The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-02

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Tough as is the elk, a pint Of oats
fed to 1t will kill it.
The Lord has been very good to even
the lazy farmer this year, for the corn,
though not planted until the middle Of
June, has all ripened up in fine shape.
The great trouble with that much
doomed wheat country Of the Cana
dian northwest is that there is only
work for the farmer about three
months in the year, and the rest Of the
time he has to loaf.
II seems almost impossible to pre-.
serve any Of our game animals and
birds or our best food and game fish
by any sort OF legislation. 1t seems TO
be born in the average American that
all wild life belongs TO him if he can
get at 1t, no matter what the law may
be.
II never pays to foster any sort Of
d manufacturing industry which is
under the control Of a trust, for Just
es soon as 1t is well started the trust
may buy II up ana let 1t remain idle.
This thing has been done IN almost
countless Instances with oatmeal mills,
paper mills and many other enterprises.
A good deal OF fuss rs made over tAe
TURKEY as q centcrpicce for the Thanks
giving dinner when. II people Gid but
know It, six-weeks-old sucking pig
stuffed and baked, with small cob in
his mouth. can IN point OF palatability
and favor eclipse any old gobbler ever
cooked. Try the pig and see-and do
not forget to put the cob in his mouth
A case came to our notice lately
where the profit connected with grow
Ing hogs was we'll Illustrated. Two
shotsS wore bought In May at IS each
They were fed until the lst OF eeptem-
Der. the food all bought save the grass.
When sold they brought $50, and, de-
Quoting the cost of the food, they made
the owner a clean profit Of 95 per cent
on his Investment.
A friend of ours told us recently that
he had farmed 100 acres of pretty good
land as grain farm for thirteen years
and that at the end Of that time he WAS
no better off than when he commenced,
and that year ago he put twenty-five
cows on his farm and has made moro
clean money than he thought possible
to get out OF the farm, Many others
have done this same thing and they all
give the same sort Of testimony.
1t is quite an element Of suecees fer
4 farmer to adopt some axed general
plan for the conduct sf his farm and
then stick TO Il. 1t Ray be the Dairy
or beef making, the keeping Of sheep
or the raising of horses. The work of
the farm should be planned to con-
verge around this principal business,
whatever 1t may be, and it should not
be abandoned just because It does not
pay for time. IT is the sticking to ii
that wins out every time.
We came across raaa few days
ago who has a fine baEsA Of spring
pigs, just fve months ola, which VIM
average over 500 pounds each. Ash
ing him how be managed 10 secure
such q rather remarkable weight for
That ago, he said that he mllked twenty
ave cows ana the piss had had al HI.
separated sweet skim milk they would
eat from the tine they were weaned
For want of jubt this ration many =
man has to keep his pigs NATL they
are eight months old bcforc he can
make them toueh The 200 pound mark.
u n wsrth sEst as much Bom metfrico
- Pets SHSs failarep ns successes.
New, hare, IN accordance with suggos-
NoAB 1VsA m these notes with regard
to SeesrinG Aela ef alfalfa, wc pre-
pared TIVE seros Of land in nice ehape
and sewed ths seed aboHt the 10th OF
August. Ths see6 terminated nicely
and had jus1 s7t wen inte the sccund
leaf when the Fesf7y ErsssAoyfers
found eEt II was a wen balanced ra-
don for 1en AS rell as fer the 6exes-
ne animals on fhe farm, and in three
days had eaten every stalk OF the al
falfa close to the ground, thus eon-
pletely running the field. This is dis
eournglng, but we will Try 1t again.
Three wet seasons = that ls, three
years In ueeesslon-brlngfnR to the
northwest ana west large volume OF
rainfall during the crop season, to the
detrlment OF the crops In the grain
growing sections Of that territory. have
very naturally resulted In giving the
% called semiagid sections west Of 1t
a sufficient rainfall 20 insure exception
ally nne crops, with the Fcsult that
there hns been great boom in these
lands In the dry sections for fnrm pur-
poses, the condition Of the grasses and
crops thcro grown Icing such as TO de-
ludc men into hliylng such lands at
good prices. J'fhre IS going to be trcu-
bile. and loie Of II. out there when TIE