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Newspaper Page TextHOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION Livestock and Dairy Knowing the Market Demands and Raising Stock to Meet R. WOBK THE STALLIONS. MERE is no stallion so good that ha I will not be a lot betteT if he is worked daily in the harness and made to take hij turn in all the hard labor of the farm. What is there about b station that he shonld be condemned oitner to a life of luxurious ease or neg lect more or less total! Few stallions kpp' for service in the count . proper care indeed few of them get "j own. ox care at all during the win ter season. Generally they are main tained on a starvation diet and allowed w grow hair several inches long, in wtuch all manner of filth and vermin ntay collect at will. Stalls are seldom eleaned out, and as for cleaning up the exercising yard, that is never thought Why should so many stallions be kept in this obnoxious wayt Take any one of the farm horses and submit it to the same treatment and it would go wrong in a short time. Why then ex pect a stallion to withstand such ill treatment simply because he is a stal Bon No matter what the horse cost, break him and put him to wort His fiant thews and sinews, if he is a drafter, will be a tower of strength in 8n? P'ow and the manure spreader. He wifl haul logs out of the Umber with u properly handled he is the pteasantest worker imaginable, beeause I aiways unafraid and generally swre intelligent than geldingB or marcs. It is ail in the man who handles the rtalllon. Thtn in addition to keeping the horse in a mneb more healthy con dition, continued labor in the harness Win make and keep him docile and men more easily handled than if he is neglected and left to himself to form bad habits, mental and physical. There a Dig dividend in working an entire . home, no matter what he cost. Demand For Veal Increasing Not Only the Surplus Dairy Calves Slaughtered, but Thousands of Beef Calves. f(QE demand for veal has in I creased rapidly, and not only are the surplus dairy ealves slaughtered, lint )nn.... calves as well, until a ealf will now sell for from $8 to $12 when only two - wvuiuB UJU, Tnia n.l.u m i. . . - h"uuu irom rentier's Bul letin 588 of tha it a t . , department oz A CI-lfM If n rn i a 1 , i B ujcaus inaj unless the farm Ar has nnT.:x-j .i . . , uuuuin.eu cneap feeds, it is usually more profitable to market the attempt to raise them, even though n ox mem might make good steers. While many deplore this heavy slaugh ter nt ifll .- , uu .rgiwiiuon against it has been urged, the consumer's demand must be met. While the number of t... a creased, the demand for meat has natu rally grown until not only have the exports nearly ceased, but the packers that they may provide cheaper meat are now buying many cattle that were iormcriy led. The f.irtnir h fnml. erly bought nearly finished cattle as ieeuers nave been compelled to pay higher prices for sueh cattle or tn tako inmner animals. ine eattle-feedincr tinainom hn changed treat! v durins recent Formerly steers from four to six years oi age were led in larpe numbers nn commercial feed at yards near primaries or mills, or upon large farms where oiuy tne roughage was grown, and the cattle were kept on lull feed for 1t months or longer. This method became too expensive, so feeding is now con ducted upon farms as a means nf m keting farm products by converting mem into Deei. While th irmnnro r.. dueed is utilized as a bv-nronW tn. I . . , m r - 'maintaining Iertiiity. Sour Skim Milk For Calves Unnecessary to Go to the Expense of Keeping Milk Sweet in the Hot Summer Months. FEED COWS EEOULAELY. IV 0OW8 are fed at stated intervals, they wiU not worry for food until e lor feeding arrives. If it is then eriven to them in nn. ..... tOj they will eat and lie down, chow i coa ana sleep or rest contentedly natal time for another teA TN tie grain mixture, and milk the cows wnue incy are eating it. This routine tt recommended because, with some eows, the milk comes more freely while they are eating that portion nf ;. ration which has the most relish. Cured rougnago Bn0ull be fed after milking because it fills the Air in iha kn With dust. Bueenlent feed, like silage uu roots snouia also be fed after milk ing, beeause of lhn nrW thot ; : gives. feeding twico a day will bring better remms toan more irequent and waste ful feeding. Give half the concentrates and half the roughage in the morning, and half in the evening. Cows will soon beome accustomed to this routine. In the winter they should be allowed to spend the day in the stall, and for two or three Honrs about