Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-11-11

through the winter season.
Feed all stock so that there will b
gain. 1t is losing business to fee
SO as to just keep them even.
Ask tie wife's advice and follow |
after it Is given. You cannot go ia
wrong when you trust her judgment
Keep the skim milk on the farm
You cannot afford to let 1t go. Get
separator, sell the cream and feed thu
milk to the pigs and calves.
A windbreak for the orchard would
prove a good thing and evergreens ar,
about the best for this purpose. Pla1
to set some out in the spring.
Plan to improve the long winter
evenings by some course of study OF
reading and in planning out the work
for next season. Try each year tc
have new ideas worked cut.
One method of feeding molasses to
horses or other stock is to mix it with
water and dampen the hay which has
been cut into short lengths. Then to
this the ground feed may be added.
If you have not already done it take
some bright warm day and give the
hen house a good coat of whitewash
1t will cleanse and sweeten things up
and put the hens in better mood for
laying.
You ale burning up good money
when you burn up the leaves Save
| them for bedding or rake in a pile
and cover over with branches to pre-
vent blowing away. 1t will make fine
compost for the garden and for pot
ting plants.
Grain which is not perfectly dry
when ground will heat unless careful
ly watched. To prevent heating put
in barrels and with a broom handle
press as many holes straight down
through the grain as will keep their
form. These viii act as ventilating
flues and the grain will keep all right.
II you have kept record of your
field operations and made note of soil
and crop conditions during the grow
ing season you will have valuable |
memoranda for comparison with the |
actual results obtained and will thus |
be able intelligently to determine what |
are the best methods for you to follow |
In your farm operations.
The department of agriculture has
estimated that the crop values will
mount up to eight billions of dollars
five hundred millions more than last
year. Who dares to say that this
has been poor year? 1t has been
trying one in some respects and some
sections have suffered, but taken as a
whole the farmers have done better
than ever before Praise God from
whom all blessings flow
The scions from the fruit trees in.
tended for grating purposes next
spring should be selected at once.
Those cut now will have more vigor
in the spring than if cut after ex-
posture to severe cold. Cut only the
best ripened wood of the past seasons
growth, and select from trees known
to bear well. Mark scions carefully
and pack in small boxes of damp (not ..
wet) sawdust or sand. Cuttings of
grapes, currants, ounces, gooseber-
ries, etc., may now be made and pre-
served in the same way. Beware of
San Jose on scions or cuttings.
All the uncultivated, unproductive I
ands are not to be found in the great
arid west, nor in the swamp lands of
some of our southeastern states. They | (
ire to be found in small patches on in
farms throughout the coun-
ry. And why so? Because our
armers are thoughtless and careless .
md do not by the best methods get
he best out of their SOIL By special
reatment there is scarcely a square I
DOT of ground on any farm which can
lot be made to. pay profit How
much of your farm is practically
worthless? Study it up. Don't let
| lie Idle any longer. If it needs
tile it. If it needs building
p, put stock on it and fertilfze it.
Ind out what is the matter with 1t
nd then apply the remedy. Your state
college stands ready to
clip you. Get the advice of the ex-
erts to be found there. Not one
uarter Of our farmers are availing
Of the helping hand which
ur state agricultural experts are only
20 glad to extend to every one who
sketh.