Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-11-18

Clean mila cannot oc produced from
cows Kept In nlthy surroundings
There IL nothing which is 50 easily
contaminaled as milk
Corn Is not Objectionable rs a ra.
ton for the brood SOW II too much
is not fed aud If oats or other grain
rich in protein is provided.
Twenty parts common lime, five
PARTS salt aud . parts Of water when
mixed well and then bottled make
good FIRE extingushing grenades.
! Let us raise more sheep and supply
the instantly increasing demand for
wool Altogether too much wool has
to be imported. The farms would be
better and the farmers richer if they
raised more sheep.
The dairyman should keep a few
brood sows and raise pigs. Thus he
will be able to turn his skim milk into
pork at a good profit, while at the
same time doing paying business
in cream or butter selling,
! Put the farm tools end machines up
for the winter, but before doing so
be sure they are cleaned and oiled,
The time spent now will not only pro-
long the life of the tools but will
save you valuable time in the spring.
Care for the COWS right now and
they will keep up the milk flow all
winter 1t is in the fall when the
change from summer to winter condi-
lions is made that most cows suffer.
Let the change be as gradual as pos
sible.
Scatter wood ashes around the poul-
try yard. They will purify the ground
and the chickens will pick up the
small bits of charcoal This is good
for them. And this reminds us to urge
you not to forget to provide suitable
grits for them.
To mark your tools effectively do
it with nitric acid. Place beeswax or
tallow on place where metal is to be
eaten out and scratch the letters
through the wax. Pour the acid in the
groove thus formed and after few
o1n of ond will And
your name in the steel to stay.
To store celery in the field where
it was grown bank the earth up high
around the plants so that only the
tips show. With colder weather COW
err with straw and leaves, putting
boards or earth on top to keep them
from blowing away. When the freez-
ing weather comes cover the celery
ridge with several inches of manure.
Plan work for the rainy days. A
good job for the days when the wealth
err shuts you in is that of going over
the harness, oiling and repairing it. A
majority of farmers are very slack in
the way in which they care for the
harness. Cleaning and oiling and re-
pairing weak places will make harness
last twice as long as it Will under
conditions of neglect.
One of the indications that there is
a growing interest in agriculture is
the increasing space which the maya.
zines of the country are giving to sub
iects of this kind. Not a month goes
by now but that one or more of the
! big magazines have articles on agri
cultural tonics. The Awakening Of
the Farmer, in October Atlantic,
should be specially helpful and sug.
gestive to the farmer.
a.
1t would be interesting, nay, rather
appalling, if accurate figures were OBJ
tainable as to the losses sustained by
farmers every year through neglect
of farm machinery. How much of the
machinery of your farm has been
properly housed and cared for for the
winter? Remember it is not enough to
push the machine into the shed after
bringing it from the field. 1t should
be cleaned and oiled thoroughly so
that rust cannot get in its destructive
work
/ Lime sulphur wash for spraying for
San Jose scale is made as follows:
To make $50 gallons of the mixture
! take 65 pounds of best stone lime and
/ so pounds of sulphur. Make a paste OF
the sulphur and have from Is to 20
gallons of boiling water in an iron
caldron over a brisk fire. Into this
put the lime, Immediately adding the
sulphur paste. This is rapidly cooked
40 or so minutes, or longer, or until
Il looks as red as canned tomatoes
1t must be vigorously stirred all the
while, when 1t gets as smooth as glass
Then add a sufficient amount Of hot
water to make 100 gallons. Strain
through fine wire sieve or netting, and
apply while mixture is still warm. Use
a good pump with high pressure
and coat every twig. The time to
spray for the San Jose scale is in the
fan or the cary spring. while the
leaves are OF.