The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-07-08
vi FARM
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ure in the poultry business.
Good time to weed out the un-
profitable hens from the fiocE.
II hessian fly is present in the
wheat cut the grain high and burn the
stubb!e.
The land that is drained Is always
ready earlier in the spring fc- putting
in the crops.
q. The scales and the Babcock tester
ere the only infallible proof of the
good cow. Are you testing out your
cows?
Rundown farms reflect the lack OF
intelligence of those who have by their
methods brought them into that con-
d:ticn.
The welI-fertiliZed field will stand
drcuyh better than one not so treat
ed because the plants strike their
roots deeper.
Calves raised on skim milk should
have some feed to provide the fat con-
tent taken oct of the milk. Linseed
meal has been found to give the best
results.
The pillow wheel will often become
loose and wabble a good deal. To
overcome this put in leather bush
ing. 1t will last well and will not
squeak.
The day of the educated farmer is
upon us. Another generation and the
fellow who believes that all the knowl-
. edge of farming needed can be gained
upon the farm itself will be hard to
find.
Don't forget the green stuff for the
poultry. If they cannot get it for
themselves see that it is provided for
them You cannot have a healthy
flock where such green food is denied
them
The small horse has little place on
the average farm. 1t is the heavy
tirafter that is able to do the hard
stunts that the farmer needs. Why
will he worry along with horse that
is unequal to the tasks required of
him?
Temperature is one of the main
points in churning. Cream should
have developed about 30 C. c. acidity.
and have been standing at about
SO degrees for four or five hours to be
in prime condition for bringing the
butter
1t used to be thought that the dairy
man was the only one who could
profitably use the silO but it has come
to be recognized after thorough test
ing that silage is valuable in the feed
ing of all kinds Of stock, and obtains
better results from the grain feed
than is otherwise possible.
Bob White is surely the friend OF
the farmer. Investigation has shown
that he has been known to destroy
60 different kinds of weed seeds, and it
is safe to say that five per cent of his
food is made up of seeds harmful to
the farmer This in addition to the
injurious bugs which he, eats places
him high in the ranks of the farmers
friend.
That the high check rein is a species
of cruelty which the humane horse
man will not permit is generally
conceded. Prof Minkler character
ICES the horseman who drives his
horse with his head mounted upward
and held in place by a severe check
rein as heartless. and declares that he
should be compelled during warm
weather to wear a cuff around his
neck in the place of a low collar.
The Silo is the dairyman's savings
bank into which he can pour the saw.
ings of the summer time and make
heavy drafts upon it in the winter
and collect handsome interest on his
investment. Almost the entire value
OF the corn can be saved by canning
in the silo. and it provides a succulent
food for the winter which will keen
up the milk flow almost to the point
where it is when the COWS are on pas.
ture.
Tests made by various state expert
nent stations of commercial feed
stuffs have shown that many of them
contain a very large number of weed
seeds Of dangerous character. Germi-
nation tests made Of such weed seeds
showed that large per cent. of them
would grow. One feed stuff tested by
the Maine experiment station showed
that from 20 to GO per cent. of viable
weed seeds were present, from which
would be produced about 100000
noxiOus plants for each 100-pound bag
of feed.
The blood circulation of the COW is
producing organs. That is the reason
that the generous mixer always has
enormous veins running to the udder
1t stands to reason. therefore, that
anything that interferes with a healthy
condition of the blood will equally af
feet the quality and quantity of the
milk. This is the reason why the
running of cows causes shrinkage of