The state herald., 1908-10-02
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FaA FARM
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If you are in the chicken business
be alive and progressive.
When cream is not ripe for churn-
ing you Will lose much of the butter
fat
To realize the best profit from dairy
cows all the feed should be grown
upon the farm.
Dairy show at Chicago, December
2to 10. Remember the date and plan
10 attend.
Wash out the feed troughs. clean
the corners of the sour feed, and many
case of collie will be avoided.
BE sure the rungs on the ladder are
safe before trusting yourself on them
n any great height
Now is the time to fatten up the
old ewes. Feed turnips, oil-meal.
ground oats and corn, and market as
soon as possible.
II the wearing parts of the harness
are kept clean It will last longer, as
the dirt Is gritty and hastens the
wear upon the harness, besides max.
ing Il dry and liable 10 crack.
II is n good thing to have the horse
so gentle as to be able to crawl un.
der him, and then Il is a good thing
not TO do IT, II is n poor place to be
II the horse should suddenly startle
A look over the pigstyo fence OF a
neighboring farmer showed me that
his bunch of halfgrown pigs were al.
most too busy scratching for lice to
feed properly. That kind OF hog rails
ing don't pay.
Do you know the size OF your vari.
Gus fields. or do you merely guess at
~. Yan nnphf tn know exactly. not
fertilizer needed for the land. but tnat
you may know the crop yields.
Not a single apple should go TO
waste. What cannot be marketed. or
used by the family should be gath
cred and fed to the stock. Rotting
fruit left on the ground not only Is
dead loss. but Il insures good In
sect pest crop for next season.
Most farmers are able 10 place n
fair valuation upon their farms. the
crops and the livestock. who never
have any kind Of appreciation Of the
value OF their wives. A good wife Is a
farmers best asset Cherish and love
her. Let her know that you realize
that Il Is her management and pluck
which have brought the farm TO what
Il 10.
Keep the musty hay out Of the dairy
barn both as feed and as bedding. as
the mustiness represents the exist.
ence OF millions OF minute spores Of
fungous growths The spores get into
the milk by way Of the air and often
cause bitter and other fayora Some.
times also they produce Rrowths In
the milk that cause Stringiness or
thickening OF the milk
Here Il one mans secret for making
hens lay IN winter. About September
hc shuts them up and gives very
poor diet for q week or two Thcn
he let's them out Rnd feeds all they
can possibly eat This forces the
molling period. and before cold wcalh.
or comes ON they MI have their new
coat Of feathers Then they arc ready
for business and keep at II through
out the winter season,
The matter of short or long period
Of milking of cows is matter OF
habit For this fennon n during her
firht period Of laclAtion she IN MIXED
regularly 10 within few weeks Of
dropping her second calf. she accepts
this NJ her destiny on the contrary.
II the milking period with nfHt calf
Is limited 10 four months. II will b. n
dinicult matter tu overcome the iucli
nation here aH elsewhere. 20 follow
In tho old path The only remedy II
persistent milking even when but very
little milk can be- obtained
The automobile II finding itH way
upon the farm more and more. aud
one nf the important features NJ every
state faif IL the automobile section
Here IL what western farmer Hays
concerning the harurlpHH carriage Ne
has ohoi We hay. owned and used
an automobile since last November,
and md II very useful and satisfactory
In our business. ltls n great saver IN
lime. M well aa the cheapest way iu
get about The principal usa To which
We put the machine ID as funabout
Hut II could be- used adtantAKeausiy
for several other purposes IN faro
work. aud We oohsciahliously recon
mend one 20 any farmer WIN farms On
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