Free press., 1907-10-12


farm by making them your junior pars-
ners in the farming business.
Cold rains of autumn are more try
ing on stock than the colder weather
of winter. See that they are shelter
ed in some way.
About the only way to clean a plat
of ground of blue joint or bromus IS
to plow it under, pull out the turf and (
rake the roots out of the soil.
No danger that you will keep the
stables and the dairy room too clean +
Be on the alert that the dirt does
not creep in on you unawares.
Did poor seed corn spoil your crop
for you this year? See that you pro- /
vide this fall against the possibility
of such a sad experience next season.
Turn about is fair play-the horse
does work for you you cannot do for
yourself, now do the work for him
which he cannot do for himself,
namely, brush and curry him.
In killing milkweed a thorough job
can be done only as the roots are
grubbed out OF course if the shoots
are kept cut the roots will die in
time, but that is tedious process.
OF the two ways of blanching, celery,
namely by earth and by boards, the
! latter is to be preferred, because the
/ use of the boards keeps the celery
cleaner and makes it less liable to be
/ affected by rust or rot, and is ready
for use or the market at least two
weeks earlier than when earth is
| used In both processes the work
must be done when the soil and celery
plants are perfectly dry, as handling
in moist condition produces rust or
rot, or both.
Nineteen trials with separator skim
milk, fed in conjunction with corn
meal at the Wisconsin experiment sta
| ton, show that where not over three
! pounds of skim milk are fed, with
each pound of cornmeal that S27
pounds skim milk are equal in feeding
value to 100 pounds of cornmeal
When feeding one pound of cornmeal
with three to five pounds separator
skim milk, 446 pounds skim milk saw
ed 100 pounds cornmeal. When feed
ing as much as seven to nine pounds
. skim milk with each pound cornmeal
, it required 552 pounds skim milk to
: equal 100 pounds cornmeal.
Keep more livestock. and produce
more manure Give careful attention
to the use of absorbents SO that the
liquid as well as the solid excrements
may be saved. Keep box Of dust
: in the stable and sprinkle where il
viii catch the liquids. Cut the straw
up small and use it in the same way
Upon many farms there is large
amount of straw which should be
turned into manure. Too frequently
' this is allowed to waste and much
> fertility is thus lost. 1t is a crime
,, against agriculture to burn straw, as
is so frequently done in many parts
of the west With the burning of the
straw a large amount of the fertility
i, which should be added to the land is
;. destroyed.
With reference to dry and wet feed
ing of poultry. A D. Melvin, chief O.
: the bureau of animal industry, says;
The beginner is advised to adopt tbs
method ne thinks ne would prefer o.
. would find more convenient and fol
low it until he has a good reason
g for modifying or changing it. Choosi
- the one or the combination of tn,
s two most suited TO your, circum
Or stances. There are various method
of dry feeding, just as there are yari
Gus methods of feeding rations com
k posed in whole or in part of noisten
Y ed mashes or cakes. The grains ma,
l. be fed whole or cracked, or a par
Y ground and mixed together, makinl
. what is called dry mash The fee
: may be kept before the chicks al
the time IN hoppers or troughs, or
part of it may be scattered IN lite
II to induce them to take exercise Be
a ginners are usually more successfu
j with dry grain chick feed, for tn
reason that moistened mashes ar
), thrown down carelessly in considers
= Bile quantities and soon become sole
% with the droppings and begin to fe
~ ment.