The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-23
FARM NOTES.

Mutton is the freest from disease of all
our meats.
\ thorough summer cleaning up is need
ed about every farm.
y firm hand cool head and a soothing
word win do far more than punishment
with frightened horse.
Prune y-unS trees ~ rubbing OIL SHOOTS
which start in undesirable places. This
economy OF time saves the vitality of the
tree and leaves no scars.
BY all means give the skim-milk calf
plenty OF grain. II viii give him the hab-
it of growth and fat formation which
viii make him a god feeder when grown.
Which is the best for sheep, roots or en-
silage2 we are asked. We are not pre-
pared to answer We have an idea, how
ever, that we prefer roots. especially Tor
breeding ewes
No branch of farming requires so much
business ability to get on profitable ba-
sis as dairying, but no business brings
such constant rewards TO the successful
manager.
\ reasonable amount of good, sound
judgment IS just as es entail to success in
farming as III any other VOca ton in life.
and he who hopes to succeed by the use
of muscle without brains will miserably
fail.
Breeding birds should always have an
and if they are penned up & proper supply
of green stuff Or vegetables should be Civ
en- Qdliy. ana = supply OF sharp grit be
always within their reach
The farmer can only hope for success
by exercise of common sense seasoned by
a diligent search for information upon ev-
cry point entering into his l.ie-Lhe rules
and regulations governing marketing as
farmer Will produce all he consumes at
home, and stay out of debt, he will be
able to handle the surplus of his produc-
tons prohtably.
There is one coed thing in regard to oil
meal that You can be sure of that the
manufacturer has taken all out of it that
ne can get Believing il would be cheaper
to raise my own meal, says Il farmer.
sowed several years ago patch of flax
and mixed II with corn and oats and
took it 20 the mill and had it ground. It
made excellent feed, the pest l ever had.
The pest test of a COW it 10 weigh the
"Cranberries,' says w T. IngersolI.
should be grown On every farm where
there is bog pond or wet place There
are a number of different varieties. but
what is known as the bog berry is gener-
ally preferred. 1t is not q large variety
but is earlier. Tc set them out, take two
or three vines, aid, after punching a hole
with the heel of the boot or the corner of
a hoe, place the vines in them and cover
Do this every two or three feet. They
can be set at any time.
milk and butter she produces. If a COW
is well bred she will give a GOOD account
what her breeding may be, if she gives
satisfactory yield, keep her. 1t is much
easier to hold oito good cow than to
run the risk of getting one in her place
when she becomes dry. Every COW should
be tested, and scales should be convent
emily placed where the milk can be
weighed as soon as it is drawn from the
COW.
The profitable laying period of a good
healthy hen is about thirty months, and
she should be fattened for the market
during her third year Do not sell your
young hens, for they will make your best
layers during the winter season, when
eggs are high. Never sell young hen
but instead fatten up your old hens and
cocks once a year and market them. For
an all-purrcse fowl the Wyandottes and
the Plymouth Rocks are the most popu-
lar, although there are many ether good
kinds Introduce new blood into your
flock each year by securing fresh male
birds.
The time OF incubation is. for hens. q
days; for ducks, the Musccvy excepted, q