The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-04-08

Little. danger that you will ever know
too much about. farming. :
AS the American farmer is known
/ abrOad-:American butter" is the
name given in Syria to oleomargarihe.
|. Overfeed or underfeed. irregular
feeding or. improper feed are mistakes
to be avoided if stock raising is to
prove profitable. =.
Be careful and do not let the young
horses strain themselves under the
heavy. spring work. An injury done
will be hard to overcome:
:. Use a spring wagon when: hauling
fruit or vegetables. If you haven't
one get the springs. for. your farm
wagon to be used when needed. ::
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Make. up your mind now that next
winter you will take that short course
at the agricultural college which you
had half mind to: try this year. but
just didn't -. -
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Fodder which is. scattered, on the
ground and run: over by. the sheep is
practically waste. for. they will. not
touch it.. although perhaps suffering
from hunger: :; :.
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Not had idea. as the: horses come
into the hard work of the spring tn
clip them. A heavy: coat. of wet hair
is not very comfortable. ina cold
! spring breeze. -. -.,... =. 90
Never. think of. marketing thin
horse: The food. it will take to put.
him in good. flesh will more than: come
back. to. you in The better: price you
will get for. the animal. -. :. -
:. Take day. off sometime and work
| out a, scheme whereby ':yoIl can. sell
some of Your produce: direct TO, the
consumer rather. than paying most Of
the profit to the commission man. -.
l. In pan-raised cream You have: the
pans to wash and. where separator is
used you have the separator to wash.
Where is the difference, This for
those to answer who object to the sep.
arator because: of the .wOr k of wash.
ing it. -. ::
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O.: A good carriage horse will bring
from 5000 to $500 in almost any. horse
market, while scrubs that. cost almost
as much to raise will bring only half
that sum. While you are in the horse,
raising business breed to a good sire
and get an animal that is worth
while =. :. - -
Put in the raw material and bring
forth the finished product is what =; the
T farmer: does when he fertiliZes his
soil and cHltivates it and grows his
crop. Such a farmer is in profitable
manufacturing business. But he who
takes from the soil and puts nothing
in the place of the crop removed is
like the miner taking riches from the
ground and making no return.
Asparagus and rhubarb need lots Of
manure, and scarcely too much can be
applied to the SOIL. Whatever may
be- said concerning. the typhoid bacil
lus in horse, manure and its dangers
to strawberries. certain it is that il
,So<. fr,p h,,I orb OIL w.
gus. for. the latter plants are cooked
before eating SO that any germs. which
might be present would be destroyed.
A. herd of 90 cows in Wisconsin is
reported to have yielded an average
Of 600 pounds of milk. which con-
tanned 327 pounds butter fat. These.
cows returned on an average of 1914 !
per head. Allowing that it cost this
man $50 per head to feed them. and
that the: calf and skim milk We're |
worth the labor he expended $50 per
head looks like a mighty good profit. |
This shows what can be done. with
good stock, good care and a man with
brains. -. :: -. -. -
Millet seed is. recommended by a !
poultry. raiser. who says. that he has |
found it to be one of the best feeds
for baby chicks. given just before they |
are put to bed for the night" A very
good bacon pig can be obtained by
mating the ordinary SOW of the coun-
try. with male of the bacon breeds.
Two filters: are usually obtained from
the sows. they. having the spring lit
tiers sufficiently early to allow the sec
ond litter to be weaned before cold
weather sets in. =. = =.
Rotation of crops not only enriches
the soil. but. it brings it. into better
filth. The advantage of rotation is
freshly, emphasized in a: bulletin re-
Gently issued by the agricultural de- i:
partment: the specific example being
a South Carolina farm which eight
years ago; did not produce more than
a aliarter of bale: of cotton to the.
acre: with $50 pounds OF fertilizer. By:
changing the crops and methods OF
management: using only stable manure
as fertilizer, this same land now Yields
somewhat more. than $50 an acre: 4!
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