Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-06-10

The good cow Is one OF the farmers
best friends.
tits a good practice to mix the grain
ration with the sllage.
The farm, large or small, Is incom-
plete without an orchard.
To like cows and have good ones
are two essentials Of successful dairy
ing.
Last call to get the wood pile built
up to last through the rush of the
summer work.
The hog even with his earning ca
pacity curtailed seems to be as popu-
lar farm animal as ever.
Don't trust to oral agreements Get
it &own in writing 1t is the only
safe method for you and the other
fellow.
1t may be a small aperture and a
little draft gets in, but it may lead
to a heap of trouble with the stock
stabbed there.
Let no lamb or pig be lost through
carelessness on your part. A reason
able amount of precaution will re-
duce your losses.
Look to the cellar where the vege-
tables have been stored. Decaying
stuff does not provide healthy atmos-
phere for the rooms above.
Do not get in the habit Of doping.
yourself or your stock. Right living
and right feeding will keep you and
your animals in thrifty condition
H. B. Gurler of De Kalb, ILL.,, has
been elected president of the National
Dairy show and the next meeting of
the association at Chicago fixed for
December.
Cookie burs can be destroyed by
thorough cultivation, but 1t takes
years OF hard and patient effort, Dis
infect and clean up the hog lots, 1t
will save time and trouble later.
Plan the work so that there are al
ways some things you can attend to
on the stormy days, such as making
repairs on machinery, Smelling the
seed corn. cleaning other seeds, test
ing seeds, etc.
A little trouble to test your seed
corn before planting, but not nearly
as much trouble as 1t would be to re-
plant the whole field Make sure Of
the vitality of the seed you are put
ting In the ground.
Cowy odor in milk is almost in
variably due to uncleanly methods in
the barn. If the COW is not brushed
and cleaned before milking and par
ticles of manure get into the milk the
odor Of the offal is sure to faint the
milk.
Sometimes weeds are allowed to
grow along the sides of the garden.
Cut them out as 1t is in these places
that many Of the insect pests. spend a
part of their existence. If the weeds
are kept down, there is not so much
LANCER of the crops being assaulted
BY the pests.
Don't try to get along without a
in your dairy. Your
churning operations will be more GER
tain and satisfactory IL you test the
cream with thermometer. In the
winter the cream is apt to be too |
cold and in the summer too warm
Guessing at the temperature is to in
vite partial failure at least.
What good is horse ii his legs are
lnsound? 1t pays to give attention to
his matter Look after the proper
IhoeiKg Of the horse. Rub his legs
thoroughly when cleaning him. Wash
he legs after hard days work and
ub them dry. If you have any time to
pare, 1t will pay to bandage each Les
or short time after long drives, OF
Extra hard work.
The farmer who has provided tanl
INTO which to run the liquid manure
nay be surprised to know that such
liquid manure deteriorates in value
" being let stand, just as the solit
manure does, but such Is the case
There is a bacteria which begins worl
IN the organic matter in the liquit
manure as soon as 1t accumulates IL
ufiicient quantities to shht the bac
eria away from the air They GO OF
destroying the organic matter Just al
he ferments in the sweet cider de
troy certain things in 1t and create
lcids. ! In the course Of a compare
lively short time the manurial value
L liquid manure is destroyed b
hem. The only way to prevent them
citing to the detriment Of the fertll
ger is to get it into the land.
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