The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22

Give the horses frequent rests when
narrowing. It's hard work.
Keeping the pigs. too long On hard
door may result in crooked legs.
BE a good poultryman. He is the
only one who makes the business pay.
Wheat bran vet up and fed as q
mash is good for the horse. occasion
ally. e
Charcoal will keep the chickens in
good condition. 1t is good for the.
hogs, too.
Lay out the garden in as long lines
as possible. You can then cultivate
with the horse.
It's the man behind the hoe. not
the man behind the gun which the ma
tioa needs most.
Because the farmer has to 60 low
to get seed into the soil is no reason
why he cannot aim high.
You always know where you can get
a dollar of ready money when you
have q busy flock of hens on the farm.
The supply of dollhouse" lambs
never seems to be equal to the de-
mands of the large cities for such
meat.
A good way to mix horse and COW
manure is to place the former in the
drop behind the cows and let 1t take
up the liquid manure.
A deep hole in an out-of-the-way
spot is~a good place to bury old tin
cans and rubbish. and every farm
should have such a place.
Sunflower seeds are fine for the
poultry. especially in the fall, as they
put the fowls through moulting in fine
shape. Plant some this spring.
Put the bull in a treadmill for ex-
ercise and let him churn your but
ter and pump your water. Better for
the bull and certainly an economical
arrangement.
Keep the small flock well. rather
than neglect the large flock. The
chickens you can we'll handle will
return profit, while too large a
number will not.
Be sure You are getting a fair profit
from the small flock you possess before
you let yourself get carried away with
the idea that you can make a small
fortune in the chicken business.
One way of making breachy cattle is
to turn them into fields where the
fence is weak. Once they learn that
a fence can be gone through and they
Will always be looking for the chance
to break out.
Try year or two OF clover on that
land that has failed to give a good
yield of grain. The clover makes the
finest kind of forage crop for the
hogs. and when the land is put into
grain again it will more than repay
you fer the rotation II
Except in rare cases, the farmer is
not horseman enough to successfully
raise and train carriage. saddle or
racing horses. While they bring fan
cier prices than the drafters, there is
not as much chance Of raising a good
horse of the former type as there is of
raising the horse of the draft breed.
Fix up, John. and look your best"
is the slogan which marks a move
ment among farmers wives to get
their husbands to sprcce up q bit This
is a cOmmendab!e reform. but why
should 1t not extend to the men folks
who might raise the cry Of away with
the mother hubbard and the busting
cap. But then we mistrust that the
"Oucu wOupA wear UCNtCI Jugs
if John would put up the price.
Halter-break the colt from very in
fancy. The halter in all cases should
be very strong. strong enough to
doubly support the weight of the AMI
NAL wearing il. The halter need not
be on the colt at all times, for that
would interfere with its freedom and
exercise. which is one of the great es-
sentials during the growing period of
a horse. but 1T should be haltered, led
and tied at regular and frequent in
tervals during the training period.
Farmers in the western section of
the country will be interested to
know that the government seed test
ing bureau has established q western
Office at the Nebraska agricultural
station. Lincoln. Neb. This branch
was started in order to give quicker
reports on samples of seed in that
section of the country, as the time re-
quired in sending samples by mail to
Washington. has frequently caused
serious delay.
That there is occasional danger. In
silage is evident from the report of E.
E. Woodruff, superintendent of the
Southern Training School farm at
Graysvilie, Tenn, who lost six young
p,rloc a vroro onS throo v>nn;o, &, H.