The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-24
NI FARM
A AzMs;,,x III

Close culling OF the flock is neces-
sary to the best success.
Have you a farmers club In your
locality? Winter is q good time to
exchange ideas.
Warm stable and warm water In the
winter time are potent factors In I'LL
Ing the milk pail.
Study your soil and your nearest mar
kets to determine what will prove the
best paying crop.
II is the belief of some sheep rails
ers that nothing contributes more to
the success Of the flock han a proper
supply Of salt.
ly rotten and then brought TO the sur
face to be mixed with the top soil Ii
good practice.
The billion bushei crop of oats of
1905 was not equaled by the crop of
last year. Notwithstanding the acre
age was larger.
Charcoal. grit, oyster shells or bone
should never be mixed with mashes
for the chickens. Have these neces-
sary articles where the poultry can
help themselves.
Let the hogs root around In the
stump lot. You will be surprised to
see how the stumps will be turned ,st
and the lane cleared as though by
pillow and harrow.
It Is not what q man gets In num-
Der of acres and number OF animals,
In renting a farm, but what profit he
can make on the rental, that would
govern the charge.
Some kind Of shelter should be pro-
that they can have protection against
cold rains and wet SHOWS. A wet
sheep means probable cold and per-
haps loss of the animal.
II In a semi-arid section where ord
mary wheat will fail, try Durum
wheat. Last year this wheat dis
tributed by the department of agri-
culture throughout the northwest,
yielded the farmers a net income of
$500, 600.
Are your lens scarry and afraid TO
come near you? Better change your
manners towards them or get rid of
the hens. There ought to be a close
bond Of sympathy between hen and
master. Harsh, noisy, abrupt treat
ment destroys profits.
Zinc makes good tree labels az the
metal will withstand the effects of the
weather. Make them six inches lond
and one inch wide at one end, taper
ing to one-fourth of an inch at the
other. Give them a bath of good
strong vinegar to cause them to cor
rode and you will find you can write
on them with a lead pencil Sc that the
marking will last for years.
Recent experiments in France made
to determine the influence exerted by
the stock and scion upon each other.
has stimulated interest In this coun-
try, and horticulturists are expert
menting to discover how much, II any,
the poor stock affects the fruit pro
duced upon the scion grated into 1t.
Heretofore II has been thought that
the one had no material influence up
on the other, but the experiments In
France would seem to prove the con
trary.
One nay leave the farm, but can
n ever forget It? Here is the out.
burst OF one hungry soul, whose
thoughts went back to the long ago:
"One morning I was awakened with a
strange, new Joy IN my soul. II came
to me at hat moment with indescrib-
able poignancy, the thought of walk
ing barefoot In cool. fresh pillow fur.
rows as l had once done when a boy
So wildly the memory came to me-
the high, airy world as 1t was at that
moment, and the boy / was walking
free in the furrows-that the weak
tears filed my eyes. the first I had
shed In many years. Then ! thought
OF sitting In quiet thickets In old fence
corners. the wood behind me rising
stiI, cool. mysterious. and the fields
in front stretching away In illimita-
BILE pleasantness. l thought OF the
good smell of cows milking-you do
not know, IL you do not know!-I
thought OF the sights and sounds. the
heat and sweat of the hay fields.
thought OF a certain brook | knew
when a boy that flowed among alders
and wild parsnips. where | waded
with a three-foot rod for trout.
thought of all these things as u man
thinks Of his first love. oh, l crayed
the soil. hungered and thirsted for