The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
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Get rid of the scrubs.

Get rid of the scrubs.
Don't buy an article because It is
heap.
The fall is a good time to tile out
10 orchard or garden,
Trying. not signing, is what con
uers the perplcXing farm task.
In laying in the fodder arrange IL 50
nat it can he handled with the least
ossihle labor.
It's the stirred soil which in dry
'oather retains the moisture for the
rowing of the crops,
These cool nights when the horse
omes in sweaty be careful to rub
i'm off and blanket until dry.
Generally speaking, the cow which
our neighbOr is so anxious to sell is
,st the cow you cannot afford TO
ny.
Count the sheep often How can
III know what is going on In the
ock unless you look il over occasion.
Ily?
Remember this next time you are
lwing turnip seed. Mix with sand
hout n pound of seed to a peck OF
md, and then distribute by hand.
The hen.eatirg hog should be looked
ter Such propensity is the out
,owth of a deficient ration, Expert
ent until you have supplied the feed
lacks.
A clean. dry he'd Is as much appre.
ated by piggy as by You. DampncSs
I'd filth are not conducive to sound
nd refreshing slumbcr any more to
EAST than to man.
Get The crops under cover. Farm
lildings may be expensive, but they
", for damage done to crops not
'operly housed would soon pay for
~ necessary buildings.
For collie in horses try aloes, two
ans, and spirits of turpentine, six
inccs. Dissolve aloes in three
larts of warm water, stir in tur-
ntinc and give as drench.
The fair which gives the best prizes
the horses of the speed track, and
eats as side issue the best of
&c hogs and sheep and cattle, is the
nd of an agricultural show which
,e farmer can proiitably stay away
ON.
Don't let the crowding of the work
Vi you of the time to read your farm
apcr and MeadOwbrook Farm Notes.
he editor likes TO visit with the
.rmer during the busy season as we'll
during the dull, in fact. little bet
rr for il is then that he is able to
of more practical service to the
rmer than at any other time. II is
te hint in season that is worth more
ian an encyclopedia of knowledge at
time when it cannot be used. Keep
,ad up.
The new barn OF the Massachusetts
gricultural college has been pro-
)unced by government experts as
le best in the country from sani-
ry point of view. 1t is light and
ell ventilated, and is equipped with
paratus for sterilizing milk. Al
,ugh 1t cost $4,000. farmers who
We not that amount of money to put
% barn can keep their COW sta
es light and clean. and thereby i'm
owe the quality of the milk and
event disease.
Investigations by experiment sta.
ons have proved that hogs easily
,ntract tuberculosis by eating the
anure of cows which are infected.
the cattle show signs of the disease,
e hogs should be separated from
EN- at once. There Is not so much
KDger in allowing the hogs to run
hind beef cattle as behind dairy
title. The former are young and
ave not at the time they are fed be-
,me badly infected. Dairy cattle are
der and the disease has had time
get a flrmer hold.
We have never tried il, but a dairy
itn who has, says that a calf that
as never sucked will drink from the
Ill from the word go. He fixes things
, that the calf Is kept from its dam
ter calving. aud few hours after he
ilks about three quarts in pail and
ats 1t under the calf's nose so as to
ruch, and says that the calf will at
ace begin to drink. Our plan has
cen TO take the calf away on the sec.
ad day and have found Il no difficult
Isk to bring the calf to drink from
ie pail by inserting two fingers in the
sirs mouth and bringing her nose
no the milk AS she begins to suck