The Lamar register., 1908-08-19

Don't delay longer the marketing of
the old surplus stock.
Dip for the ticks. Sheep infested
cannot be fitted for market.
Know your commission man before
ccnsigning him a shipment of goods.
Cows that are ermitted-sometimes
forced-to drink stagnant water will
give stringy or ropy milk.
Pillow the poultry runs, 1t will make
them look better and will give the
hens new ground to scratch in.
Clean cool water at this time of
year is needed by all kinds of farm
stock, II they would keep in prime
condition.
In picking out the hens that are to
be sent to market be sure that you get
the ones that will no longer prove
profitable to you.
he iiidhSo q poci
driver of horses, for his Ill temper
makes the horses nervous and he is
never able to get the best work out of
them.
The Indiana couple whose friends
made them presents of live poultry
on their wedding day ought to feel
that they have a calling to the poul-
try-raising profession.
One farmer who has had trouble
with mud wallows around his hog
troughs and who had tried clay and
sand without effect used sawdust as
a last resort and found it worked OK
cellently.
Get Babcock tester and ascertain
the quality of your cream. The gov
eminent will send you pamphlet ex-
planning all about the machine If you
will write to the department Of agri-
culture at Washington.
Sometimes sheep get deep wounds
in which after time maggots Matched
from the eggs of flies fnd-lodgment.
In such case inject kerosene to drive
out the maggots. Treat every day
until the wound is healed.
High time that the flock was sorted
over, the wethers being penned to-
gether and fed literally for market.
and the breeding stock put by itself
and fed with a view of obtaining
strong, healthy progeny next season.
The poultry interests of the farm
are growing Time was a few years
ago when the farmer-was- content to
market five dollars worth of eggs a
month. now he thinks nothing of ship
ping 60 cases a week, and he counts
1t sort of pick up.
About the best thing you can do
with your common stock rams is to
sell them. Then add little more to
the selling price and go off and buy
a full bred animal to head your flock
for the coming year. II may seem like
extravaganza at the time but you will
see the wisdom of 1t as you look over
the lamb crop of next year.
Turn the farm waste and neglected
spots into wood lots where you can
grow your own pests, poles, fences and
saw logs. 1t is decidedly worth while
to keep all of the farm at work. The
owner pays taxes on all his land, and
is out of pocket for whatever is not
earning him something. Further, by
growing a tree crop on land that is
bn ~ nf
land itself is improved. Forests add
humus to the soil. lettering its char
acter.
Here is a recipe for sailing meat
which has proved satisfactory: For
100 pounds of meat take ten quarts OF
saltpeter; one pound of pepper and
two pounds of yellow sugar Mix
we'll. nut in a tub or some suitable
vessel, and then apply the mixture
well to the meat. Care should be
taken to apply 1t thoroughly in the
cracks and around the edges. After
the meat has taken all the salt pas
sible. hang it up and powder it with
powdered borax. Then smoke the
meat. This is said to be the most
successful method of sailing meat
there is, both from standpoint OF
purity and flavor.
Where hay is stacked in the field a
hay derrick is almost necessity. You
can make one for yourself as follows:
Get a main pole about As feet long.
Plant on a heavy plank that is pegged
to the ground, and run from the top of
the pole three guy ropes and fasten to
stakes Is to 20 yards distant. The
boom for the top is made of pole
about Is feet long and is hinged to o
metal band on the upright pole at
about ten feet from the top. heavy
rope about IL feet long secures the
outer end of the boom to the top of the
main pole. The hay fork is attached
by pulleys placed at the upper end of
the boom at the point where this meets
the main pole and at the base Of it. By
locating this derrick between two
foundations two stacks can be built
without moving it. A fine way to use
this derrick is to draw shocks of hay
near to the base of the stack with a
drag rome and lift them directly on tn