The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1903-12-12
PRACTICAL THOUGHTS ON FARMING.

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His cattle and corn and all go right.
God bless the seeds his hands let fall,
For the farmer he must feed them all.
The man who is always thinking
and working for No. 1 quickly turns
into cipher.
There are nearly six million farms
in the United States, the average
size being 40 acres.
In the Santa Clara Valley. Cali
fornia, five square miles are devoted
to the raising of onion seeds.
Farmers of the far West regard
bronze grass as a highly valuable
feed for hogs, and say it lifts the
mortgages.
One hour of to-day is worth two
OF tomorrow, especially since one
does not know whether he will have
the tomorrow.
In these days when good books
are so cheap, would it not be good
idea for every farmer to invest part
OF his earnings in books on the care
and treatment of each farm animal7
To renew the vitality of flock it
is not necessary to cross-breed and
make them mongrcls. Better get
males of different strain or family
OF the same variety.
Have you ever gone through your
stable with broom, sweeping the
dust and cobwebs down that accu-
mulate in the vacant corners? Look.
ed much better after you did so, did
it not?
Austria has, as the result of last
years drought bought since January
1000, 900 bushels of wheat, or its
equivalent in -four, from the Pacific
coast, and 100000 bushels from
New York.
In answer to an advertisement.
How to get rich, a never-failing
scheme; piice, one dollar" New
Jerseyman received this great secret:
Save your money, and do not ans
wer advertisements like this one"
The, LARGEST. swamp farm in the
world. and the mig -...s.aA abs.
farm on this side of Holland is in
northern Indiana. 1t spread over
$4,000 acres that ten years ago
were under the wash of the great
Kankakee and the Iroquois swainps.
Salt regularly. Many do not do
this, but wait a week or two and
then give the cattle all the salt they
will eat. Beng hungry for it, they
are apt to overdo the matter. Salt
possesses medicinal qualities, Use
it carefully and regularly for that
reason.
In cases where horses have been
fed long time on grain and begin to
run down without any apparent
cause, it is good plan to turn them
out on the pasture, even in winter,
and feed finely cut hay, we'll mixed
with molasses. Give from one pint
to one quart of molasses on the hay
three times day.
Now is good time to plan your
farm garden fornext year. Map out
just what you will do when the time
comes. Looking ahead is safe and
easy way to meet problems. Agood
garden will prove a bank from which
the family can draw dividends all
next summer.
The largest potato ever grown in
Montana was sent to President
Roosevelt for his Thanksgiving din
ner. The tuber was grown under ir-
rigation, was twelve inches long and
FIVE and one-eighth inches wide
and three and three-quarters inches
deep, weighing four pounds, and six
ounces.
The United States Department of
Agriculture estimates that $4,000
tons of beet sugar will be produced
in this country this year. The crop
in Michigan is expected to yield IA
900 tons; California, $4,000 tons,
and Colorado $4,000 tons. Eleven
new factories have been started up
during the year, six in Michigan,
three in Colorado, one in Utah and
one in Idaho.
Here is farmers recipe for rid
ding his premises Of rats and mice:
"If you sprinkle sulphur on your
floor and through your corn as you
gather, there will not be a rat or a
mouse bother. haye some old corn