The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24

There is no sense of economy In ex-
posture to either cold or storms The
more comfort the more profit.
A runty pig may be properly defined
as one that eats its head off about
three or four times a year.
No vegetable accessible to the farm
er absorbs so much nitrogen from the
air and leaves so rich a storehouse Of
Ii as clover.
The state fairs are the best educators
We have for the rank and file of stock
breeders. They set higher ideals for
men to work toward.
There Is q better margin for profit
In q well-fed litter of pigs than may
be found in any other like investment
Of money on the farm.
Get acquainted with your cows. Find
out how much milk they give, how
much butter or On csc they make, and
how much of them in the herd are pay
Ing for their board.
One error In feeding horses Is to
give them too much hay. This Is a
waste. The digestive system is ex-
haustcd and results in staring colts
and hard breathing.
Feeding bay and dry grain just be
% n =
mosphere Of the stable with dust This
dust then settles into the milk pail,
carrying bacteria with 1t, thus increas-
ing the germ content of the milk.
Tic best thing on the farm Is
supply of water under pressure. Where
you can have plenty Of water by
supply turning faucet enough time
will be saved In a year, compared with
pumping, to cover the cost Of a very
good system.
The cows in a dairy herd are like
| the hills In n row Of corn, one hill
may produce three good ears while the
next may produce only one little nub-
| bin; others may produce only weeds !;
these represent the COWS that do no.
pay their way.
The introduction of the automobile
up to the present time has not hurt the
| horse market. In fact, horses have
been as high this past year as they
have ever been, and so far as we can
see the supply is not increasing suffi-
GENTLY fast to bear the market in the
| immediate future
Any soil that will produce ordinary
farm crops should produce the small
fruits. Work the land deeply by the
use Of the subsoil pillow, and make it
reasonably rich by the application Of
some fertilizer. Make the soil fine
and mellow by reneated narrowing, aud
use manures libs rally.
Hogs that are getting n good deal of
corn ought to have access either to
| charcoal or to coal slack 1t Is sur
prising how much slack a bunch Of
hogs will eat If 1t is mixed with a lit
| tie salt, and our idea has always been
that they would not eat 1t II their
| systems did not demand It.
A disease to guard against Is "saaly
legs" in fowls Various opinions are
| advanced as to its cause, but 1t Is now
| generally conceded to be parasite that
| adheres and builds It's intrenchments"
| very much as the coral does In the
| coral islands. The best and simplest
l remedy Ii to use kerosene oil, applied
| with a stiff brush.
No one who desires to protect his
| crops against insects should object to
birds getting a small share A young
| robin consumes 40 per cent of animal
food more than its own weight In twelve
hours In its first stage A pair Of
robins having a nest Of young ones,
perform q vast amount of work In a
season. as each pair will sometimes
raise two broods.
In many sections farm houses are
some distance from the county roads
and surrounded by trees, hedges and
shrubbery. In other localities the
houses are close to the road, where
dust from every passing team is car
ried to the house. 1t may be more
convenient to be close to the road. but
with so much land as a large farm
| to build upon. 1t should be more COM
Portable to set the house back, so rs
farm more attractive In appearance,
| which will add to its value