Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 20, 1907 Page: 6 of 16
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OKLAHOMA FARMER, WEDNESDAY FEB, 20 1907.
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mr the editor, guthrie, okla.
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SOME FACTS ABOUT HOGS.
If you want clean pork, food clean
food.
Ulthiness and uncleanliness in fool
tend toward disease.
A sow that does not prove a good
mother should !>• discarded.
The boar should have abundant ex-
ercise and a continued variety of food
One good service is all that is neces-
sary to produce a complete litter of
PigS.
There is no animal so easy to fatten
when it has no exercise as the pig.
To maintain healthy and stock-get-
ting power, a boar must have exercise.
All the god qualities belonging to
the race cannot be found in any single
breed.
If there is any coarseness in either
side let it be with the sow rather than
the boar.
A perfectly formed animal does not
need a great amount of fat to make
tne best appearance
ith hogs one of the plainest indi-
cations that they have been crowded
with feed when too young is the break-
ing down in the feet.
No single grain ration meets the en-
tire wants of the young growing or
fattening animal. In all cases and es-
pecially with pigs a good variety gives
the best results.
Dust, cobs and other filth should not
be allowed to accumulate on the feed-
ing floors. Cleanliness in the feeding "
Places will aid materially in maintain-
ing health.
It is much better to have the pigs a
little hungry and come to their feed
with a sharp appetite than to have
them lazy and indifferent about it.
If rich food is given the farrowing
sow too Boon and in too large quanti-
ties, It will cause the milk flow to be
loo rich and abundant
Indolence in the healing power of
wounds Is always a sign of constitu-
tional debility. Give a good tonic.
Too close and long continued in-
breeding tends to a rapid degeneration
in nearly all Instances.
The amount of food consumed by
swine In comparison with other ani-
mals in proportion to weight Is very
great. , *
Young breeders in purchasing breed-
ing Stock should always give quality
wh«r?£erenCe b6f0re fanc>' Po'nts.
when these can be had together all
right, but quality should come first
is only six inches above ground he
goes backward until he frees himself,
even if he could step over the obstruc-
tor) l\v a forward movement, and when
his hind foot is fast he goes forward.
It is also well known that when the
halter is put upon the colt's head for
the first time and the breaker begins
to pull on the halter, that the colt will
invariably go backward to get out of
the difficulty. Yet how manv aolt
handlers ever stopped to consider for
"ne moment why the colt goes in that
direction in preference to any other?
And still everybody knows it to be a
fact. Every colt breaker realizes in
the beginning that it is a question of
"nan power at one end of the halter
: nd horse power at the other. If there
is more horse power than human
ir. sazn« there ar© no funds avaHabla
for such work. It Is hoped that these
conditions will soon be remedied by the
state legislatures.
The plans and methods of work have
been varied in different staies accord-
ing to local conditions. In some states
meetings were held and local interest
was aroused and information dissem-
inated by public discussion of the sub-
ject of tick eradication. In the range
country inspectors were employed who
could live in the saddle and wield the
lasso like a cowboy. These men worked
in groups of about a dozen, each group
having a cook and camping outfit,
i hey covered their territory system-
atically, roping and examining cattle
wherever found, and informing the
owners of infested animals of the most
practical method of getting rid of
ticks In the southeastern states a
carload of crude petroleum, in barrels
was distributed and used under tho
supervision of the inspectors in the
treatment of ticky cattle. By the end
of the season, 30,000 cattle had been
inspected. The work was directed
mainly in the territory bordering on
the quarantine line, with the object of
freeing this area from ticks and push-
ing the line further south from year to
year. As a result of this year's work
it is expected that forty whole counties
with an area larger than the state of
BROOKS' NEW CURE
for
Hrtxiku' Appliance. New
discovery. Wonderful. No
obnoxious sp-.lngs or pads.
Automatic **ir Cushions.
Binds and draws the broken
parts together as you would
a broken limb- So salves.
No lyraphol. Ne lien. DuH
able, cheap. Pat. Sept. JO.'01.
SENT ON TRIAL.
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C. e. BROOKS. 3126 brooks'Iiidf.
marshall, mich
the light harness horse. So Important
ras this fact become that Mr. Charles
L. Bailey, the noted horseman, makes
ar appeal to the farmers of Kentucky
tc go back to breeding saddlers
Good saddlers can be bred and raised
trained in the middle west or the
east as well as Kentucky. It is largely
a matter of getting the best breeds
Of course. Kentucky is the place to
go, even yet, for the best sires, but
money will get good ones and the rest
is a question of good judgment, apti-
tude for business and corv.mon sense
all hS|iern farmPrH who are Putting
all this money into the heavy draf
flight tur" with profit to the
saddle horse. As a rule it costs no
more for stallion service; the boys can
get a great deal of pleasure in break-
ing and training the colts and the re-
fyingat the SaleS stables w,u be grati-
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"WHITTINGToN LEADER."
Champion at largest fairs both England and America for u,
age, me. Clover Hill Farm, Kellerton. Iowa Shropshire Ram. any
WHY HORSES PULL BACK
Every horseman of experience and
observation knows that whenever a
horse gets his front feet over an ob-
struction of any kind and feeis th.*
pressure on fhe foot or leg. even if ii
After Abortion
®hol1'd be 'ajected with Hood Farm
Antiseptic Breeding Powder. It destroys
tffirniH, cleanwes. anf
.^tiength, too often a confirmed halter
puller follows. If the halter is broken
ir. the struggle, a like result is quite
evident.
