The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-28
/ SlSIs2jS57 t ~ Ez :: =,

1''s-s.. e n q s ss So
Es<sSsy5xsSgsszl--s-- a sssszis.4s=:
Esxsssyss
ESSS;Ss.N < a. :;:-::sssls! 500.
W So
s.
Bran and oats are excellent for feed
ing ewes, with an occasional handful
Of corn.
Large. thrifty sows are more sure
to bring good thrifty litters of pigs
than gifts.
Ii is only when the sheep and WOOL
are turned into money the farmer can
count his profit or loss.
An ear of corn to every square yard
of cornfeld means 1910 ears. How
many bushels is that per acre?
It is as important to know the
standard sorts of corn as it is to be
posted on the popular breeds of stock
To make hogs most profitable a
steady daily gain must be secured from
the time the pig is narrowed until II Is
marketed.
While sheep may pay better than any
other stock on poor. rough lands. if well
managed, they will also pay on smooth,
rich land.
The man or boy who likes to fool
around" with pigs or sheep or any 9TH
or farm stock usually develops into
good stockman.
Keep sheep in comfortable quarters,
especially when the weather is stormy.
Sheep can stand dry cold much better
than dampness.
The farmer who makes two nubbins
of corn grow where but one grew be-
but he is an enemy to his own family.
Don't grow nubbins
If we give anyone S25 and get only
80 in value in return, we speak out
Immediately and in unmistakable terms.
Yet in year we sometimes give a cow
$25 worth of feed and get SD worth
of L. ho
we are cheated.
Do not overlook the fact that to in
sert a cold bit into a horses mouth is
torture. Iron and steel rapidly con-.
duct heat, hence the sensation of cold
bits are better, but they should be
warmed before using.
In the winter it must be borne in
mind that animal heat is to be Kept up
as the first Importance to egg produc-
ton, and any deficiency of food will
quickly be made manifest in that re-
spect, but less food will be required
during the warm season.
There is much variation in the yield
and quality of milk from the COWS. and
no farmer can have a herd uniform
unless he breeds for uniformity By aa-
herring to one breed; it may even be
necessary to rely on some particular
family of the selected breed
A game law passed in Illinois few
years ago brought about some surpris-
ing results. BY the terms of this law
every citizen who desired to hunt had
to pay a 81 license. 1t was thought
that this license would bring to the
State treasury the sum of $4,000 or
| $4,000, but 1t ran over 100000 the
first year.
II sheds are too costly it pays to use
cornstalks for providing shelters, or
wind breaks. by placing them against
| poles. Corn fodder is too valuable to
use in this manner, but there are hum
dreds Of farmers who allow corn fod-
der to be wasted when ii might be used
on the outside of the sheds or barn
yards as wind breaks If it can not be
put to any better use.
| When a man pays taxes on the full
valuation of his land and at the same
time 1t Is mortgaged for half its value
and il the holder of the mortgage pays
taxes on his credits, is not that double
/ taxatiOn2 To one ont on tha farm III
looks as though the owner should only
pay taxes on the equity he has in the
land and let the man who holds the
mortgage pay on the value of that mort
gage.
killing Weeds by Spraying.
A 5 per cent solution of sulphate of
copper has been found destructive to
wild mustard and some other weeds,
without injuring grain crops. 1t is
probable that it will not injure certain
l. liz. - aIc