Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-24
NR rF' FARM
By AzaS,,,i r0Ga-

Again let us repeat, train the colt
to fast walk
Sharp tools and tools in good order,
are labor savers.
The farmers in the northwest are
complaining OF the sparrow nuisance.
Before sowing the clover or alfalfa
seed be sure that there Is no dodder
In II.
Look to the comfort OF your animals
and the feed you put in to them will
return more profit than otherwise.
The orchard ground should not re.
main bare all winter. See that some
cover crop Is grown there. Get busy,
Before you yield to the ambition OF
more land be sure that you see that
you are working your present holding
for all It is worth.
ming, but don't stop in the middle, for
a good ending is made only when
the task Is completed.
The Missouri experiment station Sc
cured the best results In feeding pigs
with q ration made up of one part
oil meal and five parts corn meal.
DO you get your flour in sacks? If
you do, have you discovered that the
sacking makes good toweling for the
dishes? Try 1t. A good sized sack
will make two towels.
With some of the western sheep
ranches going out Of business and the
price of mutton going up we should
think 1t a good time for the general
farmer to stock up with a small flock.
The United States is fast becoming
the garden spot of the world owing to
It's uneuualed facilities for fruit cul-
ture. There is climate and soil to be
| found for almost every variety of
| fruit known TO the world.
1t is high time you reached deci
| sion on the question whether you will
send The boy to the agricultural col
| If it is possible. And don't forget
the girls need education, too.
There is no doubt that there are
many grasses better than timothy, but
1t makes good hay to sell in the cities
consumers and it is the only kind oil
hay the city buyer knows anything
about
Not bad idea to keep the mowers
busy in the stubblc fields. 1t is a mis-
take to raise crop of weeds on the
land. Better keep them cut until the
| ground is in. condition to pillow. Every
weed that goes to seed means SC
much annoyance next season in the
field.
|
to-day never use any artificial appli
cation OF nitrogen TO the wheat crop
depending entirely on the growth o
legumGs well MANFRED and turned I'm
der for the preceding corn crop. thc
cultivation OF which makes the bes
| OF fallow preparation for the wheat
One who has tried ID recommends
corncob tea for calves and colts
troubled with scours. 1t is made n:
follows: The corn cobs are chopped
up into inch pieces and put In kettle
with enough water to cover them anC
are then STEPPED over slow fire. Tn,
fluid is then drained off and cooled
and used as a drench for the affected
animals.
In the opinion OF a successful sheer
raiser breeding ewes need not be fer
more than twice daily. II is a gooC
practice, however, to feed them som,
fodder outside during the winter sea
son, for in this way they are induced
to take some exercise. With this il
view the fodder may be taken some
distance from the building in which
the sheep are housed.
Feed some grain during the white
to the breeding ewes II you woulC
have good, strong lambs in the spring
Oats fed the first part OF thu
winter and bran as Landing time
approaches is a good order. Abou
0.5 pound of oats during the frs
part of the winter and one pound
OF bran near lambing time per heat
daily is recommended by govern
ment expert for ewes weighing from
$50 TO 200 pounds. Oats and bran are
two of the most satisfactory grair
foods that are generally available
both In respect to cost and results
Corn is not satisfactory grain t,
feed ewes, as 1t produces too mucl
fat, which apparently tends to accu