The Columbus journal., 1907-04-03

! Get after the peach borer.
Eggs hatched now will produce the
early layers.
Set out the horseradish roots %
early as the ground viii permit.
Variety is important in providing
| the grain ration for the sheep.
| In buying q work horse for the
farm be sure to see that you get q
fast walker.
A silo and q separator will prove
indispensable where eight or more
| COWS are kept.
| Don't push the horse beyond the
limit. Signs of exhaustion point the
time to stop and rest.
| "A lamb creep is needed as soon as
the little fellows will eat grain so
that they can get in away from the
mothers and eat at will.
| Three essential things to remember
in spraying are. what to spray for,
the proper solution. and its applica-
tion at the right time.
Two mich goats can be SO handled
as to keep a family in milk the entire
year, by having one come In fresh
at the end of each half year.
| old begin gradually to stop it from
sucking. Take a month to do 1t, and
| neither colt or dam will suffer or
| fret.
It is easy to put the eggs into the
tenti0n and strict observation of the
rules to get chicks out Of the incu-
bator.
Goats thrive best on hilly and rocky
land, but will thrive on level land that
is not wet or swampy. They are great
foragers and will subsist on weeds
and brush.
The best remedy for the flock Of
hens. that does not produce a good
average Of fertile eggs is to intro
duce new blood. Buy healthy males
from another flock.
The kind of road you will have
along side of your place all summer
depends largely upon the amount Of
work you do thereon with the road
drag during this spring.
As to the value of alfalfa as a feed
an Illinois farmer declares he would
rather have it pound for pound than
! wheat bran in feeding milch cows,
brood sows, young pigs and all grow
ing stock.
The nest of the setting hen should
be made up of dry earth with chopped
hay or straw as liberal covering, and
then insect powder busted over the
eggs and nest before placing the hen
thereon.
The owner of well-bred fowls il as
justified in valuing eggs from pure
stock at more than the market price
: which eggs from scrubs can command,
| as the man who has a pure-bred herd
of cattle in asking a high price for his
calves.
Undoubtedly the deadliest foe of
the farm poultry is the tiny mite,
whose smallness is made up for by
the enormous numbers in which he
does congregate on the perches and
in the nest boxes. Begin a crusade
| against the intruders at once, and
once out keep them out Of the hen
house.
The reaping depends on the sowing.
and the sowing on the care with which
the farmer has selected his seed.
Good. heavy. clean seed cannot be &c.
cured without the help of q tanning
mill. And furthermore the farmer
| should remember that he cannot xet
| anyone to take the same pains in
grading his seed that he would him.
self.
According to the government CEN
sus report there were 1896 establish.
ments in the United States engaged
in manufacturing butter. cheese and
condensed milk in the year 1905. The
total capital employed in the industry
was $47.255, 900. and the total number
Of wage earners 1857. Material con.
sumed amounted In value to $l42, $50.
900. while the products were valued
in the aggregate 1t $1Ss.ls2. 900.
There is no better remedy for scale
insects than the nme-sulphur spray.
80 those who use 1t for San Jose
can also kin other scale with It.
But, remember. this mixture should
be used before buds swell. For later
use, whale-oil solution is the safest
remedy for oyster-shell and scurfy
Scale.
Now Is the time to prepare your
Bordeaux mixture and get the spray
ing apparatus In shape. The former
is made in the proportions Of two
pounds of copper sulphate aad two
pounds Of fresh lime, to 80 gallons