The Columbus journal., 1908-09-23

Whitewash will do wonders towards
Frightening and purifying the old barn
or cowshed.
Stagnant pools and mud holes around
the pasture make poor watering places
for the cattle. Remember that.
Try dairy farming on the run
down place. The COWS will return a
profit, while the soil is being improved
by the manure.
II you cannot grow clover success
fully. try COW peas or some other
leguminous plant. 1t will help the soil
into good condition.
Don't expect you can test the value
of a cow in a month. Observation rec
ords should cover at least a year in
which there has been a calving.
Whatever speciality in farming you
have set your heart upon following be-
gin in a small way and work up to
large things. This is the sure way of
developing a profitable business.
It is a little extra work to take the
harness off the work horse at noon, but
it rests him and he is better able to
go back to work than he would have
been had the hot collar not been re-
moved from the shoulders.
The farmer who thinks fly nets for
the horses are too much trouble and
expense to bother with is the same
fellow who leaves his machinery out
of doors because it takes time and
money to provide toe. shed.
The difference between profit and
loss on the farm is often measured
by the waste that comes from the
careless handling of machinery and
the shiftless methods of planting. cul
tivating and harvesting the crops.
For the farmer whose aim is dairy
farming exclusively, the dual purpose
cow is a great mistake. The only one
who has any warrant in keeping such
type of stock is the farmer whose
chief purpose in stock raising is beef.
Do not wait to cool the milk until
all the milking is done. AS fast as
you milk one cow pour into can and
set can into tub of cold water. The
high temperature in the summer time
causes the germs in the milk to null
tiply rapidly.
In fattening animals in the winter
time, remember that experiments have
shown that good quarters and plenty
of bedding are essential to profitable
feeding, the animals thus cared for
showing a gain of over 30 per cent.
more than those under less cOmforta-
BILE conditions.
One of the destructive pests of the
garden. against which the farmer is
almost powerless, is the root maggOts
which attack cabbage. 1t may inter
est some of the readers of Meadow
brook Farm Notes to know that the
New York experiment station has
tried screening the beds of cabbage
with cheesecloth with good success.
The frames used being made of u
inch boards.
Face the COWS away from each 9TH
err, for, while it is true that the feed,
ing is made easier where two rows OF
cows face the same alley, it makes
the work of cleaning and caring for
them much harder. Where the gut
ters of two rows of cows are on the
same alley it is possible if the barn
is properly constructed to drive the
manure spreader through the alley.
thus making but one handling of the
manure necessary. Then the milking
is done easier.
Provide comfortable quarters for
your hired help and manage the work
in such a way as to enlist his inter
est in the work assigned him, and you
will find that the farm help problem is
not such a difficult one to solve as
most farmers think. Don't be afraid
10 talk over matters with the hired
help. This is possible without sur
rendering mastery, and will add TO
contentment and interest. Don't over
work the help. There are times when
1t is impossible to make exact hours.
however, if work is we'll planned there
is no need of excessive long hours, ex-
cept in emergencies, and if the hired
man is interested he will appreciate
tie necessity of working over time in
certain seasons when work is rushed.
The Garden City" is new move
ment which is in successful operation
i'm portions of England to provide So
cial advantages for farmers and their
families. The farm homes are clus-
tered about a common point and
stretching back from this are the
fields and cultivated areas. There will.
of necessity, be some manufacturing
plants; but these are grouped by
themselves very much as the manu-
featuring section of town is separ-
ated from the residence district. The
farm homes have all the comforts OF
city life and all the pleasures of the
country. The schools are centralized
and kept most effectively: the church
life and social life generally are of the
very best The farms vary in size
and stretch away over ,he distant
fields in all directions. These have as