.«• Wl|lg«i?Pt *^PF w^mrr. ,E r:ih1 MOWER COUNTY NEWS.AUSTIN, MINN. Monday, June 20, 1921. Page Seven ROAD CONDITIONS Use Stick Potash In Dehorning Calves In Place less the grass is eftten down close to nesota Lake fair, Wells good, Albert 1 FRUIT FOR AVERAGE FARM FAMILY the roots. Good fall and winter feed Lea. of Sawing or Clipping Horns Says Farm Expert are best provided if the grass is allowed No. 40 Good, Lyle, Austin and Owatonna. to make a rank growth. ^This DEHORNING is especially true of bluegrass pasture. Lyle good, Austin good, Blooming of calves by the use otherwise scurs and stub horfas wilt The grass will. go thru the Prairie good, Owatonna. of caustic potash is recommended grow later. After the treatment has winter in better condition also if No. 41 Poor, Blooming Prairie and Highway Report Gives by M. H. Fohrman who is an assistant been given do not allow the calf to there is a good covering on the Hay field. (Under construction.) professor of dairy husbandry stand out in the rain, as this may result Good Roads For ground. No. 42 Good, Rochester and Kellogg. at University Farm and superintendent in the same danger which accompanies 5. It is important to have the No. 43 Good, Rushford and Winona. Week. of official testing in Minnesota. the use of caustic potash ground well covered with a rank No. 44 Poor, Good, Hokah, Caledonia "Compared with the practice of clipping solution. growth of grass during the hot weather. good, Canton. and sawing off horns'after the "For the man who raises his own 1200 PATROLMEN This shades the roots, prevents No. 56 Good, Kenyon, Dodge Center an mals are oid," says Mr. Fohrman, heifers, this is unquestionably the the land from drying and stimulates and Brownsdale. WORK ON ROADS 'the use of caustic potash on calves best system of dehorning. It leaves constant growth. Kenyon fair, West Concord Dodge is more humane, requires less time no unsightly stumps to mar the shape Center good, Hayfield good, "Brownsdale and carries with it no danger to the of the head. Dehorning may detract Favorable Weather Conditions Making good. T. H. No. 9 HOW TO COMBAT animal such as that caused by hemorrhage from the show ring value of an animal, Marked Improvement No. 59 Fair, Spring Valley, Rochester and infection by flies. It but it makes the animal easier SCOURS IN CATTLE In Highways. and Lake City. can be done at any season of the to handle and less dangerous to the Spring Valley fair, Stewartville year and the animal is too young to other cows in the herd. St. Paul, June 18—Good, smooth "Like all diseases in cattle," says good, Rochester fair, Zumbro Falls, suffer any severe set-back in growth "At the age of a week or ten days, conditions obtain on the biggest part M. H. Fohrman of the dairy husbandry poor, Lake City. as no excessive bleeding results. or as soon as the 'buttons' can be felt, of Minnesota's 7,000 mile system of division, University Farm, "prevention No. 60 Good, Faribault and Madison is the best time to apply this treatment." "Stick potash is preferable to a trunk highways, according to the is the best method of combating Lake. lye solution, as the latter is more scours. Ordinarily scours, as weekly bulletin issued today by the Faribault good, Morristown construction, distinguished from white scours or likely to run down .and burn the skin state highway department. Tropical Fish Land Travelers. Waterville good, Madison calf cholera, can usually be traced to and hair or get into the eyes. Clip "More than 1,200 patrolmen and Certain fish of the South African Lake. over-feeding, irregular feeding, dirty away the hair around the rudimentary twenty-five fleets of tractors and tropics are known to leave the small pails, cold milk, sour milk, or old horn, make a slight cut in the trucks are now on the job, and are milk, and any one or all of these are ponds to seek larger and cooler CISTERN LIGHTENS soft horn with the shears, and then making marked improvement in the due to carelessness oiythe part of the stretches of water when the sun apply the caustic by rubbing the tip general condition of trunk routes," WASH-DAY TOIL part of the feeder. threatens to dry up their late habitations. of the stick on the 'button' until it said W. Rosenwald, chief maintenance They spend whole days and "Constant vigilance is the price of becomes moist, ried, or shows signs engineer. The reports direct healthy calves. As. soon as trouble is nights on their march, and travel by A cistern is one of the most important of bleeding. Be sure that all parts from superintendents in sixteen districts detected, the feed of the calf should hundreds through the moist undergrowth improvements on the farm home. of the horn are burnt in the process: 1 be reduced at least half. Administer covering the entire state substantiate of the forests. Soft water makes the work of washing a dose of castor oil in warm milk by the statement. days easier and much more satisfactory. means of a small drenching bottle. The weekly road condition bulletin This will tend to remove all irritating GooJ Tractor Lubrication ess^hm. follows: substances from the bowels. Feed "If the house is already built," says No. 1—Good—Albert Lea, St. Paul, should then be gradually restored to H. B. White of the agricultural engineering the normal account, and formaldehyde Duluth and North Shore. division at University Do Not Neglect the Orchard, Nor Fail to Plant One If There le None on the solution should be added to the milk South