The Ward County independent., 1907-09-12
Locality has much to do with the
successful raising of sheep.

Locality has much to do with the
successful raising Of sheep.
It's the man behind the COW which
determines the character of the dairy.
A dairyman's league has been organ
lied by members Of the grange in
northern Pennsylvania.
Nip the tips off new raspberry and
blackberry canes to force them to
throw out side shoots and thus be-
come more stocky
Some one suggests adding table,
spoonful of sugar to the salt when
sailing ten pounds of butter to i'm
prove the flavor. Sounds as though
it might.
The sitting hen which is expected
TO hatch eggs and feed mites at the
| same time has hard task on hand.
| Make her three weeks vigil as easy
| as possible.
If you don't hunt the lice they will
| hunt your chickens and keep them
from hunting for insects, and the. re-
! suit will be that hunt as you may you
| will not be able to find any profit in
| your flock.
The time to discover the weak place
| In the harness is not when it breaks
| at a most critical time and perhaps
results in runaway or bad accident,
but is before the harness is put on the
horse. Harness should be inspected
| frequently to note and remedy the
weak points.
| "The permanent greatness of any
| state must ultimately depend upon
the character of it's country popula-
tion."-President Roosevelt. True,
| indeed, and there is room for inn
prOvement among the people of the
rural communities. Ever upward and
onward.
ITO him who in the love of nature
holds,
Communion with her visible forms,
She speaks various language"
and to none more so than to the
farmer who is sensitive to every
sunbeam and every shower and who
loves to see and make things grow.
To defeat insect pests one must be
constantly after them. Keep dope
| ready to apply in the pigpen or stable
the first time insects appear. Dip the
sheep regularly, watch the hogs close.
ly for lice and provide cold, dry
stable for the cows to hide from the
flies.
Prof. Woll and r. M. Cow are en-.
gagged in an interesting controversy
over the question, ''the churn versus
the fat test as means of determin.
ing the producing capacity of the
| cow" Better the churn than no test
at all, but tie more scientific and &C.
curate must be the butter fat test
ascertained by use of the Babcock
tester. ,@s:ri.s
The influence of dam upon her
foals may be equal to that of the sire
and in some instance is no doubt
much greater, but the average mum.
ber of foals produced by mares will
probably not exceed eight, although
some have been known to produce az
many as IS. The average number OF
foals produced by stations that live
to the average age of horses Is prob.
ably not less than 400. The general
influence then of a good stallion may
safely be estimated at many times
that of good mare.
The notion which prevails among
some farmers that there is more
money in thin than in thick cream
delivered to the creamery, is mis-.
take. Hoards Dairyman makes this
plain in case cited In recent issue.
Farmer M. 8. delivered 5,0O1 pounds
Of cream containing SITS pounds OF
fat, average test 1885 per cent Had
this amount of butterfat been deliv.
cred in 30 per cent. cream only 1855
pounds would have been delivered,
and 2,445 pounds more of skimmilk
would have had feeding value equal
to 4O7 pounds of corn at IS cents
equals $2.43. The cost of hauling the
2.445 extra pounds of cream or but.
termilk to the creamery was 1864.
Thus this man lost, during the year,
on account of his wrong methods,
total Of $9.07. an amount sufficient to
pay nine per cent. interest on the
price Of one of the best hand separa
tors made.
Here is an English method of "bot
tling" fruit: Fruit used should be
sound and not fully ripe. After pick.
Ing over, heading and failing in the
case of gooseberries black currants.
etc., 1t is packed tightly down in the
bottles, care being taken to keep the
outside layer even. All the fruit