Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-11-08
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Cold ground gives poor encourage
ment to the seed corn.
Watered stock on the farm is bet.
ter than water stock on Wall street
The farm without a garden is only
about half farm as far as the fam.
lily needs 60.
The best fertilizer for peach and
other trees is barnyard manure with
potash In some form.
Salt, charcoal and sulphur should be
SO placed that the hogs can help them.
selves as their taste dictates.
Be thoughtful about the comfort Of
the women folks. Give them all the
conveniences possible. Don't be sci.
fish.
A good piece Of advice for this time
OF year with its fitful changes is ito
stick to your fannels until they stick
to you"
Stop talking about how the govern.
ment should be run and start in and
show how well you know how to run
! your farm.
Many a colt proves Improbable TO
his owner because he has all the value
driven out Of him before he has really
matured.
Don't set the abnormally large eggs
which are more than likely to contain
double yolks. Chances are that they
would hatch chicks deformed in some
way.
e A good COW and a small piece Of
ground place a man long way from
poverty and the poorhouse, II he has
gumption enough to make what he has
count.
Lambs will gain faster from feed
than older sheep, showing that with
sheep, as with other animals, the most
rapid gains are made when they are
young.
The requisites in a good dairy COW
are a strong digestion and a hearty
appetite. For this reason seek TO dc.
velop these traits in the heifer you
would raise.
It's the closeup weed that steals
most OF the nourishment from the
plant, and for this reason cultivation
must be close and thorough. Do the
weeds before they get chance to do
your crop.
The best egg record yet made is
that by White Plymouth rock hen
who laid 312 eggs in one year. The
lowest number laid in one month was
"a In October and highest was 2S in
March and the same in May.
Why not greet the faithful bossy at
milking time with, well, old girl
what have you for me this time" at
the same time handing her a tidbit in
the shape Of a piece Of apple or of
some vegetable. 1t will help fill the
/ milk pail.
Have you planned for the corn crop
Tor the silo? The corn should be
planted thicker than ordinarily but
not so thick that each stalk will not
produce an ear. The cultivation
should be thorough and the cutting
done Just before the corn Is beginning |
to dent. ...
Lima bean plants contain a certain
amount Of hydrocyanic acid (prussic |
acid. Not enough to cause sickness
unless eaten in large quantities, as is
possible with cattle, horses and other
farm animals. Agricultural depart.
ment experts have found that about
900 grams-about a pound and tenth
of the beans II fermented contain
enough OF the acid to kill a horse.
WHAT'S the use Of going to the ex.
pense and trouble of getting the best
OF seed corn, If the seed bed into
which you propose putting II Is not
well-prepared? OF the two II Is al.
most safe to say that It is more I'm.
portant to have good seed bed than
to have good seed, for poor seed will
DO its best in good seed-bed, while
good seed corn stands almost no show
In the poorly-prepared ground
Look out for the deadly head lice
on the little chicks. More chicks are
cut of in the first days Of their lives
through this cause than any other.
And 1t is shame when they are SO
easily controlled. A few drops of
kerosene in some melted lard and a
little time is all that's needed. Dip
the finger In the lard and oil and rub
gently over the head and well down on
the bill OF the chicks, being careful to
work the Oilv fnOor do,rv a.. A.