The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-08
FARM NOTES.

FARM NOTES.
We want persistent all year mixers N.
first year tells the story.
You rannot afford to have your buttrr -,
chimes left idle from four to six months
Cows are not kept for their company thar.
fore why let them go dry four to six mopth.
out OF the year?
Watch the heifers. Don't let them f,.-
the habit OF drying up early. Give ,he,,
extra feed and care.
good mixture for laying hens il n mil.
ture of meal. bran and ground oats and cor,
alternating at night.
Do not expect to sell butter at extra urc
to private customers unless it is OF estr.
quality and finest flavor.
1t is the comfortable COW which fills Tho
pail with milk and the milk with butt. r IN,
Remember this is your profit.
Save the poultry droppings hy placing
them in barrels or boxss and keeping them
from contact with the rain or snow
Of course every d liry farmer has laid inn
supply of ice for next summers use. II /.
something You need in your business
A creamery, when rightly conducted, ia n
blessing to any community, but it takes
good while for some farmers to see the point
spring, or weight and pulley, on The
cow stable door is good investment, as il
insures against leaving it open some cold
night.
One important point in the care Of poultry
is sharp grit, and unless fowls have this grit
to properly grind their grain food, sickness
will ensue.
The making of fine butter is an attractive
line OF work for young women. 1t is health.
ful, profitable, and the profession is not
overcrowded.
Keep your laying hens busy. That is. give
them exercise by throwing their grain feed
upon the floor and covering with chnff cut
straw and the like.
The best farmers today are those who are
the best students, who are try ing to under.
stand some OF the principles which underlie
successful agriculture.
The farmers OF Wisconsin are the most
prosperous Of any in the United States. For
years farmers institutes have been held reg
ularly in every county in the state.
Professor Henry shows by experiment that
it costs 81. 81 TO produce 100 pounds OF gain
with lambs. and S3.03 to produce tine same
gain with pigs of about the same age.
1t is the dairyman who has provided an
abundance Of good winter feed for his cows
who will pocket the difference between winter
and summer prices for dairy products In
this lies the profit.
1t is often misfortune to have Others do
Tor us those things which We can do for our
selves. 1t is wel-known law of develop
ment that it is what We do for ourselves that
does us the most good
We have seen farmers kick their cows with
! out mercy. How much more sensible it
would be for them to kick the stable door,
and the same result would be attained-they
would give their wrath vent
That the dairy should ''pay its own way
IN winter is not enough. 1t should be max.
ing money, and will do 80 if properly man.
aged Dairy products bring better prices at
this season than any other.
p This is the season. of the year when the
farmers should be thinking over their plane
Tor the coming season. and nothing il o.
=, more value thar the systematic keeping O
accounts, so that the person may know Just
p exactly how his business stands.
l. DAIRY farmers are undeniably the most re
hably prosperous of those who take up spec
u lalties in agriculture. Their land is enriched
by their business. Butter and cheese of the
best qualities never fail to be brisk in de
mand and at prices that remain firm wher
wheat, beef and wool are low in pr;ce and
slow of sale
Z Foster the social interests TIN, mara W.
can come together, the better we become ne
quainted with each other; the better men an,
women we shall be. Deprive IA man Of socia
j me- or let him become so wrapped MP in bus
mess affairs that henegects &c ciul cnlture
: and You find one out of whose life +, !. snp
shine has fled.
The grange il the farmers oh nj room
:. 'he place where farmers families m.et &c
II brother and sister, members of ON. r,ml,
: Now he first duty of every family il to nro
d vide Tor their own neede If th..y H., no,
> look out for themselves they N. al ot
e pect th'ir neghhOrs IN do IA TO-. g., nv, :.