The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-09

Protect the young turkeys carefuilI
from rain and dampness, which are ia
tai to them. Now is the time wher
they are most delicate.
1t is unwise to let colt follow its
dam to the field. A little training and
careful management Will result all right
when the colt remains at the barn.
Dairymen have observed that when
there is too much wet weather the grass
becomes .swashy" and the tests run low
This can be partially overcome by feed
Wood ashes is an excellent fertilizer
for young fruit trees. 1t contains large
per cent of potash. which is the essen
tiaI plant food most largely used by
fruit.
The best preacher is he who practices
what he breaches. The best teacher is
he who knows what he teaches. The
best farmer is he who practices what
he knows.
A certain 'swould-be agriculturist"
heard Of the egg plant and he bought
q number of them. He says he is going
10 raise a lot of feed for his hens, and
believes that it is the thing for egg pro-
1uction.
An "auto hog" ran over a Leghorn
chicken belonging to California WON
an. She collected 50 "at the point of
a blacksnake whip There's a new
woman for you. She did just what she
ought to have done.
To obtain strong. stocky plants. in
hotbeds, they should be transplanted
when two or three weeks old, and once
again, later, into cold frame. In this
way the best and earliest cabbage and
tomatoes can be had.
In cultivating large fields heavy
teams will lot only keep up in better
condition, but actually require less
grain feed than the smaller class of
horses that have to work on their nerve
day by day to do the work.
In arbitrating troubles between your
self and neighbor it is satisfaction to
know that If you get nothing by the
arbitration, you have saved some court
,osts. You probably have also saved
he friendship of your neighbor.
An ideal table fowl Is long in the
body, wide In the back, full in the
breast, and plump over the keel, meaty
Iii over. An authority says, taking its
legs as a center, there must be more
body in front of the legs than behind.
rhe shape is parallelogram.
For the first three weeks of its life
The pig should be fed exclusively
through its dam, and the dam ought to
be fed with that in view. No one ought
70 expect a pig to eat and digest corn
while at a tender age. The pig needs
food that will produce blood, bone and
muscle.
When planting trees and shrubs on
he lawn Cor permanent growth, keep
n mind the habit of the trees. Make
he tops smaller than the roots of trees
hat are transplanted. Remove all
broken roots when the trees are set
Cut broken parts of with a sharp
Knife.
A good many hours per year can be
Iayed by the use of snaps on harness
wherever needed. In putting snaps in
he brest straps they should be put in
20 as not to catch in the neckyoke ring
when unhitching. Some use roller
map in the brest strap, and time is
'aved by 1t.
The reason why mornings milk
hould not be poured warm into the
lights milk is that the nights milk
ontains great numbers of germs which
re just waiting for little warmth in
rider to develop and multiply. The less
+ these germs the milk contains the
onger it will keep.
Horse raising will be deficient in
profit In exact ratio to the number of
1000 draft stations that from $500
o $1,000 are paid for. While horse
'aisers are ready to give stallion graft
srs the bulk of their profits they should
lot expect to be entirely satisfied with
heir end of the business.
Little danger exists of making the
'oil too 1ch for a vegetable garden, for
although a total of ilinety eight loads
# manure were applied to a half acre
Turing five years, none Of the vege-
ables at any time suffered in point of
by reason of too ram
,ant a vegetable growth.
Skim milk Is an exceedingly valuable
eed for growing calves. 1t must al
Ways be fed sweet and must be as
warm as the mothers milk, about 9S
legrees. Four quarts fed twice a day
S sufficient for the first month. Add
i teaspoonful Of oilmeal to each feed.
IN addition to the skim milk, let the
.alves have oats or shorts ard hay.
No more wasteful plan exists to win
er pigs or hogs Of any kind excepting
BROOD sows than to feed simply to
make them hold their own. Success
nj pork production means good. we'll
red hogs. good pasture in summer,
God sheds, good feeding accommoda-
ions in winter, good feed, good water
nd good care. The hog stands ready
o do the rest.
Winter wheat and rye plants have
IL the tenacity of life that can be
ound In a single plant If one does
ot believe this, let him try to kill out
oluDteer wheat or rye where he de-
Tres TO plant corn, and he will be con-
inced. All known tools discomfort it
omewhat, but II soon conforms to the
ew order Of growth and is found in a
hrifV condition about the time the