Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-08-17
FARM AND GARDEN
Important to Harvest and Sto,,
the Crops Carefully.
SEVERAL INSTRUCTIVE NOTE
Production of Manure Deserve. =,
Careful Attention as Any
Other Crop.
Good feed makes good eggs.

Good feed makes good eggs.
Curd is better than milk for fowls
Wash dirty eggs before marketi,,
them.
A little charcoal is good in the feed 4
fowls.
Clean water, where they can alw,v,
get it, is needed by the chicks.
The back of the seat of the buovv !,
not the place for hens to roost. CO.
Keeping the center of the stack wal
rounded up is good point in stackir,
either hay or grain.
Keep a daily account of the recent,
and expenses with the poultry, and knov
whether they pay or not.
Have your horses shod by blacksmiA
that does not cut the frog away SO "a,
that the weight rests on the hoof.
If horse is given grain ration, v.
know OF no better bulky feed than brobi
upland prairie hay. 1t is fragrant na,
atable and free from dust.
Do not become alarmed at the cula
vator beam breaking an occasional 6n.
stalk OF corn; the plowing pays for M.
trouble and the loss OF a few large stalk.
The need OF ice is now being felt BY,
great many persons. 1t is neither diff.
cult nor expensive to put up a smal
amount of ice. Suppose you try it next
winter.
DO not allow harvesting to keep tbs
field of late corn from having needed
| nj hn 10 OF ,NlA 4
many weeds, and usually increases The
yield materially.
If there is a time when dark stable;
are allowable, it is during hot weather
But darkness does not necessarily imply
dampness nor lack of fresh air. Have
the stables ventilated even if you do not
darken them.
Pastures which are infested with rag
weeds can be materially benefited by
moving the weeds late this month beior,
the seeds have matured. Comparatively
few weeds will ripen seeds if this is done
1t is good thing to know how to rer
ovate land after it has become run dow
but far better to know how to conser
its fertility and SO avoid the slow ?,
laborious methods OF renovation.
saving OF manure, turning under
crops and rotation are the means, n
very desirable end. lgt
The production of manure d "'
careful attention as the pro
any other crop on the farm Geser'es
be regarded as crop and fAqcIi9n
most valuable ones. In o, IL slo
without loss there shou as one Oh
tight stable floor and enc 5uGr 10 save
sorbents to take up and ,nah NaE
uids. 'ush ol lne
The use Of soiling G. '"'
tain among Western rons :, .,
4 lieve they are maxi taris 20 eioW 70
: each year. The onet ;na nlers' Ha out we
| r'der adoptif thing pTe that nraav nraC0,
4 oniraI A. lans ,Won is the labor
u can FL H % ianu ncreases in value
Labor - i auoIHIo pa more money I'D
ra1Ir, iaitT II lite ~ enaDle us to do more Wp up
"i'n gwen nun ber of cows. w
HOW TO IKE THE FARM PAY.
1T 1T is quite a important to harvest o,
s,o5e snd 1ne crops carefully as it is to nIa n
anu anu cultivafTe properly. some farma pna
seen seem 70 overlook this fact The nercor rac
aee.I aye Il nay and grain wasted becanse
pCEsy- constructed stacks and leakv ba,
tr:oois is unnecessarily large. Do not sn
y Ter from these causes. Rats, mice. soni
> rels, weevils and other insects destm
and damage grain after it is in the hin
al ana crips. These losses are preventabt
me Old beaten track" is not the on
, which will always lead us more ouickl
OF even more surely to success in apr
culture. New ideas and new method
nave come up in every branch of farr
i, piactlce curing recent years, and man
Vi them have already been tried an
FOUND good. A prejudice in favor of oil
ways should not keep one from bein
progressive, says the Wisconsin Agri
cuiturIst. Read, study and keep NJ
with the times. Very many farms WhicI
are now unproductive or barely payini
expenses could be brought up to a YER,
prohtaole state Of cultivation merely b;
UNDERWRITING. Where tile is dificui
70 procure or where the expense /,
thought to be too great an excellent sub
stltute may be made with boards OF
stones. stones. Good farming is very often
thrown away on land which is too wei
70 produce good crops, and before vast
ing more tlme and strength in this way
sne iand itself should be put in proper
eonuitloh. Put some of the surplus ma.
hure on the meadows, hauling il ont and
spreading evenly through the fall and
winter: Grass will run out rapidly H
not led. 1t pays just as well as to Ter.
Illlze grain. Some neglect this and won.
uer that they get such poor crops, and
Conclude there is no profit in grass.
SAVING SEEDS.
owing to the facility with which farm.
ers can supply themselves from the
seedsmen, few save their own seeds now
as they did in former times. II is so
convenient to look over the assortments
70 oe round In the seed stores and select
wat wat one wants for the garden for 8
sLlaiI consideration that saving seeds at
ehe right time is scarcely thought OF by
most families having gardens. Still
mere are In many cases manifest ad.
W NiHnlages IN saving at least a portion OF
'lle SEEDS which may be wanted the next
.teason, - says the Southern Farmer. In
slIs way one can feel certain of having
dor ms various crops seeds which will
E'om ana De true to name if proper care
,s ,.aken In gathering, curing and pre-
serving them from injury until wanted
lyl use. DO not take seeds from the
pant % until they are perfectly mature.
fS IeleVt from the best stalks and spread
l1 lor lew days in a dry room, and when
.ney . nave been carefully cleaned put in
sniali paper bags, label and hang out Of
% narm way until planting time. Itiss
sTOd plan to single out the plants from
y men the seeds are to be saved some
,inIe y before the ripening and note such