The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-21
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Dig the borers out of the trees.
BE progressive. If you know what
that means
The ram should be pastured away
from the ewes.
The good horse will sell himself
Why raise any other?
Leaks in the barn and the house
roofs should be fixed right away.
Before taking the colt from the dam
be sure he has learned to eat grain.
If you have not already done SO,
do not delay to cut the asparagus tops
and burn
The crop of children is just as i'm
portant looking after and cultivating
as the field crops
Think of the fruit season next year
and give the bushes and trees the at
tentiOn they need
Provide the dust bath for the hens
before the ground freezes and it is
impossible to get the dust
In deciding what fruits to grow on
the farm be governed by those varie-
ties which do well in your locality.
Pin money for the farmer and his
family would be more plentiful if the
chickens were managed more intelli-
gently
Now is the time to go through the
orchards and vineyards and pick Co
coons and egg clusters from the trees
and vines.
Good care of the work horses al
ways pays. The seasons hard work
should be Offset by better care and
better feed.
The old corn crib can be made rat
and mice proof by lining with wire
netting. The cost of netting is more
than Offset by the saving in corn.
The manure from a COW is worth
about Sc a year il hauled out to the
field at once: about So as handled on
the average farm. Do you see the
point?
The suspicious noise in the hen
house may be a weasel at work. Find
out. rout out and kill if you possibly
can. If you don't, rest assure MIR.
Weasel will
Dirt hauled on the roads means
muddy roads next spring. Do road
filling and dragging in the spring.
Then in the fall. supplement the work
by good dragging again.
improvements continue to be made
in the milking machines, SO that now
several seem to be doing satisfactory
work. Where % or more cows are
kept the machines prove profitable.
Clean up the orchards, burn all rub
bish and you will not only destroy
many insect pests, but will remove
lurking places for mice who would
do injury to the trees during the win
ter time.
knowing how much the COWS are
giving in milk, and knowing how much
it costs to produce il. are two differ
ent things. But the second is more
important than the first in CARRYING
on profitable dairying.
An allaround good fertilizer is
made up of 500 pounds of nitrate of
soda. 200 of good bone. 200 of acid
phosphate, 100 of muriate of potash;
apply at the rate OF 200 to 800 pounds
per acre. This is Prof voorhees, for
mula.
In tests with asparagus in France
1t was partly concluded that the green
sprouts have the best flavor. and this |
was believed to be due to the pres |
ence of the chlorophyll. the green col
Oring matter in the skin.
Paralysis in pigs If not of long
standing may be helped and even |
overcome by giving three drops of the |
fluid extract of nux vomica In Is |
drops of the oil of gaultheria, and a |
tablespoonful of cOd-liver oil twice a |
day for several weeks.
Store onions in a loft, rather than |
in cellar. as in the latter place they |
are apt to sprOut A few parsnips |
can be well kept in the cellar by put
ting in moist sand. Don't pull them |
all. though, for freezing sweetens
them. Potatoes should be stored in |
bins.
Scientists some years ago proved |
beyond doubt that through legumes |
we can draw at will upon the mex
haustible supply of nitrogen in the
air, settling forever the nitrogen uues-
ton so far as extensive farming is
concerned. Nitrogen on the market
in the form of dried blood. sodium
nitrate, and other commercial ferti-
lizers, costs Is cents per pound, and
there is one pound of it in every BUSH
Ell of corn, and more than a pound in
every buShel of wheat. This means