The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-05-06
NJ FARM
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Sow only cleaned seed.
Selected that name for the farm
yet?
The radish maggot can be eradicat.
ed with tobacco dust.
Bury the shriveled tree in moist
soil and it will soon become plump.
Keep the machinery oiled. Oil Is
cheaper than repairs or new machin.
cry.
When the lambs are weaned turn
them on fresh pasture. il it is a pos
sible thing.
The farm dairy can by proper man
agement be made the largest profit
Garner on the farm.
Put a curb on your appetite. Farm
ers are more subject to digestive
troubles than any other class Of peo-
pie.
Don't trust to oral agreements. Get
1t down in writing. 1t is the only
safe method for you and the other
fellow
Outdoor exposure of farm machin-
cry is one large item of loss to many
farmers. 1t pays to take care of
farm tools.
The farmer who is making fail
ure of his business is generally the
last one to discover it. when he should
| be the first
FOrmalin is a cheap and effective
! remedy for grain smut and potato
scab and n working a revolution in
these branches of farming
Much of the heritage of the earth
that is inedible to man. is made edible
for him through the medium of the
animals which man uses for food.
Soil exhaustion is as great a men
ace to this country as forest exhaus-
ton What are you doing to prevent
either or both calamities from fall
ing?
To break colts of kicking or biting.
begin before they have acquired the
habit. In other words treat them
right in the days of their youth and
they will behave right
When you sit down to your table
grOaning under the good things which
your farm has produced remember
It's good thing to eat what the body
needs. but hnrtful to eat just because
it tastes good.
Dust is bad for hogs. The season Is
now approaching when the hog yards
are apt to be dusty. Provide green
sward for them when possible Change
their quarters occasionally so that the
ground does not get all powdered up.
Do not let the weeds. briars and
brush grow along the fences and wa
ter courses. if yOn have such on YOUR
farm. Year after year they extend
their borders and render much of
your land unprOductive Utilize all
your space and keep the fence corners
cleaned out.
Planting inferior seed is the rankest |
kind of folly. Some farmers do il |
under a mistaken idea of economy.
some do it because they are too care |
less to do anything right, and some !
farmers do it because they are fool |
ish enough to believe that they can
raise good crops from inferior seed.
What good is Il horse if his legs are /
unsound? II pays TO give attention 70
this matter. Look after the proper
shoeing of the horse Rub his legs
when cleaning him. Wash
the legs after Il hard days work and
rub them dry. II you have any time to
spare, 1t will Pay to bandaSe each leg
for a short time after long drives, or
extra hard work
a splendid fertilizer for young
peach trees is said to be three-quar
tiers of a pound of nitrate of soda, one
pound of Stag phosphate, and IL
pounds sulphate of potash. This
amount applied last May to young
trees BY George T. Powell of New
York made the trees grow four times
as much as similar trees i'm adjoining
rows not fertiliZed.
Why keep hundred average cows
much profit as the hundred? z. F.
successful Minnesota dairy
man. by testing and keeping an exact
record of every COW in his herd. now
keeps only so. one-half as many as
and makes more money
takes less risk, has less invested. uses
less stable room and hires less labor
successful raiser of blacEberries
how he gets 2 crop when
others fail in dry season. He begins
before the bushes are set out, having the
ground deeply piowed and then heavily
fertilized. After the bushes are fully
grown and a dry season comes. he
keeps the cultiyator going till he is
sure that no moisture is getting away