The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-05-20
INID FARM
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BY better cultivation get better
crops this year.
The surplus suckers in the berry
. patch must be treated as weeds. Cut
them out.
Mix brains with the manure, and pains
taking care with your cultivation and
farming will pay.
Keep your eye on the orchard. Thin
out the fruit SO that no branch will
become overweighted and snap OF.
Corn for fattening, but not for bone
making. Get the frame of your hog
built first before crowding the corn
feed.
to three and one-half feet wide and
long enough SO that the animal will
not have to stand in the gutter for
comfort.
luplOtcO metuOUS VI
will do wonders. sometimes almost
doubling the yields. Good cultivation
more than pays.
Have extra pillow points. cultivator
teeth. and duplicate bolts on hand.
They may save you vexatious delay
and serious loss.
.. As a general thing the farmer neg
lects the root crops. Valuable as
food for livestock. Be sure you pro-
vide supply for next winter.
The ration for a work horse should
be about two pounds for every 100
pounds of weight. Ten to eighteen
pounds should be grain. oats consti-
tuung a large part.
Sunshine has money value for the
farmer. not only when it comes to
. crop growing, but also as related to
. stock keeping. The dark stable never
yet put thrift and health into cattle
The first few days warmth counts
more than feed with the little chicks
When they are Matched in the incubator
the brooder must be watched with the
greatest care to see thst the right
temperature is provided. Not too hot
to weaken, not too cold to chill
=, Don't waste your manure 1t is worth
money. The farmer who applies either |
barnyard manure or chemical fertil- |
izers without very full knowledge
of how much is really needed is
wasting a product that has a money
value. Applying fertilizers is a !
Science that is just beginning to be |
studied by many of our farmers.
Ii is reported that State Senator |
Russell of Oklahoma is pushing a |
: movement for the organization of
acre clubs" in every community in |
the state. The plan is that each mem |
Der of the club is to plant an acre of |
some product, and the scheme is likely |
TO prove a practical school for the |
education of prospective farmers. |
Here is good idea for other states.
Cleanliness is absolutely essential |
in the handling of the milk utensils. |
When the milk cans come back from |
the factory clean them at once and /
place them on a rack especially pro-
vided for that purpose. Do not make
the mistake many do in having this
rack under the shade trees or on the
north side pf hrild;p~ ola O., ~, |
prove your best friend in aiding you to
. keep the milk cans clean and sweet.
The value of thing is coming more
and more to be appreciated by the
farmer Heavy soils especially need
this seemingly expensive treatment,
but when it is considered that the
productive capacity will be doubled it
is not hard to figure out how thing
pays for itself in very few seasons.
To get the surplus water out of the
soil makes it warmer and thus pro-
vides the conditions needfu! for Wig
orOuS growth
A fox farm in Prince county. Prince
Edward Island. is proving that occa-
sicnally peculiar types of farming can
be made to pay a handsome profit.
The parties who run this fox farm
have their farm divided of into Sec
lions. each section under the care of
one person, no one else being allowed
TO approach it. In this way the ami
mails become accustomed to the per
son in charge and grow very tame, but
If stranger approaches they will hide
and not be seen for day or two. AS
most of the skins from the farms first
referred to were invoiced and certf.
fed at this consulate for shipment
to the United States. it can be stated
that many of them in. their green
condition were valued at $500 to $3.50
each. one or two reaching $3.50.
Peas that affected by the Weevil
will float on water and the sound
seed sink. Plant only the latter and ]
burn the former, and you will have
taken one step towards eradicating
this pest from your garden. Where
peas are used in large quantities for 6
seed. such as field peas, the weevils i
may be killed by fumisation with car {
bon bisulifae. Place the peas in a re- G
ceptacle which is as nearly air tight as G
possible and put on top of them some Z
shallow dishes. Pour into them car S
bon biSulf6e at the rate of half an {