The Columbus journal., 1907-06-26

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peppers, tomatoes. or any other suit
able crop.
Clean out the nest boxes OCCASION
ally and burn the straw. It helps keep
down the lice.
Extra rush in farm work should not
be allowed to interfere with the regu-
lar milking hour.
Cultivate the corn through June and
July but don't run too deep. Severed
roots limits the capacity Of the plant
to mature its ears
The 1ne delicate aroma Of freshly
made butter Is quickly lost and for
this reason 1t should be gotten to the
consumer as quickly as possible.
The price Of eggs keeps up which
makes the outlook for the poultry
business good. It seems at the pres
ent time as IL there was little danger
Of OVERRIDING the poultry business.
How much did your c~areiessness
contribute to the following figures:
Two million two hundred and twenty
thousand nine hundred and ninety
i've cattle. 3.342.7 69 sheep and 2.6S1.-
166 swine were lost by disease and
exposure in the United States In the
year ending March 81. 1907.
As an indication of the ever-increaS-
ing demand for the services Of com
petent instructors and investigators
Of horticultural We have but to state
that q foremost western college has
received within three weeks requests
from three different states and d
foreign country for such horticultural
experts. Remember to give the COW
a little of the milk of human kind
ness while she is filing the milk pail.
Every effort towards more Clearly
dairying is cOmmendable and for this
reason we take pleasure in telling of
the plan of the patrons Of the Arcata
creamery in California, and which IS
worthy of emulation in other dairying
communities. An agreement has
been entered into among the patrons
that each will deposit a dollar in the
bank every time he cashes his check
from the creamery, this money to con-
stitute a fund which will be awarded
by a committee at the end Of the
year to the three men who have
made the best showing in sanitary
conditions during that period.
per cent. of all the feed a dairy COW
can eat is appropriated to sustain her
body. II a COW is fed to 20 per cent.
of her capacity only ten per cent. Of
the ration a be used for milk pro-
duction. Liberal feeding is necessary
but its profitable extent depends on
the individual animal. Successful
dairying depends fully as much on
the feeder as on the COW. A proper
ton Of two-ffths concentrates to
three-hfths roughage is widely and
successfully used. OF course feed
stuffs must be chosen to balance well
and with an eye to their market value.
Take q corn q census on your
farm this summer. It takes but lit
tie time to walk through the rows
and count the stalks that have no
cars, and find what percentage they
bear to the fruitful stalks. One farm
er. who took a censu last year, found
that the barren stalks averaged about
20 in 100. It is a good thing to
know. It means a loss of one-fifth In
the yield of corn. Now it is claimed
that these barren stalks will fertilize
the ears of the other stalks and SO
breed more and more barrenness in
the years to come. If this is true. it
would pay us well to go through our
corn just before it silks and cut OF
the tassels of all the barren stalks.
During the trying heat of the sum-
mer remember that hog cholera is a
germ disease, and spread by bacteria.
Contagf0n can. spread from one ami
NAL to another and from herd to herd
only by these minute organisms. They
are carried in every way-by swine.
by the clothes of persons, by
vehicles, feed, dogs. birds and by
streams. Poor care may weaken the
hogs constitution and make him more
susceptible to disease than he would
be otherwise. Diseases may be pre-
vented largely through disinfection.
Bacteria are preserved in filth; hence.
entire cleanliness will go far to pre-
vent disease. Hogs should have dry.
well-ventilated quarters, with the
sleeping room raised a little above
the others. Feeding and drinking
places must be clean and the water
pure.
Nearly all sheep have worms in the
liver, but they do no harm unless
they are in such numbers as to cause
sickness and death. The treatment
for sheep thus afflicted is a tonic,
made up as follows: Linseed meal
or coarse wheat -four, 40 pounds;
powdered anise or gentian, and sui
phate or oxide Of iron. four pounds
each; half a pint daily to each sheep.
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