Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-07-01

The farm, large or small, is inconE
plete without an orchard.
To like cows and have good ones
are two essentials Of successful dairy
ing.
Last call to get the wood pile built
up to last through the rush Of the
summer work
The hog even with his earning ca
pacity curtaied seems to be as popu-
lar farm animal as ever.
Don't trust to oral agreements. Get
It down In writing. It is the only
safe method for you and the other
fellow.
It may be a small aperture and a
little draft gets in, but it may lead
to a heap of trouble with the stock
stabbed there.
Let no lamb or pig be lost through
carelessness on your part. A reason.
able amount of precaution will re-
duce your losses.
Look to the cellar where the vege-
tables have been stored Decaying
stun does not provide healthy atmos
phere for the rooms above.
Do not get in the habit of doping
yourself or your stock. Right living
and right feeding will keep you and
your animals in thrifty condition
H. B. Gurler of De Kalb, ILL.,, has
been elected president of the National
Dairy show and the next meeting Of
the association at Chicago fixed for
December
Cookie burs can be destroyed by
thorough cultivation, but it takes
years Of hard and patient effort Dis
infect and clean I'm the hog lots. 1t
will save time and trouble later.
Plan the work so that there are al
ways some things you can attend to |
on the stormy days, such as making |
repairs on machinery, Smelling the |
seed corn. cleaning other seeds, test
ing seeds, etc.
A little trouble to test your seed
corn before planting, but not nearly |
a. much trouble as 1t would be to re-
plant the whole field. Make sure of |
the vitality of the seed you are put
ting in the ground
Cowy odor in milk is almost in.
VArtably due to uncleanly methods in |
the barn. II the COW is not brushed |
and cleaned before milking and par
ficles Of manure get into the milk the
Odor Of the offal is sure to faint the
milk.
Sometimes weeds are allowed to
grow along the sides Of the garden.
Cut them out as 1t IL in these places
that many Of the insect pests spend a
part Of their existence II the weeds
are kept down, there is not SO much
danger Of the crops being assaulted
by the pests.
Don't try to get along without .
thermometer in your dairy Your
churning operations will be more GER
tain and satisfactory If you test the
cream with thermometer. In the
winter the cream Is apt to be too
cold and in the summer too warm.
Guessing at the temperature is to in.
vite partial failure at least.
What good is horse II his legs are
Hnsound? It pays to give attention to
this natter. Look after the proper
Shoeikg Of the horse. Rub his legs
when cleaning him. Wash
(fhe legs after hard days work and
rub them dry. If you have any time to
spare, 1t will pay to bandage each leg
for short time after long drives, Of
extra hard work.
The farmer who has provided tanl
anto which to run the liquid manure I
may be surprised to know that such ..
liquid manure deteriorates in value
by being let stand, gust as the sollt
manure does, but such is the case
There is a bacteria which begins worI
on the organic matter In the liquid
manure as soon as 1t accumulates IL
suficient quantities to shut the bac S
terra away from the air. They 60 Oh X
destroying the organic matter Just a s
the ferments in the sweet cider de b
Stroy certain things in it and create Z
acids. In the course Of a compare
lively short time the manurial value o
Of liquid manure Is destroyed b. K
them. The only way to prevent them b
acting to the detriment of the fertiI
izer is to get 1t into the land.
Soon you will be planting your corn Z
Prof. Ten Eyck suggests that on fer Z
tile land capable Of producing so to Sc I
bushels Of corn per acre in IA q