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Show Dalrr Nutes. An original scheme to get a big attendance at-tendance p.t a dairymen's convention was tried at Palmyra Missouri. Those people that attended the convention from points other than Palmvra were very much surprised at the large local attendance. Men, women and children seemed to take an extraordinary Interest Inter-est in dairying, as shown by their presence in the assembly room and the overflow into the corridors. On Friday one of the potent causes for the large attendance came to light in the awarding award-ing to a 10-year-old boy outside of the hall of a Jersey calf. A local dairyman dairy-man had offered the calf as a premium to the boy under 15 years of age who would secure the most names of people that would agree to be present at the dairymen's convention at least once. Four boys entered the contest. The prize was won by Elmer Young, who secured over 1.300 names. . "Buff Jersey" uses the stave silo, and likes . it. He covers the staves with coal tar, doing this vork before the staves are set up. His method of coating the staves is to lay them down side by side and go over them with a broom dipped in tar. When the staves have dried on one side he turns them over and treats the other sides in the same way. The edges are treated the same as the sides. He says that previous pre-vious to this summer he never has been fortunate enough to have silage for summer use, and that there was never a time when he needed it more. He found it to be superior to grass for the production of milk, and even on grass at its best he fed the cows a ration of silage. At the Missouri dairymen's convention conven-tion the questions of pasturing and soiling were incidentally discussed. It is evident that both systems are good, the one to be adopted in any locality depending on the particular conditions 'existing there. Some of the Missouri farmers say that pasturage is cheaper for them than to soil; and probably they are right. Buff Jersey, living on high-priced land in Illinois, says that he cannot afford to devote land to pasture pas-ture purposes, but finds soiling mora' profitable; and he is right The valua of land ha3 much to do with the solution solu-tion of the problem. Chicken Notes.' In cold weather keep your eyes open and the cracks in the hen house closed. Too many chickens in one flock afford af-ford a favorable field for disease. Give the moulting hens plenty of oats with sharp grit. Have your poultry house so well made that artificial heat is not needed. During' tub" summer and fall it is well to look ahead and provide a sup- my ui vegetaDies for the poultry during dur-ing the winter. Onions are a tonic for the fowls. Sugar beets are fine; so are carrots, mangoes, rutabagas and other vegetables. Cabbage is always appreciated, appre-ciated, and the chickens will not fuss if the heads are not all sound. They will eat melons, pumpkins and squash, and jump all day at a sunflower hung just above their heads on the wall. To pick ducks, place an inch of water wa-ter in a large tin vessel over a hot fire. Lay two small sticks of wood two inches high in the vessel. When the water boils place the fowl on tho sticks, cover, and steam two minutes. Both feathers and down will come off easily and without the least injury from the steam. Price of Milk to the Farmers. In the creamery business there is nothing of greater importance than the price the farmer is to receive for his milk. Instead Of trying to pay as little as possible for milk, the creamery cream-ery managers should try to pay as much as possible. It is essential that the farmer make money out of the creamery business, else he will lose enthusiasm in the business of mlllr producing. A good price for his milk stimulates the farmer to produce more milk, which in turn increases the profits of the creamery, as no increase of investment is required to enable It to handle the larger amount of milk. When a farmer gets dissatisfied with the price he is receiving for milk he goes to disposing of it in some other way or gives up entirely the production produc-tion of milk. Success In Swine Raisins;. &.ny man that expects to succeed in the business of hog raising must have a good foundation on which to start The man that builds a house on a poop foundation is sure to have abundant cause to regret it in the years to come. The same is true of the man that tries to build up a hog-raising industry on anything but a firm foundation. Good foundation stock costs something, but it Is a cost that cannot be avoided Right feeding and right breeding are essentials after the good foundation is secured. Some men take good hogg and make a success with them, while others will take just as good animals and make a failure with them. To succeed, it is necessary to learn how. |