The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-20

When the brooding hen refuses to
voluntarily return to her coop at night,
| but squats outside, you can be pretty
sure that the coop is either fearfully
lousy, filthy or close, or perhaps all
three. Investigate.
Professor lodge. of Clark university.
has estimated the value Of toads TO the
farmer at SIS apiece because they de-
stroy cut worms. There is regular
market for toads in England, however,
at % cents apiece.
Small hoghouses are more desirable
than large ones. When large, too
many hogs congregate In them when
| the weather Is cold. This causes dis
ease, and the swine are liable to smoth-
er and injure one another.
At the end of the growth Of any
plant is the time TO kill ii. In the
month of August more weeds and un-
desirable plants can be killed than In
any other month of the year. This
applies to briars, bushes, willows, etc.
There is this about the poultry and
dairy business-there is no danger of
OVERRIDING either one. Profitable prices
are absolutely assured for the future.
The two lines represent the very safest
and surest o. any branches of agricul-
ture.
Someone has said that weeds grow
while we are making hay" Yes, that
Is true If they are there. Some men
are so we'll equipped with help and
teams that they can keep up a weed
killing warfare while haying is not
disturbed in the least.
Burn over the old strawberry bed
| and row 1t In some way. Pillow out SC
| as to leave rows about ten inches wide
every three feet. then harrow 1t down,
so new rows will be formed. BY pur-
suing this plan a bed can be made to
last year or so longer.
Pruning should also be done TO pre-
vent undesirable and crowded limbs
and TO take off occasional suckers and
water sprout, bearing in mind always
not to prune too severely. In the case
of the neglected orchard, care should
be used not to remove too much brusi
all at once.
1 f.,-r or will far,fIfoS
grow asparagus, yet 1t is very easy to
raise. 1t Is best To get strong roots in
the spring, but it can be raised from
seeds. one ounce of seeds producing q
thousand plants, sown in bed twelve
| feet square. 4 bed OF seedlings will
not generally be fit for use until the
third year.
A good shepherd says that sheep or
our western rarges that are properly
salted stray much less than unsalted
fiocks. Be this as it may. sheep crave
SALT and will hunt for salt licks. aka
Ii, or other partial substitutes, if 1t is
denied them. As rule, we think sheer
consume less salt when they have con
slant access to it than when 1t is fec
10 them infrequently.
Have you provided sufficient dry
earth for winter use? Now is the tins
to buy spring pullets for winter laying
Feed more corn to the fowls than yor
| did during the summer. As the supply
OF insects decreases make up the def
cheney with meat scraps or meat meal
The fowls might he excluded from some
of these runs and these spaded and
sown to rye and grass. In late fall
and winter the chickens can get fresh
green stuff.
A great interest always attaches tc
the first fruiting Of any tree in The
home orchard. The most important
question to be decided is: Will it come
true to name? Many and keen have
been the disappointments that have fol
lowed the negative answer to thai
question. The purchaser of few
trees. of different species and varieties
is entitled to as much honesty and care
In the selection and shipping of the
stock as thu commercial orchardist
who buys by the block or the thousand
The Adams Act.
Every individual who has a few fruit
| trees, or raises a little garden stuff
owes a debt of gratitude to the agri
cultural experiment stations of the va
rious States. 1t would require The
| space Of a large volume merely 20 spec
ify the little practical points on which
information has been furnished regard
ing the management OF all kinds oil
farm animals, poultry and bees, raising
| vegetables. fruits and ornamentals. con
troll of insects and diseases. etc. The
Adams act. recently passed by Con
| gress, provides for the gradual in
crease Of the appropriation for these
institutions, so that ultimately they
| will each receive $4,000 instead OF
$4,000 per year as at present. The
money obtained under the Adams act
is to be available for use in special In
vestiga.ions OF agricultural problems
Feeding Cattle without Hoga.
Ny experience of twenty-seven years
as a cattle feeder in eastern Nebraska
where corn and hay are about as cheaI
as anywhere in the country, justifies
the assertion that there is seldom any
| profit in feeding cattle without hogs
writes a correspondent to Breeders
Gazette. By grinding the corn and