The state herald., 1908-10-16
Get good and give good is a good


A small farm well-kept is better
than the big farm indifferently run.
More sheep well-handled will mean
a more fertile farm and more money
for you next year.
Know your cows and do not board
through the winter the cows that do
not pay their way
Cold fall rains will prove sure
robber of the sheep profits, If the ami
mails are given no shelter.
The butter flavor can be improved
by adding tablespoonful of granu-
lated sugar to ten pounds of butter.
It is good plan to put finely cut
hay with the grain to compel the
horses to masticate their feed prop
erly.
Make up for the scantiness of the
pasturage at this time of year is made
up with corn stalks or other succulent
feed.
Spray the stables occasionally to
drive out the flies. A good fly spray
is n good disinfectant, and will purify
the air of the stable.
Melting is hard on the poultry.
Feed well at this time so that they
may come through the period strong
and ready for the winter laying sea
/ son.
Sort the chickens at this time and
dispose of all the superiiuous ones.
| Don't winter over the old hens, except
/ such of the trusty ones as you want
! to keep for setting next spring.
A poultry keeper of New Jersey has
| found a new use for the box kites.
1 He flies them over his henneries and
| says they scare the hawks away.
/ Worth trying.
Mango is germ disease. Hogs
! thus afflicted should be washed clean
liable firms for the purpose will do.
/ More than one application may bo
necessary
Keep a level head when the work is
crowding. Think quick and do the
most important thing first. then the
next Don't get ratified. but do one
thing at a time.
Liquid manure is the most valuable
part. often containing as much as 60
10 40 per cent. Of fertility. Plenty
of bedding will help to save it, II you
have not cistern into which the
liquid manure is drained.
No two horses any more than two
people require the same amount OF
feed TO keep them In condition. You
must study your animals and feed
with Judgment to secure the best re-
suits.
The COW that holds up her milk can
be induced to give down. declares a
farmer who has tried It, by placing
across her back over the udder a sack
weighted with sand or other material
up to 60 pounds.
BOYS should learn how TO sharpen
their own knives. hang up their caps
hunt up things that are lost. be faith
ful to n trust. brave In the face OF
danger. plucky when a pain or hurt
would make them cry. helpful to every.
body human, and kind 10 beast and
bird
Dccnycd and liberated teeth or teeth
which have worn uneven viii put n
horse out nf condition quickly. for the
animal cannot chew his food properly
and indigestion follows. Look to the
horsos teeth. doctor the sore gums
draw out the docaycd teeth. even up
the good ones and YOU viii put your
horse Into the way OF returning health.
The wcvst thing you can do TO the
.
I him. BE Kind 20 him. cnress him.
allay his excitement by speaking aud
siroklng his neck. and leave the team
alone for 10 or ~ minutes. Then urge
| them ON again. turning the horses a
I little 20 the right and left, 10 M 10 get
| them In motion. before they fool the
I presence Of the load behind thcm.
Drive about 90 PAGES and stop again,
before the balky horse stops ON his
own account Then carcsa and start
again.
Experiment seems 10 prove that
! chicks grow faster upon soft mashoa
I than upon dry grains. There seems
I Ia be least danger from bowel loose
ness when the dry grnlnH only are
fed. and II Is very essential that the