Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-01-18
FARM AND GARDEN.
Practice Saving Money by the
Proper Care of Tools.
OYSTER SHELLS GOOD FOR HENS.
Get the Soil in Thoroughly Good
Tilth Before Sowing of the
Seed-Other Notes.

In recent issue OF Farm News its ed
ltor calls special attention to the prac.
tlce or saving money by proper care of
tools: He says that as the work of cul-
tlvatlng the present crop is finished a
proper disposition of our farming imple
ments should at once be made in order
10 AVOID much worry and more expense
at the opening OF another season. He
would not be wise man who on layino
aside MS summer clothing would throw
mem INTO the garret or gutter; neither
does the prudent farmer leave his farm
ing implements, in which so many hard
earnSd dollars are invested, exposed to
the heat OF the sun to shrink and fall
apart, nor in rain to be utterly ruined
by the rust. When costly plows, hoes,
mowers and cultivators cease to he nsed
an application of some good oil, after the
dirt has been carefully cleaned awav and
they have been placed in some dry shelter
or lum mber-house, will wear twice as lono
as neglected tools of superior QUALITY
1t is but little trouble to put awav tool
when you are done with it, and some
nook, friendly and inviting, can always
be found to afford shelter to disused i'm
plements. Scattered around on turn
rows in the fields to be broken by wagons
and eaten by rust and worms and about
the barnyard to frighten and cripple
stock and be fouled by poultry, your i'm
plements, which at all times should be
bright, clean and inviting, become an
eyesore to the careful farmer, and the
deterioration in value and availability
become q grievous draft upon the most
plethoric purse. Wood and iron wrought
into their multitudes of useful articles
demand food in the shape of oil and
shelter to protect from moisture as much
SO as the bone and Drawn that constitute
the human body. Whatever protects
your " stock in trade" becomes a per-
manent improvement, and cannot be
neglected without loss and aggravation,
Then try sheltering your implements,
and notice how much longer they last
ana how much time is gained when the
time comes to bring them from their
hiding place and go forth to the fields
again: Nothing occupies so little time
and gives such big returns for the in
vestment.
OYSTER SHELLS FOR LAYING HENS
During the past few years considerable
discussion has occurred among poultry
men In regard to the question whether
oyster shells were of any use to the hen
as source OF material for the eggshell.
1t is generally known that the ordinary
grains fed to poultry are very deficient
IN lime, and some have sought to supply
this deficiency, under the supposition
that oyster shelle were insoluble. by re-
lying solely upon some plant foods rich
IN lime, such as the clovers. Crushed
oyster shells have been extensively fed
and with good results, but If has been
thought by many that thew wera of voI,,a
solely as prit. No satiSio "tor,, y, as,nao ,"lue
seems to have been made to the ouestion.
ana IN order to obtain some definite in
loIiiatioh several experiments have been
Ws ILlaue curing the past two years at the
New ORR ork agricultural experiment sta
in these exnor;,rUtu i.eils ZEN were usea
which orc perilien's, s,,I,,na tne results OF
fead;nr of J o,'stnn III do Iollows' Inc
inc season wbero 'Ia1S tba1, uurihg a tne iay-
nhfo;nnJ III daTu, where they can be cheaply
will contain lime enongb for tbn Iii pTIi nt
about seven dozen e0gs Eino orn,,oi
containing limestone Will nrnha + S,"tet ~ N
well suppIv the deficiency "a H. a'
ing in most foods bnt The rsn of so,ao
sharper crit with II NOV ba - usS oS,' VI solne
Long or sharp splinters of glass or drv
bone should be avoided. The size of
particles of grit had for hens better be
larger than that of kernel of wheat,
and should be smaller than that of a
kernel of corn. An unlimited supply Of
poIii'teu o hnS glass mas Deen attended with
i,.;t ,U O"u iIsIIIs Wiien tle iood and other
et,' hnI aHalIaoie 10 the fowls contained an
~oae was Jafn;e,t 81 liIiie, put when the food
was obto;nnSIn IA iinle anu no other grit
S@s arso oosalnaoie; o'n mems ate an injuriously
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A'hlcuLruRAL NOTES.
II you have the right kind of COWS and
the COWS have the right kind of owner.
not less than 800 pounds OF butter a wear
should be the average yield.
The next years crop on many q for,
will be improved if the owner of tha
farm will do some reading and strdr;ns,
while sitting about the stove tbese Ionsss
evenings. '"s
Whether plantino seeds ~, uo,...;
nlants or treeS s ,ai,es seeus OF resettlng
the soil about them. Manv seeds fail r.
germinate and MANY roots tn take a fresb
start because this simple nrecant;on ;s
not observed.
If Won are obl;oed 20 tool a..
winter. feed a I;tfIs o;I,,ooi sslaM tnIs
Won have never ,,sod eai as well; III
snrnrised r. coo bom Ill any, you Wlll De
through on straw anS t,;i,' 800 VIII come
principal feed o''-ne"' as 'helr
ton OF a crop that is of SO much imnor-