state line, fair Albert Lea Farm, "a round cistern is usually located Farm—It Meane Dollars and Cents in the Pocket and Adds Much to the at the rate of one teaspoonful per Goo(1 good, Owatonna fair, detour, Faribault where the down spouts and Enjoyment of the-Owners. Pyramid Tractor 03essentially pound of milk. This solution should good, detour, paved, Northfield suction pipes will easily reach it. The be made up of one part of formalin good, Farmington good, St. Paul (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) (40 per cent solution of formaldehyde) round cistern should be eight feet in The ordinary individual craves a certain amount of fruit In his diet. On detour, White Bear good, Forest Lake diameter and about ten feet deep below to thirty-one parts of water. If the average farm fruit constitutes only about 0 per cent (in value) of all food good, Rush City good, Pine City good, prompt improvement does not follow the tapered portion. consumed. This percentage could be increased to good advantage, making Hinckley good, Sandstone good, this treatment,-repeat the dose of oil, "In building a new farm house, it fruit a more important part of the diet Moose Lake fair, Duluth good, Two and accompany it with another reduction is often desirable to locate the cistern For Engines: Many farmsteads include fruit trees and grape arbors as a part of the For Gears (if Enclosed:) in the feed. Harbors fair, Grand Marias fair, in the basement. If it can be built in Pyramid Tractor Oil Pyramid Transmission Oil planting scheme around the dwelling. A small area of the farm devoted to "Calves are always greedy, and for Pidgeon River. Special Tractor Oil a corner, then construction of forms Pyramid Transmission apple trees, peach trees, berry plants, or other fruit suited to the region, is a this reason overfeeding should 'be No. 7— Fair, Good, Winona, Mankato Universal Tractor Oil Grease. for a concrete cistern is simple. A good investment for any farmer. About two-thirds of the fruit consumed by avoided. This is true particularly and Lake Benton. For Cups and Wheel Bear- For Open Gears and for layer of tar paper is placed against the average farm family is produced on the home farm. when alfalfa is being fed, as it is exceedingly Winona good, detour, St. Charles ings: Gravity Feed Lubrication. the inside of the foundation wall to palatable, and the animal is Pyramid Cup Grease. Pyramid Harvester Oil. fair, Rochester good, Kasson good, insulate and protect from expansion apt to gorge itself." Pastures Drawn On Too Heavily Early Are Dodge Center good, Claremont good, and contraction. The shape may vary Owatonna good, Waseca good, Mankato Improved Camera. In Poor Condition During Hot Summer Days somewhat, but one that is eight feet Buy Now—your supply Pyramid Oil and be prepared for an good, New Ulm good, Springfield Designed particularly for making square and six feet deep will prove early Spring. Write for prices and information as to our plan— motion pictures of birds and animals, fair, Tracy fair, Lake Benton DO satisfactory. Built at the time the we save you mony. 1. Divide the pasture into two or a new French camera, with a speed of not overstock the pastures in fair, State line. basement is constructed, the material more fields and pasture alternately, 250 exposures a second, is remarkable No. 9 Fair, LaCrescent, Fairmont and the spring growing season, says required will be forty-four sacks of for its ingenious method of keeping Andrew Boss of University farm, or Luverne. Daily Trips the Country—Phone Bridge 37. cement, three yards of sand and five the moving object in the field of in charge of the Minnesota experiment 2. Top dress at least one field LaCrescent poor, Hokah poor, yards of pebbles. This means a very the lens, says Popular Mechanics during the fall or winter. Let the Houston poor, Rushford fair, Lanesboro station. Pastures which are small expenditure of money when the cattle pasture in the other field during Magazine. The sighting arm Is so drawn on too heavily early are generally good, Preston fair, Fountain convenience and satisfaction of having the early part of the summer and connected to the pivoted mirror that good, Wykoff good, Spring Valley in poor condition during the hot Gasoline and Use Pyramid an abundance of soft water near they move together in geometrical relation, save the top dressed field until the days of summer and early autumn, good, Grand Meadow fair, Austin at hand is considered." Use Pyramid Auto Oils and an image In the center of middle of June or the first of July. just when the livestock is, most in good, under construction, fair, Albert the finder is always reflected into the 3. While the cattle are pastured Lea good, Blue Earth fair, Fairmont need of good feed. Mr. Boss has Kerosene PANY And Grease China's Great Variety of Trees. center of the camera lens, regardless on the top dressed field, rest the other good, Sherburne good, Jackson poor, found that only a little foresight and China has a greater variety of trees of its position. The flight of birds, pasture, allowing the grass to grow Worthington good, Adrian good, Luverne ulannfng will often greatly increase than the whole of North America, and and even of projectiles, may thus be Austin Minnesota. the amount of pasturage and lesson well for fall feed. good, state line. many remarkably handsome specimens recorded for further study, the object 4. 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