The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31

fear the poultry business will be over
/ doro
Why are there so many common cat
tier Just because it requires less eff
fort to produce the common kind. The
scrub bull and the grade hull are re-
sponsible for the common kind.
| The Kansas Experiment Station has
been studying the practical value of a
milking machine 1t is to be hoped
that an honest verdict will be rendeyed
In the report of the experiment.
The duck with good treatment will
average about four eggs a week from
Feb. l to about the last Of June. when
there Will be a gradual decline until
the last of July, when the season
ends.
The following figures show how inn
p0rtant Ii Is TO exercise care in wash
| ing milk pals. for in an actual expert
ment there were found: in the first
washing 7.3S900O bacteria. in the sec
ond washing $4,000, and in the third
washing $4,000.
One cannot always tell a good corn
husker by the height of the bat
boards ON the off side of his wagon.
but as a rule plenty of bat boards is
an indication of a good husker. A
wagon box should hold all the corn one
can husk in halliday.
| There is at this time such a demand
for hornless cattle in both dairy and
beef herds that muleys are at a prem
ium. SO. many are engaged in pro-
duclng a hornless strain. There are
some polled cattle in all breeds and
these are employed as starters.
The real Importance OF clover is not
as well known by farmers as it should
be. The class OF farmers who under
stand it form a small percentage of the
whole In central states. Just note how
few clover folds you will pass In go
ing about over the country. This tells
the story.
The greatest milking record known Is
! that of New Zealand farmer and MS
wife. who MIXED seventy-two cows
every night and morning. without any
help. Both the man and his wife were
stout and robust. They must have been
inferior cows. or they could not have
gotten through with them all twice in a
day.
| The number OF farms in the United
States In 1850 was 100000, with 290,-
100000 acres under cultivation. year
ly product of S2.50O,O00, 600, and total
farm property value OF S4,00O.000,0O0.
Now the farms number 500a000. with
S41, 100000 acres cultivated, n yearly
product OF $4,000 100000. a total farm
property value of 500 900, 100000.
The several systems OF curing and
baling hay are worthy OF our closest
attention and study. Bright hay prop
erly baled brings 81 to 81 per ton more
money than the average of the stuff
sold on the markets of the Southwest.
We must get away from average hay
in this case-avoid average quality
! Just as we do average yields.
As top dressing for clover, lime
produces the best results. especially
where the clover has had heavy
stand for two or more seasons. Land
that is fed heavily every year with
barnyard or green manure will be
helped by a dressing of lime Some
times the soil is so rich but congested
with unassimiated food that dressing
| of lime for one season without any
| fertilizer is the best thing for it,
writer In a magazine attributes
the scarcity of hired help on farms to
the fact that competition is confined
alone TO single men. If there were
more accommodate tons for men with |
families there would be many men who |
90 not have means enough to rent who |
would make the best of hired help on |
farms. Some of the best help | ever |
had on my farm have been men with |
families and for whom I furnished |
house TO live in.
LOSS Mans Fault, Not Hogs.
Because people fail in the swine |