The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

The chickens that eat the most grit
are usually i'm the best condition.
| Don't think that the hen will or can
give you any more than you give her.
| Sheep have excellent digestion, and
hence they utilize feed to the fullest
| degree.
Grit, cracked oyster shells and char
coal are almost as essential for chick
ems as food.
Ventilation is best afforded the fowl
house at the top or through openings
near the caves
Experience is good school, but there
IS no reason why one should spend
more than one term there.
On account of their being so very
timid,sheep ought not to be pastured
IN the same field with other stock.
The use Of wheel hoe saves labor
In the care of garden, even when
| much of the tillage is to lie done with
a horse
In cultivating corn 1t Is necessary to
get close to it the first time and each
subsequent time the cultivator can get
further away.
Cowpeas sown in midsummer, after
orchards have been cultivated, and
turned under are a good fertilizer, but
nothing is better than barnyard ma.
nure.
Too much haste should not be exer-
cised In getting the calf upon skim milk
1t should have good start, and the
change from whole to skim milk should
be very gradual.
Clover is a fertilizer f,.ctory that al
ways has full force of hands en-
ployed and there are 10 strikes. 1t
works night and day and cannot be too
warmly supported.
1t is surprisingly how stubborn some
farmers cling to old-fashioned ideas |
and methods of the dairy when they |
can plainly see Their neighbors coming
money right along with advanced dairy |
science and improved methods.
Newly-set trees spend much of their |
exertiOn in making new roots and in /
getting established. They need carefu. |
frequent cultivation, so as 10 bring the |
nourishment they need close to the SUI
face and in contact with the roots.
1t will be necessary TO perform occa- |
sional jdbs in the rain, but rather than |
make practice of it one had better lie
In the house during rains brushing Up
his ideas. Read while it rains, and |
when dry worl: with Drawn and brains.
An asparagus patch makes an ideal
summer retreat for chicks. Every poui.
tryman should have a patch. In the
early spring 1t furnishes most dei;-
cious dish for the table, and later fur
nishes cool, shady place for the
chicks.
There is now no necessity for making
out-of-doors caves for lumber to rot
down in a short time since cement has
come into general use. Some of TIE
most economical caves are now made OF
concrete and cement. They are durable
and economical.
Seed corn should be so well cared
for that 1t will contain no ears that
will not germipate, and seed testing
should be employed as demonstration
of the fact that the seed has received
proper attention rather than as screen
to separate the worthless from the poor
ly preserved seed.
The cheese output of the United
States for the last year, according 10
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
amounted to about 300.00O,OO0 pounds.
worth approximately $3o.000.O00. Mr.
Wilson thinks the cheese-making In
dustry Is on n much better basis, more
scientific than ever before.
The FIJI value of the vegetables aud
fruit from the family garden is never
fully realized unless there's a Jersey
cow cooperating. Her product in the
shape Of milk, cream and butter puts
the finishing touches on succulent vege-
tables and juicy fruits. adding a hun
dredfold to their palatability.
There is not sufficient number Of
geese grown to meet the market de-
mand. Thousands of them have been
shipped In from Nova Scotia and other
localities. The cultivation of geese cen
be readily carried on In almost every
locality where farming is in vogue
Geese are easily grown, cared for and
readily marketed at fairly good prices.
Most of the differences between the
employer and the hired man on a farm
are due to a lack of a perfect under
standing of what is legally and Justly
expected of the latter. A verbal con-
tract Is easily forgotten and is not al
ways lived up to. A written agreement
will sometimes be salient reminder of
what is due both parties.
II Is a mistake to overstock your
farm with pigs or any other animals
To- many farmers, in attempting to
make money by increasing the number
of animals, do so at the expense of
quality. An overstocked farm Is not a
profitable one, having more animals
than can be properly cared for, thus
rendering II impossible to keep all of
them in a thrifty condition.
On some farms late fall pigs are con-
side-ed valuable property A Novem-
her pig makes a desirable feeder for
the next summer on pasture and not
is the cre sought after TO
follow cattle that are being finished
with corn or grass. But to make the
late fall pig useful for this purpose
he must be well wintered, and, most
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