Free press., 1907-10-12
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/ grass make good ration for the pigs
selected as breeders. Notice that We
omitted corn.
There is economy in buying the
best made machine or tool. But re-
! member after you have bought 1t to
/ take good care of it.
The earth of the chicken pen floors
is as rich as many brands OF fer
tilizers. Get it out on the land and
put in fresh dirt 1t will be better for
the chickens and better for you.
Stop that little gully in the field
which opened up with the last rain.
1t is easier to fix now than after the
next rain or two have made the
breech infinitely larger
Make a difference between the feed
ing of the pigs that are to become
breeders and those you are fattening
/ for market Overfatness must be
avoided with the former.
If the 'pasturage 10 dry and the feed
worth more to the COWS now than
the ear that the stalk can produce
will be worth next winter.
Store the oily feeds where they will
not become contaminated by foul
edors Feed thus affected is more
than apt TO faint the milk and carry
the cowy flavor TO the butter.
Don't be content to do anything but
the best type of farming. BE on the
watch for new ideas. If your neigh
Sor's methods are better than your
own, 90 not be too proud to say so,
but adopt them, If you have an idea
or method which will help your neigh
bor, see that he gets it. Help etheps
and help yourself.
In taking the stock in from off the
pasture this fall remember that the
change from field where much eXer
else is obtained to the stall is quite Sc
we're. For this reason the COWS
should be allowed as much freedom as
possible in the yards about the barn.
They should be put in the barn only
when the weather is bad Gr at milk
ing time.
I In the cutting down of small trees
farmers often rob themselves of larger
profit later en-. Arboriculture tells of
an incident in Virginia. Ten years
ago about $4,000 young hickory trees
weFe cut down to provide hickory
hoops for about 1900 apple barrels.
The barrel hoops had been sold for
about $500. If the trees had been
allowed to grow, they would have
been big enough in a few years for
cutting up into carriage spokes, and
would have produced, at the present
; price of $35 thousand, spokes worth
more than 100000. This is the kind
of Forestry argument that ought to
appeal to owners Of brush lots
Make your own vinegar on the farm.
Only sound, ripe apples should be
used, avoiding dirty fruit or washing
it before pressing. Use only juice
from the first pressing, place in clean
7 barrels which have been treated with
f hot water or steam to destroy unde-
Sir2ble germs. The barrels should
not be full, nor tightly corked, as
free access of air is desirable. In
ordinary temperatures, the first stage,
the alcoholic fermentation. should be
I complete in five ~ six months: but by
storing in warmer rooms and by the
: use of yeast can be much shortened
The second stage, the acetic fer
: mentation. may be hastened by heat
and by the use Of Il good starter of
mother or sharp vinegar. When the
required acidity is reached, the bar
: rcls should be filed to the bung and
: tightly coSked tc avoid undesirable
fermentations.
Pinstch oil, the residue left in the
cylinders used lo contain the gas for
isGEng railway ccaoEes. and which
can - obtai2ed Tor about 25 ceats per
gallon in snail quantities. is recon-
mended by the Colorado experiment
station as a good substitute for car
bon-bisulphide in exterminating prai-
rie dogs. gCphers, rabbits, or any
ground burrowirg pests. The follow
ing directions are given for applying
the remedy. Three hands and a boy
viii accomplish the best results
Armed with can of Pinstch oil and
quantities of COW or horse chips the
party proceeds TO the dog town One
man goes IN advance and with a
shovel puts ciod in each hole not oc-
cupied by dogs The next man satu-
rates chip with two or three tea
spoonfuls of oil and drops it into the
hole. pushing it far back with . stick.
The third man Immediately fills the
mouth of the hole tightly with earth.
Pinstch oil is very volatile. and
where the vapOrs are mixed with air
Will explode with violence if a spark
; of any Kind reaches it. 1t is unsafe to
smoke or strike a match uhiln rn-l-