The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-12-21
THE FARM.
Agricultural Notes.

Agricultural notes.
1t is the same with butter as with
all other products, a uniform quality
coupled with quantity will always
create a market demand.
The creamery system, as we find it
in this country, is far from being per-
feet, and yet it possesses some dvan-
tages over the average farm dairy.
Two horses of one kind will do as
much work as four horses of another
kind, and it ought not to be hard to
determine which is the more profta-
BILE.
To remove warts from acow's teatS
a correspondent of Hoard's Dairy
man recommends a mixture of one
part of sulphur to three of lard, ap-
piled after each milking.
The necessity for every farm owner
to understand the special properties
of his soils is evident from the fact
that, with the great diversity which
exists in soils, no single compound can
meet the needs of all.
Cattle of all kinds should be provid-
ed with shelter, and now is O. good
time to provide it if not already fur
nished. 1t need not always b eexpen-
sive. Comfort should be the first
consideration.
1t costs something like $40 a year
to maintain a COW, and the profit
lies in what she yields above the
cost of care and maintenance. From
this it follows that even a small in
crease in the amount of butter very
materially affects the value of the in
dividual.
The Rural World believes that the
general farmer with 200 acres of
land should keep fifty sheep for
utility's sake alone. Such men can
afford to estimate the value of sheep
from the standpoint ofmeat, fertility,
and the the general advantage to
the market price of the wool.
The finer the condition of the man.
ure and the mor evenly it is spread
over the surface the sooner it will be
converted into plant food and the
better it will nourish the plants. AS
the fall is an excellent time to haul
and spread the manure a little car
given the matter of spreading repaid
in the spring.
1t is convenient and apparently
economical Ito breed animals only
eight months old, or even younger.
The SOW can be marketed when eight
teen months old, being kept through
only one winter. But immature
animals cannot produce offspring
as strong and vigorous as the off
spring of older animals.
When farm implements are housed
for winter they should be painted
with crude petroleum mixed with
enough coloring matter to give it a
substance that will hold it on. If
this is done their durability will be
greatly increased, and one of the
most serious farm expenses be cor
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
An observant Maryland farmer,
who has been travelling in the West,
writes: 81 am confirmed in my old
opinion that if our farmers would
practice the same rigid economy, in
dustry and perseverance here that
the emigrant is forced to do in the
West, they would be as well or bet
ter off financially after a term OF
years"
There are in many pieces of corn
this year an unusual proportion of
what are called nubbins. These are
imperfect ears. caused by drought
just at caring time. 1t does not pay
to husk and put these in the crib.
Left on the stalk the cattle will find
them next winter, and eat husk,
corn and cob with relish that will 60
far towards digesting the less palat-
able morsels.