mid day they should not be disturbed. Turning them oat into the yard, or giving them ac cess to a strawstaek or field of corn talks wiU cause them to shrink in milk, no matter how much or how well they may be fed in the morning and c.cmiig. no more feed should be given them than they wiU eat up. The man gers should be absolutely clean and free from any feed during the day and night. THAT in summer time ealves do as well on sour skim milk as they do on sweet will be interesting news to many farmers who hav hitiwn been kept from raising calves by the ejipeoBe or Keeping the milk sweet in hot weather. This expense, niwrlrn.rii earried out by the department indicate w ob quite unnecessary. The calves will uiiuj as rapid gams on sour skim milk. In winter, it is true, this is not quite so satisfactory. It chills th Pulvaa on i some of them drink it With (rrttuf m. luetance. Very young ealves have even been known to refuse it altogether. On the other hand, of eouran. it ! mh easier to keep the milk sweet in win. tcr. In calling the attention nf fim. theso facts, however, the department at the same time emphasizes an im. portant precaution. Unless the milk is produced and kept under cleanly con ditions it may become contaminated with disease-produeini? bacteria Vim ere should therefore allow the milk to sour quiekiy and then feed it without aeiay. In the course of these exnerimAnta sour skim milk was fed tn s. .ai Holstcins, Jerseys and Guernseys, at Altt ' . ... " vmicien reasons or the year, in no case did it eause dicestiva distnrh. anccs even when the change from sweet io sour miiK was made abruptly when the calves were only a few Avn Moreover no evil remilte followed the alternate use of, sweet and sour. It seems, therefore, that the common idoa that sour milk leads to scours is quite unxounaea. The ealves. it was found, did nt lit. the sour milk as well as the sweet, but in the majority of eases soon Wim accustomed to it. The aversion, how ever, increased when the milk was fed mem at a low temperature. that they can get all they want to eat, bring them down at nicht and irivn thm a nice, bright shock of hay and a little glim, me ewes need this if the Iambs are to be kept growing. That old ewe micht have lrnmM 2.50 last faU, and the two lambs trot ting at her side will bring S5 or $8 in July. , An old ewe or two mir a;. j the winter, but you can lose one out of three and stiU make it pay to keep them at $2 to $3 per head. If the coarse hay in the mangers is given to sheep they will nibble a gTcat deal of it away. The sheep is a dainty feeder and will not eat musty or unclean bay or fodder. Neither will sheep drink unclean wa ter. It is strange that some men will in- sist in raising a scrub ram when a thoroughbred costs so little in compari son to the improvement he will nialtu in his flock. Our sheen farmers are beffinninsr tn learn that thev need Permsnent him. tures increased yearly in productive ness oy nigh fertilizing. HI pis THE NOVO GASOLINE ENGItTE Will Do the Work Quicker and Cheaper Tor Ton. The most compact and simplest en gine made. No separato gasoline tank, no separate water tank, no nininir nn . , I I oi careful adjustments. Absolutely .guan antced against damage by freezing. Made in all sizes from 1 h. d. to 15 h. n ---- - T.w and furnished in combination with force pumps, centrifugal pumps, deep well pumps, wood saws, sprayine outfits, etc Lower prices than formerly. For full particulars address The Beebe Company Department C. 1 182-4-6 Morrison 8t Portland, Oregon. What do you think OF THIS? 3,000,000 Acres FINE FEEE HOMESTEADS Montana Deeded Lauds $8 to $40 an Acra Beady for the plow. Yields 30 to AO bu. wheat, Oata, barley, flax, hay, etc., in proportion. Finest Inland CJlaate. Land Sold on Crop Payment Plan. Low fare Homeseekers ' Ex cursions on first and third Tuesdays of each month. Immigration Bureau, C. M. ft ST. P. ET. 2nd and Cherry, Seattle, Wash, Helpful Hints DO NOT let anyone deceive you by telling you that buck lambs will bring you as much money as weth r lambs, for they will not do it. Castrate all male lambs at eight days to two weeks of age, and any good operator wUl not lose one out of 100. Dip all your sheep as soon as shear ing is over. While you are at it, just dip the lambs too, as the tieks will leave the shorn ewes for the wooly Iambs. Just as long as a ewe "holds her teeth" it will pay to keep her for a breeder, as ewes breed Iambi up to quite an advanced age. The sheep get uneasy as soon as the hot weather comes on unless they get out in the ground. It is a good plan other! 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