The Delta independent., 1907-06-21
NJ FARM
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The scrubby mare will not prove a
profitable breeder.
White lead mixed with putty will
make 1t stick better.
Before setting the celery plants
shear the tops. as it tends to make
them stocky.
More plants, 1t Is safe to say, are
lost from failure to pack the soil
about them than from any one cause.
Give variety of food to the growing
chicks. A monotonous diet is as dis
tasteful to them as 1t would be to you.
In planting beans. peas. corn. etc.
in the garden. plan to have success
sion by planting ten days to two
weeks apart.
man who can tell n whole truth
in a horse trade can be depended on
to be honest from the inside out and
from top to toe.
Don't dose the fowls to keep them
healthy. 1t is sure to have the oppo-
site effect. Good management does
away with the necessity OF drugging.
It Is an easy matter to keep dis
ease and pests out OF flock OF sheep.
but 1t is a hard matter to get rid
Of them once they have gained
foothold.
Have you ever stopped to think that
II you grow the crops which are un-
that that is one reason OF your failure
to make farming pay?
II does require patience in handling
the calf. But then remember that 1t
Is Just a baby and doesn't know much.
Don't lose your temper and let It's
first lessons consist Of harsh words
and stinging slaps.
From seven to ten weeks is a good
time to wean the pigs and II can be
best done by first taking away the two
strongest and two or three days after.
wards taking away another pair. and
so on until all have been weaned.
II n question as to which shall be
improved, the barns to make the
stock comfortable, or the house to
provide you with comfort. start with
the barn, and 1t won't be long be-
fore you will have enough to improve
the house. also.
Are your eggs fresh" asked the
cautious housewife OF the German
truckster who was salesman for his
own wares. FRESH" repeated the
Dutchman, Indignantly. 'let me dell
you, madam. dot my hens lays not any
dings but fresh eggs!"
Never drench animals through the
nostrils, always through the mouth. as
the former method may result in chok-
ing and aiiow parts OF the drench to
get into the windpipe and thus to the
lungs, where inflammation may be set
up, resulting in pneumonia or lung fe-
yer.
1t has been figured out by some ex.
pert that an acre OF peach trees will
in ten years use 400 pounds OF nitro
gen, 125 pounds OF potash, 300 pounds
OF phosphoric acid and 73O pounds OF
lime. II this means anything 1t means
that fertilizing and cultivation are n
heavy factor in successful peach cul-
ture.
Have any Of the experiment stations
ever attempted to measure the effect
OF a harsh word or blow upon the
profit of q dairy animal? Animals
which live in an atmosphere OF fear
never can or will return the profit
which is to be realized from those
who only know the CHEEKY word and
the encouraging pat Of the hand.
The farm work should be so man.
aged as to give one time to keep the
garden in good growing condition. II
you will stop to figure 1t out, we
think you will agree with US that no
part OF the farm pays 80 large a pro-
portion Of profit and contributes so
largely to the health and happiness OF
the family as the well-kept garden.
A whitewash recommended by the
government experts is made as fol-
lows: Stake half bushel of lime in
boiling water, covering to keep in the
steam. Strain the liquid and add a
peck Of salt previously dissolved in
warm water. three pounds ground rice
boiled to thin paste and stirred in
while hot, onehalfF pound Spanish
whiting, and one pound glue dissolved
BY soaking in cold water and theu
hung over slow fire in glue pot. To
this mixture add five gallons Of hot
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