The state herald., 1908-11-27

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Corn and oats ground together make
fine ration for the stock.
It's the slovenly farmer who allows
the chickens to roost in the barn.
Cleanliness is an essential factor in
successful sheep farming. Provide
clean drinking water, and clean yards.
Wheat can't be beat as a poultry
feed, but corn should be fed with 1t
to supply the starchy food needed.
Go through the orchard and destroy
all cocoons and egg clusters on trunks,
branches, etc. Clean up the ground,
also, and burn the litter.
Clean milk cannot be produced from
cows kept in filthy surroundings.
There is nothing which is so easily
contaminated as milk.
Corn is not Objectionable as a ra.
ton for the brood SOW II too much
is not fed and II oats or other grain
rich in protein is provided.
Twenty parts common lime. five
parts salt and 15 parts of water when
mixed well and then bottled make
good fire extinguishing grenades.
Let us raise more sheep and supply
the constantly increasing demand for
WOOL Altogether too much wool has
to be imported. The farms would be
better and the farmers richer II they
raised more sheep.
The dairyman should keep few
brood sows and raise pigs. Thus he
will be able to turn his skim milk into
pork at a good profit, while at the
same time doing a paying business
In cream or butter selling.
Put the farm tools and machines up
for the winter. but before doing 80
be sure they are cleaned and oiled.
The time spent now will not only pro-
long the life OF the tools but will
save you valuable time In the spring
Care for the cows right now and
they will keep up the milk flow all
winter. II is In the fall when the
change from summer TO winter condi-
tions Is made that most cows suffer.
Let the change be as gradual as pos.
sible.
Scatter wood ashes around the poul-
try yard. They will purify the ground
and the chickens will pick up the
small bits of charcoal. This is good
for them. And this reminds us to urge
you not to forget to provide suitable
grits for them.
To marx your tools effectively do
II with nitric acid. Place beeswax or
tallow ON place where metal Is to be
eaten out and scratch the letters
through the wax. Pour the acid In the
groove thus formed and after few
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your name In the steel TO stay.
To store celery in the field where
II was grown bank the earth up high
around the plants so that only the
tins show. With colder weather Gov
er with straw and leaves, putting
boards or earth on top to keep them
from blowing away. When the freez-
Ing weather comes cover tho celery
ridge with several inches OF manure,
Plan work for the rainy days. A
good job for the days when the wealth
or shuts you In Is that of going over
the harness, oiling and repairing II. A
majority OF farmers are very slack In
the way in which they care for the
harness. Cleaning and oiling and re-
pairing weak places will make harness
last twice as long Ms It will under
conditions OF neglect,
One OF the indications that there Is
a. growing Interest In agriculture is
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zines of the country ARE giving TO sub
iccts OF this kind. Not month goes
by now but that one or more OF the
big magazines have articles on agri
cultural tonics. The Awakening OF
the Farmer. In october Atlantic.
should be specially helpful and sug'
gcstive to the farmer
II would he interesting. may. rather
appalling. II accurate figures were OBJ
tnlnnbl. ns 10 the losses sustained by
farmers every year through neglect
OF farm machinery. How much OF the
machinery OF your farm has been
properly housed and cared for for the
winter Remember II Is not enough to
push the machine into the sh.d after
bringing II from the feld. II should
be cleaned and oiled thoroughly so