The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-02-06
FARM NOTES.

Without cleanliness in the dairy al
efforts to produce the best butter o
cheese is vain.
Generally, he who sells hay from hi
farm pays n high rate of interest for thu
money he gets.
Excessive growth or fattening is ut {
great expense of food. Better a contin
uous good growth and no cramminq
stages.
The man who buys good animals and
gives them scrub feed ought, to be con
s%lstent, not to hoist his umbrella in a
rain storm.
Pasture the rye, If it is growing, due
to the warm weather. The rye will not
be injured thereby unless the ground is
wet. Rye provides green food when IT
can be had from no other source.
The presence of two or three inferior
COWS in a herd affects the average profit
of the whole. If dairyjng is to be con-
Quoted us a paying business, the most
important requisite is q good COW IN
place of an inferior one.
Nine cases out of ten where a variety
of fruit which ono tlourished in a given
soil has ceased to flourish and perfect
N fruit there, the change Is due to the
TACT that the soil has become destitute of
the necessary mineral manure.
The cheapest and best preparation for
dipping the bottoms of wooden fence
posts in to preserve them is oil OF tar or
creosote oil heated to 2l2 degrees, Dip
ping the posis long enough for thorough
surface satnration. Coal tar or retro
lcum is the cheapest.
Every farmer should raise pigs and
cure his bacon. There is 10 meat equal
to that produced at home. You will at
least ''know what you are eating, -
which is a valuable point in favor of
homc-raised meat, as only healthy,
thrifty stock will be used for the home
supply.
The roads arc not in as good condition
as they would be in very cold weather.
The bad roads will impress on farmers
the Importance of the work Of repairing
being done in Il proper name before
the year is over. The farmers are re-
sponsille for bad roads. as they should
insist on their being kept in good CON
ditiOn.
a novel method Of striking rose cut
ting is said to be much in use with
European growers. A l0-inch cutting is
bent in the form of a bow and both ends
into the earth, so that only a
part of the center with the bud is above
the ground. This arrangement stops the
evaporation from the top end, while the |
end is forming roots.
At this season the hens should begin |
to lay, and the late pullets will come in,
the early pullcts beginning incubation.
The best prices for chicks are for those
Matched early. When a hen desires to
sit it is better to allow her to do so, as
the Matching and raising of a brood will
put her in better condition TO. laying
than If she is "broken up" from sit
ting.
The following is given as an excellent
mixture of seed per acre for a meadow:
Twelve pounds of timothy, five pounds
Italian rye grass, five pounds of mead
ow feseue or tall %fescue, four pounds of
red-top, three pounds of rough-stalked
meadow grass, six pounds of medium
If the meadow is moist, bromus
or alsike may be introduced. the red-top
increased aud the fescue and the clover
lcssencd.
The pony is the horse of hardshIps. !
a horseman in an exchange, and
me that has sprung from some poor
where he has ever been purely
child of neglect, he and all the pre-
of his race. In n rich country,
ike the horse regions of Kentucky. for
instance, his poncy characteristics would
invariably run out in the course of a few
generations. lie is not n distinct strain,
Is many would seem 10 suppose. lie
doubtless sprang originally from us good
strain of horses Us the world knew of
the time, and his present reduced size
and characteristic toughncss have re-
suited unquestionably from local clrcum-
MAXIMS FOR MIXERS.
After you have brushed the ud1er clean
milk the COW rs fast as you can aud milk
her clean to- the last drop.
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