The Lamar register., 1908-08-19
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Lime should be freely used in and
about the hen house.
If you would be a hero in your wife's
eyes, keep the wood box full.
Sun and lice will demand heavy
toll of the careless poultryman.
Give the pigs the chance and they
will turn more waste on the farm into
profit than any other animal.
The toes of sheep have to be
trimmed in order to keep the hocfs
from curling and then breaking on
uSevenly.
If they have not sufficient shade and
plenty of good fresh water, the hens
will suffer from the heat and turn you
down on the egg yield.
In picking a team mate for the
colt select the one with the fastest
walking gait. Almost impossible to
break him of a slow walk If once &C.
quired.
II you do not use an incubator but
depend upon hens for Matching your
eggs remember and save over the
hens that have proved themselves
good mothers this year.
The farmer should be good citizen
enough to be interested in the poll
tics of his township and county. Have
high ideals for your community and
then do your best to bring them to
pass.
On the farm is not out Of the ma
ton. The farmer must be citizen as
well as farmer, If the nation is to be
safe. Keep in touch with the trend
OF events, local, state and national,
and always let your influence be felt
ON the side of the right.
There should be closer association
between the dairymen in the ship
ping of their supplies 20 the city. But
to succeed such an organization must
be as jealous for the interest of the
consumers of these products as for the
interests OF the people that produce
the milk.
A sign of beginning sunstroke is in
dictated in the horse by tagging steps
and unsteady gait. Don't delay. Get
him in the shade, unhitch at once and
apply cold water to the head and neck.
and rub with coarse cloths. Sponge
the mouth out with cold water, also.
Quinine injected, 40 or more grains
10 hA wi oil
The tobacco cure fer parasites in
lambs has been demonstrated by ex-
periments to be the most effective
treatment. In fact 1t has been demon
strated that tobacco is a good pre-
tentative for worms in the first place
and is hostile to their development
after they are started. The physical
construction of the lamb is so complex
that 1t is not an easy matter to apply
remedy for all his troubles SO 1t is
generally easier to prevent than to
cure The old advice of changing pas
ture often is the safest plan to follow.
This is the time of the year when the
worms begin to do considerable harm
and when you see the lamb begin to
run down and lose his frisky habits
you may be pretty sure the worm has
got him. A remedy applied in time
may save considerable trouble and
loss.
What are the qualifications of a
good hired man? Is he prompt in
getting up early in the morning? Does
he attend strictly to business? Does
he take an active interest in his work?
Is he good caretaker of stock? Does
he get out at night to look after stock
when necessary? Has he any bad
habits? If so, what? Does he take
good care of the farm machinery?
Does he show a disposition to show
little acts of courtesy about the house
or barn which are not required, but
which indicate thoughtful and help
full spirit? Is he worth more than
the ordinary man? If SO, how much
more? Is he agreeable to get along
with? Has he shown executive abil-
fly Can you recommend him as a
proper person to manage or superin-
tend farm? And now, to ask a ques-
ton of the farmer himself: What are
you doing to help him acquire all
these good points?
Here is a method of raising early
potatoes practiced by successful
truck gardener which you can try
next season. Cut 1t out and put 1t in
your scrapbook for future reference.
He makes some boxes that are six
inches deep and the size of hot-bed
sash. The sides are made long enough
for handles, SO that two men can carry
them. In the early spring he cuts
some sods about two inches square
and fills the bottom of the boxes with
these, grass down. On each sod he
places piece of seed potato. and
then he covers them with coarse horse
manure. These boxes he sets out in
the sun with a sash over them, and
when the ground is warm enough,
takes the boxes into the field and lifts
! the sod and potatoes together and
places them in the trench Just as he
would place the seed potatoes. The
potatoes, when set out, have a good
root and about one inch of top, and |