Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-07-04
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III FARM
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Harsh treatment will lead the COW
to hold up her milk.
Let the poultry work over the lit |
ter from the bottom of the hay NOW. |
The hustling farmer is the farmer !
whose harvests are the most bounti-
full. a..a
Remember that any animal that is
worth raising at all is worth raising
we'll
Sows and pigs in pasture should be
provided shelter from the hot sun and
from rain.
The time to cut oats and peas for
hay is when the oat heads will crush
to milk in the fingers.
II you will remove the harness from
the horses when resting at noon they
will be fresher for the afternoons
work.
Educate boy by work, get him to
work by interesting him; get him in
terested by relating the task to reai-
ZatiOn.
Humus in the soil increases it's
moisture holding properties and hence
provides better condition for plant
growth
Don't feed the young pear orchard
too richly, as rapid growth makes
loose wood which is easily attacked
by blight.
Remember the good bull is not nee
essarily. the good-tempered bull. It's
the animal which will beget the best
type of animal.
Put some kind of a cover on the
horses when working in the fields.
Cheap muslin or bran sack will an
swer and give much protection from
the flies -".., -.
Another advantage ~ of the, low
headed tree in addition to the ease
of spraying and picking the fruit is
that high winds do not affect it as
much as the high-headed tree.
1t pays to try and make the home
surroundings trim and beautiful.
Farmers in a good many sections pick
attractive names for their farms and
cic
boards
The Connecticut Agricultural col
lege is preparing to hold it's sixth
summer session this year for teach
ers who wish to teach agriculture in
rural, and for parents, as well, who
wish to teach their children in coun,
try life. This is an excellent plan
which might well be followed by every
agricultural college of the country
The Illinois experiment station has
successfully raised 4S calves by feed
ing each of them $50 pounds of whole
milk and 400 pounds of skimmilk. The
milk was fed at the rate of ten pounds
per day per calf for so days, and then
lessened one. pound day until nc
more was fed. They were given nc
substitute but simply the grains raised
on the farm together with a good
grade of legume hay. "
The North Dakota experiment sta
ton has put up a small still for manu-
featuring alcohol. A stove or heater
is also in use. Experiments will be
made in manufacturing alcohol from
frosted wheat, screenings and othe1
cheap farm products. We shall know
in time what it costs to make the
alcohol and how it compares in fue
power with wood and coal. This is
great question for the great north
west. There is no available fuel
Hard coal must be shipped from the
east and sold at high prices, while
there is an immense demand for gaso
tine for power engines Here is {
great work for the western expert
ment stations.
Tent caterpillars are readily con
trolled by arsenate Of lead and no at
tention need be paid to them if tn,
regular codling moth spraying sched
ule is followed out. When this in
sect is to be treated separately u.s.
one and one-half pounds of arsenat
II of lead to so gallons and spray light
". Apricot, cherry and other tree
may be successfully treated for ten
caterpillars by the use Of this spray
The old-fashioned way was to burr
them out with wad of paper on tn
If end Of a pole but a Missourian ha
fallen upon the shotgun argumen
much as our western cowboys use
to shoot up a town. The process i
very simple. just use the usua
s amount Of powder for an ordinar
charge but do not put anything D