The Ordway new era., 1907-09-13

IT you sin against your stock bo
sure your sin will find you out in re.
duced profits.
By their deeds ye shall know men,
ana by the weeds on his farm IN a
FARMER known likewise.
reed all your clover hay to the
STOCK as 1t Is worth nearly as much
Tor fertilizer as for feed.
Extremes are always hurtful in
agriculture. Too much water Is jus.
about as bad as too little water.
The demand is ever on the increoso
Tor fruits OF all kinds. and for this
reason the fruit growing interests are
bound to grow.
The better the ground preparation
the faster will the plant growth be.
ana this holds good OF the newly.plant.
ed shade or fruit trees.
Tho early maturing character OF
winter barley It is said works the nd.
vantage that the crop may be harvest.
ed before the wheat harvest begins.
What man planting an orchard does
not first take thought as to the mar.
ket for the fruit he would grow and
the help which he will need in har.
vesting the crop?
To kill quack grass run the spring.
tooth harrow through the infested field
during dry time. For late fall treat.
ment plow so that the roots will be
exposed to the freezing of winter.
Large seeds have been shown by ey.
periments to terminate more quickly
than small ones of the same variety.
and to make better plants. Remember
this In saving your seeds for next
years planting.
Time WIS when any old place was
good enough us n shelter for the live
stock. but the farmer has come to
realize that for the stock to do well
II must be housed In light, dry and
well.ventilated buildings.
The three essentials to plant growth
are air. heat and available plant food
II is up to the farmer to see how per.
fectly he can obtain and control these
conditions. and the farmer who does
1t the most successfully is the most
farmer.
The state fair Is one of tie educa-
tional factors in the development OF
agriculture which cannot
be overlooked. And the management
OF such fairs must ever keep before
them the high ideals and purposes
which the fair is designed to serve.
If you have not screened the stable
do 1t now. Hang some bagging over
the doorway so that the stoca " en-
tering will brush their backs upon 1t.
keeping the troublesome flies and mos
quitoes out and will give greater com.
fort to your stock.
Cross breeding of domestic animals
Is very objectionable, except in the
hands of the expert. In the opinion
of w. d. Hoard 1t is impossible to
improve on the best types of thor.
oughbred animals existing at present.
except by careful selection and mat.
ing of the best individuals. Crossing,
as it is generally practiced, results
only In producing inferior animals.
For some unaccountable reason the
habit of crossing has taken posses
sion of good many farmers. Some
of them, | believe, have the crossing
fever so bad that they would cross
with a saw-buck If they could.
The International Livestock exposi-
ton has created class to be known
as Short Fed Specials" with prizes
as follows: Carload of Is head. one
year and under two. first prize, 500;
second prize, $50; third prize, $25.
Carload of 15 head. two years and
under three, first prize. 500; second
prize, $50; third prize. $25. Champion
carload OF these class, cup. The OBJ
ject OF this special class is for the
purpose of determining the best and
most economical method Of feeding
cattle. Full information concerning
he contest can of course be obtained
BY addressing the exposition authori'
les at Chicago.
The propagation of gooseberries.
and other small berry
pushes is one Of the simplest agri-
,nltnral propositions. You Just cut