The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-03-27

the soil
scour. sharpen and paint the tools and
implements.
The man who knows il ali is the one
who needs to learn
Hog choIera loves a foul pen and an
exclusive cern diet.
The most useful implement on the faFr.l
is level head
The beef market IS never 50 bad bat
the best brings fair price.
Red clover IS called the Foundation crop
Of continued fertility.
The early pig catches the right market
and pays the highest profit
Watch the effect Of your feeding.
Over feeding Is as bad as undsrseeding.
To get the best results from manure il
should be kept on or near the surface.
Interest the boys in the garden; It viii
be good for the garden anu won't burt
the boys.
Learn all you can, do the Best YOU can,
and you will no doubt be satisfied with
the results
one acre Of grapes has been known to
show a greater net prof. than twenty
acres Of grass
Moving will never remedy the evils Of
ignorance, idleness, extravaganza oreare-
lessDess.
Do you know when toexpeet the young
pigs2 You should know and prepare for
them.
1t is undoubtedly true that moderately
exercising the fattening beeves improves
the quality Of the beef.
Values should not always be measured
by bushels and acres. bot by Gust Of pro-
duction and net returns.
Trees, shrubs and flowers should find a
place in every school yard. as well as
around every farm house.
4 lamb that weighs 10 pounds Is worth
in market more than double an eighty
pound lamb Of the same age.
Every boy and girl should be taught
the names Of the trees they see. also
how 70 plant ami care for them.
The evenings are yet long enough todo
lots Of planning and thinking about the
coming seasons crops.
II you have not good supply Of seed
corn on hana secure il az once and test
it. don't Hait TIL ready to plant
The pig fed on nitrogenous food. clover
peas, whest screenings, etc, commads a
higher price than one fed on corn alone.
Breeding sows should be fed literally
with mixed ration Of corn meal, ground
oats, bran and little oil neal.
Every farmer should respect his call
ing, believe in il, honor It, understand il
then it viii both honor and profit him.
A universal truth Those who know
the least don't care to learn those who
know the most want 10 learn more.
There is nothing else quite equal 70
barnyard manure for ertilizing the gar
den. 100 loads to the acre Is none too
much.
There Is no acre on the farm that viii
furnish 50 much good living at 50 small
an expense as the one devoted to the gar
den.
Books and papers alone will not make
successful farmer, bat they are good
things to mix with energy. industry and
application.
4 hight harrow run over the corn ground
three or four times, the first three weeks
after planting. means heavv corn crop.
The potatoes first sprouts are the best,
make the most vigorous plants and largest
tu5ers. 80 they should be utilized by all
means.
Success on the farm Is the result Of a
judicious mixing Of brains, muscle, euer-
gy, economy and persistence. either in
gredient Ieft out viii spoil the mixture.
Good mutton il the healthiest, cleanest.
sweetest meat in the world What an
elegant adjunct 10 the harvest lunch is a
few slices Of smoked and dried muttonl
1t takes one third more food to make
pound Of beef than pound Of mutton
the mutton sells for as much or more per
pound. Which Is the more profitable
Success in beef production depends on
a good animal. good feed, geod care, con
slant growth and intelligent marketing.
Either left ont may dispel the profit.
The farmer who sells 10 cent butter.
so steers, 3 sheep, and is always cheat
ei on the grade Of his wheat. usually
knows too much to read an agricultural
paper.
Agriculture is the life blood Of the na-
ton impoverish this and the whole
body becomes weak and nerveless; en-
rich the current and the whole body is
strengthened.
c. p Goodrich. Of Wisconsin. sold
$3.50 4 worth Of butter FRONT herd Of
nine cows in one yesr;anJ says: Il am
convinced there is money in butter max
ing"
The steers that sell for high pricees in
q dull market are bred and fed for pur-
pose. It is the haphazard, general pur-
pose animal that goes to the bottom Of
llat market
A hleareyed. dilapidated man was
seen staggering through the street Of
small town No wonder he staggers -.
said bystander he has Just finished
swallowing a large farm.
The ranch farmers. with free grazing,
cheap labor and large herds, food the
markets with cheap cattle. The average
farmer cannot compete with them m
quantity he must defeat them With
quality.
sold an my scrub COWS and have
bought blooded ones said farmer I
have sold all my poor COWS and bought
better ones, would have sounded better
and been the proper thing 70 d0.-Frrg
sock and H0ar