The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-04-15

Tore the full rush OF the spring work
makes you forget them. =.
The better the seed bed the better
the Drop Remember that when get.
ting the land in shape for the seed.
The weakling lamb needs special
care and in most cases will repay
your efforts by growing into a strong
animal.
: Charcoal. and grit. oyster shell and
graduated bone are essential to the
health of the chickens. Be sure your
flock is supplied.
The drill for planting grain crops
has the advantage of more even plant
ing at the proper depth. thus -ensuring
even start and uniform growth.
Don't let the cattle run on the pas
ture when the ground is soft. It will
cause more damage than the land will
be able to recover from for years.
The saleableness of a good grade of
butter may be spoiled by the way 1t is
placed on the market. Appearance
has much to do with the sale Of an
article.
When wife is troubled about that
sponge cake which has become dry
and which she is tempted to feed to
the chickens. tell her that it will make
fine toast for tea.
The horse that has been idle all or
most Of the winter. needs careful han
ding to be Injured to hard work. In
crease the grain diet and exercise reg
ularly. increasing the tasks gradually.
Young chicks that have become
drenched by a sudden shower and are
cramped with cold should be taken
into the kitchen and wrapped in hot
Many a chick can be saved
in this way.
The lOw-grade fertilizer may not en-
tail so great an initial outlay, but IT is
the dearest in the end. for no man ever
made a dollar by buying the low grade
fertilizer. while it does pay to put good
fertilizer on the land.
1t Is well to look over machinery
to see II bolts and screws do not need
tightening. but especially is this true
of new machinery The nuts and
bolts work loose with the first use of
The machine and it is the safest plan
TO examine often.
Pea-fed pork is growing in favor in
some sections. Some raisers have
produced profitable hogs without feed
ing single grain of corn, the feed
almost exclusively of the
peas. But there is little question but
that the better ration is a combination
Of peas and corn.
A comfortable nest for the setting
zen is made by putting fresh earth
INTO box and covering with straw
hay is better for it will not gather
moisture = and sprinkling Stacked
ime and sulphur upon the straw. In
such a nest the hen will not be trou-
oled with lice and she will not break
her eggs.
p Do not let the soft corn of last sea-
;On. which was abnOrmally backward.
cad you to make the mistake of
too early corn this year.
Plant the kind of corn which has given
he best results in former years.
There is no sort Of likelihood that we
shall have another such season as last
rear, at least not for another 25 years
anyway.
How DO you raise your cream? 1t |
las been estimated that the losses of !
,utter fat by the different methods
II skimming the milk of 20 cows in a
rear amount to $12O by the shallow
IAN setting, $50 by the deep setting |
md SIS by the centrifugal separator.
This is based on a price of only 20 |
,ents a pound for butter fat and an |
lverage loss of fat in the skim milk |
~ each method.
II may sound like repetition, but it |
s good advice to follow: Remove !
manure from buildings daily, and haul !
t to the fields and place 1t on the !
and as soon as possible. at least |
very few days-winter and summer.
Manure allowed to remain in the |
table renders the building unsanitary
or animal occupancy. Manure loses
n value lying in the stable When
placed upon the land. the |
oil has a chance to absorb some of |
he richness that would otherwise be |
Ost.
As general fertilizer for bearing !
Prof. w. NJ. Munson of /
Maine favors a formula containing |
bout three per cent. nitrogen, six pei |
:ent. phOsphoric acid and eight per
.ent. potash. To brace up an old |
richard or to force more growth more
nitrogen may be needed. A simple for !
nula for bearing trees, and one easy
o remember, is $50 pounds nitrate OF
oda, $50 pounds muriate Of potash
md 500 pounds acid phosphate. Mix
thoroughly and apply broadcast at the
ate of 500 pounds per acre every year.