The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-06

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Green pasture or forage is desirable
for the growing pigs. Be sure there Is
plenty Of it.
Lime sprinkled in the farm water
tank Is said to prevent scum rising on
the surface of the water.
Beauty or color does not make the
worth Of the cow, but the amount OF
milk she yields and its quality measure
her value
Remove every possibility Of the colt
getting hurt. A large percentage of
colts get hurt before they reach the
marketable stage
Regularity is perhaps more impor-
tant in feeding sheep than is the case
with other animals. for sheep are nat
uraIly regular in their habits.
The origin of many diseases among
horses can be traced directly to filthy
stables. 1t Is, therefore, good economy
to keep the stables scrupulously clean.
While small bunch Of sheep can be
kept on a farm to good advantage,
theS serve double purpose, as they
enrich the farm and bring a cash In
come at the same time
Cutting bands at the threshing ma
chine? Why, there is no more such
work to be done around the thresher.
Seif-feeders now take the place of band
cutter and feeder This Is saving of
three men.
Geese are more cheaply fattened
than some other kinds of polltry, be-
cause they eat almost anything that is
green. They should be fed on some
corn, or cornmeal may be added to the
chopped green stuff.
The best farm homes and the hap
piest families are not always to be
found where the most money is spent.
1t takes something besides money to
make a home. 1t takes congeniality, CO.
operation and willingness to make
the best Of things.
II is said that man has invented
some scheme whereby the art of rubber
ing can be prevented in the pary-line
telephones. This will be great help
to the efficiency of this very necessary
convenience. What will become OF the
neighborbood gossiper?
When a man is busy the weeks 60 by
rapidly and week is as day. 1t APP
pears that man has no more than I'm
ished one important job until another
Is on hand and a month has elapsed.
The man who is not busy has time
dragging on his hands.
Many orchards are neither clean cul-
tivated nor managed according to the
Stringfellow sod culture idea. Their
method Is frequently hybrid-a stab
at cultivation. but failure to keep 1t
well up and then the weeds grow as
high as a mans head.
Experiments have demonstrated that
an acre of rape has the same value
as has 1900 pounds of barley and sim
liar grains for hog feeding purposes.
Additional, no time Is spent feeding it.
and 1t has the further merit of adding
succulence to the ration.
1t may not be possible to incorpo-
rate the absolutely ten-hour system on
the farm, but 1t can be approached.
There Is more to farm life than that
Of making money and saving time, even
at the expense OF arduous labor and
excessive application OF 1t.
Some people are ready to condemn q
whole orchard just because some small
boy OF the family Is indiscreet enough
TO I'LL himself with green apples and
doctor has to be called What Is need
ed Is a little well directed parental In
fiuence in cases Of this kind.
1t Is far better to let a neighbor>tall
you Of your good qualities than 1t Is for
you to proclaim them from the road
side. Keep the fields and crops look
ing well and your neIghbors will do
the rest, and II you rest too much they
will have bad name for you.
1t Is estimated that 100000 acres
Of timber land are annually devastated
by forest fires. SO long as this destruc-
ton keeps up and lumber companies
continue to denude the forest areas Of
the country with saw and az, the ques-
ton Of tree planting will always be a
live one.
A Georgia peach grower says some
buyers want large peaches and some
prefer them only medium In SIZE He
wants to contract for his crop early
so he can grow them the size wanted.
Most persons are satisfied to get peach
IS OF any kind, without being particular
as to size.
A pig will get more satisfaction from
a shingle or a piece of lath in the
hands Of its owner in scratching its
back than can be imagined. There is
sort OF an acquaintance that can
spring up that will be both advanta-
geous xnd profitable. How a pig en-
Joys II, and it Is good for him.
As an illustration of what can be
done In the matter OF raising high
grade and pure bred horses, we note |