The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-14

Give the pigs a fair start ID Ire DE-
| feeding the SOW upon milk-producins
rations There is nothing much better
than skim milk mixed with shorts.
Bulldogs and six shooters are on
about a par when it comes to ftding
a place for them in the home. Both
are nasty ugly propositions and as
general thing prove to be loaded.
A great deal OF hay is sent to mar
| ket that is full Of weeds. Such hay
brings the lowest price, and also in
dicates that the farmers who ship 1t
are not only careless, but also ignorant
of the true methods of farming.
| The wood lot. whether of artificial
or natural planting. is best handled
by careful and judicious thinning,
which thus gives the remaining trees
more room for growth as well as an
increased supply of light and moisture.
Were il not for the operation OF
| law o. natural selection and an elimi-
nation Of the fruit Of weaker vitality,
apple trees would be broken to the
ground could they furnish nourishment
sufficient to bring all the fruit that
| sets TO maturity.
| Where thu garden is plowed without
being MANFRED and not rich enough 20
produce a good crop of vegetables next
season it IS best to cover the plowed
| ground with coat of manure in the
| fall and work it in with disk and cul-
| tivazor in the spring.
| II. the building of the silo II is well
| TO see to it that the structure is well
| braoed with q view to wind resist
| ancs, as one located near the home of
| the writer was blown down lately dur
| ing the progress of a heavy thunder
| and wind storm.
Too much wood is usually left to
gran,ylnes. The old vines need to be
pullsd from the trellis and all Of the
! old Vines trimmed away except three
or four shoots eighteen inches to two
4 feet long. owing TO the age and
strength of the shoot.
| C.,ws should be 10 fed that their
milk flow will not vary much during
the GEAR. This is possibility which
some dairymen accomplish. Cows often
decrease steadily in their milk flow.
! This should not he. Too much dry feed
| and not enough succulent ration is
| given.
| Statistics say that in the State of
| Indiana the percentage of loss annually
| from disease in swine herds Is twice as
| great as In other classes of farm ami
mals The records further show that
| these losses reach an average figure of
| So. 500 900. while the total in one single
year was estimated TO have been near
ly Sc.O00.000.
| Discussing the German method of
planting potatoes. with ample distance
and with eyes under. so that the stems
may grow widely apart. foreign grow
| er asserts that il not only saves the
seeds. but produces more and better
crors. Often dozen tubers are used
where only one would be enough. but
| II is difficult to make some new garden
| ers believe IT.
The SOW that will fetch litter OF
seventeen pigs is usually found on
farms which have dairy, silo, clo-
! YER meadows and raise eighty bushels
| Of corn to the acre. being the product
of a somewhat prosperous and lelsurely
| tvpe of agriculture which does not make
| II necessary for the SOW TO raise lit
ter of pigs before she Is year old.
A Western orchardist says: II is not
a wise policy to buy trees for planting
that have been grown on river or
creek bottom land. The great depth
| and richness of soil there always pro
! duce coarse growth of wood and long
| taproots. which must be cut off in re-
| planting. The tree never fully recoy-
ers from the effects of this. This is
| especially true of trees intended for
| planting on high land.
| Where it is possible to do so there is
| no way of keeping the growth of grass
down along the tree rows in the or
chard that excels heavy mulching
| with coarse manure or straight oat
straw. This mulch will not only serve
! to check and practically prevent the