The Columbus journal., 1908-07-15

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dairy COW is in the majority is the
community which is marked by con.
tertment and prosperity.
Well-grown fruit or vegetables. well
marketed, bring a profit which the
careless producer never realizes. II
pays to do things right.
farmer to raise. because it can be
done in harmony with the other in
terests of the farm and with the great
est profit.
tuberculosis in cattle and scab in
sheep is spread from the stock yards
of the large cities by the feeders who
purchase animals from the pens with
out proper investigation.
Never let the dead wood remain on
the fruit trees. 1t not only provides
hiding places for insect pests, but it
opens the way to extending the de-
cay into the heart of the tree.
An attachment for the corn cultiva.
tor which will replant the missing
hills is said to be the invention of q
handy Missourian. 1t fastens on the
tongue of the cultivator and is worked
from the seat by string.
The farmer who leaves the machines
in the fields where they were
last used is following an expensive
practice 1t pays to have tool house
and after a machine is through with
to clean, oil and house it.
Good pasturage and plenty Of water
is all that breeding stock need. but
pigs which are to be marketed at six
months must have plenty of grain to
bring them up to the best marketable
weight, about 200 pounds.
Generally speaking. the COW which
has had her milk-producing capacity
encouraged and developed will be very
likely to transmit these traits to her
progeny. Raise the heifers of your
best cows and you will be on the road
to improving your herd.
Don't dope yourself Unfortunately
when you feel unwell. More people
recover without the use of medicine
than with its supposed aid. Give ma
ture a chance and she will do more
for you than all the self-prescribed
you can pour down your
throat.
However fancy the breed of fowls
may be. the front yard is no place for
their yarding Reserve the front of the
house for green sward and foliage and
flowers and relegate the chickens to
the rear However. keep the chicken
yard and house as clean as though
they were on display.
A morning feeding about eight
o'clock will act as an inducement to
keep the fowls around the poultry
house until after the egg-laying duty
has been discharged for the day. Many
an egg is lost by turning the hens
out early in the morning and giving
them the range of the farm.
A neat sign bearing the name of the
farm placed near the road so that it
can be read by passersby gives char.
acter to your place. People think as
they pass that the place that has an
individual name must amount to some.
thing. In picking a name let some
characteristic of the place receive
recognition.
No one would think for a minute
that he had a right to invade bit of
woodland upon a farm and carry of
firewood, and why should it be thought
that the wild fruit growing in such a
place 10 any the more public property
is his property. and should not be dis
turbed or taken without his express
permission.
How often does the henhouse need
cleaning? As often as it gets dirty.
And by dirty We do not mean simply
reeking with accumulations of drop.
pings and filthy scratchings. No, We
never saw a henhouse yet which could
be kept clean short Of two cleanings
a week. Be faithful during the warm
weather or the lice and mites will get
the upper hand.
Intensive farming and extensive
farming sound good deal alike, but
they are vastly different. Intensive
farming means that the farmer is
making the small tract pay, while ex-
tensive farming too often means that
the farmer is spreading himself over
so much land that none of his work
is we'll done and his margin of profit is
smaller if not wholly eliminated. Farm
little and well rather than much and
poorly.
Cases of founder in horses can be
treated successfully by the following
method recommended by Dr. Adam.
son: Poultice the feet with warm
bran mash put into bags and tied on.
Change the poultices twice a day and
continue poulticing for a week. Then
mix two drains cantharides with one
ounce Of lard Rub a little Of this
around the coronets with the fingers
and let it remain on for "a hours, then
wash of and apply little lard. Then
turn the animal out to pasture for a
month or two.