The state herald., 1907-09-06


drains.
Trust in providence, but keep the
oultivator tools bright.
For the dairy cows clover hay is
far preferable to timothy hay.
The man who does not like cows has
no business trying to run a dairy.
Take time to look up a good sire for
your flock. Improve your breed as
much as possible.
tMy. how good the vegetables are from
that garden now. Pays for all the
trouble 1t cost. now doesn't It?
It's the little foxes that spoil the
vines and 1t is the little leaks on the
farm that spoil the farmers profits.
Have you been putting in to prac.
tice this year the new ideas and les
sons you gained at the institute last
winter?
Better seed, better soil preparation,
better cultivation will give better corn
crop next year. Try this triple extract
Of good farming.
The National Dairy show and the
National Corn exposition at Chicago
In October. Don't fail to plan to at
tend these two great shows.
The increasing demand for mules
and the better prices are making
them a most profitable animal to
raise. Better get n few and raise
some.
Finer. larger berries will be grown
on your strawberry vines II you keep
the runners cut OF after two or three
plants have formed from parent
plant.
To be sure. breeding sows do not
cost 30 much at weaving time, but
who 10 keen enough to detect the ami.
mails with specially good points
Don't make practice OF Il.
Wounds upon sheep which get NY.
blown should be treated with kero
sene or turpentine. being sure that
every maggot Is destroyed. after
which tho wound may be coated over
with tar.
Have you ever noticed how quickly
you become accustomed to disordered
conditions when you make no effort
TO pick things upY Never look twice
at the thing out OF order. Pick II up
the flrst time your eyes light on II.
II there Is one who would ask. What
are the advantages OF the silo3 let him
think on these things: The silo pro,
vides fresh. succulent feed tho year
round: storage Of large amount OF
feed In small space. and immediate re.
moval OF crop from land to make way
for other crops.
Though the value Of milk. either
whole or skinned. is generally recoE'
nixed for chiekenrearing and chicken
fattenin., Il ts not so much used as Il
ought TO be. On many farms the
skim milk all goes TO the pigs. and the
chickens got none. yet. as expert
ments have often shown. q brood
given all the skim milk shows more
rapid gains than upon any other feed.
VFnrminE aa Life sees Il: Farmers
arc most prosperous In the temperate
regions. quite NJ ono would expect %
md thcm. For In the temperate 70
gions the farming season 10 only abou,
three months long. leaving tho farmer
nine months during which 10 engage
In other pursuits and thus earn money
10 keep his farm going. Worry obvious
~ the farmer 10 the tropics. whsrs
tho farming season II sig. seven. eish,
or even ten months long. IL at . seri
Gus disadvantsse. Who can blame
him n he becomes DISCOURAGED and
sinks ai length into apathy1 II you
arc abou, 10 take up farming. with q
view to becoming wealthy. by all
means secure land In tho temperate
regions.
I, 10 said that the laurel and the
sunnower have been found TO be Of
the greatest use In damp situations.
People who live In such spots-espe-
eiaiiy near undrained iand-think
there 10 no help for them but By ~
tnovai Successful experiments have
shown that II II possible 10 materially
improve the atmosphere In such neigh,
.borboods by tho planting Of iaureis
Ssnd sunnowefs, The former gives Oh
an abundance Of ozone. while tho lat.
ter 10 potent IN destroying the maiar.
ial conditions. These two. n planted
even on the mos, restricted scale In
q Garden. OF any ground close 20 the
house. will be found 10 speedily Ii.