The Jasper news., 1908-10-15

Whitewash will do wonders towards
Frightening and purifying the old barn
or cowshed.
Stagnant pools and mud holes around
the pasture make poor watering places
for the cattle. Remember that.
Try. dairy farming on the run.
down place. The COWS win return
profit, while the soil is being improved
by the manure.
II you cannot grow clover success
fully, try COW peas or some other
leguminous plant. 1t will help the soil
into good condition.
Don't expect you can test the value
Of a COW in a month. Observation rec.
ords should cover at least year in
which there has been calving.
Whatever speciality In farming you
have set your heart upon following be-
gin in a small way and work up to
large things. This Ia the sure way of
developing profitable business.
II is little extra work to take the
harness of the work horse at noon, but
It rests him and he is better able to
go back to work than he would have
been had the hot collar not been re-
yyrpvod from bn cho,,1doro
The farmer who thinks fly nets for
the horses are too much trouble and
expense to bother with is the same
Fellow who leaves his machinery out
Of doors because 1t takes time and
money to provide tool shed.
The difference between profit and
loss on the farm is often measured
by the waste that comes from the
careless handling Of machinery and
the shiftless methods of planting, cul.
tivating and harvesting the crops.
Do not wait to cool the milk until
all the milking is done. AS fast as
you milk one cow pour into can and
set can into tub of cold water. The
high temperature In the summer time
causes the germs in the milk to null
tiply rapidly.
In, fattening animals in the winter
time, remember that experiments have
shown that good quarters and plenty
of bedding are essential to profitable
feeding, the animals thus cared for
showing gain of over 30 per cent.
more than those under less comforta-
BILE conditions.
One Of the destructive pests of the
garden, against which the farmer Is
almost powerless, Is the root maggots
which attack cabbage. 1t may inter-
est some Of the readers Of Meadow
brook Farm Notes to know that the
New York experiment station has
tried screening the beds Of cabbage
with cheesecloth with good success.
The frames used being made of ~
inch boards.
Face the cows away from each 9th
er, for, while 1t is true that the feed
ing is made easier where two rows Of
cows face the same alley, 1t makes
the work of cleaning and caring for
them much harder. Where the gut
| tiers of two rows of COWS are on the
same alley 1t ia possible II the barn
ia properly constructed to. drive the
manure spreader through the alley,
thus making but one handling Of the
| manure necessary. Then the milking
Is done easier.
Provide comfortable quarters for
your hired help and manage the work
in such q way as to enlist his inter-
est in the work assigned him, and you
will find that the farm help problem is
not such difficult one to solve as
most farmers think. Don't be afraid
to talk over matters with the hired
help. This is possible without sur
rendering mastery. and will add to
contentment and interest. Don't over
work the help. There are times when
It Is impossible to make exact hours,
however, II work Is well planned there
is no need of excessive long hours. ex-
cept in emergencies; and II the hired
man Is interested he will appreciate
the necessity of working over time In
certain seasons when work is rushed.
The Garden City" is a new move
ment which is in successful operation
in portions of England to provide So
ciai advantages for farmers and their
Sor,tIiaa Tho farm homea are clus.