Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-25
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Get rid OF the scrubs.
Don't buy an article because 1t Is
cheap.
Trying, not signing. is what con-
quers the perplexing farm task.
In laying in the fodder arrange 1t so
that it can be handled with the least
possible labor.
It's the stirred soil which In dry
weather retains the moisture for the
growing of the crops.
These cool nights when the horse
comes in sweaty be careful to rub
him off and blanket until dry.
Generally speaking the COW which
your neighbor is so anxious to sell is
just the COW you cannot afford to
buy.
Count the sheep often. How can
you know what is going on in the
flock unless you look it over occasion
ally?
Remember this next time you are
sowing turnip seed. Mix with sand
about pound of seed to peck OF
sand, and then distribute by hand.
The hen-eating hog should be looked
after. Such propensity is the out
growth of a deficient ration. Expert
ment until you have supplied the feed
he lacks.
A clean. dry bed Is as much appre-
ciated by piggy as by you. Dampness
and filth are not conducive to sound
and refreshing slumber any more to
beast than to man.
Get the crops under cover. Farm
buildings may be expensive, but they
pay, for damage done to crops not
properly housed would soon pay for
the necessary buildings.
For collie in horses try aloes, two
drains, and spirits OF turpentine, six
ounces. Dissolve aloes in three
quarts OF warm water, stir in tur-
pentine and give as drench.
The fair which gives the best prizes
to the horses of the speed track, and
| treats as a side issue the best OF
the hogs and sheep and cattle, is the
kind OF an agricultural show which
from.
Don't let the crowdinG of the work
rob you OF the time to read your farm
paper and Meadowbrook Farm Notes.
| The editor likes to visit with the
farmer during the busy season as well
as during the dull, in fact, little bet
ter for it is then that he is able to
be of more practical service to the
farmer than at any other time. 1t is
the hint in season that is worth more
than an encyclopedia of knowledge at
a time when it cannot be used. Keep
read up.
The new barn of the Massachusetts
Agricultural college has been pro-
nounced by government experts as
the best in the country from a SAM
| tary point of view. 1t is light and
well ventilated, and is equipped with
apparatus for sterilizing milk. AL
though 1t cost $4,000, farmers who
have not that amount of money to put
into a barn can keep their cow sta
bles light and clean, and thereby i'm
prove the quality Of the milk and
prevent disease.
We have never tried it, but dairy
man who has, says that a calf that
has never sucked will drink from the
so that the calf is kept from its dam
after calving, and few hours after he
milks about three quarts in pail and
puts 1t under the calls nose so as to
touch, and says that the calf will at
once begin to drink. Our plan has
been to take the calf away on the Sec
ond day and have found 1t no difficult
task to bring the calf to drink from
the pail by inserting two fingers in the
Calls mouth and bringing her nose
into the milk. AS she begins to suck
gradually withdraw the fingers and
with few times trying your calf will
drink without further trouble.
In an experiment by the dairy divl-
sion of the bureau OF animal industry,
United States agricultural department.
to test the keeping qualities of butter
in storage, IL was shown that butter
containing low percentages Of salt kept
better than butter of the same lot
containing higher percentages of salt.
Butter in full cans and tubs at the
lower temperature scored about the
same. At the higher temperature there
was a slight difference in favor of
cans. Butter in full cans kept bet
ter than that in cans only partially
full On the whole. butter held at
the lowest temperature kept best.
both when in storage and after re-
moval from storage. Butter made
from cream received sweet kept well
while stored at the two lower temper