The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-24

lshing metal.
Better thinking and planning means
planting and resping.
The cost of stocking a farm with
sheep is comparatively small.
A million dairy COWS in Illinois.
What proportion Of them are really
profitable animals? y
II is good policy to raise a colt OF
two on the farm. Helps to keep tina
boys interested. too. y
In preparing the poultry for market
be careful not to ~overscald. Makes a
bad looking carcass
One action Of salt 10 the soil is to
delay seed termination. a thing which
Is well to remember.
Good general rule for feeding stock,
is dry feed for beef and mashes and
s%ucculent food for milk.
Don't keep the cows too closely con-
fined. Get them into the habit of re-
naming out a portion of every day
that is not stormy.
Bermuda grass will grow uccess
fully on ridge lands and on timber
lands II set in open space where the
sun will strike II.
II will be harder to get that note re-
newed at your bankers on the farm
machinery you bought last year II II
is still out in the field. /
Sour soils need lime. Lining tho
soil is more extensively practiced TN
Europe than In this country.
Feed the little colts twice a day on
a ration composed Of oats, bran and
oil meal in proportion OF 3-2-1. Start
with a pint and increase gradually to
a quart at a feeding. 4
Verify, the ignorant farmer has to
scratch for a living. but the intellR
gent, progressive farmer fnds his
labors growing less each year and his
rewards more certain.
JOY into the henhouse, try a cabbage
head hung just so the chicks will
have to jump for IL. II will keep them
busy, and healthy, too.
Don't fail to set ga. trees where,
you cut them out. In a few years
your wood lot will be removed and 10
will continue to prove a valuable ~
set In the farm accounts.
The common Irish potato was once
a luxury which the rich only could
enjoy. 1t was provided for the table
| of Anne of Denmark, wife of James !,
at a cost of two shillings per pound,
and the shilling in those days was
worth nor than 1t is today.
Let the failures of the past year be.
come the stepping stones to success
in the year to ome During these
winter days review the work of the
past season, search for the cause Of
loss and failure, and then plan to
avoid similar mistakes OF difficulties
next year.
The example of Grant county, Ind,
may prove suggestive to other coun.
ties or sections of the country. A corn
school was organized and an exhibit
of corn was made by boys from the
country schools. Another help in
solving the problem OF how to keep
the boys on the farm.
Have you been through the orchard
and given the trees some form Of pro.
lection against mice and rabbitsf
Various methods are used; paints,
washes, etc, also hay, straw, corn
stalks, cloth, paper. One farmer uses
a unique wrapper in the shape Of old
stove piping. He Sits It open from
end to end. bending the edge OF one
| side In and the other side out, 80 that
when 1t is slipped around the tree
and pressed together one side hooks
into the other. This proves effectual
against mice and they cannot climb
1t.
Out In California this last year the
annual meeting of the state farmers'
institute was held In conjunction with
the State Teachers association. Good
idea. The future viii see education
in the rural districts at least including
agricultural topics, as is the case at
the present time in some places, anu
the more the teachers and the farmers
get together to discuss educational
matters the soone will the youth Of
our farming communities be provided
with the courses Of studies best
adapted TO ft them for agricultural