The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
vi FARM
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Even the seed enjoy a downy. soft
bed.
The cockerels should be separated
from the pullets at this time.
Filthy hen houses are sure to prove
disastrous during the hot weather.
Fasting q fowl "a hours before kill.
ing improves the favor Immensely.
Try 1t.
Droppings from tuberculosis cows
will give the disease to the hogs that
eat them.
Hogs and pigs that are pastured
give far better returns than those that
are shut in pen.
1t is not always the hog that is
heaviest on the squeal that pulls down
the scales the hardest.
Pine tar generously applied to the
noses OF the sheep at shearing time
will prevent grub in the head.
Always an important question for
the farmer to considerable improve
ment and maintenance Of soil fertility.
II you put the feet of your road
horse in a pail of water every day,
you will find they will keep sound
and healthy.
A few fresh leaves put in the crown
Of the hat when working in the hot
sun will keep the head cool. Drink
little and you will feel better.
Fly time always cuts down the
profits of the dairy. During the most
trying time 1t will pay to pasture at
night. You of course. have already
screened your barn.
It Is nothing short of cruelty these
hot nights to keep the work horse
shut in his stall. Provide a good clean
yard into which he can be turned
after he has been fed and thoroughly
cleaned.
Bloody milk in cows can be RENE
died by giving a pound Of Glauber
stats and after the physic has thor
oughly worked giving an ounce Of
nitro daily for three days. Bathing
the udder in cold water after each
milking will also help.
Farmers make a mistake when they
sell unquestioningly at the market
quotations, for they often sell below
the cost of production. The world
must be fed, and II farmers as class
would adopt an independent attitude
toward the commission man, the ele-
vator. the creamery. or whatever
source they look to for cash, the |
world would soon come to their doors !
and say: What will you take?"
1t is safer and better for the average |
farmer to start improving his stock |
with purebred sires and grading up
than to invest much money in fancy |
breeding animals. The improved |
breeds Of live stock have all been
brought to their high state of perfec- |
ton by selection. liberal feeding and |
good care, and unless the farmer is |
prepared to continue this treatment he |
had better keep along with the CON-
mon herds and flocks that have be-
come more or less accustomed to hard
ships and neglect
While opthalmia, or eye disease In
young colts may not be permanently
cured. the trouble can be materially
lessened by the following treatment:
Keep the colt in q dark stable and
three times a day battle the eyes for
ten to 20 minutes at time with cold
water and apply the following: Acetate
Of lead, 10 grains; tincture of opium,
10 drops: water. ~ onces Apply
this to the eyes after bathing them as
above directed. In addition to this
treatment Of the eyes it is a good plan
TO give one drachm of iodide of potas-
SUM twice day for four days, giving
his in bran mash.
The rainy day is the farmers great
Est blessing II he uses 1t wisely. It is
he time for overhauling the harvest
ng machinery and get everything In
shape for the harvest See that all
bolts and taps are In place Provide a
ew extra guards for the mower and
binder. Go over the sickles and take ,
mt all imperfect sections, replacing /;
hem with new. and put the sickles in I
irst-class cutting condition. They will Z
reed to be this year. Put the oil cans :
n the buggy so that they can be filed
he next time you go to town and be
eady for use. In short. get everything s
n first-class shape. for when the har- :
'est comes time is worth money.
The old straw pile is unsightly and q
4 no profit Turn 1t to account by c
aulins It out and either placing II '
o washy places on the farm to pre- q
ent washing, or scatter it on the land f
nd plow it under for the making of a
umus. Wet and partially rotted t
traw makes good manure either T
lowed under or worked into the sur &
ace sell. A straw pile which is al a
,wed to rot down where It stands D
iii simply decay and float away IN s
he air. To be of value to the farm It a
lust be scattered over the land, a