The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1923 Page: 3 of 12
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Daily Rations for Draft
Horses, Mares and Colts
ExptrlmeuUl and demonstration
work by the University of Missouri
College of Agriculture abowa:
That draft horses averaging in
weight approximately 1,000 pounds
and V deb did AS hours a day aver-
age farm work, required an average
dally ration of 14.01 pounds of gralu
and 17.12 pounds of timothy hay.
That brood mures may be used effi-
ciently for farm work, but the yearly
feed required by them Is 20 per cent
greater than the cost of feed required
by gelding or "dry” mares doing the
same work.
That brood mares working and
nursing foals required 47 per cent
more grain and 32 per cent more hay
daily during the suckling period than
dry mares.
That foals during the suckling
period consumed an average dally ra-
tion of 3.5S ppuinls of grain and 1.35
pounds of hay, in addition to their
mother’s milk.
That draft colts consumed an aver-
oge dully ration of fl.08 pounds grain,
7.42 pounds hay dally from weaning
time until they were turned In pas-
ture in the spring, it period of 219
days, during which time they gained
830 pounds and weighed at the close
of the period 830 pounds.
That It required 4.40 pounds of
grain and 4.83 pounds of hay to pro-
duce one pound gain on draft colts
from weaning time until turned on
pasture the next spring.
That In using u grain ration com-
posed of 2 parts corn, 2 parts outs,
1 part bran, it required 10.40 bushels
of corn, 18.30 bushels of oats and
202.9 pounds of bran to keep draft
colts in good growing condition from
weaning time until they were turned
on pasture.
That 15 pounds of corn sllnge, 8
pounds oat straw, fed with 8 pounds
grain is a satisfactory ration for
horses doing light work during the
winter months.
Sows Must Have Exercise
as Farrowing Time Nears
As farrowing time approaches the
sow should be in good condition, but
not fat. If growth-producing feeds
have been used during pregnancy and
the ration kSpt bulky by using ground
oats, ground alfalfa or skim milk, the
sow should be in this shupe. Watch her
carefully, making tier exercise each
day. A few days before she Is to far-
row put her In a pen and let hor be-
come accustomed to her surroundings.
Include a little wheat bran or linseed
oil meal In her ration to prevent cost-
iveness, which is common at this time.
The farrowing i*>n should be dry and
well ventilated. Spread straw on the
ground, but not enough to let her build
a deep nest. Pieces of 2 by 4 nnlled
around the outside of the farrowing
pen about eight Inches from the floor
and eight Inches from the wall will
tend to keep the sow from crushing her
pigs against the walls.
After farrowing, the sow should re-
ceive no feed for from 24 to 30 hours,
being given only lukewarm water. She
should then be fed a small amount of
feed for a day or so, and the ration
can then be gradually Increased. The
bulky feeds used durtiyc pregnancy are
not in order now, for the gains secured
on the suckling pigs will be the most
efficient gains they will ever make.
8klm milk tankage, ground oats, mid-
dlings and linseed meal are all good to
supply bone-and-muscle-maklng ma-
terial, while corn or barley may be used
liberally In combination with any of
the above mentioned feeds.
Good mothers with large litters will
usually lose flesh, despite the most lib-
eral feeding.—T. J. Maynard, Animal
Husbandry Department, Colorado Ag-
ricultural College.
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Cowpeas With Corn Will
Cheapen Pork Production
Besides the immediate benefits of
cowpeas with corn and cheapening
pork production, there is much suving
In labor of harvesting the crop, and
the fertility of the soil Is Increased
through ull of the waste matter being
fed directly back Into It. The general
fertility und productiveness of the land
will be materially Increased through a
deposit of an even coat of fertiliser
and humus matter.
Age to Wean Laqlbe.
Lambs should be weanpl wjten they
see about three or four ffionths of age.
I'nless this Is' donn they will nurse
until lute In the full and cause the
ewes, to go Into winter quarters in
poor flesh.
Condition of Hen House
Factor in Productivity
The condition of their winter quar-
ters Is a potent factor In the pro-
ductivity of poultry flocks. Only
healthy, contented hens produce eggs
in paying numbers. While on range
most hens both lay and pay, because
conditions are such that they are per-
fectly healthy. Sanitation then takes
care of Itself and constant exercise,
coupled with natural selection of food
having widely differing properties,
gives ideal conditions for high pro-
duction. Because conditions differ
widely In these particulars during the
seasons when fowls are confined, re-
sults are not as satisfactory.
