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TESTS IN THE DAIRY. The best Judges of stock will sorno- tlmes make mistakes when buying cows to add to their herds, but there Js no excuse Id these days of the milk scales and the Babcock tester for keep- lag a cow that does not leave a bal ance after paying for her feed and care. Milk scales are not expensive, and it is very little trouble to weigh and re cord the amount of milk from each cow. It will take more time to add up the long columns, bat an adding ma chine would pay for Its cost in a short time. A Babcock tester can be bought for less than $10, and any man who can run a mowing machine ought to be DEVICE FOB TESTING A BAIBt HRJtD. able to test milk. It requires care to "test milk accurately, but ft man who Is not equal to It bus no business to be in charge of a dairy farm. In some sections cow testing asso ciations have been formed, and spe cial agents do the testing, and much good work Is being done along tlieae lines by the New Hampshire Agricul tural college. The dairy division of the college has taken much Interest in the matter of encouraging farmers to test the product of their herds. For some time Professor Rasmussen bus been sending out sample boxes to In terested dairymen. The box carries fifteen sample bottles. These have the preservative already added, so all the farmer needs to do is take the sam ples according to directions and then return the box to the college. The sampling dipper Is an Ingenious device made by fastening a wire to a car tridge. Full directions accompany each box, so a farmer will be able to take samples accurately. The box Is re turned to the college and the samples carefully analyzed and report made back to the dairyman. Tbcu If the farmer has kept account of the num ber of pounds of milk the hiiIuihIh gave he can figure out what his ani mals are doing. Too Muoh Work to Know. The Canadian Pair) mini makes a good point In the following: Ask a hundred farmer why they do not keep it record of their cows, and nlncty-uhie will tell you It Is too much Work. How they know, having never tried It, Is a uiyBrf-ry. Hut they think so, at any rate. Too much work? They never tell you It Is too much work to keep twenty cows to do the work of ten. Tbey never tell you It l too much work to labor nit summer to put up food for cows that cannot pro duce butter fat enough to pay for the food tbey eat They see right into the work of keeping these records, but they cannot see these other things. The time required for weighing and recording the milk has been estimated at one minute per day for each cow. The dairyman thus knows every day exactly what each cow Is doing, anil If a cow gets off her feed or Is wrong In any way It will bo detected In the shrinkage of ber milk at once, when Immediate attention can la' given her and often fatal results avoided. In summing up at the end of the year the dairyman will lie surprised as he compares the records of the several cowl In his herd. Ills milk record will be correct, and his milk tester will not deceive him, and he should prompt ly eliminate the unprofitable puujcr boarders from bis herd. Weaning Pigs. The weaning season Is more or less critical with young swine. In many Instances they receive a setback at that time, which means loss In growth. Tin manner of the weaning la Important, as well as the time of the same. When young pigs have learned to take slop freely, made of shorts and skiiumllk. tbey are being made ready for wean ing without serious check to their growth. Such pigs may be weaned, If necessary, at the age of eight weeks If tbey cannot be given skiiuuillk. It la better for the pigs If they cau re main longer on the dura, lu sui-b In stances they will fare Ntter If they ran take nourishment from the dnni until ten weeks old. In no case should they be weaned until they can take food freely apart from the dam. Much rare should also lw excrclM-d to fur nish the in with that kind of food that will promote good growth. Pro fessor Shaw. Using the Colts. All colta and til I let should I bailer ed when quite young, and the custom Is growing of teaching them to pull very light kinds U'fors they are two years old. The early spring Is good time to hitch tbem up with an old steady horse lo a front ht)cd with no load whatever and drive tbrtu around little every day. Then when spring work cornea on give the colt the long nd of three borse sreurr. Make the draft very light Make the opera tkn a schooling fur the colt Instead .f trying to aoske It profitable for the owner. The profit 111 come In In sftcr years. The edncslloa a rolt receive st this age. If carefully and kindly sJ.nlo hitrrrd. Is vrry valuable becsuse It It dosa while the colt's kahlta are form tng and before be learns vicious tricks. ' FEEDING FOR MILK. ; SJ Oeos That Are Camisaa-sa1 test Per the Dm try Cm. However gnod tlx graM. a dairy row arm fir Bilik la arret i-r qoaollUes If fed aooH-tblneT extra. Just what that feed shall beta lb qiMvtioa. tod mark Vprsxte eej Its aaewee. If something free a. It saawt I greaa oa the farm. If It be bras, Uat asast t pur asawj t the store or sbUI st a cMutdrrable entity of rash. As matter of eonsxmiy suon ft rat ers sow jrs.