Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02
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NJ FARM
By Izls,x III

heSret follows on the heels OF
neglect
The fall is a good time to tile out
the orchard or garden.
II is a fetal mistake to attempt to
winter more stock than you can feed
comfortably.
Why not have a horse the wife and
daughter can drive? 1t would please
them. and you, too.
Keep the boys Interested in the
farm by making them your junior part
ners in the farming business.
It takes rugged. vigorous thinking
and actions ia harmony with the
thoughts to make farming pay.
About the only way to clean plat
Of ground Of blue joint or bromus is
10 plow it under pull out the turf and
rake the roots out OF the soil.
No danger that you win 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 fail against the possibility |
OF such 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, I
namely, brush and curry him.
Ia killing mill,wced q thorough Job /
can De done only as the roots are
grnbed out Of course ST the shoots
are kept cat the roots wiz die in
a., put CHAT Us tedious process.
VI
Old pieces of lumber in which old
nails are left sticking are DANGEROUS
for man and beast Don't let them
DE around carelessly. The COW or the
horse may find them 81 YOU do not,
fnd as q result vow may have sore
foot TO doctor This VIII not put
any money into your pocket.
Dairy reforms are necessary and
there is a strong movement in this
country SIN that direction but there les
danger OF being carried too fast and
too Tar at the risk OF causing great
loss 10 the dairy inter SITS through carr |
rying out plans which rest on faulty
on incomplete knowledge of The sub.
5ect.
or the two ways OF blanching celery,
namely by earth and Dy 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
An obstinate horse can be easily
bridled and made to take the bit If
the finger or thumb is pushed into the
corner of his mouth and his tongue
touched. Hold the bride with the
right hand, so that the bits are just
in front Of his lips and rest upon the
back of the left hand near the wrist.
Stick your left forohnger into the cor
ner Of his mouth, and az he opens it J
pull the bits into his mouth by slip q
ping the headgear over his ears.
Keep more livestock and produce {
more manure. Give careful attention j
% the use of absoreents so that the i
liquid as well as the solid excrements S
may be saved. Keep a box of dust b
In the stable and sprinkle where It B
viii catch the liquids. Cut the straw G
ID small and use it in the same way. Z
Upon many farms there is a large v
amount OF straw which should be e
urned into manure Too frequently o
his is allowed to waste and much
ertility is thus lost. IL is a crime
against agriculture to burn straw, as n
s so frequently done in many parts Z
# the west. With the burning of the y
traw large amount of the fertility n
which should be added to the land is Il
destroyed. !,
With reference to dry and wet feed. c
ng of poultry, A. d. Melvin. chief of e
he bureau of animal industry. saws: D
The beginner Is advised to adopt the G.
method he thinks ae would prefer or d
would find more convenient and fol- t.
ow it until he has a good reason W
or modifying or changing t. Choose d.
he one or the combination of the n
wo most suited to your circum- r
tances. There are various methods In
I dry feeding. just. as there are vari. M
us methods of feeding rations com. to
osed In whole or in part of moisten- t
d mashes or cakes. The grains NAV te
Q fed whole or cracked, or a mart nj
round and mixed together. making al
hat Is called dry mash" The feed XII
hay be kept before the chicks all ul
he time in hoppers or troughs. or a NJ
art OF 1t may be scattered in litter st
, induce them to take exercise. Re m
inners are usually more successful ca
18th dry grain chick feed, for the bt
sason that moistened mashes are re
lrown down carelessly in considera- IA
le quantities and soon become soiled Gu
18th the droppings and begin to fer. tn