Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-09

ehhs WHICH carving mucn easier.
Even the common cow will often as
ton.sh one by the results she will
give with proper care and generous
feed.
The cowpea Is certainly well-named
for 1t Is one OF the best OF feeds for
the mich COW. Try some next year.
Don't let the young trees get TO
leaning. Go through the orchard and
straighten them up and. firm the earth
well around them.
Why not have a blackberry patch on
that unused corner OF the farm. Set
out good variety and you will DO
repaid for the trouble.
Is the well close enough to the
barn to catch the surface water when
IL rains hard? This is important. II
1t is stop using that we'll.
Make things snug for winter. Get
everything under cover. Store the root
crops properly. Do everything you
can to cut of winter losses.
Again this winter you will probably
wish that you had built silo. Make
definite plans for building one next
year, and then don't forget the corn to
fill It,
Three things are needed to handle
a horse in the breaking. A good whip.
but use 1t little. A rear rope use It
kindly. surcingle and trip rope.
best OF all.
Be sure in distributing the manure
that the thin bare places are well COW
cred. Sometimes the fields that need
1t least get II because they are handy
TO the barn. This is a mistake.
When unhusked corn is fed to the |
cows care must be taken to supply |
only the requisite amount of grain, |
which can be determined by selecting |
an average shock, husking out the |
ears and ascertaining how much she'll |
ed corn it carries.
The only preservatives which
should be used in milk are cleanliness
and cold. Milk through a sterilized
cheese cloth cover on the pail, remove
the milk at once from the barn and
cool to go degrees or below, and the
milk will not sour sooner than II
should.
The horse stepped on my foot the
other day. My, how ii hurt and how
the hot blood rushed to the head and
made me want to use the whip on the
animal. But 1t was not his fault. II
was my carlessness. am glad I
didn't lose my temper, for to punish a
horse for something for which he is
not to blame Is to do the animal a real
and lasting injury.
A farmer who has had much expert
ence with quack grass and the meth
DDS OF Graduating IL says he finds that
the only way is to dig IL up root and
branch, and he accomplishes It In this
way: He goes over the field with a
spring tooth harrow, followed by the
ordinary harrow several times. AS
fast as the roots accumulate under the
harrow they are gathered and carted
TO the road or put into a heap with
dry straw and set on fire.
Green tomatoes left on the vines :
after the first heavy frosts can be
ripened by pulling up the whole plants
and placing them on freshly spaded
corner which is sheltered. Spread
them on the ground and cover with :
straw. leaves OF burlap and thus the
fruits will ripen beautifully. Another y
way Is TO turn dry goods box into a
ripening-house. Put in sliding :
shelves that can easily be showed in
and out so as TO examine the toma- u
oes and have a close-fitting door. y
Keep a warm, moist atmosphere in c
he box and the fruits will ripen well II
without the sun.
The quality Of the butter depends
much on the nicely with which the
arious processes are carried out. AS o.
Don as granules are well-formed r.
1ater with handful of salt should be Ell
dded and the churn agitated slightly. m
his thins out the buttermilk. makes VI
more fluid. The salt adds gravity nj
the caseine and settles IT, II this al
utter Is left in the wash" for a few OF
linutes undisturbed, the butter will u
II rise to the surface in a distinct m
lass, and then the buttermilk can be Gu
rained out from beneath II. Do not ia
raw out all OF the fluid. Stop when mi
ou think II is nearly all out and re- Tic
eat the process two or three times. H'
at least until the water runs clear. wa
NJ the last time let the butter drain Ito
| 1t will. Then let the butter stand pie
salt brine 20 or 30 minutes and II is al
ady to mold for market.
Soil nitrogen Is lost in three WAYS
crops. by gas given of in free form its
; the soil, and by teaching. A recent wit
pertinent OF the Minnesota station Sh'
IS demonstrated that 30 bushels OF fro
heat will remove something like 40 OPT
unds OF nitrogen. II the ground be ties
pt In wheat for IL years there will ly
an annual loss of about % pounds lit
this element through the drainage ma
tiers and air. For every pound that lus
taken from the soil to make the jar