To still further illustrate this great
natural law, just take up the front foot
of a horse and carry it forward. Now
carry the foot back under the body
back of its center and a forward move-
ment Is the result. Then take up the
hind foot and carry it backwards and
the horse moves forward for relief, but
carry it under the body forward of the
tenter and the horse again attempts a
backward motion to get away from its
effect.—Texas Stockman.
makes the cow breed
When cows do not
clean, this powder
prevents putrefac-
tion and bad odor,
makes the cow clean
naturally and puts
her in breeding: con-
dition. Also success-
ful where cows do
not come in season
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and where they fail to breed.
"Hood Farm Antiseptic Breeding Powder
saved one of my best thoroughbred cows
from the butcher's block and restored her to
meUoDe iti0n'" Jacob Eckekt, Park-
Prices, SI and $2.50. Prepaid. $1.15 and $3.75.
Injection Tube, J5c., by mail. 90o.
« I. HOOD c'o.Xwell, Mas..
TICK ERADICATION
We take the following from the re-
port of a. D. Melvin, D. V. S., chief of
the Hureau of Animal Industry relative
to tho eradication of the Southern Cat-
tle tick by the department.
a new line of work undertaken dur-
ing the year is the effort to eradicat-
the southern cattle tick. On June 1906
Congress appropriated JS2.500 for a be-
ginning in this work in cooperation
with state authorleies. The season was
far advanced and the time was short
for effective work, yet the results so
far accomplished are very gratifying
and encouraging. They Indicate that
the eradication of the tick is entirely '
possible, though It Is recognized as a
lnrpre and difficult* undertaking. one
that will require hearty co-operation
between Federal and state authorities
and the people, and several years of
energetic work. In some states the
laws have been found Inadequate, and
\ irginia, can be safely released from
quarantine next season.
th:°r™"y yearS the ca"le tick and
the infection of Texas fever which it
transmits have been an incubus to the
ve stock industry of the South. The
lifting of this burden will be of incal-
culable advantage to that section anJ
benefit to the entire country This
can and will be done if Cong, ess and
the state legislatures will provide the
necessay funds, and if legislatures will
enact adequate laws where there are
lacking. Money expended in this work
will prove a splendid investment for
the state and the nation.
GOOD MONEYTN SADDLE HORSES.
The records of the great horse mar-
kets tell the story of tho scarcity or
good saddle horses. They were ney r
so scarce before. The demand in New
or , hiladelphia and Ra'timore for
Rood, sound, well-gaitod saddlers is
sharp, and it Is not unusual >o s6e
I? 000 ,600> nnd occa8'onally
si'0 10. A Tenessee mare sold in New
1 ork last month for *900. She was
not known as a breeder, but was
bought for her riding qualities.
Breeders, who once raised saddlers
K?rt7aZy °Ver trottin* and have
sold off their saddle stallions and
mares and gone into the breeding of
SILAGE FOR HORSES? GO SLOW
Corn silage can be best fed to horses
in the same sparing method as It is
fed to some other kinds of live stock.
It contains a very large per cent of
water and when fed too freely to work-
ing horses it is somewhat liable to de-
lange the digestion, although if fed in
very moderate quantities, tho effect
would be the opposite. But in the case
of brooding mares and growing colts
dom ^ fCd W,th mUCh mor« fre"
™V\the forme<- It has been found a
\ ery fair milk producing food and for
the latter it Is a very cheap food, but
SL7U,rJ'e' a conslderable amount of
,7rh° r ^ anl,f POsaib,e nitrogenous
in character, should be fed along with
It is also important to feed silage to
horses out of doors. It is also import-
snLe° tho! CaUtl°n feedln* horses
• lage that are much out of doors in
cold weather unless they are kept mov-
ing. Green food is furnished by na-
ture only in warm weather, and if it
erahl* "8Cd C°,d weather, consid-
' care must be exercised with
to moentC?ht0 a<HUStinff the «">«tions
A^tln, requiromen'a of such food.
Attention must also be given to tho
character of the corn fed. Suppose a
man grows flint corn of some rather
produoTnT^ Variety' which does not
Produce a large stock; there will be a
1 se Poportion «f corn in the sllaee
SilnJ n* a uanrer Poportion of
grains of corn, than might be better
Th« 1° .th0."eeds of the horse.
7 he fact will never be lost sight of
that oats Is the best grain food for
horses that is grown for them, con-
frequently no matter what the other
withVhe al"\should be to feed along
with it a certain proportion of oats
GO SLOW ON COTTONSEED MEAL
inlr o?yoorTtStake^ ar° made in the feed-
Hn f °°ttonseed meal, feeders forget-
ting for the moment that it is an ex-
PreTtv st0nCentratCt5 foo,i and a
pretty strong stomach to handle it-
hence it should be fed spaHngl to
w II not do for any considerable period
but as one of a mixture it has great
a 'ton T" fi a prlce as high as $35.00
ton- provided the other grains use.i
are not too.hlgh in price. A flne mix-
ture is corn meal, the grinding of th..
seed 'meal °b the cotton-'
V. °r- bran may bo used
but ln hVlno Rr°Un'' Wl,h tho c°b.
but in the latter case tho ratio should-
to on. V\ °f th0 cottonseed meal
the whTat" bran.h °' thc ^
alfalfa
Superior to the Imported
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Greer, Frank H. Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 20, 1907, newspaper, February 20, 1907; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc88141/m1/6/?q=%22new-sou%22: accessed July 8, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.