The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-09
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Get road drag and then drag.
The lazy hen is not apt to be the
layer.
Cleanliness is essential to success
full poultry raising.
Do your hauling in the mornings
when che ground is firm.
The care of bees is q healthy, easy
and profitable work for wcner.
The good brooc SOW should be kept
as long as she is able to raise a good
litter.
Oil meal is 80 per cent. protein. A
little in each feed for the cows IS ex'
cellent.
Spread the manure as fast as It is
made. The manure spreader makes
the task an easy one.
1t has been said that forse is no
better than the feet he stands on.
Look well to the hoofs.
1t Is wet, not cold. which hurts
sheep. Keep them dry and they can
stand lots of cold weather.
TwO-year-Old geese are best for
breeding purposes. Sell OFF the sur
plus stock. 1t won't pay to winter.
The low-wheeied wagon will prove
a mighty handy thing on any farm.
Get a set of low-down wheels and try
them.
The man who keeps no stock be-
cause feed is high makes a mistake
from which both his land and his
pocket book will suffer.
The road drag is one of the tools
which should not be put away. Keep
It going over your strip of road every
good chance You get. 1t is especially
effective after rains.
Plan to lay in a supply of ice this
winter. Get place ready to store 1t.
A good serviceable house can be put
Up cheaply. and enough ice stored to
asst all next summer.
How about the dust bath for the
lens during the winter. Place the
,ox where it will get the sun and
hen watch the joy of the hens as
hey revel in the soft, powdery stuff.
This is the season when you ought
o be planning out the next seasons
york. Take pride in having your
Dad team look sleek and trim. Rub
I'D the harness. and if the buggy or
vagon is old and shabby, and you do
ot feel able to buy new one, paint
nd fix the old one up.
Don't expect to improve your stock
Without expense. The cost of the
Grub cannot in any sense to taken
S the measure of cost of producing
ne thoroughbred. Just as the i'm
rOved animal is intrinsically worth
1ore money to the buyer, so it is un-
easonable to suppose that it should
OF cost more money.
Seed corn should be selected from |
hat which matured before the first |
rost and which has been thoroughly
ried and then kept in a dry place.
ate corn, or corn stored when it con-
aimed a considerable amount of mois- |
IRE, is likely not to be fertile. be-
ause freezing tends to kill the germ |
hen moisture is present.
When the daily vessels to be scald-
are cold. remember that the first |
pplication of boiling water does not
:ald them properly, the coldness of
he tin reducing the temperature of
ne water below the scalding point.
he only certain way of scalding tin
ais and pans is to apply the scalding
alter after the vessels have been
Gated by a preliminary rinsing IN hot
alter.
The government Is making expert
ents in the practical value of shelter
elts of trees for homesteads, stock
1ildings. and orchards. Something
n you to think about. Are your
or orchard SO exposed to the
eak winds of winter and the violent
inds of summer as to suffer? Trees
the right kind, planted in the best
az and the best place will mean not
lily comfort but profit.
II a farmer sells hogs at ten dollars
Id buys them back in the shape of
Inn, bacon and pork at $1S, why
lould it not pay him to butcher and
lck meat for his own use? And il
e handsome profit of eight dollars
r hog over the live selling price
N be realized for himself why would
not be profitable to pack twice or
rec times as much as he needs for
mself and sell It? Perhaps it would
y him to figure on butchering 30 or
hogs and curing and packing the
eat. !!
In tying wool do not use sisal Irvine,
e hemp. The former will hurt the
lie of your product and for this rea-