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THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 



March, 1914 



themselves, and consequently we 

 have defeneration rather than im- 

 provement. Therefore, the ani- 

 mal that varies from its parents 

 in the riofht direction varies to- 

 wards improvement, and is a 

 particularly valuable animal to 

 breed from. 



In this connection proper care 

 and feeding will do much toward 

 improviog live stock. It is im- 

 possible to make a good animal 

 out of a scrub by the best of care 

 and feed, but it is possible to make 

 a scrub out of a good animal by 

 neglect, lack of suflBicient care and 

 proper feed. 



In the improvement of farm ani. 

 mals, it is essential that the breed- 

 er realise the value of good feed- 

 ing. Marked improvement cannot 

 be effected fey good breeding alone, 

 nor cannot be effected by good 

 feeding alone, but the two must go 

 together if the most rapid im- 

 provement is to be secured. 



Rat Killing. 



A cat. that is fed all it needs is 

 a nuisance except for those who 

 want a lazy pet. A hungry cat 

 kept at the barn and fed nothing 

 but a little warm milk is the best 

 rat-trap we know of, writes the 

 " Rural New Yorker." Care should 

 be taken to plug up rat holes or 

 scatter broken glass in them. 01 

 course a new bam can be made 

 nearly rat-proof by the use of 

 concrete. Next to a cat we con- 

 sider a rat or Scotch terrier dog 

 best. When they are trained pro- 

 I)erly they make fierce hunters. 

 Ferrets are useful in some situa- 

 tions and where the farmer knows 

 how to handle them. We have 

 caught a number of rats in steel 

 traps, but they may bite off a 

 foot and escape. A large wire 

 trap that catches thjem alive is 



These Heaters are very largely 

 used by the Government, Tublic 

 Institutions, Hospitals, and lead- 

 ing Citizens of the State. They 

 are High Recommended and giving 

 every satisfaction. 



Manufacturer of 

 Patent Bathheaters, Baths, Wash- 

 troughs, etc., 



139 O'CONNRLL STREET, 

 NORTH ADELAIDE. 

 'Phone 3190. 



useful. So is a barrel trap with 

 a tUting top which lets a rat 

 down into water. As for poison, 

 we have used a paste of phosphor- 

 us smeared on bread. The rats 

 and mice leave the house after 

 tasting this stuff, apparently going 

 alter water. We should depend on 

 cats or a rat terrier at the barn 

 and this rat paste in the house. 



Green Fodder for Pigs' 



There seems to be no good rea- 

 son why green forage crops should 

 not be considered pig's food. Ex- 

 periment has shown that if cut 

 young enough, such home-grown 

 lood, is pretty weU digested, al- 

 though fibrous food generally is 

 not best suited to the economy of 

 the pig. 



Moreover, it seems to pay well 

 in America, where this method is 

 in vogue, and many kinds of green 

 crops are there laid under contri- 

 bution. Recent experiment at the 

 Missouri Experimental Station; 

 has, in fact, shown that a greater 

 profit attends this kind of feeding 

 than a corn diet, and this to the 

 extent of 20 to 30 per cent, of the 

 relative costs of the two methods 

 of feeding. 



A large number of forage plants 

 were used, and all of them can be 

 used in this country also^ though 

 our systemi of pig-feeding would 

 not compare exactly with the 

 " heavy grain feeding " method of 

 the States, with which forage is 

 compared. 



Lucerne and red clover comes out 

 best, lucerne leading, and rape 

 Ijeing third. Beans, rye, peas, 

 etc., were not so successful. It ap- 

 jiears that the best returns are not 

 to be got without some dry food 

 in addition— 2 R). of maize per 

 day for each 100 lb. live weight. 

 These, however, do not seem to 

 he out of the way, as the gain in 

 weight per acre was 1,310 lb., some 

 4,000 lb. of maize being fed. If 

 we take the lucerne at ten tons 

 per acre, this would not give a 

 return of i lb. of pork to 5 ll>. 

 of dry matter in the total food. 



With clover little or no dry food 

 is recjuired during blooming time, 

 as the heads give a satisfactory 

 growing food, though as much as 

 3 to 5 Bj. of grain may be used. 

 Over 1,000 lb. live weight increase 

 was made, however, with about 

 three-quarters of the amount of 

 maize used with lucerne. Store 

 pigs of 50 to 70 lb. weight were 

 used . — Exchange. 



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The man who cannot milk with- 

 out abusing cows has no right in 

 the cow-sta1)le. Harsh treatment 

 of anv l<ind will result in a de- 

 creased yield, and if lon-p- urACtised 

 will i^ermancntly injure the cow as 

 a milking-machine. 



