The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-05-06

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1t Is good practice to mix the grain
ration with the silase.
The farm. large or small, is incom-
plete without an orchard.
To like cows and have good ones
are two essentials of successful dairy
ing.
Last call to get the wood pile built
up to last through the rush of the
summer work.
The hog even with his earning ca
pacity curtailed seems to be as pOpu-
lar a farm animal as ever.
It may be a small aperture and a
little draft gets in. but 1t may lead
to a heap of trouble with the stock
stabbed there.
Let no lamb or pig be lost through
carelessness on your part. A reason
able amount Of precaution will re-
duce your losses
Look to the cellar where the vege-
tables nave been stored. Decaying
stun does not provide healthy atmOs-
phere for the rooms above.
Do not get In the habit Of doping
yourself or your stock Right living
and right feeding will keep you and
your animals In thrifty condition.
H. b. Gurler of De Kalb. ILL.,. has
been elected president Of the National
Dairy show and the next meeting Of
the association at Chicago fixed TO:
December.
Cookie burs can be destroyed by a
thorough cultivation. but 1t takes
years of hard and patient effort. Dis
infect and clean up the hog lots. 1t
will save time and trouble later.
Plan the work SO that there are al
ways some things you can attend to
on the stormy days. such as making
repairs on machinery. Smelling the
seed corn. cleaning other seeds, test
ing seeds. etc.
COwy OdOr in milk Is almost In
variably due to uncleanly methods in
the barn. If the COW is not brushed
and cleaned before milking and par
ticles of manure get INTO the milk the
oil Of Al Sol
milk
Don't try to get along without q
thermometer in your dairy. Your
churning operations will be more Ger.
tain and satisfactory il you test the
cream with thermometer. In the
winter the cream is apt to be too
cold and in the. summer too warm.
Guessing at the temperature is to in
vite partial failure at least.
The farmer who has provided a tank
into which to run the liquid manure
may be surprised to know that such
liquid manure deteriorates in value
by being let stand, just as the solid
manure does. but such is the case.
There is a bacteria which begins work
on the organic matter in the liquid
manure as soon as il accumulates in
sufficient quantities to shut the bac-
terra away from the air. They go on
destroying the organic matter just as
the ferments in the sweet cider de-
strOy certain things in it and create
a<s. In, h<
lively short time the manurial value
of liquid manure is DESTROYED by
them. The only way to prevent them
acting to the detriment of the fertil- .
iZer is to get it into the land.
Soon You will be planting your corn.
Prof. Ten Eyck suggests that on fer
tile land capable of producing go to 80
bushels of corn per acre in a IA
yOrable season. plant three kernels
in hill. the hills being 31z feet apart
each way. or in drill rows plant one
kernel every IA inches in rows 3h
feet apart. On land of medium fer
tility. capable Of producing 40 to so
bushels Of corn per acre. plant three
kernels per hill. in hills feet
inches apart each way: or one kernel
in a place. Is to IS inches apart, in
rows 3H feet apart. On soil deficient
in fertility and moisture, on which
the yields may vary from 20 to 40
bushels per acre, plant two kernels in
hills 31a feet apart each way; or one
kernel every 30 to "a inches I'm rows
3% feet apart. In the more northern
portions of the corn belt increase the
thickness of planting by one kernel
per hill under the several soil copdi-
tons named.
Patience. tact and perseverance are
necessary i'm handling the balky horse.
Sad that early handling should have
developed such traits. but if he has
them. and he is your horse. try by
wise handling to overcome the bad
habit. The whip only confirms the
habit. Kindness is the only possible
method of cure Here is the way one
man cured a mare who not only would
,alk.. but would throw herself: One
lay when she threw herself on hill
side he unnitched her and pulled the
buggy TO The foot of the hill. leading
he mare after him Then he went tn
he orchard and filed his pockets with
rood apples. He pulled the buggy to a
rack road and took the mare along
With him. He stood near her head
ouched her lightly over the hips. at
he same time telling her Tn SCOT nm