The state herald., 1907-06-21


Promote the cows to the butcherins
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 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
| iured.
Because OF the high price of bees
wax the production of that commodity
is of far more Importance than II
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 ont of It
Study to know your horses, and the
easiest methods of handling them.
Experiments by the Purdue Und.)
experiment station shows that the
hogs following steers which are fec
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 us,
and make sure that the bolts art
tight A little forthought and care
will save many an annoying delay.
The bee keeper should make II s
point to study up clover culture. FOL
there is nothing finer than clover
honey. and II is said that some OF the
finest ciovcrs are unknown In thi,
country.
The poultry raiser should stop ane
consider that many Thanksgiving
dinner goes down the wrong throats it
the spring. for the lice and mites have
excellent appetites and they get ava,
with many young chick.
To dock the lambs tie cord Tight,
around the tail and clip on with pail
Of sharp pruning shears. Leave the
tail about an inch long. Cover the
end OF the wound with n little carbo
lated yasellne and remove the core
at night.
The old culliyator which will only
half do the work had better be cast
aside and u new one secured. II takes
more labor to use the old than II
would a new one and with the worb
half done how can good results bs
expected,
Stock feeders have learned tha,
what In called balanced ration IL
necessary 10 obtain the best rcnnlta
One sided foods will always produce
one-sidcd results. and that on the
wrong side
II would hardly seem necessary Ia
say that the hand separator need,
washing every time II Is used, and
yet there iH 30 much carclessncss
crecps Into the dairy sometimes and
things ar. lust let go. that We feel
that We must drop reminder, Now
heed II,
Like the unioaded gun It's the gentl.
bull that Ii dangerous, The bull
known TO be dangerous IL watched
and extra precautions arc taken to see
thht "" no'H not k"' th' opportunity
of doing harm. but the gentle bull has
all kinds OF opportunities OF doins
harm and some day he takes the no
tion with DISASTROUS results 10 ths
one who never dreamed that he WAS
loaded
why do you feed salt 10 your cowsi
The Mississippi csporimcn, station
has made q practical test Of the qucs
tlon. which shows eonclusiyoly that
salt n beneficial. Three cows were
kept without salt for n period OF -four
] weeks. During the last two weeks q
record Of their milk production was
k-p, and they gave asa pounds, They
were then given their usual allowance
uf salt and In the following two weeks
they sayo 5ei pounds or gain Of ITO
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