The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25

There is still a good demand for
mules. Ever raise any?
Milking clean not only gives you
more milk but 1t keeps up the yield.
Too much soft food for the grown.
up fowls tends to make them dyspep.
tic.
Nitrate OF soda on corn will prolong
growth and delay seed formation and
ripening.
Too much livestock, Ike too much
land, is bad for the farmer and tends
to poverty.
The successful orchardist is q fight.
er who turns his batteries relentlessly
upon the pests that invade his orch
ard.
Sow common red clover on that
piece of corn land which has become
infested with the corn root worm and
the corn root louise.
The comfort that has been washed
and dried can be made soft and
fluffy by rolling tight and then beat
ing with rug beater.
Oyster shells are good for making
egg shells, but they are not a substi.
tute for grits. Provide plenty of
sharp grits as well as the oyster
shells.
Oats and bran from wheat contain
the phosphates needed in building up
the bones and tendons Of the young
colts. Hay of course should be given
and there should be plenty of exer-
else.
A silo holding so tons will feed 25
cows daily ration of 30 pounds each
for six months. II you have not
silo, plan to build one to give you sue.
culent food for your cows next win.
ter, 1t will pay,
Don't let the calves develop horns.
When about two weeks old clip the
hair away from around the nubbins,
wet little and then apply a stick of
caustic potash. No pain or trouble
for the calf. and no horn, either.
They're nipped in the bud.
The sanitation of the piggery may
be lightly considered by many farm.
ers, but 1t Is of vital Importance to
the health and profit of the swine
herd. Damp and illy-ventilated sleep
ing quarters figure large on The debit
side of the account.
If you are inclined to try your hand
at alfalfa, and you ought to have that
ambition, begin with small plot
Take a piece of rich ground, we'll
drained, manure and get in thorough
cultivation and then sow only cleaned
and tested seed
Rural libraries for agricultural
communities Is an idea being devel-
oped in sections of the middle west A
township library with some system OF
distribution which would meet the
needs of the rural communities would
be fine thing. Why could not the
rural mail carrier manage it as side
line?
A good COW ought to produce butter
at an average cost of about seven
cents a pound, considering the by
products. or about ten cents a pound
figuring on a basis of butter and feed
only. Poor COWS will bring the cost
up to 10 or Is cents. 1t doesn't pay
very well TO make store butter" that
sells from IL to Is cents unless you
can produce this article at about
seven cents.
Don't get into filthy or bad habits
of milking. To milk with wet hands
Is an unclean practice. The clean
mixer uses clean hands and is sure
before he begins that the cows udder
is clean and that no falling dirt can
get into the milk. Using lard on the
hands to make milking easy will aid
in making hard mixers. 1t will also
help to keep the cows teats very
tender. Dampening the teats with
milk also has the same effect.
Fertilizer recipe sharrers are busy
among the farmers trying to sell their
alleged secret formulas at five dollars
apiece. They have been trying to
work the southwest which has led
the Texas experiment station to issue
warning to farmers. Remember the
best information regarding the home
mixing of fertilizers can be obtained
absolutely free either from your state
experiment station or from the de.
partment of agriculture at Washing.
ton.
Along In February one of our hens
wanted to set. Too early. we said
and tried to break her up, but she