The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

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A close pen is bad place for pigs,
when they might be out getting most
of their living for themselves.
Bran, malt, oats, hay. carrots and ,
green grass or clover are suitable for
sick or convalescent animals.
A farmer needs a nice house that /
will keep out the cold and he needs |
an ice house that will keep out the
heat.
Next to a shredder an old thrashing |
machine will put fodder in a good con-
dition to feed In fact some farmers
claim that it is even better.
An agricultural axiom was written
as early as the year 1853, as follows:
1.-The finer the earth is made by tillage, |
the more it Is enriched by rain, dew
and air."
The man who had better stock and /
farm products at home" than those |
exhibited at the fair was there. He
usually shows up, but he seldom ex-
hibits any of the results of his labor. |
1t pays to fertilize crops. If twenty |
loads of manure on an acre only in
creases the crop five bushels of corn,
there is a gain by 1t, for that fertility |
will be evident ON that acre for many |
years.
A dark soil absorbs the rays of the |
sun faster than the light soil and thus
makes it warmer. This difference in
temperature affects the termination
and growth of plants. In the spring |
when the corn is coming up the rows |
are usually seen first in the dark soil. |
While it may be desirable for the |
poultry keeper to know the points in |
the standard for pure-bred fowls. and |
to be able to detect a bad feather or |
fault at glance, for practical purposes |
he had better know the symptoms of |
disease and be able to detect a sick bird |
when he visits the yards.
Carrots, parsnips and satisfy will |
keep safely in the ground where grown |
unless the winter be very severe. 1t |
Is always well, however. to pull and |
store some of these roots in sand in the |
cellar so that they may be available for |
the table should the ground become too
hard frozen to permit of digging or
pulling them.
The advantage of moderately low
headed. open-center trees are best APP |
preciatcd when one is engaged in |
spraying, thinning and picking the
fruit. This is a problem and good or
chardists are studying deal to-day, !
and it is very generally admitted that |
it requires the greatest good judgment |
to prune just enough to produce the de-
sired effect.
About so per cent of the American |
export trade in horses is done with the |
British Empire. During the last year
the total number of horses exported |
from this country was 40OS7 of a total |
value of S4,365,9S1 OF these no less |
than 1919 were taken into Canada,
the bulk representing the team power
of American farmers settling in the |
new Northwest
A Virginia apple grower says: 1t |
may not be generally known that If |
green apples are poured on brick |
floor or dry dirt floor in autumn, that |
freezing will not hurt them In the least, |
provided they are not disturbed while |
frozen. Have had them on plank floor |
and freezing would ruin them. but have |
never lost them by freezing when on
a dry brick or earth floor.
A barbed-wire fence was heard TO |
make the remark: 1--WE been in the |
cattle and horse business for many |
years. and | have observed that I al |
ways got more horses and cattle when |
I was down and out of repair | may |
have to retire. however. as my neigh |
Dor, the woven wire, is expanding his |
domain" 1t is getting to be question
whether a farmer who raises good |
horses can afford to have barbed- |
wire fence.
Professor W. ]. Green says: Apples
will thrive on a great variety of soils. |
will color better on high land, but |
will hang to the trees better and ripen |
later on lowground, but there is more |
in the management than In the soil. |
With spraying and cultivation they |
can be successfully grown where they |
formerly would not succeed. Thor
ough drainage is important. thing pre-
ferred. Mulching has produced good |
results, but when commenced must be