Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-09-07

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Crowd the little porbaEs now to mar
ketable condition.
Wellcured sweet eorn staihs make
good feed for hogs.
Shelter the sheep from the sun. II
is just about as hot in September as
in August.
Get the tree-planting habit, so that
coming generations will rise and call
you blessed.
Have the trough long enough so as
to give all the pigs an equal chance
at the swill feed
Get rid of the over-ripe swill barrel
1t stinketh unto heaven and maketh
man and beast alike to suffer.
The hog which is slow to fatten or
is frequently off it's feed is poor one
to select for breeding purposes.
Ever get nipped in a COW trade? My,
how hot it does make fellow feel to
realize that he has been swindled
Can you pick out tbs COWS which
are paying their way? The only safe
test is the scales and the Babcock
tester
Skim milk is about all the young
pigs need. it containing all the, food
ingredients necessary fer their
growth.
Your failures may not be pleasant
to remember, but surely you will not
fail to remember them long enough to
profit by them.
The pig must be comfortable to
make gains during the hot weather.
See that shade is provided and that
there is plenty Of good water.
Do you know that the government
forestry department stands by ready
to give you specific advice for the i'm
proyement of your wood lot?
Make it rule not to do chores after
dark. Plan the work so that the boys
and the hired man have their time
pretty much for themselves after sup
per.
The pigs intended for brood soWs
should be picked from the large lit
tiers, but remember that you need a
thoroughbred sire to increase the
grade of your stock.
Ever figure out what it cost you to
raise a colt? The animal which will
sell for 5000 could not have cost more
that 500 to raise. Good margin of
profit, don't you think?
Farming is no longer considered q
business which requires no special
training. Every year sees an improve
ment in the educational standards of
the agricultural colleges.
A good horse is kept good and a
poor horse is made better by wise,
careful treatment. It's misuse of the
horse, as we'll as of Tie farm machin.
cry, which brings the early break.
down.
As you go about the chores get the
| habit of seeing things. Is this or that
| thing out Of place? Does this or that
animal act little out of normal? See
/ the things you can do to make things
| better while you are just passing by.
/ in ha ir0 An mi 1aI
be judged to some extent by the
coarseness or fineness of the hair, che
coarse-g grained, sluggish and inactive
animals having generally coarse,
rough hair, and they are also many
| times ill-natured and vicious.
In a test in Wyoming, lambs fed on
field peas made as rapid gain as,those
fed on corn and alfalfa, but the pea
fed lambs brought ten cents a hun
dred less than those fed on corn and
alfalfa for the reason that the latter
showed more fat than the others.
Don't buy the cow until you have
tried her or at least MIXED her once
"A big insight into the animal is OBJ
! Id1neo IN CnlS way, anu remember Inal
the man who is not willing to let you
prove his claims for an animal is not
the man you want to have dealings
with.
A few pruning hints for you to
paste on the handle of your pruning
knife: Prune so as to prevent forma
ton of crotches; keep limbs free from
: rubbing upon each other. Thin out
the top, to admit air and sunlight, but
keep it well balanced. Prune from
the top down toward the trunk
rather than from the body up. Do not
cut OF the lower limbs, leaving the
trunk exposed to the rays of the sun
Train the heads low; let the limbs
come out close to the ground Il