The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-06-04


BY better cultivation get better
crops this year.
The surplus suckers in the berry
patch must be treated as weeds. Cut
them out
Mix brains with the manure, and pains
taking care with your cultivation and
farming will pay.
out the fruit so that no branch will
become overweighted and snap off.
Corn for fattening, but not for bone
making. Get the frame Of your hog
built first before crowdlng the corn
feed.
10 three and one-half feet wide and
long enough SO that the animal will
not have to stand in the gutter for
comfort.
Improved methods of cultivation
will do wonders, sometimes almost
doubling the yields. Good cultivation
more than pays.
Have extra pillow points, cultivator
teeth and duplicate bolts on hand.
They may save you vexatlous delay
and serious loss.
AS a general thing the farmer neg
lects the root crops. Valuable as
TODD for livestock. Be sure you pro-
vide supply for next winter.
The ration for work horse should
be about two pounds for every 100
pounds Of weight. Ten to eighteen
pounds should be grain, oats cons.i-
tuting large part.
Sunshine has money value for the
farmer, not only when 1t comes to
crop growing, but also as related to
stock keeping. The dark stable never
yet put thrift and health into cattle.
The first few days warmth counts
more than feed with the little chicks.
When they are Matched in the incubator
the brooder must be watched with the
greatest care to see that the right
temperature is provided. Not too hot
to weaken, not too cold to chill.
Don't waste your manure. 1t is worth
money. The farmer who applies either
barnyard manure or chemical fertil
izers without very full knowledge
Of how much is really needed is
wasting product that has a money
value. Applying fertilizers is g
science that is Just beginning to be
studied by many of our farmers.
Cleanliness Is absolutely essential
In the handling of the milk utensils
When the milk cans come back from
the factory clean them at once and
place them on rack especially pro
vided for that purpose. Do not make
the mistake many do in having this
rack under the shade trees or on the
north side Of building. Old Sol will
prove your best friend in aiding you to
keep the milk cans clean and sweet.
The value of thing is coming more
and more to be appreciated by the
farmer. Heavy soils especially neet
this seemingly expensive treatment
but when 1t Is considered that the
productive capacity will be doubled Il
is not hard to figure out how tilinf
pays for itself In very few seasons
To get the surplus water out of the
soil makes 1t warmer and thus pro
vides the conditions needful for Wig
orous growth.
Peas that affected by the weevi
will float on water and the sount
seed sink. Plant only the latter ant
burn the former, and you will have
taken one step towards eradicatinl
this pest from your garden. Where
peas are used In large quantities fol
seed. such as field peas, the weevili
may be killed by fumigation with car
bon bisulifide. Place the peas In a re
ceptacle which is as nearly air tight al
possible and put on top of them som,
shallow dishes. Pour into them car
bon bisulfide at the rate of half al
ounce for each bushel OF peas. Close
the receptacle and let 1t remain fol
some hours. The fumes of the ga.
will kill the weeyils. This gas Il
very explosive and fire of any kind
including pipes and cigars. must b,
kapt away. or serious results win fol
low,