The ranch., November 15, 1906, Page 14, Image 14

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LIVE STOCK
Feeding Wheat to Horses.
The director of the state agricul
tural experiment station at Pullman
has under consideration an experiment
in the feeding of wheat to work
horses. Feeding experiments for the
past ten years have shown in the
case of cattle and hogs that wheat
as a feed yields the best results of
any of the cereals. A chemical analy
sis of wheat shows the percentage of
nutritive matter very high. The world
has been drifting to wheat as the
great bread food for man, even the
most immovable of the older nations
gradually discarding rye and barley
as bread foods for the cheaper and
better wheat.
Oats and barley have in the Pa
cific northwest been the traditional
and favorite feed for horses. Wheat
has been used somewhat, both alone
and in mixture, but there is a popular
fear of founder for it and a tradition
that it is too "heating" a feed. The
quantity of any feed fed is so perfectly
under the control of the feeder that
it may well be doubted if this objec
tion i swortiiy of serious consideration.
Difficulties of mastication and diges
tion, if such exist, are so easily con
trolled by food mixtures, that it may
well be doubted it' these are serious
objections.
In the case of hog and cattle feed
ing such uniform and such good re
sults are gained that it would seem
unlikely that horses would be pecu
liar in this particular. Custom and
prejudice go so much farther than
rational action based on scientific
data, in such matters, that it is well
worth while to determine the facts
in the case. Just now oats are worth
30 per cent more on the market than
Red Russian wheat. The difference
is likely to be 50 per cent or more.
Several times lately it has happened
that there is a greater or less differ
ential in favor of wheat as feed.
To be able to take advantage of this
in the vast quantity of feed consumed
by work horses would be doubly prof
itable. First, there would be a great
saving in the cost of feed. Second,
there would be a better market for
wheat, particularly for light or off
grade wheat. A pound of wheat a
little lighter than the test has prac
tically the same feeding value as if
of full test. Besides, it was shown
in the steer feeding experiment last
winter that wheat which had been
wet to the point of sprouting, when
dried gave practically the same feed
ing value as when uninjured.
The more the uses of wheat at
home can be extended the greater the
economy in sacks, freight, etc. It is
now an accepted rule that five pounds
of ground wheat will, under favorable
conditions, make one pound of pork.
It is now also established that wheat
can be used profitably in finishing
beef cattle.
It is fairly probable that the vast
number of work horses on the farm,
in the towns and cities, and on the
many construction lines for railways
and irrigation enterprises, can use
wheat as the foundation and largest
part of the ration. To get extra data
on this point and thus promote the
interest of both consumer and pro
ducer, is the object of the projected
experiment at Pullman. The Ranch
hopes to announce the results in fu
ture issues.
Successful Feeders.
Will the time ever come when the
average farmer and breeder will take
the same care and pains to keep the
colls growing that he does to keep and
mature the calves and pigs? Perhaps
the reason is that it requires three to
four years to mature a colt ready for
market, and much less time to mature
a hog or dispose of a calf. As a rule
farm colts are turned out to pasture
with their dams to run till weaning
time, or, if the mothers are used on
the farm, the colts are kept in the
barn day times and in the pasture at
night until old enough to be weaned.
Either of the above methods, under
favorable circumstances, will be all
right, and the colts will make good
growth. The main setback, and one
from which the colt seldom recovers,
occurs soon after the colt is weaned
and deprived of the mother's milk.
Colts that have followed their dams,
while the latter have worked on the
farm, usually get along better and are
less checked in growth than colts that
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have run in pasture all summer with
their dams, for the reason that the
former have learned to eat hay and
grain and drink water, and in most
cases have been kept alone in the farm
barn in the day time, so that when
weaned they do not fret and worry,
but soon forget the mother, and do
not lose flesh or stop growing. But
the main and most important part of
maturing the colt is lost sight of from
the time it is weaned until over two
years old, or about time to break it
to harness or work; that is, to keep it
growing without any setback until ful
iy up in the fall, halter* broken, stabled
every night and fed sufficient grain
and hay to keep it growing through
the winter. They should be turned
out day times for exercise, but the
stabling and feeding part of the busi
ness should never be overlooked.
With a good start as a weanling the
first summer, with first-class care and
plenty of feed the first winter, prac
tically seventy-five per cent of the
colts foaled wov.id mature into horses
weighing from two to three hundred
pounds more than they do, and the
profit at selling time would be much
larger.
Nail Wounds in Horses' Feet.
