Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 27, 1910, Page 7

ol e PP Sy e e ee e i | ‘ [ gecckebebeddd b bbbt * < * Stacking Green H * Corn for Silage. ; 5 ; ¥ 0. M. Olson, Minnesota Univer- + i sity Farm. : The great demand for forage with which to feed stock the coming win- ter is going to be a serious problem to many of our farmers, and especial- ly to those keeping cows for dairy purposes. It will be good policy for all our farmers to save all the available roughage produced upon the farm, and to save it in as good a manner as possible. The acreage that has lately been planted to corn for fodder, under fa- vorable conditions, will do much to relieve the situation. As a further re- lief, it should be saved in a desirable manner. Without a doubt, the silo is the ideal way of saving the corn crop for of the stack is carried up straight, giving it the same diameter all the way up. The bundles are laid in courses, as in stacking grain, with but very little lapping of the courses, the idea being to keep the top of the stack almost level while being built. In the courses, the bundles are crowded as closely together as possi- ble, and all tangled stalks are straight- ened out. This is essential in order that there may be as complete an ex- clusion of air as possible. To further exclude the air, it is advisable to carry the stack up to a height of fif- teen or more feet, as all additional height increases the weight and con- sequently the compactness of the low- er portion of the stack. As soon as the stack has reached a height where the bundles cannot conveniently be handled by hand, a derrick or stacker should be used. It is essential to build the stack as upright as possible, and to keep it evenly tramped and packed, in order that it will not lean and cause trouble. To assist in keeping the stack plumb, after you have decided on the location, " strike a circle on the ground, that will be the exact loca- tion of the outside of the stack; and A stack of green corn at University Farm, St. Antheny Park, Minn. roughage, and those having the silo are indeed fortunate. However there are few farmers that have silos, and very few who are in position to build them. To these we would commend for consideration a practice that, in some localities, is in quite general use. We refer to the method of stacking green corn in such a way that it produces a good silage. Last winter, the writer, in company with others, had the privilege of vis- | iting and investigating the use of sev- | eral silage stacks near Mclntosh, JMinn. We found the farmers well sat- isfied with the method, and much in favor of it, when compared to the stacking of the cured fodder, or the worse method of permitting it to re- main in the field until needed. The corn is grown and harvested in the same manner as for the silo. Care should be taken to have it well bound in medium sized bundles, and Dot to permit it to lie in the field very long before it is put into the stack; preferably not to exceed twen- ty-four hours. Rain or dew on the bundles will do no harm; and if they should become at all dry, they should be wet with water in the stack. The stack should be located near the place where it is to be used, to simplify handling the silage as much as possible. The real success of the method depends a great deal upon how the stack is built. Those investigated were circular in form and were fully twenty feet in diameter. The outside :+++++++++++++++4: % Selecting a Sire . % for the Dairy Herd, : b Z Wl H. Tomhave, Minnesota Uni- i versity Farm. : bbbk ok bbb e The old saying that the “sire is half the herd” still holds true at the pres- ent time. The selection of the sire for any herd of live stock on the aver- age farm of the Northwest does not receive near as much attention and consideration as it should. As we go throughout the farming districts we find that most of the grade dairy or ———— e Athenian 9981—Guernsey bull, bred by Fred Rietbrock, Milwaukee. A good type of sire, whose dam pro- duced 430.05 pounds of butter-fat | per year as a two-year-old. beef herds are headed by sires that do not even possess the individual merit of the cows in the herd. Under such a system of breeding, it is impossible to improve the farm herd. The aim of every farmer should be to select a good individual sire to head his herd. It may seem like quite an item of ex- pense to purchase a good sire, but when we stop to consider the im- provement that will be brought about by such a system of breeding it cer- tainly should be given due considera- tion. In selecting the sire for a dairy at convenient places locate, in a ver- tical position, three or four poles to serve as guides in getting the stack perfectly straight up and down. After the stack is of the desired height, it is covered to a depth of six to eight inches with some freshly-cut grass and then weighted. In weighting the stack, a few poles are laid parallel across the top, and then more poles and boards laid across them. TUpon the top of this there are added a few tons of rock, old iron, stumps, or in fact anything that will give good weight. There is patented a device for pro- ducing the pressure by means of tim- bers, ropes and pulleys, but it is not in very general use, as it needs to be tightened up frequently the first few weeks. The outside of the stack will spoil, more or less, to a depth of twelve to fifteen inches; but, as the stack is taken down, this is cut away with an ax or hay-knife, and thrown out for the stock to pick over. There is very little freezing on the the top, but the hay covering is usually kept on top and rolled back as the top is taken down. The silage produced does not have quite as good a color as silage from a silo, but in quality it is apparently as good. Being an uncut silage, it is not handled as easily, and there are some of the coarser butts that are not i eaten. _ herd, it is important that something be known of the records of his ances- tors. Individuality alone is not enough to guide a person in making the selection, but we should also know how much butter-fat his dam produced in one year. The only prac- tical way to determine such a butter- fat test is to base it on a full year test instead of a test for a few days or even a month. Too much dairy stock is being sold today for a fancy price, simply because some cow has y a big record for a short period. The question is often asked, “Which is the best dairy breed?” or “which is the best beef breed?” This cannot be answered by naming one particular breed, as all breeds have good quali- ties, and it also depends much upen the choice of the individual breeder. Do not buy a sire to head the herd merely because he is a pure-bred ani- mal, but be sure that he possesses individual merit and also has ances- tors with a good record. There has been such a big demand for pure-bred dairy bulls during the past few years, that breeders have been selling all kinds of inferior animals for breed- ing stock. Such practice, of selling so many