The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-12

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He who feeds his land well viii! be
fed.
Provide plenty of wood aches and
salt for your pigs.
If by bad management you now set
behind with your work, 1t will crowd
you all summer.
Much and thorough cultivation will
often make up to some extent lack of |
fertility in the soil.
A system of farming which gives
poor crops is exhaustive and one which
give good crops builds up tue farrL
There is a ready sale for all TIE
good, clean, sweet farm butter that can |
be made-but not for the other kind
Sow every acre you can spare % |
clover. Better even cut down the other /
crops all around to make room for II. |
To find the number of cords there aIe
in pile of wood, multiply the length
by the width and height a-d divide ay
12a
The character of the feed determines
the character Of the meat and The |
wholesome meat is only made by
wholesome food.
When you hear the farmer say, "Jdst
my luck" in nine cases out OF ten II he
were truthful he would exclaim, lust |
my laziness," or lust my inattenticn."
Sheep can not be kept on damp loce
tons without being liable to foot rot.
Their quarters should be dry, and they
will thrive In an open shed that faces
the south.
A patch of millet or sorghum may be
sown to keep out the light hay crop or
to make green feed TO help out the !
pastures during the latter part of SUM-
mer or early fall.
Recently trainload of twenty-thrce
cars of rice was shipped from Beau
mont. Tex, 'or Porto Rico. This is the
largest single shipment made by any
rice mill In .imerica.
Healthy animals require no meds-
cine: conditions in them may be estabe
lished and maintained by intelligently
applied alterations In the quantity |
and quality of their food and labor.
Training will develop many good
qualities in the horse which would |
otherwise be dormant and subdues
many vicious habits and faults which
would render the horse worthless Il
allowed to go unchecked.
The claim that salt should be applied |
to asparagus beds is not supported by
experiments. 1t destroys number Of
weeds and performs mechanical serv-
ice in the soil, but it is not necessary |
fertilizer.
The country store man knows better |
than anybody else the lack of education
in the matter of making and keeping |
farm butter. The unassorted odors
that pass under his nose every day are
enough to sour the milk of human kind
ness.
The first year of the colts life Is i'm
poItant. Keep him growing the first
year. keep him growing tile second year,
keep him growing the third year and
IL he is to be marketed have him fat,
for fat will often cover Up a multitude
OF defects.
Every farmer should have a few
grapeyines. They serve as arbors or
shade and can be grown where they |
will not take up much space. All poul-
try yards will be improved If grape
vines are grown along the fences, and
fowls will find shade under the over
hanging branches In summer.
How many windows has your barn?
There should be a window for every /
two stalls at least and one for each
stall Is not too many. Sunlight Is the
cheapest purifier we have and In
many ways the most effective. No
part Of your stable should be so dark
that one could not read a newspaper
readily at any time during the day.
Nebraska farmers complain that q
great trust controls the creameries 10 |
that State 1t is asserted that the |
trust fixes the price of cream, dictates
the territory for each creamery, and
when an independent butter factory
starts up the trust raises the price of
cream and drives 1t out Of business
In addition to this it is claimed that
the railroads have given the trust spe-
cial rates and that the small creamery |
man stands no show. The trust Is re-
ported as making an annual profit OF