-i? iC e" reep It with the binder at harvest time. Others sow molasses cane and reap that In like manner, and still others plant field peas and oats. The last named are considered the best feed for the dairy cow. The ground for oats and peas should be broken In the fall or very early In the spring. When It will do to work, sow the peas at the rate of one bushel to the acre, the oats likewise, and harrow them In carefully. This crop. If the season Is favorable, will be ready to feed about the last of June. A succession of crops can be realized by sowing plots at, Intervals. In its green state the feed Is succu lent and acts somewha' like red clover. Therefore care must L taken at first In feeding It Lead the cows up to a good sized feed gradually, giving plenty of salt. This crop Is profitable to the soil as a fertilizer as well as be ing a first class feed for the cows. A later feed Is sweet corn or molasses cane. Either or tnese win run up iu the time of frost. Sweet corn grows quickly, and there Is no letter feed for milk cows. When the ears or corn have passed the milky stage, begin feeding It. Thin forage will increase the flow of milk very materially. Be tween the rows of corn can le sowed the rutabngi turnips, and if the season Is late they w ill make a g od yield They are considered line feed for the dairy cow through the late fall and winter If mixed with grain. W. D. Neale. CROSSING HOGS. Soms Results Obtained by the Michi gan Experiment Station. WriUng of the work of the Michigan experiment station in crossbreeding. I'rofessor A. C. Anderson says: We are practicing one line of cross breeding only, using several different breeds. The plan is to mate the bacon sows with the lard hours. We have used Tamworth and largo Yorkshire sows nnd have mated them with Berk shire, Poland-China and Duroc-Jersey boars. The reason for this Is that we think the bacon sow is more prolific than many of the others, Is a good miiker and a good mother. That Is why we use tlio bacon dams rather than sires. No doubt the crossing of sows of these other breeds with Tamworth or York shire boars would glvo about equal re sults so far as form and characteristics of the progeny are concerned, but It is highly probable that a lurgcr number of progeny would be obtained from using the bacon sows nnd the Inrd boars. We have selected the medium type of all the breeds used. We have not used the Yorkshires or Tamworlhs of extreme length, such as the Canadians are enthusiastic over, but sows of me dium size. For the sires wo have used thoso that we have selected for herd boars. All these crosses have shown satis factory results. As a personal choice I should say that tho Berkshire form blends moro readily ' with the bacon form than docs cither tho Poland-China or the Duroc-Jersey. Tho progeny from nil three of these crosses seems to us nt present to be llrtt8sM HHIIILY 1II1EI) TAMWOIITII HOW. Title animal shows the Extensive depth of elilu which thti TumwtS-lha curry. Kor croHalnK Willi eomo of ttie lard brevets for the itrmtuction of bucon hoRi tide tye of eow It one of the vrry best. Thlt animal It owned by the Mich igan experiment atutlou. about what the American packing trade Is demanding today anil is paying the highest market prices for. All buyers who have looked ut the progeny of these rnisscs have at once expressed the opinion that tliey were well adapt ed for American packing products nnd at the same time were not of such ex treme type as to exclude them from the local market r heavy butcher style of hog when fid to weigh most suit aide for thoso market classes. STOCK AND DAIRY. "I cau give congress credit for one splendid deed," says a Texas cattle breeder. "The matter I speak of Is the appropriation of f-.Vi.uiO for the eradication of the cattle tick. This miserable pest according to the very conservative calculations of the depart ment of agriculture, causes an annual loss of $tio.tKH.tH by reason of the thousands of cattle which succumb to its poisonous attacks. I !elicve that In reality the damage It does Is more than