"To counteract unsatisfactory re-
sults,” says A. C. Smith, poultry hus-
bandry leader at University Farm,
“proper sanitary measures must bs
practiced. Begin by putting the young
Hock In a clean house tills fall. Clean
anil disinfect the house thoroughly,
lteiuove and burn all floor und nest
litters. Itemove all fittings, such us
nest, roost, roosting plutforms, and
water stands; clean and paint with a
good liquid disinfectant. Kerosene to
which 1ms been added u little strong,
.crude carbolic acid serves tin* purpose,
as do several commercial disin-
fectants.
"Brush down the walls and ceiling,
remove as much of the old earth as
seems necessary, paint the wails with
the same disinfectant as the fittings
and put in fine or sandy loam to the
depth of four to six Indies. Jteplace
the fittings, and let the house air well
for a week or more before putting in
the young stock.”
Proper Sowing of Wheat
Will Kill Hessian Fly
Wheat sown too soou serves as fall
pasture for the Hessian fly, on* of
the crop’s worst enemies, und enables
the pest to live over und cut t’own the
wheat crop of the following season.
On the other hand, by delaying sow-
ing until after the “fly free” dates, an
nounced locally by county agricultural
ugenta, farmers can break the life cy-
cle of Hessian fly and rid their wheat
crop of the pest the year following.
This Is because the fly has two life
cycles a year. Kuch cycle. If com-
pleted, has four stages. To cut Into
the succession at any point breaks up
the whole business. From eggs laid
on the leaves maggots hatch. These
maggots feed on wheat stalks near the
base of the leaves, sucking juice that
should go to make grain, und dam-
aging tile stulk so that it breuks und
lodges euslly. This done, the maggots
go Into a pupurlu or flaxseed form
that lives on In the soil.
Thus, by concerted late sowing of
this crop a county can smash by
starvation that full brood of fly. And
without a fall brood there can be no
spring brood. But one or two fields
of early-seeded wheat can Infect a
whole locality.
Proper Arrangement of
Roosts for Hen Flock
Roosts for chickens should lie wide :
enough to support them; narrow [
roosts cause cramped positions andj
crooked breast-bones. The best roosts |
are scantling of 2 by 3 or 2 by 4, |
broad side up, with rounded edges.
They should be smooth and movable.;
Roosts need not tm very high. Too |
high roosts cause bumble-foot when
the chickens fl.v down on a hard sur-
face. Heavy breeds require lower
roosts than the light breeds. From
one and a half to two feet high is a
good height. Roosts should not be ar-
ranged like stairs. Chickens like to
roost on the highest point; the stuit
arrangement means overcrowding on
the upper roost.
Utilizing Waste Roughage
for Bedding Material
on every farm there is a large
amount of roughage which is not til
to feed live stock. Sometimes tills
is in the form of weeds or broom
sage; sometimes it is damaged liny or
straw. Frequently this material Is ig
nored or thrown in some place where
it can never be made use of.
This sort of material makes excel-
lent bedding for all classes of live
stock, says I’rof. L. V. Sarkey, chief
of the animal husbandry division, In
discussing tlie best usages of waste
roughages. It absorbs the liquid
manure and, when hauled on the
Helds, adds to the organic mutter In
the soil. When we take into consid-
eration the fact that more than half
the value of manure Is in the liquid
form, we cun easily see how impor
tant It is to save the liquid and thus
increase the fertility of the soil.
Feeding More Roughage
Than Animals Consume
Some make a practice of feeding
more roughage than the anlmuls will
consume and using what Is refused
for bedding. This Is uo extruvugant
and wasteful practice where good,
clean hay la fed. The most success-
ful feeders feed just what roughage
the animals will clean up and use for
bedding only that roughage which la
too inferior to be consumed by the
animals.
Satisfactory Hen Coop
Made at Small Expense
llow a satisfactory poultry house
can be niude at small ex|H>nse by plac-
ing two plHno boxes back to buck und
covering them with tar rooting paper
Is told In Farmers’ Bulletin 1331, on
Back Yard Poultry Keeping, which
may be hud free on app Icntlon to tin
I»•piirtment of \gr' "ill:or.* at West
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KnifTen System Favored
for Priming of Grapes
IlnrtirnlturlMs it the New York cx
porliut-ni -1;irI<in have tested nut seven
method- of pruning grapes over a pe
rind of years and have published an
.: eeount of tin'll' experiments wliieli
v III I"1 ol intere-t to leilli llte profits
ioiiul and amateur grower. The so
culled single stem or four nine Knlffen
nil'll ml is said to In* the best.
