The state herald., 1908-07-24
NlD FARM
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Fix up your fences and take off the
yokes from your cattle.
If you have not started those farm
accounts yet begin now.
Remember the COW must have food
to keep up her bodily vigor as well as
to provide for the milk yield.
Cut the burdock off at the crown and
0pour few drops of kerosene on each
stalk. Time will do the rest
Calves should have access to good
clean hay at all times II the best re.
suits are to be obtained from the
grain ration which is fed.
A can with hole punched in the
bottom OF 1t the size of the seed to be
sown makes an excellent aid to SOW.
ing of seed In the garden.
Get the sunshine habit. You know
how sunshine makes the crop grow.
Sunshine in the home and about the
daily tasks is Just as essential.
II is folly to sell of the stock Just
because the prices seem to be low and
1t looks as though It was Improbable
to raise them. BE patient and wait
for prices to recover. as they will.
The small flock does better than the
1arUa Nnck bacnuaa tho rotipp pf tho
former is made up largely of the table
scraps. which provide a more bal.
anced ration than that provided by the
more exclusively grain diet.
, An old farmer who has tried Il says
that common poke root boiled down to
strong tea and added TO the drinking
water in proportion OF one cupful to a
pallful OF water will cure chicken
cholera, and hog cholera, too.
A farmer who fed his hogs the skim
milk warm from the separator. mixing
with corn meal at the ratio Of one to
three. that is. one pound of corn meal
to three OF milk. found that he secured
what amounted TO 40 cents 100
pounds for his skim milk.
Owing to the wet weather this
spring the weeds have given the farm
ers n hard fight In most sections. But
II by extra effort the fields are kept
clean. the crops will show proportion.
ately greater Improvement as result
of the more thorough cultivation.
The farmers wife should be his help.
meet In all things. but not his drudge.
She should help In planning the work
OF the farm but she should not be
asked or expected to take the place
OF a hired man and do rough chores,
We think that she should not even be
asked to help do the milking.
Ever stop TO figure out how many
eggs your hens averaged for the year,
Perhpas you would be surprised to
know how low an average your flock
would show. II costs no more to feed
. 200-egsa-year hen than the one that
only lays 100 eggs. Why not study the
individual merits OF your flock and
breed for better layers!
Farmers In some sections are ex.
pcricneinK trouble this year from clod.
dy ground due TO the piowing having
been done when wet There Ia not
much which can be done 10 relieve
such a condition. The only thing to
do 10 10 watch and put the harrow on
the ground at tho moment when the
ciods appear to have their greatest
possible friabiiity. due TO their con.
tanning certain amount OF moisture.
Whitewnsh may be put on with the
spray pump provided the wash Ia thor.
oaEhiy strained before pumping. 9th.
crwise particles are apt TO clio. In the
pump. II In n fast way of getting on
tho wash and \ good way. as the wash
may be forced Into hooks and corners
where tho brush cannot reach. Every
farmer should have = spray pump. as
house. but II frequently necessary In
tho orchard.
Heifprnnins trees are the subject
Of an interesting article In tho Journal
~ the New York botanical Garden by
Mr.. e, \. Gaxer. who studied the
phenomenon In his garden. In DC.
tober tho sapiinE popiafH litter the
ground about them with branches.
most of which are two years old and
bear winter buds. Tn. eata'pa. the
aiiantus. the horse chestnut. the elm.
the lilac. the mulberry. the maple.
and II or ~ other varieties Of trees
have this habi, of sslfprunin. with
some. 40 N. naples. I, occurs IN
spring or early summer. with others,
In the autumn. The purpose appears
10 be 10 get rid of supernuous branch.
.s The branches thus eliminated
arc not dead 10 begin with. bu, die as