twice that given by the depart ment although It Is difficult to get st a correct estimate." Molattes For Horses. The Louisiana experiment station re ports thut on the use of rsne molasso for horses: In spite of many reports fa vorable to the use of tinlawa for horses, the mrlter Is not Inclined to recommend to northern farmers Its In discriminate use In place of the cereals and their l.vpnducts. As an ptlxor snd tonic for borers out of condition, at a colic preventive and for Improving the palatablllty of rations two to three. pounds dally of molasses nndonbtedly would prove productive of satisfactory1 rvaulta Tuberculin Wsr la New Ysrfc. Bprsklug of the Ojiht sriintt the use of tuberculin la New York Hit, a dalryiuaa says: Oa soy farms I have a hundred rows, and rrrry one of tbria Is be I thy. I do not want aa anbraltby row oa say place, soj as aooa as I find one thst dnre n san-tn well It la not long to Bay passeststoo. But I do bhH tat asd ntoly vise wsntt well cattle me Je 111 by kavlnf tubrtvulta pumped tnte then. la say barns Uu-re st d4 a cow that Is sot la gvmt sbtrw. The ao soent ooe grta off I pat It off to see aids aaj ere vast Is the ansttrr with It, aa4 aaiesa It rosaes throagh all right ta short time I ditose of It I eutky a row a!th treatiBeat wi'.l maa4 P Sil right Tuhrrcokwts raa bo ejimlcatcd It fci'I'X the est: a. f"S 1 air, good" fodder and good" water. I have been farming since I was a boy. I am now forty-eight years old, and I have never had the disease among my cattle. The reason Is that I take good care of them. Cows must receive the best care In winter. I give them plen ty of fresh air during the cold season, Rut I always heat their drinking water by means of a small heating plant I have erected outside my barns. The result is that they never suffer from the effects of Ice cold water such as furnished In many barns. Of course a farmer who has a brook or any run ning water on bis farm does not need to resort to this plan. I have triad beating the water for several years, and none of my cattle are ever ill in winter or, for that matter, during any part of the year." DRAFT HORSE INDVSTRY. 0 Never In the history of horse breed ing operations In the west have prices paid for brood mares of draft blood been so high, says the Breeder's Ga zette, Chicago. The shippers natural ly attended all the sales where big drafters would be offered, but In all Instances of which we have been In formed the local farmers outbid the professionals and kept-the mures at home. There Is much of promise In these reports. They mean that before many years we will have a larger sup ply of the weighty sorts which pay off mortgages In large lumps. From time to time we receive In quiries concerning the sort of gelding for which the dealers will pay the A 2,200 I'OUND SHOW (lEI.DINCt. most money. Rays nnd brow us always sell tor their full value. Slost general ly the weighty draft geldingn of that color show up with more or less white about the face and feet, showing there by most frequently u liiitiidj extrac tion. There tire plenty of bays and browns, too, that show no while and yet most unmistakable French or Hei ght n ancestry. Considering the largo number of black Peiclieron stallions which have been doing service for the past fifteen years lu this country. It Is strange that not more black geldings reach the market. When one scans the prize list of the eight Internation als which hnve been held, one cannot full to be astounded nt the extremely small percentage of blacks which hnve won. Thut percentage Is not much Increased when one comes to Inspect the entry lists, ami It Is open to doubt If the most of the blacks shown hnve not belonged to the British breeds and not to those of continental Europe. As a general tiling, however, the trade hits come rather to divide the Biipply of big drafters Into Pcrcherons and Clytles, the former Including such grudo Ilelgluns ns are on the market and the latter, of course, the get of Shire hor:;es. The dealer does not bother his head much with strict defi nitions. One still often hears of Nor mans In the trade, though thut Is en tirely nn erroneous term nnd signifies iV 4 AN lNTKHNATIONAli CHAUl'ION. only that the gelding shows by hla ap h'u ranee that he springs from an an cestry tracing to continental and not lusulur Kurope. Intimately tied up with the demand for draft geldings and their values Is the whole stalllou business. Just so long as prices for the heavy ones keep up on the level on which they now rest the demand for ton stallions will re main active. Reports from practically all of the representative stables are to the effect that the