The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 18, 1915, Page 11

“HOGGING” FOR SWINE "HAS MANY ADVAN- - ! TAGES (By L. A. WEAVER, Missourli Experi- . ment Station.) It will pay to hog down corn. This has been. shown by the Missouri agri- cultural experiment station and has been done profitably by a 1arge num- ber of feeders. The main advantages are: (1) The hogs make rapid and more economical gains; (2) it saves the labor of har- - vesting; (3) the manure is" returned to the land without loss and without labor; (4) the place of feeding is more sanitary than the ordianary feed lot; (5).the grain is harvested with out waste.: Eleven - trials 'with hogging down corn at the Missouri agricultural ex- periment -station have - shown that there is no better way of finishing hogs than by allowing them to do their own harvesting. To be profit able, however, the practice must be rightly managed. The hogs should be given access at one time to what they will clean up in ten days or two weeks. This insures.fresh forage.and they will clean it up well as they go. A cheap, efficient, temporary fence is ‘made with woven wire. Get the hogs on a full feed of new corn before turning them into the field by cutting a few stalks at first and increasing gradually. The corn is in good condition to turn into when the dent has just formed in the kernel. For best results the hogs doing their own -harvesting should receive somt - feed in addition to the corn. This supplement may be supplied with crops like rape, soy beans, etc., which should have been grown in the corn- field that is to be harvested. If no such crops have been planted a small amount of some feed like tankage - should be fed. MONEY-MAKRING HENS LIVE IN HOUSES FREE FROM VERMIN Paying birds are a delight to the eye. You like to show them to your friends and linger in the description of what they are and what they have done for you. Paying birds never make up a large part of your flock, when -you sell the cream of your chick- ens every year. Money-making flocks are made up of the best you raise, always letting the second quality go to the market. This class of birds, because they pay, receive thought and attention from you. You gladly take good care of them. You are willing to properly mate them and feed them. You look for fresh blood to improve your flock. You can buy birds that should pay, but it is anether thing to have them pay you after you cwn them. The paying hen is usually hatched from a paying strain. The paying hen that comes out of the flock of good-for-nothing birds is seldom met and not- worth looking for. It fakes time, it takes money, it takes born hen sense to produce a flock of pay- ing hens. 1t takes a little neglect to_send this flock back to the class of non-paying hens. Paying birds live in houses free from vermin and all are supplied with pure air and water. They get food that is needed to bring the: profit to the proper point. The Leader fights for the farmer. ) L] Chiropractic (K1-RO-PRAK-TIK) The ‘Science “that Makes People_Well and Happy You Need Not Be. Sick Chiropractic ADJUSTS the: CAUSE of Disease INVESTIGATE GEO. A. NEWSALT Fargo’s Pineer practor- Savi:.,!ud l.o’u Building OI:‘ LAaDY ATTENDANT - ‘OF CORN grades of th.at breed. They have been THE NONPARTISAN LEADER PAGE ELEVEN Stoppmg Expensive Leaks in Datry i re—— S A Convenient Milk House Apart From the Home. (By W. MILTON KELLY.) There is no denying the fact that too many dairymen are carrying their business at a loss and occasional in- stances of a marked success in the business appear to indicate that dairy- Ing can be put on a paying basis. There are many things that com- mend dairying to the farmer, among which may be named a certainty of getting good prices for the products of the farm and the elimination of the speculative element which surrounds growing and marketing other prod- ucts. To conduct & dairy farm at a profit, we must feed good cows, They should be good individuals and selected from the breed which is best adapted to the particular branch of dairying that Is being made our specialty and to the conditions of our farms. No one breed or type is adapted to all conditl:ns, else there would be little need for so much diversity of size, corformation and quality of prod- uct. For the economical production of butter and cream (or -of very rich milk that is suitable for a fancy trade) It is best to keep Jerseys or Guern- seys, that is, providing, of course, that we will give them the care and treat- ment they are accustomed on their native land. Jersey and Guernsey cows produce less milk solids, other than fat, this enabling them to turn larger propor- tions of their food and energy into the production of the desired product than cows of breeds which yield a larger quantity of milk' deficient in butterfat. On certain” farms where the pas- ture is scant or. where the land is rough and rolling, and where sum- mer dairying is practiced, that cow which is capable of doing the best work under such conditions would be the best adapted to ths economy ot the dairy. For such a farm the men would best select the Ayrshire, or high TStart My FORD From the Seat A J OSHEA ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA developed under similar environment until they have become accustomed to that kind of treatment more than the refined and more delicately organ- ized breeds of dairy cattle. On the other hand the man who has rich and luxuriant pastures and keeps his herd up to very near their full capacity at all times of the year, and who is producing milk for the general market, faces a different propo- sition, and will find that the Holstein breed, or grades of that breed, the best adapted for his dairy needs. It is useless for me to continue to present evidence in favor of keeping better cows. But one thing worthy to note is the fact that the man who has built up a profitable herd is at all times alert to secure better cows to increase his income, On the other hand the man with the unprofitable herd has but ' little ambition to inform himself in regard to his business or improve the quality of his cows, . He does not believe in dairy litera- ture, or that other cows might do bet- ter on his farm than his own. Thig class of man is doing more to dis- courage the dairy business than any other. One of the most severe losses con- nected with the dairy business is the loss which comes from discarding un- profitable cows. The man who de- pends upon buying cows to take the place of those that he finds unprofit- able is up against one of the knot- tiest and most perplexing problems connected with the management of the dairy—that of going out and buy- iwg good cows to take the place of the ones sold from: his herd. > In the production of milk for the city trade, I have found that tde pur- chase of cows is attended by risk and disappointment even by men who are qualified to make selections. Cows are sold for some reason and 1 have found to my sorrow- that among these are. lack of " constitution and -vigor; lack of capacity as feeders; bad habits, such as holding up their | milk; detective udders: hard milking. b iXee, .Imrt Fofd the YaSlr my fmm easy to seat—winter or sume fail Just a pull on the neat han- d!eont.hedashandthemmrmrts. Simple, saf e, sure, P! to operate, can t get out order—thousands of motorists use it—it's th SANDBO "% For Ford, Saxon, Hupp 20, Maxwell 25 or Metz id on a positive gnmnmholhfi Sol be started &9- Imist spins the -turns it over Past Two Compressions— Past Two Ignition Points . The e TRATURE % | l We endeavor to give special i CHEAPLY CONSTRUCT- ED BANK OR HILLSIDE CELLAR GOOD FOR CABBAGE (By E. A. KIRKPATRICK, Minnesota Experiment Station.) Cabbage storing is rather simple and easy. The shrinkage is small. A cheaply constructed bank or hillside root cellar, or a basement under al- most any farm building, is the only storehouse necessary. This should not be too dry and should be a place which could be kept at a temperature of above 40 or 50 degrees in the early part of the season. This is often ac- complished by opening the doors to let in the cool night air and closing them to keep out the warmer air during the remainder of the day. Later, of course, the doors must be kept closed continuously. In storing, most growers place the heads in a cellar with all leaves and roots attached. Many market garden- ers have a better plan. They cut off the stalk as though preparing the heads for market, but leave two or three rough leaves to protect the more tender parts. They then pack in or- dinary cabbage crates and rack these crates up, leaving a gangway every third or fourth tier for air circula- tion. This work is not particularly diffi- cult, and will certainly pay the grow- er well if it increases the selling price of his production eight or tenfold. For the last few years it has been market- ed and harvested at from $5 to $7.50 a ton. The purchaser has stored it and sold it during the late winter for $50 or $60 a ton. Watch Your Live Stock. ' If we should take an inventory of our live stock we might find that it would pay to get rid of the culls and put the feed into those animals that pay for their keep. It is always pos- sible to cull the herd early and get rid of the poor producers. Suits and Overcoats $18 TAILORED $18 Hagen & Olson FARGO TANNERY ANDREW MONSON, Prop. Receives hides and skins for tanning to har- ness leather, rol and coats. Robes Hned. hides bought, leather and ro send for price list of FUR COATS. AUTO AND BUGGY ROBES, ETC. FARGO TANNERY, FARGO, N. D Bixby’s Red Polls of A. R. Breeding My herd bull J. D. Merryweather No. 24395 is from 1400-pound cows ard is getting the size in my herd. - His dam is a full sister to the World's Champion Two-Year-Old Heifer. His first three dams ‘average close to 400 pounds butterfat in one-year. J. S. BIXBY, LISBON, N. DAK. VALLEY HOTEL Valley City, N. Dak. The only first class European Hotel in the City. ROOMS 50c to $1.50 a NIGHT service' to the farmer; Our restaurant is the best !n the state. On ‘Main St. South of N. P. Depot. n—-u—-n—n—-n—m—- L—_'__'———:——-———_———:l: The members of the Chambers of Commerce buy 300 bushels of grain for every bushel raised. The farmer helps pay a profit to the speculator on 299 bushels that nev- er existed in order to get gouged on the one bushel .he draws to the elevator, R ST R A