The state herald., 1908-12-25

Keep them busy and they "ill be
more apt to lay.
Founders in horses can be cured, It
is said. by administering large table
spoonful of powdered alum. Try it.
In the rich prairie soil apple trees
are apt to grow too much to tree at
the expense of its fruiting qualities.
Every year in which the garden is
fertilized and the ground worked 1t be-
comes richer and more capable of
growing crops.
To free cattle from lice. sprinkle
with wood ashes, rub with sulphur
ointment or whale-oil, or with petro-
leum emulsion.
Some farmers who have tried 1t
think that the best way to get land
in condition for alfalfa is to grow
crop or two OF cowpeas.
Now is the time to make up your
mind what kind and how many trees
you will set out In the spring. OF
course you are going to set out some.
II the wound left by the removal
of the large limb is not covered with
paint or wax 1t will decay In few
years and cause bad place in the
tree.
Not so much danger of overfeeding
the poultry at this season of the year
as there was during the summer.
Feed literally If you want TO get the
eggs.
Heavy draft teams are not for fast
road travel. See that your hired help
does not run them on returning home
load.
Too much earth in sacked potatoes
is judged as adulteration by Kansas
officials. We've heard of sand in
sugar but sand with potatoes is new
adulteration.
BE sure of the clover seed you buy.
Some farmers in Ohio have suffered
the past season through sowing Eng.
lish clover seed which was sold them
for red clover.
The cheap cotton gloves are a boon
for the farm work folks. Buy them
by the dozen pairs. They're cheaper,
and In this way you always have a
supply on hand.
Tile the land and drain on the sur
plus water which, II allowed TO re.
main. will sour the land and when
eyaporatcd leave the land hard and
unfit TO grow n crop.
Every thing pertaining 20 the dairy
business will find place at the dairy
show at Chicago In December. Some
of the finest stock ever before shown
will be on exhibition.
Doctoring stock In seldom sntlsfac-
tory or profitable Better see that by
proper care and feed they are kept
healthy. An ounce of prevention is
worth u pound of cure.
Live steam is the best thing with
which to scald milk utensils, but
whore such Is not TO be had scaldlnF
water will do. but be- sure that II Ii
hot to the scalding point.
An expert butter maker declares
that cream should not be kept over
four days before churninF either sum
mcr or winter Cream a week old
makes butter a week old.
The farmer who ~ content 10 wofl;
his horses with lllhtting collars. Is thu
farmer who II always docloring sore
shoulders, and finding that his horses
can only pull half load,
In your feeding arrangements have
, Il NO thnt each animal has an equal
chance NJ the feed. Prevent crowdinF
by feeding tho sheep In racks with
partitions for each animal
As soon as any animal shows signs
Of sickness separate from the rest and
put on short ralionH and watch close
Sometimes day or two on short
rationu will ntralghton them ~.
q A log with only a bark and n bis
appetite has no proper place on any
farm. bu, n good dog trained 10 be- OF
service will prove himself n valuable
adjunct to the farm equipment
when tho chemists Of the depart
ment Of agriculture succeed In manu-
b featuring paper from eornatalka III,
farmer may hnd them too valuable {,
feed as rougharc, Who knowu7
Il never NAYS in buy rhhhn hArnnsH