FARMERS' COLUMN.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 134, 9 February 1915, Page 7

FARMERS' COLUMN.

MILK AND WATER

It is generally agreed that -comp producing a large amount cf milk require more water than cows 01 the same weight that are light milkers. A test was made with two cows at an American experimental farm, and it was fennel that a cow producing an average of 25 gallons cf milk daily consumed nearly S gallons of water, while a stall mate producing 15 gallon of milk a day consumed’ four gallons of water. In this ease the consumption of water was approximately in the same ration as the. production of milk. The ration, was identical for both animals, -with the/ exEbution -that the larger producing ccw consumed more grain and grass than the other RAISE THE HEIFERS. ' No farmer should fail to raise- the heifers from his good cows. The expense; cf raising a heifer is paid in instalments,, and when a cow is hough! it goes fn a bunch. A man may raise an extra fine cow, but a really good one is hard to buy; will cost three or four times as much as the raising cf a heifer. There is always a risk in buying that the cow may not do well in her new locallou, and it takes time for her to get acquainted with ycur herd. The heifer raised on the farm is familiar with her breed and location. Mr Beginner, always raise the good calf from a purebred sire. It pays.— W E. Elliott.

TREATMENT FOR BARBEDWtRE CUTS.

With so-much barbed wire about animais are sure to get cut now and again, and sometimes badly. The first thing to do is to put the animal where it can be kept quiet. Then bathe the leg every half hour for the first twentyfour hours, with a lotion made cf acetate cf lead soz, sulphate of xiuc Aoz, tincture cf arnica 2c:, 5., water one

quart. After live first twenty four hours 'bathe the wound three times a day. If it fills up higher than the akin apply a little bichloride of mercury with a smooth piece of stick, but do not use more at a time than will lie cn a sixpence, as there is danger cf the poise n being absorbed. A good ointment for healing the wounds cn stock may be made as fellows: To four ounces of either lard cr vasseline, add one ounce of turpentine and one ounce of eucalyptus oil. These well mixed together make a useful ointment for wounds. All wounds should always be well washed with soap and water, cr water with a little lysol added. To measure the ingredients, a teaspoon can be used, as when full of liquid it holds about an ounce. About six times the same bulk would represent four ounces of lard. DO IT NOW-To-day is the day to get busy. Torn errow may be too late. The expression “Do it Now,” may be getting trite, but it is a good motto for a man to keep before him. It is easy to put off until to-morrow what ought to be done to-day. Much loss often comes from procrastination. This is especially true cn the farm. The farmer may suffer a good deal of loss by failing lo do something that he felt ought to have been done to-day.

There is the man who intended to separate his cows from the pigs. The cows are due to calve, but he neglects to remove the pigs. That night a young calf is devoured by the swine. Of course it is quite a loss. He just, felt ho must fix-hice the stock away from the old straw rick. He intended to do that right after breakfast, but something happened he did not get to it. Another day and he would not neglect it; but that night the storm came and blew the rick that had been eaten under over on a fine Jersey cow. Seventy-five dollars (£ls 12s d) gone in a windy night. The wire fence needed fixing, bur tee busy to day. That night a horse gets over into the maize field and eats too much maize, and is foundered. Put it off too long. Better to have hired an extra hand to do this work. A person might gc on ad infinitum, but. the point is this: It pays in pounds and shillings to do the, work to-day that ought ct be done. There is work that can be postponed without loss to do the necessary, so it is better to do the necessary jandi t save‘ disaster. — W. D Neale.