Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 1, 1914, Page 6

KIT OF FARM SHOP TOOLS. -~ Photo Minn. Agricultural College. EVERY CATTLE RAISER SHOULD HAVE A SILO Silage Most Satisfactory Sub- stitute for Hay. GORN 600D FOR THE PURPOSE By ANDREW BOSS, Agriculturist, Uni versity Farm, St. Paul. The question of substituting a satis- factory forage for the hay crop is not a serious ome for those who are for- tunate enough to possess silos. Yel- low or White Dent corn, planted either in drills forty-two inches apart or in hills 42x42 inches apart, and cut for silage, makes a most satisfactory sub- stitute f~r hay. Fifteen to thirty pounds ot seed per acre wiil be re- quired, depending on the method of planting. Silage is most satisfactory as feed for cattle, but may be fed in reasonable amounts to sheep, hogs, and even to horses. Each class of stock will do somewhat better on silage if a small amount of dry hay of some kind can be supplied with it, but the major part of the feed may be corn silage, if of good quality. In growing corn for silage the same treatment is advised as would be given for corn grown for fodder. On the whole, earlier seeding is advised, and if the silage corn can be put in from May 25 to June 1 better results will be obtained. Cultivation should be frequent enough to conserve the soil moisture and keep down the weeds. After the corn shades the land, culti- vation is not so important. For the best quality of silage, the corn should be cut when ears are nicely dented and beginning to harden. The maxi- mum amount of feed will thus be se- cured, and storing' in the silo pre- serves almost perfectly all of the nu- trients in the corn, and puts the silage in econvenient form for feedine. A silo should b3 in use on every farm where any considerable number of cattle are kept. VEAL CALVES. Those Fed on Whole Milk the Most . Desirable. The best quality of veal can be:pro- duced only by feeding whole milk, either from a vessel or by permitting the calves to suckle the dam. 'A great many of the veal calves marketed are skim milk ' calves, but whole milk calves make more desirable ‘carcasses. The difference in the cost of feeding by thé two methods often warrants the feeding of skim milk rather than {whole milk, even though veal of a poorer quality results. From six to eight weeks is the most desirable age at which to ‘dress veal for market. - Many younger calves are = marketed, but they usually make inferior veal which does not sell as weil as that from older calves. It is illegal to sell, offer or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, the veal from calves killed when less than four weeks old. The penalty is a fine of not less than $50 or. more than $100, or imprison- ment for' not more than ninety days. On most markets, calves weighing less than fifty-six pounds are con- demned as unfit for food. Veal that is too heavy or old becomes coarse in flesh and bone, and consequently Is in less demand. There is a greater demand for the middle sized veal, be- cause chops or steaks cut from such carcasses are not too large to meet the demand of the average trade. The small local markets usually make lit- tle discrimination so far as the weight Is concerned.—W. H. Tomhave, For- merly of University Farm, St. Paul. CORN AND PIG CONTEST. Big Inducements Offered to Boys of Murray County. Murray county boys are .going to see who can produce -the most and cheapest pork this summer. A com- mittee of business men and those in- terested in the Slayton school have raised nearly $450 in cash and mer- chandise which will be given as arizes to the bovs in this and the BCTe yleld corn contest. - Three breed- ers of pure bred swine in the county offered the pick of their ‘herds to those winning prizes. ' The rules of the contest have not been definitely .decided on, but the committee has made the statement that they intend to require each contestant to raise a litter of pigs from birth and to keep an accurate record of the feed cost. They are also to grow an acre of corn which is to be fed to this litter of pigs in the fall at the time they are fattened for market. The prizes are to be liberal enough so that many boys will be attracted to this contest. -We expect to see the farmers of Murray county gain from this contest, which will help them in making ‘the pork end of their farm business more profitable—H. M. Bush, Agricultural Extension Division. CAUSES OF DISEASE. Contagious and Infectious 'Ailments Due to Certain Germs. The causes of disease are almost as numerous as the diseases themselves. It should be remembered, however, that each one of the so called con- tagious and infectious diseases is al ways caused by some particular germ. For instance, the disease known as tuberculosis, or consumption, is al- ways caused by the particular germ of that disease, known as the tubercle bacillus. The only disease that this germ causes directly is tuberculosis, and there is never tuberculosis unless’ the germ of that disease is present. This general principle applies to all other ‘“catching” diseases, such as glanders, anthrax, blackleg and hog cholera, of animals; and measles, ty- phoid fever, diphtheria and. scarlet fever, of human beings, each disease having its own particular germ.—H. Preston Hoskins, Assistant, Veterina- rian, University Farm, St. Paul. e ol ol e e e e bbb e +* L L)) L For the first few months see < that your pigs have food that < < makes bone, muscle and size of + < body. 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