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Show IHB UEfTJJH Winter Feed for Farm Work Horse RAfr EAISES3 RAISING CHICKENS She wrote to a poultry journal was much to her liking and wondered how long the hen should remain on the eggs. The 'editor wrote; Three weeks for chickens and four weeks for ducks. Later she wrote to the poultry journal ag follows: Many thanks for your advice about the setting hen. She remained on the nest three weeks, and at the end of that time there were no chickens hatched. As I did not care for ducks, I took her off the nest and sold the eggs. Everybodys Magazine. that poultry raising Idle Animals Do Well on Roughages Supplemented With Grain. (Prepared Ur the United State ef Asrloalntre.) Iertnat The ideal method ef wlatarlng idle or light working, farm horsot t one that will bring them through to spring with normal weight, renewed vitality, and increased energy. Obviously the winter ration should be different from that for the other seasons. The liberal use of roughage, supplemented with the right amounts and kinds of other nutritious feeds, will maintain a horse properly during the winter. Idle farm horses, except brood mares and growing stock, ordinarily do well on a ration composed largely of the coarser hays, straws and corn fodder. Cornstalk fields, e fields, or pastures which have not been closely grazed during the summer are very desirable sources of a large part of the winter maintenance feed for such stock. It is often advisable to supplement the coarser roughage with a moderate supply of legume such as alfalfa, clover, vetch, or cowpea hay. sorghum, These hays are not only rich In pro-- . tein and mineral matter, but, being somewhat laxative In effect, they also help to keep the digestive tract in good condition. They are especially valuable when fed with straw and similar feeds, for when so used a supplemental ration of grain Is unnecessary. The drinking of an abundance of pure water by the horse will tend to increase the utilization of dry roughage. If impracticable to feed a legume hay, a small quantity of grain, preferably oats, or, if more economical, corn or barley, will serve to maintain the horse in thrifty condition. One or two bran mashes a week or a little linseed meal each day will help to keep the system in good condition and prevent Impaction resulting from consumption of large amounts of coarse roughage improperly supplemented. Salt for Horses. An average of about three-fourtouiPe of salt daily is sufficient for most horses, except those doing heavy work or when on dry feed. The condition of the horse that has been properly cared for in the open through the winter is usually better than that of the stable horse. In some sections of the country, however, weather conditions do not permit wintering horses outdoors. Where the animals must be kept in stables, these should be made as sanitary and comfortable as posAn abundance of light and sible. proper ventilation of the stable throughout the entire year are essential for complete sanitation and the health of the horse. A system of venventilators tilation with and regoff foul air will tend to carry ulate the temperature, especially in colder climates. It is important that the horse be protected from direct drafts. Where windows are relied upon for both light and ventilation they should be high up from the floor, and open inwardly from the top. Stalls must be bedded, and cleaned daily, in order to keep them dry and sanitary. best if Clay floors afte doubtless the attended correctly built and properly to. They must be kept smooth, with than slightly more slope for drainage of floors, is required for other types however. Grass Paddock Helps. wth the stable, a large connection In a paddock or inclosure, especially to sodded one, helps considerably are wo$ed irregu- fceej? horses Jhat grain-stubbl- soy-bea- n, h floor-outl- et A dairy cow requires an ounce of more of salt a day. This is one of those big little things that we often neglect. A cow just must have salt regularly in order to properly digest her food. The people of this country ate 322,729,000 gallons of ice cream in 1925, thats twice as much as they spooned up in 1915, and a real tidy help to the dairy industry. Winter is just ahead, and are you ready for it? Of course there will be two or three mpnths of lovely weather, but a cold raing night may happen along any time and when it does those cows ought to have a good clean bed, where they will be If protected from the weather. there isnt an open shed, have the barn ready to keep them. A little care now will pay all winter. larly in fit condition. The exercise and grass thus made available are This exercise In the both beneficial. open will help to guard against filled hocks, azoturia Monday morning sickness) and other troubles. A further aid to the health consists In thorough grooming. As spring approaches the horse must be put into condition for the heavy work ahead. This fitting period varies with the condition of the animal, ordinarily lasting from two to four weeks. A young horse, especially one just broken, requires longer than the mature animal. At this time the winter ration, consisting largely of coarse roughages, should gradually give way y to a smaller feed of hay of small a and grain three quantity This ration should