convenient yard, forming oue side of the yard. The froite of the sheds in- side tbe yards should be all doors, and these should not open In the usual way, but be made to slide on rollers, by which they are hung to the front of ttiliadieeeraieetetatienttetate-eieeeleetteteeeeee SHEPHERD AND FLOCK. The root crop fed to the thy% • now will be the key to success, says the Farm Journal. Roots . go a long way in giving tone • to the general health of the llook. If you haven't euough clover hay for all winter save It for the time when the la In bs come. Roots fed with the grain make both doubly valuable. It is poor economy to feed othy hay to sheep. 'Sbeep are the most timid and nervous creatures, and fear or uervons excitement Is always very damaging. hill up low platys iit the sheep yard, and tolerate no wet or icy places where the sheep exercise. ++++++++++++++++++++++++44 e... CARE OF HORSES' FEET, -- Many Excellent Animals Ruined by Im- proper Treatment, Good and bed feet are largely Inher- ited in horsesyet very often good feet are ruined by bad treatment, writes J. L, Miamian In the National Stock- man. If colts are foaled with crooked feet and espeeially if the hind feet turn over sideways you can soon rem- edy this trouble by keeping inside of bottom of foot rasped down and toe cut back a little, leaving the outside alone. A. few trimmings will make the foot straight. Thus every producer of horses should be the owner of a good horseshoer's, rasp and use it when needed. While horses are going without shoes a good rasp should be kept close at hand so all irregularities of feet may be kept rasped off. The feet of horses allowed to stand too long on a dry, hard floor or on a pile of heated ma- nure are apt to get too ,dry and hard, in which case 1 should recommend a little fish oil rubbed on the upper edge of the hoof just at the edge of the hair, not over the shell of the hoof, because it would shut the air and moisture out. If put on at juncture of hoof and hair the hoof will take up the oil, and it will help to grow and toughen the hoof. I have known horses to stand on hot manure until it burnt all of the 'lower part of the -hoof out. It is a splendid idea to keep horses on the ground all you can. Continuous It Is better to grow into the sheep business than to go into it, and the question with most farmers should be, "How can I raise better Iambs and more desirable wool per head from the 110011 that I now have?" This can be done by using Pare bred rams of certain well known breeds. Most writers advocate rais- ing "full bloods" and are opposed to crossbreeding, but that is not al- ways practical for the average farmer. The inustra,tion show g a pure bred Ryeland ram. the building. Sheds of this sort com pletely prevent accidents which other wise would be happening continually through the crowding oe the sheep go- ing in or out of the sheds. It will rarely be necessary to move these doors, as they may be open all the time with convenience. There may. however, be stormy weather at times; then the sheep, the lambs especially, may need protection, when the doors may be closed. Handles should be put on the doors with which to move them The rule should always be in all re- spects in the management of sheep that all accidents should be provided against, and then there will be no losses to be regretted when It is too late. Had Salt Rheum. Could Scarcely Do Work. Skin diseases are invariably due to bad or impoverished blood, and while not usually attended with fatal results are nevertheless very distressing to the average person. Among the Most prevalent are: Salt Rheum, Eczema, Tetter, Rash, Boils, Pimples, and Itching Skin Eruptions. I3urdock Blood Bitters drives out all the humor from the blood, and makes it pure and rich, Mrs. Ellwood Nesbitt, Ansley, Ont., writes: -"I had Salt Rheum so bad I could scarcely do my work. I took two treatments of doctor's medieine, but they did inc no good. A friend told me his wife had had Salt Rheum, and that Burdock Blood Bitters had cured her, so I got a bottle, and before I had it all taken my hand vras better." Burdock Blood Bitters is manufac- tured only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. The draft breed of horses that stands second in importance to the Percheron in France is the Houton- nals. A picture of the head and chest of a stallion of that breed is shown herewith. An American ad- mirer of the Boulonnais said re- cently: "It would do some of our horse deaiers good to see these pa- tient beasts, harnessed to those great springiess long bodied carts In the streets of Boulogne, moving with a quick, agile stride, and a load, including the vehicle, of well over four tons behind them. The Boulonnais Is a fast walker and moves straight forward with the head held aloft, exhibiting the greatest ease in his movements." shoeing is ruinous to any horse's feet unless frequently changed. 