Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-02

give you good returns. It's the half
hearted effort which brings failure.
No hoof, no horse, is an old adage
For this reason IL Is we'll to look 70
this part OF the animal, and see that
it is kept sound and in prime condi.
ton.
President Roosevelt hits the nail on
the head again when he says: "In
the uplift OF the tiller of the soil lies
the main hope of the uplift of the
United States as a nation"
MILK through a sterilized cheese
cloth and see how much dirt falls from
the udder during milking even after
the udder has been carefully washed
and dried with a clean cloth.
An excellent borax solution for mos
quito bites is made by dissolying one
ounce Of the borax in one pint OF
water that has been boiled and al.
lowed TO cool. Battle the bites in the
solution.
Better look around and see how
many weeds you have been letting
draw nourishment from the soil which
righuuny belongs to the crops. And
remember the weed allowed TO so TO
seed means a multitude OF weeds next
season.
The best medicine for the flock is
genuine grit We refer to that quail
ity in human nature which makes one
stick to a task through thick and thin
until success is achieved, not to the
broken crockefy. etc, which should be
constantly before the chickens.
Cultivate an inQuiring mind when
amongst your live stock. IL Is the OBJ
serving eye and INVESTIGATING mind
which discovers conditions which are
easily corrected, but which IF allowed
TO work ont their natural results
would result in sickness and death.
Before buying commercial fertiliz.
ers in large quantities for your farm
be sure That you know exactly what
your land needs. It is a useless ex-
penditure of money to put ON the land
plant food which is not needed Try
by experimentation to find just what
The soil needs and I'm just what GUAM.
ites. Such intcligent fertilization
viii pay, but haphazard methods VIII
not.
Plenty Of money in farming, Are
You getting your share of 30? If not
why not? Ever give the matter
thought? Are your farmer methods at
.ault2 Are you worrying along with
poor to Indifferent live stock? do you
TAN down when it comes to marketing
your farm products2 Study the mat
ter out and then plan to make more
money out OF the farm another season
than you have this.
Here are some facts which are
worth thinking about The damage
lone By insect and other pests causes
osses annually to the American farm
n as follows: Forest and forest prod
icts. Sl000O0.000; aninrl products,
'175, 100000: farm forests, S11, 900 600;
fruits. S27,OOOOOO; truck crops. $685.
100000; grains, $20O.O0O,OO0: tobacco,
$4,000 000 cotton, S6O,OOO.000; hay,
i53.00O.0OO; miscellaneous crops, So
100000.
Do not pasture your alfalfa field
he first season and even the second
ear it perhaps will be better to
now it rather than to let the cattle
ramp over it. But never let it be pas.
ured closely as close pasturing in
ures the crowns Of the plants Horses
nd sheep are more likely to do dam
re in this way than are cattle or
ogs. Alfalfa makes excellent pas
lre for all kinds Of live stock and It
) especially desirable for hogs dur
lg hot weather.a With cattle and
heep care must be exercised to avoid
loating. At nrst the animals should
e turned in for only a short time
ach day, until they become accus-
)med TO II. and when the alfalfa is
ret. as after a rain, there is still
reater need of care. 1t is wise to be
little more careful than with clover.
It is reported that the teaching of
griculture in the public schools of ,
.ansas is decided success. This ,
'ork is carried on mainly through the }
ledium Of lectures delivered by the !
lculty of the state agricultural col 7
'ge. So popular is this work that ,
III. Miller. superintendent OF agri- ,
lltural college extension, proposes to
llarge this work by sending monthly :
amphlets TO teachers. These will :
over all branches of agriculture and :
Jmestic economy, and will enable the ;
achers to supplement effectively the !,
ork of the college lecturer. Thus !,
,es the work of introducing agricult. /,
'e into the public schools progress.
en- years ago this was considered an !
possibility. Now most of the com. ],
on schools in the middle west are
aching the elements of agriculture.
he first great difficulty was to secure
achers capable of teaching agricult-
e. Many of them didn't know how. .
Id what was more, didn't want TO !,
low. County superintendent took :,
} this problem and found that IL was .
} impossible task to properly in :
ruct teachers. With this difficulty re- :,
'ved. the remainder is comparatively =
sly. Many mistakes will be made. =