be times daily. increased until, with the beslowly a of work, light ginning horse will receive dally about fourteen or fifteen pounds of hay. This gradual change from coarse roughage to good quality feed will have prepared the digestive tract for handling eighteen to nineteen pounds of grain and sixteen to eighteen pounds of hay, which the horse will need when doing heavy work. Along with the more nourishing ration the work of the horse must be increased by degrees until he can, without everexer-tlon- , do a full days work. (so-calle- d finer-quallt- 1,400-poun- d fine-quali- ty Waste of Plant Food by Management of Manure PAGE THREE Christmas Plum Pudding:. cups ground suot cups bread crumbs cups flour 2 2 2 2 cut the hen that vcffit cups currants cup finely cut citron cup finely cut figs tablespoon finely cut orange peel tablespoon finely cut lemon peel 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger 4 teaspoon ground cloves teaspoon ground nutmeg 4 teaspoon ground mace 2 N 1 1 1 1 Uas 1 1 1 . hay. farwier objects to new eee them tried. he wants wise t-- Farming is generally free from the anfievirable extremes of wealth and poverty. Cleanliness is next to coolness In keeping food in a refrigerator from spoiling. tablespoon salt cup water cup grape or other fruit juice Mix thoroughly all dry ingredients FARM-MOTES and add fruit; stir in water and fruit juice and mix thoroughly. Add more water if necessary to make stiff Alfalfa is the best hog pasture. dough. Fill greased molds 3 full and steam five or six hours. This pudding should be prepared and Liming lifts crop yields, and with cooked a week or more before used. them, the farm mortgage. Before serving steam one hour and serve with hard, lemon or foamy sauce. Instead of candy, make sweets to tuck in the school lunch boxes by 52 Are Killed in Michigan Mine grinding together in the meat chopper 1 pound of figs, 1 pound of dried Ishpeming Mich. Hope that any of prunes or seedless raisins (or both) men unaccounted for in the forty-fivMix mine and 1 pound of nut meats. the cavein at the Barnes-Hecke- r out roll about until are still alive has been abandoned. thoroughly, half an inch thick on a board dredgSeven bodies recovered at 6 oclock ed with confectioners sugar, and Thursday night bring the total vic- cut into mall pieces, or make into tims of the disaster to 52. All efforts in rolled the sugar. Wrap in are now being directed at the recovery balls, to keep. of the bodies. Daylight saw a bailer, paraffin paper set up under the glare of floodlight during the night, biting into the tangled mass of mud, rock and timber, Chester H. Hartman, Prop that bars the way from the surface to believed is which it Breeder of Purebred Cotswold the first level, in several bodies are. These are thought Sheep and Barred Rock Chickens to be those of miners who, warned by MT. EMMONS, UTAH the blast of air and rumbling which followed the cavein, made an attempt to escape, only to be caught by the falling debris in sight of the surface. Uintah Meadows Dairy Assn Other bodies, believed entombed on the second and third levels of the mine may not be recovered for days. 2-- e CRESCENT PARK Miners Making Peace Nearer London Peace in the coal fields is in sight. It has not yet come, but is distinctly nearer through' the meditation of the council of the trades union congress and various more or less se-- J cret conferences held between the in- terested parties the least few days. A; setlement of the prolonged strike, now in its eighth month, is talked of for the near future, but, in view of the many previous hitches, such a speedy end is hardly looked for. The ground is more favorable for peace, because, although the miners have failed to induce their brother unions to place an embargo on coal movements or make a forced levy to help the strike, the trades union congress has showed its 10,000 from its good will be voting funds to help the miners over the set- tlement and by suggesting to the mem-- ; bers of the congress that they should voluntarily levy a penny a day on themselves to aid the strikers funds. Australia Starts Suffrage. Statute Melbourne, Australia A bill conon women was adOn many farms much of the plant ferring sex equality of food in manure Is wasted by careless opted by the legislative assembly dissex removes all bill The Victoria. methods of handling. Not every farm women can afford a covered manure shed, but qualifications in the way of or entering the profesit takes little additional labor to place holding offices were Women sions. given suffrage In in the from barns manure compact 1908. piles where the losses from leaching to does allotf It than minimized, are The last green tomatoes have It to spread In a shallow open pile all over the- barnyard. The most efficient many uses. They ipakd good pickway to handle manure Is to haul It les and chow chow, and also marma out to the field In a spreader as fast lade; they can be used for pie filas produced, but this practice la not ling, for mock mince meat and be served fried. always feasible. - gear hoarders shevid pvt the gate teaspoons Baking Powder oups sugar cups seeded raisins 2 2 Northrup King & Co. of Minneapolis, Minn. r Have an agent at MYTON And will be in the market all season for Alfalfa Seed Show us your sample be fore Selling. . |