The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-05-13

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Plant a tree on arbor day.
The safe bull is the one you want to
look out for.
The lambs should have free access
to salt. also good clean water.
Trouble with some people is that
they have more wishbone than back
bone.
To keep the rats and mice from
gnawing harness rub a little castor
oil over it.
| II you did not cut out the borers
from the peach. ounce or apple trees
last summer, do it now.
| A simple form of filter for the cis-
tern can be provided by building a
partition of porous brick through the
cistern.
Funny how the cattle seem to find the
weak place in the fence every time
One weak spot may make a mile of
fencing useless.
If the horse has not shed OF its
| winter coat and shows lack Of thrift
he should be clipped before being set
| to work in the field.
The man who has learned how to
grow good crops in dry weather has
laid hold OF one of the secrets that
will help him to make money.
When planting new orchard place
the later and harder sorts on the out.
side rows. as that is where the frosts
first strike and are the severest.
; One load of manure finely and even
ly spread is worth two spread uneven
ly in the Jumps. This is another good
argument in favor of the manure
spreader.
A mortgage, like a porous plaster. is
a good thing If properly placed. but
remember. it is easier put on than
taken of, and the latter process is
apt to be painful as well.
Start with the breed you think you
! want and then stick to it, The stock
raiser who shifts every few years
to new breed never gets anywhere
in his operations. except nearer to the
poor house, perhaps.
1t is mixed farming which brings
the surest results. Special crops in
favorable seasons may net larger
profit, but when the losses of bad
years are deducted, the balance of
the account will be found to favor
mixed farming.
You get sick sometimes through
carelessness and injudicious living.
and then you take steps to get into
condition again. How about your
soil? Have your methods put it out
of condition? and are you doing moth
ing to restore it to it's old time vigor
and productiveness? What folly.
Single your turkeys and keep them
from flying of. The method adopted
by one turkey raiser is to bore four
holes in a single and through these
holes pass strong tape under the
wings close up to the body. Tie the
ends of the tape securely Sounds
easy. but would the turkeys thrive and
grow under the restraint?
The old farmers of generation or
so back used to plant their corn when
the white oak leaves were as large
as squirrels ears, and it is said they
raised good corn. too. This suggests
that the farmer of the old days was a
closer student of nature. carrying out
the farm program in closer harmony
with the seasons development than
does the farmer of today.
The method pursued on big straw
berry farm in Michigan is to grow on
the land first big crop of field or
cOwpeas. This is rolled down in the
fall, covered with about IS tons per
acre of stOckyards manure and plOwel
under. The land is plowed again in
spring and worked until it is as fine
as an ash heap. This land is then
ready to receive the young strawberry
plants.
The farmers are slow to take ad- |
vantage of all the government agri- |
cultural department and the expert |
ment stations of the various states are |
doing for them. Every farmer should |
at least get the bulletins from the |
experiment station of his own state.
and he would find it greatly to his
advantage If he received the severn
ment bulletins as we'll. These are all
mailed free on application, and a pos
tai card with the request that your
name be placed on the mailing list
will do the business. II you do not
care for all the bulletins and only
those which deal with certain features
of agriculture you can so state and
only these will be sent you.
In setting asparagus enough room
must be given to allow for root de-
vel0pment. for It is through the mass
of heshy roots that the plant is able
to furnish sufficient nourishment to
produce shoots for two months or
more. II we ATTEMPT to crowd The