1 know of horses allowed to carry their shoes for three months, and some until they are ;worn off. No wonder so many horses' feet are ruined. We frequently see colts shut in stables for all winter and no attention paid to their feet, and by spring their hoofs are two or three and even four inches too long and pasterns sprung back and toes turned up until you would declare that both feet and pasterns were ruined. Yet when prop- erly trimmed and turned out to pas - tare they soon come all right Blacksmiths often damage a horse's foot by holding redhat shoes too long at one place and by making shoes too short and narrow, producing contract. ed hoofs, corns, side bones, etc. Black- smiths are often in a hurry and some- times Et the foot to the shoe instead of the shoe to the foot, which Is the prop- er way. A.nother fault of too many smiths is they do not cut or trim enough from the bottom of the foot and, on the other hand, cut back too much of the shell in order to make the foot fit the shoe, exposing too much of the tissues of the foot, thus allowing water to sbak In and oil to evaporate. The enamel or coating of the hoof should not be broken or removed more than possible. ' Warding Off Milk Fever. Colvs may come down with milk fever during any season of the year on nevr green grass as well as on winter feed, but the attacks are most eoun mon in winter and spring, before turn- ing on grass. One attack makes a core prone to a second, but that may be warded off by ample exercise and light, laxative rations during the last two months of pregnancy. The cow should be dried off tit least six weeks before calving. Feed plenty of bran and fiaXseed meal to keep the bowels freely open and make the cow take outdoor exercise every day. Milk the affected teats three Nines a day, mark, isaging the quarters thoroughly at each milking time, and at night rub them- oughdr with it mixture et one part dad). of Auld extract ot pokeroat tuti belladonna leaves and ttbt parts warm melted lard or sweet oil. rel 'VT 1;rid EMIn Lirit 11 5 LL A free motion of the bowels daily should tie.: rive of every elle, for if the bowels 1 111.;te deity conetipation is sure to brute- lflite train, many other al.:teats tlw UOWC1S 11CCOMC clop.ed . iju get Ittundlee, Piles, ..a.•:ei;.urn, Floating' Specks before the i ce, eatterrli of the Stomach, and those Leal weary feelings wbieh follow the witeig action of the liver. 3e1r3. Elijah A. Ayer, Fawcett Hill, writes.. -"I was troubled with con- stipation for many years, and about three years ago my husband wanted me to try Milburn's Laxa-Iaver Pills as they had cured hint. I got a vial, and took them, and by the time I had taken three vials I was cured. I always keep them on hand, and when I need a mild laxative I take one," Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills are 25c. a vial, 5 vials for $1.00, at all dealers, or mailed direct ori receipt of price by The .r. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. HOW TO START THE AUTO, 1. Crank the engine. 2. Remove spark -plug, empty carbur- eter and crank the engine. 3. Sandpaper the fly -wheel, fill up the radiator -and crank the engine. 4. Kick the pup, blow cigarette smoke into the exhaust pipe- and crank the engine. 5. Test the batteries, smash some- thing inexpensive, empty the gasoline tank - and crank the engine. ;. 0. Repeat a verse from the Koran, recite "A man's'a man for a' that" tie a wet towel around the cylinders, take off the oil cups -and crank the engine. 7. Take the motor enthely apart, put it together again with your fingers cross- ed, drop a quarter in the tank -and crank the engine. 8. Crank the engine suddenly without doing anything else. This often sur- prises it into running. 9. Turn your coat inside out, oil the cylinders, throw away the gasoline ••-• -• , HEST AHD HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHILD. UPS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING STROP has been ased for over SIXTY YUARS by MILLIONS ef MOTHURS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTEN.S the GUMS ALLAYS all PAIN; cORESVIND COLIC, and is the best remedy for DIARRHCEA. It is ab. solutely harmless, Be sure and ask for "Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup,' and take nO other chid. Twenty-fivs cents a bottle. strainer, stuff a cushion in the fly -wheel' -and crank the engine. 10. Repeat the names of the prophets in Arabic, put a gum drop in the cylin- der, spit tobacco juice all over the front tire, connect the batteries with your watch, take off your necktie, yell into gasoline tank -and crank the engine. There isn't the least sense in any of these rules, yet each one has started an engine it its time. Ald, G. N. Gorden of Peterboro' has resigned to accept the position of City Sol.citor. Daniel Johnston of Forest, Ont, President of the Ontario Fruit Grower's Association, has been made head of the fruit branch of the Department of Agri- culture, which has been separated from the dairy branch. To prevent wall paper cracking on a board partition, paste cheesecloth on on the partition, and after it is thor- oughly dry, paste on thewall paper. "For God's Sake, Let Me Stay!'" He pleaded 'with all the intensity his weakened body and soul could master. His voice trembled, Tears lurked in his strained, anxious eyes. "I have traveled for two days on the train," he said. "I have been turned oub of my boardinghouse. I have been burped oub of a hotel in my own teen. The local hospital refused me admission. Nobody wants me. For God's sake, doctor, leb me stay." This man had been a railway conductor. He had money to pay for his needs; so he applied. to the Muskoka Cottage Sanatorium for treatment of the disease -which held his life in its grip -consumption. Bat those sufforerswithoutmoneyandwithoutfriends, whab of them? With their hopeless know- ledge that people shun them, they believe it futile to seek relief. If their lives are to be spared they must be sought out and sup- plied with nourishment, medicine, and treatment. To do this costs money. Will you contribute a trifle to help in this effort to save lives? Please act quickly. Winter has brought keen suffering. Contributions to the Muskoka Free Hos- pital for Consumptive( will be gratefully acknowledged by W. J. Gage, Chairman Executive Committee, 84 Spaclina Avenue, or R. Dunbar, Secretary - Treasurer, 347' King Street West, Torouto. 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