Aeeordlng to these authorities, tills
method consists in training a single
brunch to serve ns the trunk of the
vine \x itti two panes developed at the
lower wire nrul two at the upper wire
and tied one to the right and one to the
left of tlie trunk along each wire. It
is stated that the system may lie fully
ei iablli bed by the end of the fourth
s.'nson and that subsequent pruning
consists In cutting awny nil canes Init
the four mentioned above, leaving sitf
fielent buds at each level to supply
''iiiting ennes fer the following year
Tlie amount of fruiting wood Is thus
easily limited to tlie rapacity of tlie
vine by regulating tlie iengtli of tlie
four canes.
!'■ •lerlmcnts at the station have led
to the* conclusion flint Thera (* lllfle
choice between early winter pruning
and spring pruning of grapes so far as
the effect on yield, wood growth, or
maturity of fruit Is concerned. It la
IMilnted out, however, that a better se-
lection of fruiting esnes can be mail*
In the spring after the eevere winter
tempera!urea have pusseil than Is pos-
sible curlier In the season
Marked Ability of Idaho
Boy as a Stock Breeder
One Shorthorn cow for which the
youthful purchaser gnve hie personal
note three years ago so that be might
feed and cere for tlie animal ns a part
of his club work, was the ineune of an
Idaho club boy, Frank Hankins, devel-
oping marked ability as a stockman
For three yeiira he has cared for und
managed hie ITve stoiTt si'Tordlng to tfi>
Improved met bode advocated by his
agricultural extension agent, adding te
bis herd until he now owns eleven
heed of exceptionally fine pore bred,
Shorthorn cattle. Hie profits for tk^
year 1022. according to reports te the
United Htatee Department of Agricul-
ture. were 11.848.
Card ef Jk.nks.
To you, our friends, who iby your
helpfulness, your sympathy and your
thoughtfulness hue sought to make
less heavy the burden of our grief,
we owe a debt which can not be
measured.
Always there shall remain with
me and mine the memory of your
tenderness and devotion.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Boyles.
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Plan to Clean Up Badly
Mite-Infested Building
To clean up a badly mlte-Infested
building, proceed ns follows: Sweep
and dust thoroughly, first removing
everything removable. Scrub with
washing powder and water. Faint tlie
roosts and supports i'or tlie roosts with
heated cnrbolineum. Next, spray tlie
nests nnd every other lilt of woodwork
that harbors vermin, or might do so,
with crude creosote and distillate, one
gallon of eneh to tlie mixture. If there
were no mites on the walls or floors
whitewash would make a good sprny
for them. In either case the fowls
should be shut out of the house until
thoroughly dry.
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Breeds for Production
of White-Shelled Eggs
Poultry of the Mediterranean or egg
breeds ere best suited for producUon
of white-shelled eggs. Representatives
of this class are bred largely for the
production of eggs rather than for meat
production. Among the popular breeds
of this class are: Leghorn, Minorca,
Ancona and Andalusian. One of the
outstanding characteristics of the egg
breeds Is the fact that they are classed
as nonsitters. That Is, as n rule they
do not become broody and hatch their
eggs. When fowls of this closs are
kept, artificial Incubation and brooding
are usually employed.
Economical Production
of Pork Depends on Grass
Economical pork production depends
upon plenty of good pasture dosing the
summer months, both for tho pigs and
tho old sows, and also upon seeing to
t that not only the sows, hut also the
plg% ere constantly supplied with a
wffil balanced ration.
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YOLKS+WHITES = EGGS
For every egg yolk in a hen’s body
she must have enough white to com-
plete and lay an egg. If her feed lacks material
for whites she absorbs the excess yolks and
gets too fat to lay. “Boarders” don’t even pay
for the feed they eat. _
GROCERIES!
Purina Makes Hens Pay
Purina Hen Chow and Chicken
Chowder, fed together, make
more eggs because they contain
plenty of both white
and yolk elements.
They will get more eggs
for you or your money
paid for the Chows will be
refunded. Start feeding
now.
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Richards, H. C. The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1923, newspaper, December 20, 1923; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth990213/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.