inferior animals, merely be- cause they are pure bred, can only result in injury to the dairy business, instead of making the improvement that should take place, if more dis- cretion- were used in selecting pure bred stock. It is much-better for a few farmers to join together and buy a good bull, to which to breed their cows, instead of each trying to buy a bull, and thereby securing cheapet and poorer individuals. +++++++++++T++++ Ed L3 The varying results of feed- < ing ensilage to breeding ewes < would not cause hesitation in < a continuance of so doing if o the right kind of silage be fed. This would be corn plant- ed not thicker than for a gen- o eral crop and put into the silo < when it begins to dent. Then o it will prove tasteful and < healthful. L L3 LR R S oo ol vl vl ol ol ol ol ke e ok e oo ool b A Monammedan rest Taboots is an Indian festival in con- nection with the celebration of the month of Moharram, which begins the year of the true Mohammedan.. This festival commemorates the death of Prince Hossein, the grandson of Mo- hammed, who met his death in battle after ten days' fighting against King Omar. 'T'he word taboot, from which the festival takes its name, means lit- erally a tomb, and it is always built in front of the homes of some rich and important Mohammedans and un- der a temporary shed built for this purpose. The taboots are made from thin bamboo strips covered with high- Iy colored paper, and it is always dec- orated with isinglass, gold and silver paper, glass balls and much red and green paint. On the ninth day of the festival of T'aboots the taboots are car- ried in & possession through the streets of the various cities in India. On the tenth day all the taboots are thrown into some yiver, and thus ends the Mohammedan festival of Taboots.— Boston Herald. Primitive Fire Fighters. As late as the end of the sixteenth eentury in London the sole method of extinguishing fires was by means of contrivances known as *“hand squirts.” These were usually made of brass, with a carrying capacity ranging from two to four quarts of water. The two quart “squirts” were two and a half feet in length, one and a half inches in diameter at their largest part and but balf an inch at the nozzle. On each side were Landles, and three men were required to manipulate a “squirt.” One man on each side grasped the han- dle in one hand and the nozzle in the other, while the third man worked the piston or plunger, drawing it out while the nozzle was immersed in a supply of water which filled the cylinder. The bearers then eclevated the nozzle, when the other pushed in the plunger, the skill of the former being employed in directing the stream of water upon the Such primitive contrivances are said to have been used during the great fire of 1666, Mythical Horses. Pegasus (“born near the source of the ocean™) was the winged horse of Apollo and the Muses. Bellerophon rode this animal when he charged the Chimera. Sleipnir (“the black horse of Odin”) had eight legs and could carry his mas- ter on well as land. This ani- mal is bLelieved to typify the wind, which blows from eight different points. Al Borak (“the lightning’) was the horse commissioned by Gabriel to car- ry Mohammed to the seventh heaven. He had a human face and the wings of an eagle. Every step he took was equal to the farthest range of human vision. According to Thessalian legend, the first horse was miraculously brought forth by Neptune striking a rock with his trident. When the digestion is all right, the action of the bowels regular, there is a nataral craving and rel- ish for food. When this is lacking you may know that you need a dose of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. They strength- en the digestive organs, improve the appetite and regulate the bowels. Sold by Barker Drug Store, A Japanese Anthem. The majority of national anthems are not conspicuous for beauty, either of words or music. The only one com- posed by a musician of the very first rank is the Austrian anthem, for which Haydn is responsiblee. And in no country has the composition of a really great poet been adopted except in Nor- way, where Bjornson’s stirring lines beginning “Yes, we love this country,” serve as the national anthem. The Japanese have a daintily worded an- them which Captain Brinkley trans- lates as follows: Until this grain of sand, Tossed hy each wavelet’s freak, Grows to a cloud girt peak, Towering above the land; Until the dewy flake Beading this blossom’s gold Swell to a mighty lake— Age upon age untold, Joy to joy manifold Add for our sovereign’s sake, A Dirge. She laid the still white form beside those which had gone before. No sob, no sigh, forced its way from her heart, throbbing as though it would burst, Suddenly a cry broke the stillness of the place, one single heartbreaking shriek; then silence, another cry, more silence, then all silent but for a gut- tural murmur which seemed to well up from her very soul. She left the place. She would lay another egg tomorrow.— Princeton Tiger. Reversed. An East Boston doctor told of the experience of a druggist the other day who sold some alcohol to a new cus- tomer. After the man had signed the book as required he said: “Now, don’t get that name twisted. It is Michael Sullivan and not Sullivan Michael, same as they turned it around in the In buying a cough medicine, don’t be afraid to get Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. There is no dan- ger from it, and relief is sure to fol- low. Especially recomm-ended for coughs, colds and whoo? Sold by Barker’s Drug Co. . cough. Odd Shaving Habits. It is said that of men who shave themselves not one in fifty can use the razor with both hands, and to this may be added other curious facts about the shaving babits of the aver- age man. . There is the president of a trust company in New York who, he tells his friends, always shaves himself standing in a corner of the room and facing the wall. He was a poor coun- try boy and, like most boys, bought a razor on the sly. There was no mir- ror in his bedroom and rather than let his people know what he was about he faced the wall and scraped away by sense of feeling. Once accustomed to this method he never needed a glass. There is a United States senator, formerly a farmer, who for many years shaved himself sitting on a milk- ing stool and looking at his reflection in a bucket of water. That was what he did as a boy and man on the farm, and he says that he couldn’t shave standing up.—New York Tribune. “Tolerance” In Coins. The mint allows a certain degree of “tolerance” in coins. For example, the gold double eagle’s standard weight is 516 grains, and the *“tolerance” allowed is half a grain. A coin of this denom- ination may weigh as little as 515% grains or as much as 516% grains, but never less than the first nor more than the second figure. The standard weight of the silver half dollar is 192.9 grains, and the tolerance allowed is 1.5 grains. 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