Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-18
Whitewash the stables before the
cold weather OF the fall.

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Mended clothes and bills all paid
are better than new clothes on credit.
Rye adds no plant food to the soil
and hence has no value as green ma
nure.
Feed the coarse fodder with the
small feed SO as to maintain the
balance In the ration.
Cool the cream Immediately after II
comes from the separator. II Will
make the butter better.
Wife will thank you for your
thoughtfulness In sharpening scissors
and the kitchen knives.
Wheat-bran middlings roots and
grass make a good ration for the pigs
selected as breeders. Notice that We
omitted corn.
There is economy In buying the
best made machine or tool. But re-
member after you have bought 1t to
take good care OF it.
The earth of the chicken pen floors
is as rich as many brands OF FER
tilizers. Get 1t out on the land and
put In fresh dirt. II will be better for
the chickens and better for you.
Stop that little gully In the field
which opened up with the last rain.
1t is easier to fix now than after the
next rain or two have made the
breech infinitely larger.
Make q difference between the feed
ing of the pigs that are to become
breeders and those you are fattening
for market. Overfatness must be
avoided with the former.
II the pasturage is dry and the feed
POOR. one stalk of corn in the silk is
worth more to the cows now than
the ear that the stalk can produce
will be worth next winter.
Store the oily feeds where they will
not become contaminated by foul
odors. Feed thus affected is more
than apt to faint the milk and carry
the cowy flavor TO the butter.
Don't be content to do anything but
the best type of farming. Be on the
watch for new ideas. II your neigh
own, do not be too proud to say so.
but adopt them. II you have an idea
or method which will help your neigh
Dor, see that he gets 1t. Help others
and help yourself.
In taking the stock In from off the
pasture this fall remember that the
change from field where much exer-
else is obtained to the stall is quite Sc
we're For this reason the cows
should be allowed as much freedom as
possible in the yards about the barn.
They should be put in the barn only
when the weather is bad or at milk
ing time.
In the cutting down of small trees
farmers often rob themselves of larger
profit later on. Arboriculture tells of
an incident in Virginia. Ten years
ago about $4,000 young hickory trees
were cut down to provide hickory
hoops for about 10000 apple barrels.
The barrel hoops had been sold for
about $500. If the trees had been
allowed to grow, they would have
been big enough in a few years for
cutting up into carriage spokes. and
would have produced. at the present
price of s35 thousand, spokes worth
more than 100000. This is the kind
OF Forestry argument that ought to
appeal TO owners of brush lots.
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 327
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,
IL required 552 pounds skim milk to
equal 100 pounds cornmeal
Make your own vinegar on the farm.
Only sound, ripe apples should be
used, avoiding dirty fruit or washing
1t before pressing. Use only Juice
from the first pressing, place in clean
barrels which have been treated with
hot water or steam to destroy unde-
sirable germs. The barrels should
not be full, nor tightly corked, as
free access of air Is desirable. In
ordinary temperatures. the first stage,
the alcoholic fermentation, should be
complete in five or six months but by
storing In warmer rooms, and by the
use of yeast, can be much shortened.
The second stage, the acetic fer
mentation. may be fastened by heat
and by the use OF good starter" of
mother" or sharp vinegar. When the
required acidity is reached, the bar
rels should be filled TO the bung and
tightly corked to avoid undesirable
lamentations.