The state herald., 1908-09-04
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Charcoal is good for the hens, es-
pecially in hot weather.
Lime wash all the stables. 1t will
make them sweet and clean.
The cleaner the poultry house the
less trouble there will be with pests
and diseases.
There are always two sides to the
farm help question-the helps side as
well as that of the farmer
Screened stables and generous use
OF the spray will help you through the
sun mer without much loss in the milk
fUw.
Don't get In the habit of dosing your
animals. Provide good care and good
feed and there will be little need to
dope them.
Provide good screens for the house
II you have not already done so. The
day OF the old cloth mosquito netting
should be past for most farmers.
Pigs in the orchard will pick up all
the windfalls and perform a double
service. They will destroy the in.
furious insect life and they will also
grow fat on the fruit
The floor TO the hay NOW should be
tight so that the dust and seeds
from the hay cannot sift through
cracks down upon the backs and into
the eyes of the horses and other stock.
Let II be rule OF the farm that
nothing shall go TO waste. Provide
way by which everything is used to
the best advantage. and there will be
no trouble about keeping the bank nc.
count growing.
Look over the peach orchard. Saw
dust or gum on the trunks near the
ground is pretty good evidence that
borers are at work. II You want to
save your trees get right after them.
Dig them out and then plug the hole
with soap or wax,
With the telephone and the mail de
livery service and the auto, what more
does the farmer need to smooth llfe's
pathway In the country with her
wealth OF good things, with all the
comforts of the city. that is what life
on the farm Is fast becoming.
A cream thermometer costs but III.
tie but Its convenience in accurately
telling you the temperature OF the
cream is almost inestimable, for the
quality OF the butter made and the
ease with which II IL churnCd largely
depend upon having the cream at
the right temperature when begin
ming operations.
To mark your name upon metal.
melt tallow or beeawaN upon the tool
20 be marked. write your name In the
tallow or wax. being sure TO scratch
clear through to the metal surface,
few drops of nitric acid, Leave for
few minutes. Then wipe on acid
and bocswaK or tallow and you will
ind your tool has your name that
won't come on
From all reports an agricultural set,
loment experiment seems 10 b0 work
Ing out successfully In Austria, Hun
Rary, In order to turn the tide Of ON.
igration the Hungarian minister Of
agriculture secured an appropriation
for the purchase OF several thousand
acres Of good land This was par
cclcd out into rural districts. with
land prices and taxes reduced 10
minimum, Model farms and villages
are now IN operation and apparently
succeeding In the purpose for which
they were intended
wirowormH are dirieuit to 20, rid
OF, Prof slngcrland'a experiments
nj Cornell have shown that salt Is If.
feoiiye n used In sufficient quantities,
but he found that II would be noeoH,
aary 10 use some six 10 eight tons ut
salt per acre TO destroy tho wire
worms, while even a dressing Of 900
pounds per acre inteffefed with the
sofminailun of wheat, and neither
drove the wire worms deeper into the
soil nor caused them TO migrate 10 any
appreciable distance lie did nnd.
however, that considerable numbers
Of the adul, beetles were attracted
and destroyed by fresh punches of
clover dipped In strong paris srosn
water. Fail plowing, however, Ia ef
feetiye In destroying many Of the click
beetles. the parents ~ the wire
worms, which hibernate IN their pnpai
ecila on the whole. n short rotation
of crops Ia the only method Of control
that can ba unqallnedly recommended
bringing In, wherever possible.