It has long been known that nail
pricks and other similar injuries in
the horse's hoof may lead to an in
fection, followed by the formation of
pus under the horn of the hoof, and a
serious general disease of the horse,
or at least the loss of the hoof. In
a bulletin of the South Dakota sta
tion, Prof. Moore has recently report
ed results obtained in a number of
cases from applying a strict antisep
tic treatment to injuries of this kind.
The method consists in paring away
the horn of the hoof from the affected
part until the blood oozes out. The
hoof is then thoroughly washed in a
solution of bichloride of mercury at
the rate of 1 part to 500 of water,
then absorbent cotton saturated in a
solution of the same strength ap
solution of the same strength is ap
plied to the wound and the whole hoof
is packed in cotton surrounded by a
bandage and well coated with tar.
This prevents any further filth from
coming in contact with the wound.
The operation must usually be done
by a qualified veterinarian. Subse
quent treatment, however, can be ap
plied by the average farmer, since all
that is necessary is to pour a little
of this solution of bichloride of mer
cury upon the cotton which projects
from the upper part of the bandage.
The cotton will absorb enough of this
solution to keep the wound moistened
and hasten the healing process. If
a remedy of this nature is not adapt
ed in the case of foot wounds in the
horse, the owner runs considerable
risk of serious infection either of
blood poisoning or lockjaw.
Doctoring Horses.
The horse is an animal which in
usefulness and close companionship,
is our best friend and should be
doctored very much like a human.
If your horse has colic, make a good
whisky toddy, not too strong and with
a long neck bottle, holding his head
moderately high, drench him with two
ounces of whisky, the same amount of
water and as much sugar as will all
dissolve in the liquid. Rub some
turpentine and oil under the girth
field and he will soon be well. How
ever, if this does not cure, the next
conclusion must be that the bot is
disturbed from too much acid in the
stomach, caused by overwork after
a hearty meal. Drench the horse with
pulverized soda, half t.eacupful to a
pint of warm water, which will sweet
en the stomach, or neutralize the acid
and if troubled after this drench with
sugar and water.
Sheep on the Farm.
Many farmers have yet to realize
the full advisability of keeping sheep.
They seem to think the expense of
fencing precludes all profits. As a hat
tor of fact every improved farm should
gradually become fenced so as to per
mit hogs and wheep to lie pastured
in any field. If a weed pest gets into
the field it is then easy to destroy it.
You cannot fence every field in a 160
--acre farm at the start with hog and
sheep fence, unless you are on easy
street, but it is not difficult to fence
a five or ten-acre lot from time to
time. Sheep improve the land by de
stroying obnoxious weeds. They also
furnish the richest kind of fertilizer.
They are not hard animals to keep dur
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to be, write for particulars, terms, etc. A good stallion is a money
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J. E. MASON, impb7 e e der nd LATAH, WASH.
jA MAMMOTH KENTUCKY JACKS
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'Mf* m~-"^R on request. It pays to raise mules and you can make
Iff * big money in the business. Write for prices and in-
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GEORGE M. WILSON, ""J&Vr" 0 WILBUR, WASH.
Springdale Herd of Herefords
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A. J. SPLAWN, North Yakima, Wash.
ing the winter. All that is necessary
is a clean, dry shed. They can stand
moisture. They are not difficult to
keep free from disease if clean and
sanitary quarters are provided. They
can be profitably pastured on land that
would not provide feed for any other
stock. Just now sheep represent
good money in mutton and wool. Both
are bringing top prices. The lambs
are ready for market at an early date,
and with very little care. Sheep in
crease rapidly, and, all around, are an
exceptionally valuable farm asset.
Alfalfa as Pig Feed.
The Nebraska experiment station
has tested the feeding value of alfalfa
pretty thoroughly. A test was recent
ly completed with eight lots, of seven
pigs each, averaging about eighty-five
pounds. Both the alfalfa meal and the
chopped hay were prepared at the
station, the meal by running the hay
through a grinder and the chopped
material by cutting the hay into one
half-inch lengths with a silage cut-
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the flow of milk to a marked degree. Young
animals.especlally calves subject to SCOURS
It will check the malady as if by magic. Have
tried many kinds but I consider Prussian Stock
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Largest vetch raiser and dealer In
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RED POLLED CATTLE
Of excellent Milk strain. • Herd headed
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Young stock, both sexes, for sale. Also
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Imported Catalena, Majoric, and
Kentucky Bred Jacks
Have the grandest lot of jacks in our
barns ever offered by any firm. Saddle,
trotting and pacing stallions, Poland
China and Tamworth Hogs. Write for
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Duroc Jersey Hog's
Young or old
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prices and particulars.
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