sweep has been al most clean only a very few stallions left over. Taken up one side aud down the other, the draft horse Industry could not well I lu a much more flourishing condition. Fanners are recognizing that It pays to work heavier horses and heavier machinery. Help, or at least the sort of help It pays to hire nowa days, does not promise to get much more plentiful, and the solution of the farm labor problem lies In the utiliza tion of heavier machinery and larger draft horses. There Is Just as much need for the real drafter on the soli of the corn belt ss there Is In the city, and xnaybe a little more. The farmer needs the melght In the collar even more badly than, or at least quite st badly as, the city team user, and this need will press mora forcibly upon, him In time to roroe. With this sort of mar ket before hlra sod with the added knowledge that for bis best specimens fsocy prices will slwsys be forthcom ing tbe rorstbelt farmer who does not oVvote but attest loo to the production of heavy heists Is losing a great oppor tuslty. Kssa the ig Ostitis. Never so re a young pig. Always keen It rl and It ill grow the faster. Any person w ho has ever baa- died plrt Is well aware that they are aaxwig tho anvt contrary animals la extstenca and that hra yoa ss.Vr tske to strive thevi their tails always urn to I oa tho wrong ends of the am. Tbry are Ilk some people tbey cat be coated, bat cannot be drive. I DOCTORING CATTLE. Drenching It , DangerouT and Often Proves Fatal, Says a Veterinarian. Dr. David Roberts, Wisconsin state veterinarian, gives tills advice: Perhaps the best way of demonstrat ing the (UiiiTer of .drenching cattle I to advise the reader to throw buck his head ns far us possible and attempt t" swallow. This you will fin. to be ii difficult task, and you will find It more difficult nnd almost Impossible to f-'.val low with th? mouth open. It I; for this reason that drenching cuttle Is a dangerous practice. If a cow s head !; raisefl ns Jii;:li s possible and hei mouth kept open by (lie drenching hot tie or horn a portion of tlie 11 iiii.l I.- very apt to paps down the windpipe Into the lun;rs, sometimes causing in stant death' by smothering, at orjer times causing deatli to follow in a tew days from congestion or inllauima tion of the lungs Give all cattle their medicine hypo dermically or in feed. If they refuse feed give it dry on the tonne. The proper liie.hod of giving a cow medi clue is to stand on the right side or the cow. placing (lie left arm around the nose ni:d at the same time c.pen ing her month, and with a sp o:i In the right hand place the medicine, which should be in a powdered ( nil, back on the tongue. ISlie can. then swallow with safety. A Two Feed R?-k. A New York dairyman has n hiy and grain nreJ; for cows wliichlie says. Is a great help when these two feed. are given at the same time. The hay Is put in space a, and then the grain is poured in at b, and the cow eats it nt SECTION OF COW STAT,!. c. The part of the rack holding tbe hay may be made of slats and will thus be easier to keep clean. Both of these racks are kept in place by 2 by 3 strips running lengthwise of the man ger. Handling the Boar. The boar should have plenty of exer cise. This Is productive of well devel oped muscles nud general thrift Soundness of ' reproductive organs will usually follow. During the breeding season it will not be possible for 111 in to get the same amount of exercise, and accordingly care must be taken that his energies are not wasted by un necessary service. Careful feeding will do much to counteract this. It must alwuys be remembered that the drains on a boar at this time arc se vere, especially If fifty or sixty sows are served. This will require ample feed, with as much exercise as possi ble and careful treatment. A fully ma tured boar should not serve more than two sows daily, preferably one in tho morning and one In the afternoon, lu this way he can serve fifty or sixty In a season without difficulty. George M. Rommel. The Only One of Its Kind. The Shuwtiee Alfulfu club is the only one of its kind on earth, according "to the Kansas Farmer. It holds monthly meetings on the afternoon of the Inst Saturday In each month and discusses appropriate topics as. for Instance, "Alfalfa Pests." Feet of the Colts. Keep the feet of colts even or un soundness may result. Do not allow the toes to grow too long Ringbones are often caused by long toes. Keep the colts stalls well littered. One slip on n wet floor may ruin a valuable colt WHY WOMEN SUFFER Lltt'e Sound Advice Will Help Many a Suffeier in Dallas. 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