The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-18

A half-broken animal Is dangerous. |
Never can tell just what he will do.
Feed for growth, and then be care |
full that you do not get the animals
too fat.
pay you, especially il you want to SOW
fall wheat
Early apples rot quickly when left
on the ground. No profit in that.
Keep them picked up.
To have the cows freshen in the
fall or early winter means a larger
profit for the farmer, that is II he sells
his milk.
II more of the milk Of human Kind
ness was taken by the milkman his
customers would get more Of the un-
adulterated milk of the COW.
II you could just 60 back over the
present season how many things you
would do differently. Better make
note Of them now lest you forget ere
another season rolls round
AS one drives along the highways
at this season of the year it Is easy
to judge by the weeds as to the lack
Of public spirit and pride of the farm.
ers living in the community
Many young chickens catch cold
these nights by crowding in brood
coops and getting overheated and then
going out in the chill morning air.
; The chicks should be gotten on to the
roost as soon as possible.
Raised any sunfowers for seed for
the chicks this year? II so. lookout
that the birds do not harvest the
crop for you. They love the seeds
and will get the start of you unless
you bag the large heads while they
ripen.
1t is true Of trees and plants as we'll
as Of animals that the better nourish-
ed they are the better will they resist
disease. Properly nourished orchard
trees can endure fungus diseases bet
, ter than those trees which are in an
, impoverished condition.
A safe general rule to follow in
the breeding of heifers is to delay
} such condition until the animal has
! reached the size of normal Is
months old heifer, or until 1t shows
vigor and health which will make it
:. equal to the duties of maternity.
Not bad idea to have a stack yard
in which to place the straw when the
grain is threshed. This will make
, good place for the cattle on winter
days. The stacks will shelter from
the cold winds and the cattle will
be tempted to many bite.
i Moving the weeds along the road.
! side pays in more ways than one. It
. improves the appearances Of the COM
munity through which the road runs
and it prevents a harvest Of weed
seeds being caught by the winds and
scattered broadcast over the fields on
t either side.
See that your poultry house is fit
ted with some kind of ventilating fiue
5 which will give the fowls fresh air
without draft. If the poultry house is
close and unventilated, in the winter
S the air and walls will become damp
: on account Of the moisture thrown of
e from the lungs and bodies OF the birds.
1t was Edward Everett Hale who
said: Never bear more than one
kind Of trouble at time. Some peo-
pie bear three-all they have had, all
they have now, and all they expect to
5 have. Certain 1t is that the farmer
: is prone to bear two troubles at
), time Those of the present and the
: worry about the future of the crops.
II the young hogs do not appear to
{ grow fast, perhaps they are troubled
:. with worms. There are several kinds
to be found infesting the alimentary
5 canal, but perhaps the one most COM
5 monty found is a large white worm,
) varying in length from five to ten
! inches. This parasite is usually found
2 in the small intestine. Other COM
! mon parasites of the intestine include
the thornheaded worm of the small
intestine, the pin worm Of the rectum
and the thread worm OF the large in
testine.
} Pasture the cattle in the stubble
! fields. You may not realize it but the
l scattered grain which the reaper
misses amounts to a good deal and
will be picked up by the cattle or hogs
and turned into money for you. The
Montana experiment station. by re-
cent experiment proved this to be
true. Forty-one pigs from six to nine
months old were allowed the run OF