The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30


best results from your flock.
Best results In fattening hogs are
obtained where the basis Of the ratioa
is corn.
Is your hog pen filthy because Of I'm
proper drainage Remedy the defect
at once.
Ease the burdens of the wife by
cleaning your boots thoroughly before
entering the house. 4k4ts.
Part Of the winter leisure ought to
be used for the repairing and painting
Of the farm machinery
II you cannot get q stand Of alfalfa
grow red clover or blue grass as pas
turage for your hogs.
Remember, the best seed is none
too good. 1t Is a losing game to labor
over seed of low terminating power.
Begin a course Of reading for the
winter months which will better
equip you for the farm work next
season.
You need gfit and 80 do the hens.
The right kind Of grit In yon win
make 1t certain that the right kind Of
grit gets into the hens.
While sheep are growing wool and
making mutton for you they are clean
ing the fields of weeds and spreading
valuable manure over the land.
Study your flock SO as to know
which are your best birds. Then use
the selected stock for breeding pur-
poses next spring and thus build up
your flock in quality.
The sheep that are left to flll up on
the frost-bitten, snow-covered pasture
will not thrive. you may be sure. Give
hay and grain ration II you want to
make your flock profit earners.
In feeding growing stock remember
that there is need of a constantly in
creasing ration. They need food to
build the larger frame and they need
food to supply the daily bodily needs.
When the ground Is well frozen
cover the strawberry beds with straw.
leaves or cornstalks. The object Of
covering after the ground is frozen
is to prevent alternate thawing and
freezing.
The right treatment will remove
ring bone on young horses. II the ami.
NAL walks on the toe use a high-heeled
shoe. When Inflammation is active
adopt soothing measures. and then Sc
we're blistering or even firing may be
resOrted to.
The form Of the skull of the hog de-
ponds on nutrition. health and the en-
plOyment of the muscles Of the head
and neck in roofing. Where hogs are
well nourished, their skulls are round
err and firmer than in the case of hogs
poorly nourished. Roofing helps to de-
velOp a longer skull and snout.
1t is claimed by a French naturalist
that II the world should become bird
less. man could not inhabit it after
nine years time, in spite of all the
sprays and pOisOns that could be man.
ufactured for the destruction of in
sects. The insects and slugs would
simply eat all the orchards and crops
in that time
Dried refuse from tomato canneries
analysed by the Ontario experiment
station shows a content of 2.54 per
cent. nitrogen. 1928 per cent phos-
phoric acid and 0.64 per cent potash.
Assuming IS per cent. of moisture for
the material as 1t leaves the factory,
the amounts would be: Nitrogen.
O.84 per cent, phosphoric acid OS2 per
cent. and potash DIG per cent, a COM
position comparing tavorably with that
of barnyard manure.
Dairy farmers will watch with inter
est the joint investigations of the Wis
consin and Illinois experiment sta
tons on tuberculosis cows The work
of either station will serve as a check
on that of the other, inasmuch as the
experiments at Madison will be similar
to those at UrbaEa. The bacteriolo-
gists of the two stations will be in
charge of the work. Inasmuch as ILL.,
nois and Wisconsin are the two great
est dairy stations in the country, the
cooperation of these two stations will
be of great significance In the new
movement to eradicate tuberculosis
from the herds of the country.
Here Is move In the right direc-
ton. 1t is nothing else than q pro-
posal on the part of the Kansas ex-
pertinent station to begin . study Of
boys and girls. As Prof. McKeever
puts 1t: III a farmer has horse that
balks in the harness or q COW that
acts queerly and runs OF the reserva-
ton he can write to the nearest gov
eminent experiment station and
secure printed bulletin or
q letter on the subject from
a high-salaried expert, but IL the
refractory creature chances to be his
16year-old son or his fiedgling daugh-
ter he has no recourse other than to !
fight the case out alone, assisted per-
haps only by despairing wife," Ten
or more bulletins will be issued deal