The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-16

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Borrowing trouble. like borrowing
tools. is bad practice.
The dairyman who says that dairy
ing doesn't pay is ten to one boarding
several cows Of that kind in his herd.
Experiments nave proved that It
does not pay 10 keep hen after her
second molt.
The selection of the ram is the most
important thing in connection with
sheep raising.
Alfalfa fevur may be called 3
healthy disease. Have yDn become
inoculated YETI
BusheI crates are handy. Have
plenty Of them to store the vegetables
in when putting in the cellar, and 1t
Will save handling them tEice.
The breeding yards for the turkeys
should be gotten ready and the birds
occasionally yarded so that they will
set used to their laying Qmrters.
The false profit which the farmer
needs to look ont for il the penny
oyercharge which may cause him to
lose a dollar customer.
There is no good reason why there
should not be bathroom and running
water in eFery farmhouse. Believe
it2 Then why have you not supplied
the convenience for your own house?
A good use to make Of potatoes, tur-
nips, apples, pumpkins, etc, that are
small and Unmarketable is to cook
and feed to the cows, poultry. hogs or
fnttening beef cattle.
Fifty-two pounds OF butter IN 2I days
is the record claimed for the COW be-
longing to a Mrs. J. B. Wright, Of Ham
ilton township. Sullivan county, iii
nols. Certainly the COW is an (N) right,
too.
Experience by practical dairymen
has demonstrated that the closed shed
or covered barnynnd for the cows dur
ing the day and using the stables only
At milking time gives cleaner COWS,
more sanitary milking stables and
hence cleaner nf1k.
Where running water Is mt abun-
dant on the farm It should be secured
by other means. Water may be pump
ed by windmill. gasoline engine, by
draulIc ram. or some other power. to
a suitable reservoir. where Il win
supply All needs by gravity
In onion culture ail the soli must
be utilized 10 obtain the best re-
suits. Twelve to Is inches between
the rows and four to fonr and-one.half
Inches between the plaats Ia the row
fs about right, and win give a Yield
per acre from 100000 to l2Oo0e or
more
Carrots may be fed to chickens IN
the raw state in such a way as to
give them plenty OF exercise IN eat
ing them. Fasfen them upon a string
from the ceiling and then slit the car
rot ~ into strips well up to the large
end This win give the hens chance
to catch hold and snip out bits.
An eastern orchardist writes that
a year ago last fall he wrapped the
trees Of his orchard which had been
badly injured by mice the year before
with tar paper, and that not tree
was touched. and the paper seemed
as good - ever for tree protection
this winter
The agricultural department has
found new type Of red clover'in Rus
sia, which IN test with the native
cioyers Of the United states gave
better yield than any Of them, was
more upright. branched more freely,
ana was free from the hairs which
characterize most Of oiir strains.
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Poultry raising is especially adapt.
ed to women. and the women Of the
farm have It in their power to make
as great success Of poultry raising
as their husbands make OF raising
horses, cattle, sheep Or hogs. Clean
uness and faithfnInesA ere two es-
sentials In successful poultry raising. |
and here b where women excel.
A farmer was overheard the other
day to remark that &c had a seed
drill that he had used for 80 years,
and that Il would not have lasted ten |
years II he had not kept Il ii the
shed. That is, the careless farmer
would have had to bear the expense |
Of two more machines. II ie not hard |
to figure how the careful farmer
makes farming pay.
Farming is authority Tor the state. /
mant that . taiRs q tuberculosis con- |