The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

If you find it hard work to handle
ensilage, use an ensilage fork, made
especially for the purpose.
A well-fed pig is a contented one
and will take only exercise as required
for health. Thrift not hunger should
prompt for exercise
A pecan orchard OF 100 trees was
sold recently in Lawrence County. ILL
nois. for $1,000. The wood will he
made into handles for tools of various
kinds.
Mr.. W. T. Thurston, successful
hog grower and feeder. says that salt
and wood ashes should be given to
hogs frequently in order TO keep them
In good healthy condition.
For the cabbage worms. sprinkle
while dew is on the leaves. with air
Stacked lime, salt or fine dust. All are
good and, of course, no harmful results
can follow. Many dislike using poison
on the cabbage
IF the complaining farmer will COM
pare notes with the city fellow who
gets $1,000 year. but has to buy ev-
erything he needs. he may be surprised
to learn the amount of salary he is
actually getting.
When selecting corn for table use,
leave an early ear on a stalk that pro
duces two ears. for seed; in this way
one can bring the crop on earlier each
succeeding year. If the corn isn't
good variety, don't save seed.
Navy beans do fairly well in soil
only moderately rich, while Limas re-
quire the best. Beets often give 400 to
800 bushels TO the acre, parsnips the
same and tomatoes nearly as much,
though often less than 300 bushels.
Ashes will do for the dust bath. but
clean. mellow earth is preferable. An
ash bath may injure the color Of the
legs by being too alkali. The legs of
fowls are kept the right color by keep
ing them on grass runs with good food
! and plenty Of exercise.
In answer to the question which Is
better. TO pillow under green clover or
cut it and feed it to stock, and pillow
| under the stubble; by all means feed
the clover, provided the manure is
properly cared for and hauled back
upon the land. That is case where
you ''eat your cake and have ii too"
One of the strongest p4nts about
the mule is the fact that it costs so
little to keep him. 1t is very seldom
that one finds even n large mule that
requires as heavy constant feeding as
horse. They also require less care,
keep cleaner and are more steady
workers on an average than horses.
The coal-tar dips are about the best
that can be used. as they will not stain
or injure the fleece: In fact, will add
luster to It. One should never use
n dip Of poisonous nature, If the sheep
have any skin disease or cuts on them,
and it is on this ground that the non
poisonous coal tar dips are recon-
mended.
| As to onions, with deep moist. rich
soil. which is the only kind that makes
paying crops, anywhere from 200 to
400 bushels may be gathered. owing to
the season. as they seldom bring less
than so cents per bushel They are
usually profitable crop, but they re-
quire deal of labor. and much of II of
the hard, back-breaking kind.
| The men who advocate the plan of
ventilating stables with muslin screens
have one mighty argument. 1t doesn't
cost much to try it, All you have to
do is to take out some of the glass and
put frames covered with cloth In its
place. That is simple enough, and at
n cost Of few cents you can try it,
| Add to this the fact that no one re-
por.s failure. while all say the cloth
screens keep the stable sweet and COM
Portable. Try 1t.
| ScaIy Leg of Chickens.
| farmer says his hens are badly
| troubled with scGly leg, and wonders
what causes the disease and how to
cure It, The trouble is caused by a
small parasite which burrows into the
scales of the birds legs and causes
| them to protrude.
| The cure is not at all difficult Fill
an empty fruit can with coal oil and in
this keep the legs of the bird Immersed
for n few minutes. Do this every day
or two This treatment alone will