Homestead (Newspaper) - April 30, 1903, Des Moines, Iowa of Mo I think The Homestead is a r i T Ine is a wonderful I learn more out of it than trom a dozen other papers put R. L. L. of I have read The over forty-one I L W U Li J 1J C take it as long as I farm years with pleasure and v i v uo zis j. as it is the best agricultural paper in the United VOL. NO. 18. 30, 1903; At a political convention a few years ago a favorite orator gained great plause by declaring that the farmer was .as much a business man as those who sit in counting rooms in the The statement was farmer indeed a business once a manufacturer and a If this is then ihe farmer should in approved business Among other things he should have such a of his current as other business men and thus enable self to discover the sources of his gains and his expenditure and How many farmers in your are there who definitely know they How many of them consistently keep a ord and at an end of a season how much has been made or and When city business man closes a and finds he has only made ends or finds he has run he has a history of his affairs which he can examine to ascertain his If he has no -is and can not tell what remedies to in- or what changes to Without an accurate record in cold black and he would probably de- lude himself into the belief that everything was and go on repeating errors until he reached the The country business man should not be behind his urban low in prudence and in general too often think is a scientific profession beyond the ken of one without special training and having no more than a com- mon school This is a is a very simple process. The more simple the better the There are but two principles in taking of inventories and the putting down of debits and A farmer has no need to use complicated double entry The plainest kind of single entry will suffice to record material But one small book is The first pages should con- tain an inventory of everything on the farm when the book is in the most direct manner should down what has been paid out and what 1ms been taken in. At the end of the or another inventory should be The difference between the sum of the first inventory and the debits and the sum of the last inventory and the credits shows the profit or In addition to the general account for the farm as a whole it is often desirable to keep separate records for each cow A milk book can be ruled for thirteen with columns of butter fat per cow and other In the spaces for each week can be entered the data provided WHOLE NO. 2389. OK We receive so many complaints of bad results following castration that a few words of advice at this season of the year will prove of value to Chose Making a small opening in the scrotum and pulling hard upon the cords is also the cause of the formation of troublesome tumors called cords which come from the severed cord sticking to the lips of the closing wound T A Imported and page 5.) daily i. s one for each A herd book should have at least two pages for each with notation left hand page of the name of the the if the animal is when etc. In the same way a poultry account can be or a hog charging the amount of feed and other and thus showing at a glance what of feeding has Instead of P the the stations to 4 CU experiments farmers should try as they the professional experimenters our agricultural schools can never make tests under conditions which generally prevail on the average It is not possible for a farmer to in- crease his income by the mere fact oi keeping but if he does so gently he will soon gain information which will aid him in making more Above all it will educate him away from the hit or accidental sort of farming which docs so much to reduce farm profits and to make agriculture an uncertain a fine dry bright day when no storm is m Starve the animal for twelve hours and do not allow any water the The object is the bowels as empty as sible in case of colts and as regards other animals to have them in best possible condition to operate Xever ate on an animal that is If a colt has distemper it is almost impossible O C: i V -i 4- x Given a and being infected by a goid spore known as Cut the cord high up and make the incision in the scrotum very large and this trouble will never Do not use the old Use an or ecraseur and cut slowly when the cords are being Let the colt up gently and have him tied up for six After that time if he is not bleeding from the scrotum he may be turned upon clean ture and once daily the wounds in the scrotum should be ripped open to low escape of fluid contents and to prevent the cords irom adhering to the walls ot the If this is done there will be no trouble and as a rule there is very little swelling of the sheath Opening the scrotum not all th t is re- The colt must be made to take plenty of ex- If he inclines to stand in a corner of the field hitch him up and drive We would sooner put a newly castrated colt to work in harness than have him stand idle without ex- In the operation hands ana ments should be kept dean and for this purpose a 2 per cent solution pf lysol should be as it is an effective antiseptic and does not gum the After the operation the colt may be drink of cold water and be L U it and not cause its death or carry the disease to other colts castrated the same day with same here this has been done we have known oi every colt being lost from blood The next point of importance is to ways make a free incision in the Have the knife very sharp and at one sweep cut right down to the testicles through all the Split the scrotum so that no pocket remains m which pus can gather to decompose and set up inflammation and blood Remember that the germ lock jaw cannot exist in the presence of so that air allowed to enter the mi. Will ll rt 11 1 J i 10 bleed cold water on loins and be- tween hind legs if weather is warm and Jt the hemorrhage then continues rate a wad ot oakum in tincture of iron and insert it in the it m place by a stitch or This at once form a clot and in most cases will be all that is required to s1 but this treatment e given unless absolutely It is to take plenty of time in cutting the and spermatic arteries and theS bleeding will not occur unless colt is a there is ol b no matter how much may be taken in The same rules apply to the castration TP far as the making of a large wound in the scrotum and use of antiseptics are concerned We tavor castrating early in case of lambs and but colts in opinion best left to the age of two years if the operator is an experienced mmi
