The Columbus journal., 1908-03-11

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ened ready for use.
Save the waste On the farm and ap
ply 1t to lifting the mortgage.
ASS rule too little light IL admitted
windows
Do not let the roots Of the yOune
nursery stock dry out. Heel in until
ready to set out.
The low prices Of some animals
prevailing now offer . favorable Op-
portunity Of stocking up.
High-priced corn and lOw-priced
hogs Is q combination which has
caused the farmers some eoocern.
Dragging the roads when they are
the muddliest makes them the smooth
est and hardest when they are dry.
The food tr0ushs and drinking foun-
tains should be kept clean and sweet
FOulness here may result in sick
birds
1t is . good idea to keep track Of
bit Of attention will save lots Of f,,-
ture trouble.
The farmer who watches the little
things Is the farmer Who does the
big things in the way OF crops and
stock raising
II YOU are not breeding up. be sure
that indifference and neglect Is re-
sulting in a lowering Of the grade OF
your live stock
To be sure fool Of q man can make
fool of colt by injudicious han
ding. but ordinary petting never hurt
colt and never will.
Chickens will eat most anything. but
whatever the food il should be good
and wholesome. Moldy or rotten stuff
should never be fed them.
More men fail in the poultry bust
ness through Over-enthusiasm and At
tempting too much at the beginning
than from any other one cause.
When a horses teeth are defective
and no longer have that grinding pow
er which is necessary to the proper.
mastication of its food 1t is well to
feed ground oats.
Some colts. of course. are more easi-
ly spoiled than others. but II he early
gives indication of not having 0rdin-
AIRY horse" sense let the other fellow
have him at his first O4er
A place for everything and every
thing in its place is good motto for
the farmer. How many minutes and
even hours 1t would save sometimes
when you are in need Of some par
ticular tool
The future value of the orchard Is DE-
termined by the work you do in the
young orchard during the nrst few
years of its growth. Proper pruning
must he done to produce the frame
1Wk on which the fruit crop is to be
raised. and proper cultivation must be
given to stimulate to the most yigOr-
Gus growth.
II is costly business moving. wheth-
er in city or country. Even Il the work
is done by home help it is the same e.-
pensive thing. for the same amount Of
work could he done for others in the
meantime and spot cash be received
for it, Because man Is able to do ali
the work himself. no matter what the
work is. does not make the bill Of ex-
pense materially less. In this age Of
the world. work is work. and its ac-
cOmplishment is worth SO much. no
matte. by whom done.
Here is one mans method OF crow
extinction which he claims is a grand
success. In his 4O-acre field he dug
q pit and then covered it over 80 that
its presence could not be detected.
After entering this pit. he initiates
the call of the crow until it attracts
he birds. When within shooting dis
lance he uses his gun. When he kills
q number he fastens them about the
blind in q natural position and their
presence adds to the attractive DOW
ers OF the deception. He has already
killed more than Thousand, Of the
birds. bringing him in q revenue in
of over 800. and expects to
kill Is many more during the remain
Ter of the winter
What man when building a house
;itteth not down and cOunteth the cost
hereof" And what farmer is there
who having a sowing and growing
md harvesting season ahead of him sit
eth not down and planneth out the
work thereof? oh, there are lots of
hem. The season is upon them be-
ore they have taken any thought as to
What they are going to plant. where
hey are going to plant it. and how
hey are going TO prepare and cult
rate the ground, and the result is
hat it is a sort of blind farming which
'egins nowhere and ends dangerously
lear bankruptcy corner or next door
o the poor house What folly. The
wise farmer sitteth himself down and