Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-03-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
The Sorghum Plant Makes an
Excellent Forage Crop.
AMMONIA IN THE MANURE PILE
The Financial Stringency Does Not
Affect the Dairymen as II
Does Other People.

Be sure the pigs farrowed now do M.
get chilled. " No not
Moist earth is said to be natures cnro
for wasp stings. cure
Holding stuff that is for sale too lor,
is just as disastrous as selling too sOnn lWng
In filling the icehouse set the bIocI,.
OF ice on edge. 1t will not melt So fost
and is easier to get out.
a plentiful supply of straw for bod
ding increases the comfort of the animal
and the size of the manure pile these
The ammonia which is ESCAPING from,
the manure pile, and which can easiIr
lie detected by the smell, is yalnabic
Prevent the waste by occasionally on
plying dry earth or gypsum to the snr.
face. SUI
Do not dispose of the heifer caIvo.
from your good cows. Those coming now
will, If kept thrifty, be ready to turn on
grass in May or June, and will then inst
shoot ahead if given a little milk or
grain. ''A vi
II piece of land is to be douhla
cropped next season, fertilize il freel,,
and plant crops which mature ouickIy
such as wheat followed by miilet. or
sweet corn followed by buckwheat or
turnips. " ''N"' VI
Dairymen don't have to borrow
money; SO financial strengencv does nov
afiect them as it does other people. The
reason Is that they are never "out of A
loD and receive their money at frequent
and regular intervals.
Go down to the "slough," and after
cutting hole in the ice get down and
drink, and you will learn enough to real
lze that, ii you make your cows face
wintry winds tramping after ice water.
you are not much OF man after ALL
Piles OF decaying matter about the
house or barn are menace to health. as
well as breeding place for insects,
Even heaps OF rotting wood had better
be got rid OF by burning in the stove or
in the open air if not needed for fuel
In some OF the great cattle producing
sections, where once nothing was thought
OF but stock, land owners are now COM
Dlnlng farming with their stock-growing.
This combination is true agriculture.
Either branch by itself lacks something
of completeness.
DO not think that the winter is sea-
son for leisure only upon the farm. When
it is so regarded leisure becomes only
another name for loating. Study, read,
plan, think and fit yourself to be bet
ter farmer next year than you have ever
been. There is room for Improvement.
The sorghum plant makes an excellent
forage crop, and is especially relished by
Gne cattle. 1T is cut and dried somewhat
IKE nay. II syrup is to be made from
the plant, the blades are removed and
used Tor stock and the stalks run through
the mill. The refuse from the syrup
mill MAKES an excellent grade of paper.
90 away from home a little during the
winter II you can, and learn what the
farmers are doing elsewhere. When YOU
are IN new places visit the markets, and
see what products are in demand and
what prices are being obtained. Every
sort OF information that at all relates to
your business is of value, and YOU should
neglect no opportunity to procure the
same.
1t has been demonstrated that 100
pounds of sand will absorb 25 pounds of
water; 100 pounds of loan, 40 pounds;
loO pounds of clay loan, so pounds; 100
pounds OF clay, 70 pounds. This ex-
plains why some soils always appear
drler than others and why after shower
some soils become like a thick paste
While Others are only comparatively
damp.
What sort of walk have Won from
the house to the barn? Some who read
this doubtless have only such az nature
made and nature does not make verv
goou ones Tor wet and muddy weather.
IL would be wise to take the job in YOUR
own hands before the season has pro-
gressed further and have at least a solid
board walk that will keep your feet dry
and your boots clean.
BREEDING POULTRY.
Farmers Monthly saws: The selection
oil the finest individuals of breed is of
as much or OF more importance than the
choice OF a breed. Pure breeds have as
strong an impulse to perpetuate their
characteristics as their superior
qualities. Breed only from the best
males that can be procured. Avoid those
the slightest trace of sickness
or the effects of disease. Disease or a
tendency to disease is transmitted.
Weakness reproduces weakness; vigor
begets vigor. Hereditary unsoundness
Or predisposition to disease NAV be
made the dominant characteristic of a
strain. The offspring of stock that is
very young or immature, or imperfectlv
developed, or that is constitutionally
impaired by privation or neglect. will
inherit a condition OF the system that
readily becomes diseased from slight ex-
'ltlng causes. Hardness, vitality and
iigor OF constitution are of more impor.
ance in poultry for profit than all other
qualities combined. Only the most yig-
'rous should be bred from. Birds hay
ng strong, bright eye, that are cheer
ul ana active and are not much above
he average OF the breed in size, are the
most desirable. A dull and sunken eve
'hows defective nutritive power and lack
u constitution and vigor. The progeny
II two-year-old fowls grow larger. ma
ure earlier and feather more rapidly
han that from younger stock. A cock
rel mated to mature hens usually gives
arge and vigorous chickens. II the hens
ire lew IN number, there is generally
'reponderance of cockerels, especially
rom the earliest eggs. Cockerels are
more efficient early in the sea-
on than cocks. II pullets are to be bred
rom, they should be mated to a mature
ock. The earlier eggs will produce
more. cockerels than the later ones. As
rule, other things being equal. the
ever the number OF hens allowed to a
male the greater the number OF cocker
Is produced.
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