Sharp County record., 1907-07-19

Lime and sulphur is said to check
pear blight under some conditions.
Don't forget that the early cultiva-
ton of the corn is the most important.
The farmer must keep read up on
farm topics if he would be progres.
sive.
Be frst-rate farmer. To be such
requires the use of brains and Drawn,
but it pays.
Promote the COWS to the butchering
pen who do not come up to the aver
age yield of the herd.
Seeing is believing, is an old say
ing, but just remember that the eyes
are not always to be trusted.
Meadowbrook farm notes are a good
appetizer, but some good farm jour.
nal should be read in addition.
Buckwheat honey is thin and for
this reason should be stored in
warm room for awhile to evaporate.
Let the heifer get her growth before
breeding, If you do not she will be
stunted and her future usefulness in.
jured.
Because of the high price of bees.
wax the production of that commodity
Is of far more Importance than it
once was.
Air the stables before milking, even
In the coolest weather of winter, but
save the cleaning up until after the
milk Is safe in the dairy ROOM
1t requires skill in handling the
farm team to get the most out Of it.
Study to know your horses, and the
easiest methods of handling them.
Experiments by the Purdue Qnd)
experiment station shows that the
hogs following steers which are fed
ear corn and clover hay, make the
greatest gains.
Any thing which excites the COW
disturbs the milk-making functions.
Never permit hard driving, abuse,
loud talking or anything which will
disturb the herd,
Go over at least once a week the
farm implements which are in use
and make sure that the bolts are
tight. A little forthought and care
will save many an annoying delay.
The bee keeper should make It
point to study up clover culture, for
there is nothing finer than clover
honey, and 1t is said that some of the
finest clovers are unknown in this
country.
The poultry raiser should stop and
consider that many Thanksgiving
dinner goes down the wrong throats in
the spring, for the lice and mites have
excellent appetites and they get away
with many u young chick.
To dock the lambs tie a cord tightly
around the tail and clip of with a pair
OF sharp pruning shears. Leave the
tail about an inch long. Cover tho
end of the wound with little carbo.
lated vasellne and remove the cord
at night.
The old cultlvator which will only
half do the work had better be cast
aside and new one secured. II takes
more labor TO use the old than IL
would new one and with the work |
half done how can good results be
expected
Stock feeders have learned that
what is called q balanced ration Is
necessary to obtain the best results |
One.sided foods will always produce
one'sided results, and that on tho
wrong side,
II would hardly seem necessary TO
say that the hand separator needs
washing every time II IL used and !
yet there Is 80 much earelessness
creops into the dairy sometimes and |
things are just let go, that we feel
that we must drop reminder Now
heed II,
Like tho unlo0dod gun It's the gentle
bull that Is dangerous, The bull |
known to be dangerous is watched, |
and extra precautions are taken to see
that ho does not get the opportunity |
of doing harm, but the gentle bull has
all kinds OF opportunities of doing
harm and some day he takes the no,
ton with disastrous results to the
one who never dreamed that ho was
loaded,