The Columbus journal., 1908-03-18

If you are in . rut get out.
Every farmer ought to be an op
timist.
LOOse-end farming brings small-ent
profits.
Keep the poultry yard tidy. So easy
easy for rubbish Il accumulate.
Experiments with salt have proven
that It is Of little value after all on
asparagus.
A separator Of which the farmer and
his good wife make but little use-
the divorce court.
Better to feed the table scraps to
the poultry in their mash. Then all
get a fair show at them.
You do not know what your cows
are doing for you unless o weigh
and test their milk at least once a
month.
Don't blame the incubator il it does
poor work for you until you are GER
tain that the failure is not due to your
management.
In saving the Eggs for Matching
place with the large enc up and turn
ever. day or W. to keep the yOlk
from settling to one side of the egg.
Ten days to two weeks is as old as
the eggs should be for Matching. II
the eggs are older the chicks are not
apt to be as strong as chicks Matched
from fresher eggs.
1t is not the very large turkeys
which find the readiest sale. Twelve to
II pounds find buyers quicker than
the Is or 20 pound birds. Remember
this when raising this seasons flock.
Mere wetting of the clover or alfalfa
does not prepare it properly for the
chickens. 1t should he scalded. This
Of the feed and increase it's feeding
value.
There is no doubt but that the ma |
nure spreader is the thing for the |
farm. but whether the extravagant
claim that it will pay for itself the
first season would be borne out by fact |
only practical test would demonstrate.
The expense of gathering and plant
ing seed trees. such as those Of the
ash. elm. blackberry. bOxelder. maple,
poplar. etc. is small and it will pay
You. Plant them in rows SO the corn
plOws may be used in c%ultivating them
and in a few ear o will have fine
trees ready for planting in various
parts Of the farm where their pres
ence would prove an advantage.
1t is trying to the thrifty farmer 70
have a shiftless neighbOr. but do not
let your impotence with his slovenly
methods blind YOU to the responsible
Ity you bear towards him and make
you forget that perhaps You can help !
him to better things. Try and show
him better methods. Perhaps. af,e:
all. his shiftlessness is due more To-
lack of knowledge of how to do things
than 1t is to lack of desire 10 do things
right.
Sheep like variety. American farm
ers have not vet begun to cater to the
appetite OF the sheep. as do some
Of the shepherds in Great Britain.
where it is claimed that the most de-
iciOus mutton is produced. There
are largely fed and in addition
great variety OF Other foods. This I
lssuredly gives flavor. which in that ,
:ase is a combination Of many fiavOrs. =
Of them coming from the f!avOrs ,
II the food. 6
Large stock raisers will watch with
good deal of in:eres, the govern
nent's scientific reseeding expert t
nents on several of the national for q
st ranges next spring and q
o determine under what conditions
nd in what those portions OF
he range which have been seriously n
by OvergraZing III be re- 9
tOred TO their former prOductiveness. S
great deal of the range land in the {,
1eSt Is OvergraZed and does no, carry f
s much stock as formerly. The v
Method Of handling stock. particular O
! sheep. is perhaps more responsible q
Or this condition than any other d
But all cases of deterioration G
nd all means for improving the forage I,
rOp need to be studied. that the range n
lay be brought into the best condi. $
on to meet the imperative demand Of n
he live stock industry. +,
Some farmers who are becoming o
andy in the use of cement are build
e concrete hot he'd frames. A four-l
lch wall is sufficient and should be Ct
laced below the frost line. One S.
lch boards can be used in building S.
le forms. The rear wall of the bed m
,ould be six inches higher than the a,
wall to give the necessary slope sc
the sash. After the forms are all ca
'ected fill them with a mixture Of bl
le part Portland cement. four parts ca
can, coarse sand and eight parts tn
oxen stone Or gravel level with the tn
'Ound. Above the ground Use con- Ell
etc made of one part Portland &C. TN
ent, three parts sand and six parts 10