The Jasper news., 1908-05-28

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The waste. places o. the farm should
be put to work. "a
Trust the bun By putting i ring IN 4
his nose and keeping IN q safe place.
H A few cows on the farm IL full
warrant for the purchase Of separat-
start. 81 z 81 80
The dairy COW which is fat and at
the same time good Is the exception
to the rule.
8 Rolled oats. stale bread, corn-bread.
cheese ctird, wheat and table scraps
make good feed for little chicks.
Five points to remember II you.
would have q productive orchard:
FertilIze, cultivate, spray. thin, prune.
The hair OF the horse that has been
well fed from birth is as rule finer
and softer than that Of the horse not
80 fed.
After the breeding season Is over
separate the ROSTERS from the hens.
Better for both sexes and the eggs
will keep better. n
A better living can be made by care
full, thorough cultivation OF 20 acres
than from Ave times that amount Of
land poorly managed.
The best way to market your crops
in on the hoof Feed to your stock,
keep the fertility on the farm and
drive your stock to market
Grow enough fruit for your own use.
Not d bad idea to have some to sell.
These little extras from the farm can
be made to aggregate quite a sum.
After all the pig has more wisdom
than some people. He is content to
stay In the pig class while many a
human wastes life in trying to seem
what he Is not.
No wonder the poultry business Is
growing each year There are more
than 5000 poultry shows held annual.
ly in the United States and Canada
Surely the hen Is the American bird.
Don't cut OF your farm reading be.
cause the busy season is on. The
rush season on the farm is Just the
time to test out new ideas In prac.
tical way. Get other peoples ideas
and set them to work for you.
7cse sa.ss- peaHta-- are- aAA-ia- favor
OF the portable hog house as follows:
1t is easily and economically construct
ed; it can be easily moved and To-
Gated wherever desired; 1t Is useful
both to the general farmer and 70
the breeder of pure bred stock. and Of
all systems for housing swine 1t is
the most natural and sanitary.
The rule observed by successful
hog raiser In selecting the brood sows
| is to pick the long-bodied ones that are
rather coarse and long legged. They
make the best breeders and have bet.
ter constitutions than the small ones.
BY selecting male that has good
quality you can get larger hams and
shoulders from the pigs OF large
SOW than from small one.
The farmers are slow to take ad-
vantage Of all the government agri-
cultural department and the expert
ment stations of the various states arc
doing for them. Every farmer should
at least get the bulletins from the
experiment station of his own state,
and he would find It greatly to his
advantage n he received the govern.
ment bulletins as well. These are all
j;mailed free on application, and a pos
tai card with the request that your
name be placed on the mailing list
will do the business. II you do not
care for all the bulletins and only
those which deal with certain features
of agriculture you can 30 state and
only these will be sent you.
Three remedies for chicken cholera
which hare been used successfully by
poultrymen: The first is burnt corn.
| When any chicken shows the least
sign Of the cholera. burn some corn
ON the cob and leave where the chick.
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