The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-21

ioi III ior boarding horses Is re |
munerative If one has good stables
and skillful attendants. You must
oe able to return the horse TO its
owner in a condition that will sneak
well OF the feed and care he has re-
ceived.
Farmers institutes should make il
point to have Babcock milk test.
er demonstrated at their sessions. as
there are many dairymen who do not
know how to use them. A good plan
is to invite farmers to bring samples
OF their milk and have them tested.
LOOK out for dirty wheat screen,
ings. Only the use Of microscope |
viii detect the dodder and other nox. |
ious wheat seeds Clean mill seed |
can be used with profit by farmers.
but they should be sure of the quail |
ity of wheat they are buying.
Corner stones of successful dairy.
ing are, healthy herd, good feed and
care and rigid selection of animals:
avoid anoe of unnecessary milk con-
tamination ability to make fine
dairy products and to dispose of them
in the best markets.
What kind OF care does your blow
get? When through with It for the
season or even for a few days, al
ways cover the share and moldboard
thoroughly with linseed oil. Il will
keep it free from rust and when
wanted for use little kerosene oil
and little brisk rubbing will put IL
in prime condition for the work.
One way in which farmers are able
| to get good quality of seeds is to in
form the seedsmen at the time of
asking for samples that both the sam
pie and the seed when received will
| be sent TO either the seed laboratory
OF the agricultural department or
the state experiment station for ex
animation.
One lesson for the farmer which
they may learn from the railroads
that are discarding the small engines
and installing the great moguls that
can pull 40 to 60 cars each, is that
it is high time they discarded the
light horses and bronchos and Sc
cured the big stout horses capable
of pulling a 16-inch to 24-inch plow
An experiment tried on a farm in
England recently shows that fields
can be so Illuminated by acetylene
gas that harvesting may be easily
carried on at night. In the test made
two mowers, each cutting a six-foot
swath, were employed in a field of
Is acres, which was moved in 3
hours and 80 minutes. The power
was furnished by a gasoline traction
engine.
Many farmers are working too
much land. They spread their ener.
gies out over so much space that
their efforts do not bring in the net
returns they should. A good author
ity has stated that, IL the average
farm of the central states, which
ranges from 100 to $50 acres, was
cut into two farms, the owners would
prosper just as well upon the small
farm without so much labor.
Experiments continuing for three
years at the Indiana experiment sta
tion with barnyard manure as fer
tilizer for corn, showed that while
,, three tons to the acre increased the
yield to 14,9 bushels per acre, 81,
tons made an increase of but 16.:
per acre. Thus the addition Of the
second three tons of barnyard ma
nure. estimated as having value o
two dollars per ton as fertilizer, o.
six dollars for the three tons, in
creased the yield only 1.3 bushels, o.
!. about 65 cents in value.
A German professor named Ferdl
nand Luerick has gone to Colorado
where dry farming is practiced, will
chemical compound of his own In
vention which he claims will whel
applied to the land mature oats an,
wheat from a month to six week
sooner than is now possible. Tn
compound he uses resembles sand
and is made up of tiny fakes, whicl
are drilled into the ground with tn
grain when it is planted. II he cal
, make good his claims it will be
great thing for the semi-arid sec
tions.
e The experiment station at Stillwa
8 ter, Okla, is advertising its third an
. nual course in stock judging and see
selection January 7-12, 1907, annount
ing the purpose of the course to b
v to enable the farmers to get int
v closer touch with the experiment sta
!. ton and the work it is doing for Oh