The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-05-20

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j fertilizer.
It pays to spray is the declaration
of those who have tried it, Do you
begin this year:
Give the horse his heaviest feeding
at night after the days work is over
and when he has time to digest it.
Where alfalfa is not grown cowpeos
make excellent substitute for fall
pasturage for sheep. Plan for such a
crop.
There are thousand and one ways
of waste On the farm. Be on the
watch for them. Stop the little
leaks
The farmer who is making the busi-
ness of hog raising a matter for scicn-
tific study is the man. who is max
ing certain of his profits.
The dirt road becomes a good road
under the faithful application of the
spiit-log drag. What kind of road
have you alongside of your place?
A cows digestive system is never
improved by drinking from the mud
puddles in the pasture. Drain all
such places and provide clean. pure
water.
Ideas. like seeds. are no good when
laid up on the shelf of the mind and
not used. Sow your ideas In the soil
of farm experience and reap the har-
vest Of better things.
Crab grass which proves SO trouble
some in the corn fields during the late
summer may be pastured on by the
sheep or rather the lambs. for the
latter are not likely to trouble the
corn.
| The matter of first consideration In
planting an orchard is that of per-
sonal taste Plant what you like.
Other matters which must be consid-
cred are soil and location. Select
trees which will thrive under the
conditions you can provide.
successfully treated in some cases by
dosing with epson salts, one ounce to
each animal, following this physic with
one dessertspOonful of cod liver oil,
ten grams phosphate of lime and two
drops nux-vomica given twice a day
| for several weeks.
Like the gun that isn't loaded the
bull that isn't dangerous is the one
| that generally goes off and does dam
age to some one. Don't trust too far
the most docile appearing animal. In
an instant some time his temper may
change and some one be killed or in
jured before he can escape, or the
bull be conquered. Take no chances.
Matching muskmelon seeds under a
sitting hen is the method of New
York market gardener in getting early
melons, for says he 1T is all in getting
the seed to sprout." He puts the seed
to soak over night in a rag and the
next day puts them under the hen,
where the heat starts the seeds in
three or four days and they are ready
to put in the ground in the cold frame
The medium-sized hog at the pres
ent time seems most in favor. Hogs
weighing from 500 to COO pounds or
more were once thought to be ideal,
but it became apparent to swine grow
ers that every day a hog lived over
one year it was losing money for its
owner. Now hogs are so managed
and fed that in eight or ten months
they are large enough to meet the
popular demand.
The margin between the cost of the
feeders and the price received for
them when finished is one, factor
which decides very largely whether
a profit can be realized. II the mar.
ket price for all grades of cattle is
lower when the finished animals are
to be marketed than it was when they
were bought this narrowing of the
margin will often result in a less dan
ger of loss when feeds are cheap.
A farmer who has had considerable
experience with kicking cows tells us
his method of handling them. He takes
a piece of inch rope seven or more feet
long. He makes a loop in one end.
and through this loop runs the rope
after passing it around both legs
above the joint of the middle of the
leg. the rope being crossed between
the legs. This arrangement will pre-
vent the rope or loop from slipping |
down over the legs of the COW. The |
loop through which the end of the rope |
is passed should be on the side of the |
leg and near the mixer, as this brings |
the loose end of the rope In his lap |
This end he holds between the pail |
and his left leg. When the COW kicks |
she will be able to push her foot for. |
ward but a few inches.
The Union Stock Yards at Chicago 1
together with the big packers and the |
University of Illinois are interested