The Delta independent., 1907-06-21

| ne Dusy pee lOaQeO Win money
will not attack an intruder.
White hellebore is the best remedy
recommended for currant worms.
Dig out the borers from tho roots
OF the peach trees.
Queenless colonies are apt to be de.
stroyed by the bee.moth or robber bee
as he Is called.
| Clip the hair from the fetlocks OF
the horse and 1t will be easier to clean
him.
The crow sometimes develops an
appetite for young spring chickens.
Look out for him.
Try a bit OF heavy wrapping paper
around the stem of early cabbages to
protect from cutworms
Don't let any swarms OF the bees
get away from you. BE ready TO
hive them. and be on the watch for
the event
Look to the nuts and bolts on tho
farm machinery before using. Many
an accident might be avoided by a lit.
tie forethought and care.
1t doesn't take very big hole in 4
barrel to let all the water out, neither
does II take much OF leak on the
farm to swallow up the profits.
The heifer that is harshly treated
when she begins giving milk for tho
first time Is the heifer that will carry
the blemishes in her character as IonR
as she lives.
The dairy COW should be given food
that Is as easily masticated as posi-
BILE. that is grain ground and roots
sliced In this way you will be max
| Ing the large milk flow easy for her.
The food value OF the potato lies
chiefly In the startch II contains. The
percentage OF composition OF the
white potato is as follows: Water. rs:
protein. 2: starch. 1856: mineral mat
ter 10.
Keep your eye on the shoulders OF
your horses during the heavy work OF
| the spring and early summer, for a
| small abrasion or sore will cut the
pulling power OF the horses down al
most onc-half.
After you hayp IN bu yrnp,A
as much as you think necessary give
| II another turn TO catch any OF the
| Jumps missed and then harrow II
again just for good luck II takes o
little more time. but then. It pays.
The theory that n warm egg fresh
from the hen will not hatch Inless
first cooled before starting the process
OF incubation Is like good many
other theories based on hit and miss
observation. and is not to be relied on
II dairymen would remember that
the little germs which do 80 much
mischief in dairy products cannot
thrive in low temperature they
would see that the milk and cream
oughly.
mo lice on my hens" we hear the
take-it.for.grantedm man say. We hope
not. but just take look and make
sure. Many a time we have been sur
prised. and shall we say ashamed. by
what our investigations have uncov
cred In our henhouse.
| The teeth OF a sheep are a good in
dex to It's age. A yearling sheep has
its first pair Of wide incisors: n two
year-old. two pairs: threc.year-old
three pairs; and four-year-old, -four
pairs. or a "ful! mouth" but the teeth
are all white and fresh.
| The man who doesn't take pure do
light in seeing his stock grow and
thrive, and who does not find rea!
pleasure in feeding and caring foI
them, cannot expect to have much sue
cess. A close sympathy should always
exist between stock and stockman.
The Illinois Dairy Cattle Improve
ment association is the latest dairy or
ganization In the field. with Hon. John
Stewart. OF Elburn, as president: DIR.
T. w. Brophy. OF Ingleside. vice e-presi.
dent: A. o. Auten. OF Jerseyville, SEQ
retary. and F. @. Austin, Of Efingbam,
treasurer. May 1t have a long and use
| full career.
In a sample OF chicken feed exam.
ined by the Connecticut experiment
station It was found to contain about
30 per cent. OF wheat and also oats, |
barley and seeds Of ragweed. mustard.