The Advocate and news., 1897-12-08
Cream Of the Farm Exchanges,

Cream Of the Farm Exchanges.
If the seed corn for the coming crop
has not already been saved, it should be
without delay.
Feeding cattle on the ground is poor
way to economize. A few feed racks in
the corral cost but little and will save
many dollars each year.
If we would have the cattle looking
well when grass is ready for them it
will not do to allow them to suffer at
this time for little care.
There is no better way to put up beets
and mangels for winter than to put
them in a pit deep enough to keep out
frost. Do not cut off tops too close.
Investigate the subject of farmers
mutual insurance this winter. 1t has
proven a practical thing wherever tried
and effects considerable saving over
old-line insurance.
While there is not great amount Of
manurial value in straw, stalks or weeds,
they help the mechanical conditions Of
the soil sufficiently to pay we'll for the
cost of applying them.
Sheep on dry feed and properly salted
will consume more than six quarts Of
water each day, and yet there are some
men who neglect this important matter
and thus burn up the profits.
There is no meat so readily and easily
obtained by farmers as poultry, espe-
Cially in the summer months, when
fresh meat is not always to be had by
those who live at some distance from
markets.
It is little trouble to raise 100 chick
ems, and 100 chickens that will weigh
five pounds each in October represent
500 pounds of the best fresh meat,
surely worth as much to eat or to sell
as 500 pounds of pork.
Every well-regulated farm should have
driving team. The pleasure of having
nice pair of stylish drivers Is worth
all they cost, to say nothing of the time
it saves or the unnecessary wear and
tear on heavy team.
If your horse has had particularly
hard drive or has been worked until he
is very tired, give him little rest be-
fore he is fed. Rub him we'll all over
and give his legs particular attention.
and give his legs particular attention.
Every farmer should raise a few car
rots. You can feed at last third less
oats and the horse will do better. They
cost less to raise than oats, and you will
have the satisfaction of having your
horses in better condition at less cost.
At 10 cents, hen that weighs five
pounds represents value of so cents
which will compare quite favorably in
price with the same weight of beef
steak, to say nothing of the trouble and
expense Of getting the hens to market
If bad storm comes on in the night
and some of the cattle are out, how
many persons get up and look after
! them? This is where a careful owner
gets away with a neighbor who de-
pends OH negligent help to see to these
little details.
Our experiment stations have proved
that 1t costs less to grow pig up tC
100 pounds weight than at any subse'
quent period. The gain in weight II
made at increased cost from that time
on. 1t Is the quick growth and early
sale that brings the greatest profit In
hog-ralsing at the present time.
A shed to accommodate from seventy
five to 100 sheep can be built for $40 ant
will last from fifteen to twenty years
When comfort is so cheap 1t Is a sac
commentary on the Indifferent anC
penny wise breeder who behOlds from
day to day the piercing winds of win
ter, often laden with snow, warp thu
spinal columns of his lambs.
Nearly every large seed dealer has /;
special lawn grass mixture composed o