The Columbus journal., 1908-08-05

Let the beginner be content with q
small flock.
It is a poor plan to try and keep
eggs too long in hot weather.
There is still room at the top for
the intelligent, progressive farmer.
Managed right the hog willsdo more
for the farmer than most any other
animal.
The first two years of a cows life al
most inevitably determine her future
usefulness.
Even flow of milk can be secured
from most cows by proper manage
ment and feed.
Commercial apple growing is pay
ing increasing dividends to those en-
gagged in the business.
Plenty of shade for the hens these
days. And they must have cool
house to roost in at night.
Some farmers are SO scientific as to
lose sight of the practical ends to be
obtained by their scientific notions.
The game of checkers in the corner
store may sharpen your wits, but 1t
sill not drive out the weeds from the
corn field.
If the cats are fed extra we'll during
the period when the young chicks are
running free you will find they will
not be SO prone to an occasional
chicken dinner.
When you put the incubator away
were you careful to see that the water
tank was empty? The ground makes
a good place to set the late broody
hen. Protect from sun and rain.
The horse that is hard to catch In
the pasture can be coaxed to your side
if when you 60 to get him you take him
a little sugar. A few times trying and
he will learn to come trotting up to
you for the expected treat.
It does seem sometimes that the fire.
quent housing of the different ma
chimes used during the season is a
waste of time. but you will not think
so when you find that the well-cared-
for machine will outlast two of your
careless neighbor.
Don't let your brain go to sleep
while you are doing the farm work.
Keep eyes and ears open for new
sights and sounds that will place you
in closer touch with your crops and
stock and enable you to more intelli-
gently provide the conditions which
will mean success for you.
Is the milking machine safe to use?
A New Jersey dairyman who used one
Of the patent milking devices states.
that under his own personal operation.
the machines actually increased the
milk flow. but that when the duty was
aid on an oyerworked superintendent,
sCme of the COWS were injured. 1t
would seem, therefore, that the opera
ion of a milking machine calls for
carefulness and intelligence.
The little girl who said that the
best way to keep milk from souring
vas to leave it in the COW paid a de-
served compliment to the COW without
moving it and unconsciously con-
iemned her elders for uncleanly
methods. The milk stays sweet in the
bag because kept away from contain
mating germs. The cleaner the meth
IDS in the dairy while the milk is be-
ing drawn and while it is being
handled the longer will it keep sweet
and wholesome.
Experiments by the Nebraska exper-
,ment station has demonstrated that
the rolling of the winter wheat in the
rpring gives increased yield, the aver
lge increased yield obtained during
four years amounted to 81 bushels per
acre. The rolling was given soon after
frost went out in the spring, and the
beenfit derived from rolling is believed
to be due to the fact that the roller
settles the earth firmly about the
young wheat roots, causing them 70
tool and root much better.
One farmer who has been troubled
with rats and successfully got rid of
hem did it in the following way: He
nut out corn meal for several nights,
and when the suspicious of the shrewd
I'D rats are allayed, put out the same
Kind Of bait in the same place with
my good rat poison well mixed. After
)ne dose, those remaining will not
ouch POISONED bait of any kind for
some time, and probably never the
same kind. In a week or SO put oct
some other kind of bait, like cheese
" meat. and repeat the operation.
Traps will catch a few. but the best
plan is to make buildings and gran
lries as nearly vermin-proof as posi-
bic.
Corn Is King" and rightfully
should reign at the National Corn ex.
position to be held at Omaha next De.
but that is no reason why
,;ucticn of having a palace, in fact
why should not this wonderful forage
crop be crowned as queen and reign