Free press., 1908-04-18
s1NZES nn.o.
MHA FARM
BY Azzs;>,< III

Clean out the fence corners.
Erect ears in pig indicate an un-
quiet disposition.
Lice and disease go hand in hand
in the hen house.
Funny, but the COW gives up her
milk by giving it down.
Keep the troughs clean whether in
the pig pen or the sheep cote.
Bring up the boys to hustle for
themselves and they will turn out all
right.
Frosty nights and cold rains are
not the right kind of conditions for
the stock.
Keep busy on your own place and
his own affairs.
The essential points of large crops
Is first good breeding, second good
feeding, third good care.
When first weaving the colts, feed
often, for they take food many times
day from the dam when sucking.
Prepare for winter before it is upon
you with all the vigor and intensity
of low temperature and deep SHOWS.
The milking of a cow the first year
determines her future milking value.
Important then who handles her, isn't
It?
When the COWS become thoroughly
chilled 1t reacts upon the milk-giving
organs and cuts down materially on
the yield.
Secure the confidence of the dairy
COW by gentle, kindly treatment and
she will give a fuller, richer flow of
milk than when brutally handled.
Seed corn should never be stored in
building containing live stock of any
kind for the reason that the moisture
given off by the animals will injure
1t.
Look to the places in the barn roof
through which the rain drips and
close up the chinks in the sides
through which many a draft blows
upon the live stock.
Get all the fodder possible into the
barn or under other shelter before the
snow covers it, making it hard to get
In and putting it in poor condition to
feed to the live stock
1t is not wise to let the brood sows
run together during the fall, as they
are apt to pile together cold nights
and this may cause a loss of pigs
Separate them a month before farrow-
ing.
Do you feed your poultry by guess
work, or do you estimate the amount
of food necessary to obtain the best
results? 1t is considered that about
four ounces of grain and meat feed is
the right portion for each hen per
day.
Here is the way one man claims he
picks his future dairy COWS from
among the calves: If the hair on the
inside of the thighs runs up in an un-
broken smooth column the heifer will
make a good mixer, if not, she will
not pay as dairy animal
Ask the boys advice occasionally.
1t will bring father and son closer to-
gether, and will inspire a sense of
dignity and responsibility in the boy
which will do him good. And then,
not at all unlikely, that his advice Will
be better than your own judgment,
sometimes.
Steers fed eight to ten pounds OF
clover hay and 20 to 20 pounds of en-
silage daily, with all the ground ear
corn they will eat up clean twice
day, should make satisfactory gains
1t will be necessary to accustom them
to the ground feed gradually; when on
full feed, they should eat 16 to 20
pounds a day and make a gain of two
pounds daily.
Some of the practical problems of
the home and the farm. declares Prof
l. H Bailey, should be added 10 man
ual training in country schools. How
TO make garden, to lay out paths
make fences and labels, are manual
training problems. How to saw
board off straight, TO drive a nail. tc
make a tooth for a hand hay rake, to
repair hoe. to sharpen a saw, to
paint a fence, to hang a gate. to ad.
just a plow point, to mend a strap to
prune an apple tree, to harness .
from their very number Manual traia
ing can he SO taught in the schools
that are equipped fot ii as IN ter
years to start a revolution ii the ASH
culture of any commonwealth.