, 1907-08-08

-Four quarts OF gypsum or lane plas-
ter, to which three or four table |
%spoonfuls of ~turpentine have been |
added, scattered along the rows or
hills will it is said kill the striped !
beetles.
Why do o say whoa to your horse
when o do not want him to whoa,
but to travel steadier? Don't confuse
terms with the animals, especially the
horse, and they will be more easily
handled.
The scientific farmer is he who
strives to understand the laws of ma.
ture, who Is a close observer of the
soil. plant life. of animal life. and
who studies the force of things, the
physics Of the farm.
The better preparation the soil has
the earlier will the vegetables ma
ture. Begin the preparation of the
garden plot a year ahead and keep on
preparing 1t till the soil is full of
plant food and decaying vegetable
matter.
Drain tiles should be laid about
three feet deep to ensure a thorough
drainage of the soil lying wei the
drains. The water table should not
be nearer than three feet to the sur
face of the soil for the best conditions
OF growth.
Wipe the cows udder before milk
Ing, milk through a sterilized cheese
cloth covering on your pail and cool
your milk as rapidly as possible after
the milk has been drawn, and you will
have pure milk that will keep sweet
longer than milk into which filth and
dirt has been allowed to settle.
Be careful of bits of wire that get
Ia the feed. J. A. Smith, the noted
dairyman of Ell Paso, Tex, reports the
death of 40 cows in the last three
years. caused by eating bits of wire
from bailed hay. Mr.. Smith milks
about 400 cows, and the loss averages
over one COW a month, or a cash
value of $85.
The expense of gathering and plant
ing tree seeds, such as those of the
ash. elm, blackberry. boxelder, maple.
poplar. etc. is small and it will pay
you. Plant them in rows 80 the
corn plows may be used in cultivat-
ing them. and in a few years you will
have fine trees ready for planting
in various parts of the farm where
their presence would prove an advan-
tage.
To pillow early permits a growth of
grass before time to put the land in
final shape for seeding, and it takes
extra work to disc harrow the ground
and cut the grass out, but when this
Is done the Ian is in enough better
shape to start off any fall seeded crop
be it wheat or grass and make it pay
well for the extra work. Try 1t next
year for yourself and see If this il
not so.
In order to discover how long it
takes a COW to digest grain. or how
long it remains in the digestive tract
the Kansas experiment station fed
red kafir corn in the midst of a feed
ing test. On the day Immediately fol-
lowing, red kernels began to appear
In he droppings and the greatest
number was noticed on the afternoon
OF the second day. They then began
to decrease, and one the fourth day
only a few red kernels were found in
the washings.
An experienced dairyman makes a
practice of larding the teats of the
heifer cows the first few times they
are MIXED. A short time before they
are MIXED he applied the lard to the
teats. After the milking operation he
wipes the teats carefully with a dry
soft cloth n then applies another
coating of lard, which is allowed to
remain undisturbed. In this way sore
teats are avoided and after five or
six milkings the teats have become
seasoned to the new experience.
The most effective windbreak is oh.
tanned by planting trees of a short
species in the outside row towards the
prevailing wind, another row of a
taller species next, and a third row OF
tallest trees IN the inside adjacent to
the buildings or area to be protected.
This arrangement causes the wind to
strike the trees as it would strike the
face of a steep hill. DETECTING Its
cours upward. If the tallest trees of
the third row consist of a flexible
species. such as cottonwood. Euro
mean larch- white willow or honey To-
Gust they will bend before the wind,
and act as a cushion to defect 1t up
ward and over the object to be pro.