The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
Seasonable Hints.

This is the season when everyone is or
should be busy the farm or in the
garden. Farm work is now crowding;
SO many things need to be looked after
tina. it taxes the energy Of the farmer
TO keep everything moving and in order.
Tho strength of the work stock, too VIII
be fully taxed and all work animals
should have extra work and attention
and also more feed at this season than
any other for the work is heavy ana
often the stock are weak from exposure
+ in the winter.
In this connection 1t is well to call at
tention of those who have not yet made
a study of the matter to the Importance
of having the harness SO adjusted and
fitted to the teams that 1t will not rub
the hair or skin off and also so well ar
ranged as to allow the horse to perform
a his work with as much ease as possible.
Another matter that will go far toward
assisting the horse in performing his
81 work easily, is to use Clean bright plows.
s An old. rusty pillow greatly increases the
4 labor and it will not 90 as good work
as new one.
am surprised at the great number of
farmers who pay no attention whatever
! to- these important matters. IT Is also
surprising to see how careless farmers
are of their farm implements. On the
first of January | went down in Texas to
the. end of the Frisco line and along this
whole trip l saw on many farms all
kinds of farm implements, from the new
grain separators to the common field hoe,
left lying scattered around over the
farms. ] saw fine, costly wheat drills
that were bought only last season and
only one crop of wheat sown with them,
left standing out in the fields just where
the farmer had finished : sowing his
Wheat Moving. machines, harrows stir
ring plows, in fact everything in the way
| of farm machinery, was left out exposed
Hon. 44f.f off fIn no IN
| the woodwork and to rust the iron parts.
all of which go to render the implement
worthless or TO cause the farmer extra
cost and labor to clean up and repair all
such implements Often the farmer has
to go in the spring and dig his pillow or
harrow out of the mud. where they have
lain all winter rustng. 1t requires ~
week to get the rust worn off of one of
these plows and to get the mouldboard
smooth so that 1t will shed the dirt This
all causes delay and extra labor on the
part of the farmer, as well as the beast.
and besides this the work is very poor,
practically worthless
What is more Vexatious or laborious
than trying to pillow with an. old rusty
plow? This extra labor and poor work
can all be avoided by only 4 few minutes
work by taking the plow in the fall when
we are through with il. wping 1t off dry
and clean, smeaflig some axle grease over
fthe iron parts or the mouldboard, var
nlsl1ing the woodwork and putting the
pillow away in a dry shed and the follow
lowing spring it can be gotten ready for
effectual work in a few minutes
Another thing about a pillow Is that it
should be kept sharp. A dull pillow that
a man has to ride to keep it in the
ground not only does poor work, but it
adds labor to both man and team 1t Is
quite amusing to hear these careless farm
ers talk about the merchants bankers.
railways and trusts, all being combined
TO grind them to death and to keep them
poor. Home on the farm is the place to
. prepare for protection against all trusts
and the first thing that the farmer needs
Is education, the kind of education that
will teach him that 1t is not what man
y makes on the farm that makes him
- wealthy, but what he saves. An educa-
A ton that will enable him to realize that
1.-THE first step to protection to himself
against what he terms trusts. lies in hav-
ing a practical education. Not education
3, TO pull some one else down. but an edu
cation for building himself mp. 1 often
hear farmers talk about what soulless
trusts the manufacturers of farm ma
q chnery are. This is all surprising, for
who keeps up this great trust CAS- they
A call IT'D Just think of the thousands OF
dollars of the farmers hard earned money
Il that rots and rusts out on the farms of
this country. IL good farm implement
is well cared for It will last for years.
used pillow on my farm for sixteen years
J. and when left the farm. sold this plow
for half the first cost.
Care of MIX Cows.
: This season of the year the milk cows
on the farm also need careful looking af-
ter and given the proper food The milk
cow needs green and succulent food at
this season. There should be winter rye
pasture provided for her, also some root
&c nd
These should be fed clean, chopped up
fine and fed with bran or chops. The
COW will need good clean water, dry,
clean quarters, kind, gentle treatment and
MIXED regularly.
More About Hogs.
/ believe l made some mention In my
last article about care and management
of hogs. However, some experiments at
hog raising that have recently come UNI
der my observation leads me to say more.
AT one of my farmers meetings recently
farmer invited me to go out and see
his farm said that he was growing
hogs and conducting dairy farm. ON
the farm I-found several hundred hogs,
about fifty milk cows and a good number
of horses and mules. On approaching
the barnyard l saw large pile of fertil-
izer that had been thrown out of the
barn, from which escaped strong odor
of ammonia. On reaching this pile we
found it covered with young hogs The
pile was hot the ammonia escaping and
the hogs nhaling it. Some We're lame.
some were stiff In the shoulders some
had sore eyes and all were wheeling.
showing the bad effects of sleeping in
that bed of hot manure. Keep the hogs
from the fertilizer piles, and from old
dirty. rotten straw stacks; give them
clean beds. pure food and plenty of pure
water There is good profits in the hog
industry II 1t Is properly managed.
I am today in receipt of letter from
one of the largest packers in this coun-
rE complimenting me on my work In