The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
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You cannot afford to put high-pricet
feed into scrubs.
Keep posted on the market prices O
cereals and produce.
The pigs need exercise. An Sx1(
yard will not give 1t to them.
See that your crops do not suffer
from cold. wet feet, by draining the
land.
The good farmer is not always the
good business man. How is it with
you?
The manure that IL allowed to &C
emulate In the pile will lose about
so per cent. of its value.
Cool the milk as soon after draw.
ing as Is possible. This applies to
winter as well as summer.
The curried horse Is healthier, and
utilizes more Of the feed given to him
than the uncared-for animal.
The early Matched pullets ought to
be laying now. Feed them up and
get them into the earning class as
soon as possible.
Protect the young trees in the or
chard from rats, mice and rabbits. A
shield of tar paper will prove quite
effective II well put on.
Variety is the spice of hfe," and
that is good rule to apply to crops.
Rotation is the thing. Work out some
plan to begin on next year.
Shut-in poultry should be provided
with plenty of exercise. Feed the
grain in deep litter and make them
scratch for every bit they get. They
will enjoy 1t better.
The completion of the 500. 900 agri-
cultural building by the Missouri
state college next September will
mark another advance step in a farm
education in that state.
OF course all the farm machinery
has been properly cleaned and housed
before this, and yet We cannot help
but fear that some neglectful farmer
has forgotten. This is by way of re-
minder.
Weigh the milk of each COW, keep
q record. test the milk and find out
your cows are turning you a
profit or not. Feed is too high to
waste on robber cows. Weed them
out.
Some who have tested it declare
that the same amount of feed needed
to produce a pound of pork will pro-
duce a pound of gain in a chicken.
And when one remembers that the
selling price of poultry is about twice
that of pork We feel that big point is
made in favor of poultry raising.
Now is the time of year to take &C
count of things, and see where you
stand. Figure out what your crops
and your stock are worth, try and es-
innate the expenses Of the year and
then strike a balance. Such figuring
will make of you more careful farm
er, and will make you search out
many q leakage in farm methods.
The easiest and cheapest way of
supplying nitrogen to the soil is by
the growing of leguminous crops.
Without this element you cannot pro
duce good crops of any kind. Re-
this and lay out a system of
crop rotation which includes the grow
Ing of clover or other leguminous crop
upon the land once in every four or
i've years.
It depends entirely upon the soil
and its condition as to what kind OF
fertilizer IT needs. Some soils need
Inning. Others do not. Some need to
be built up in humus. some need phos-
phate. others are sadly deficient in
nitrogen. BY the application of manure.
special fertilizers and the growing OF
crops there is no soil but
which can be built up to high state
If productivity.
It's the farmer that's got the money.
Here is what western banker says:
Z don't know what We will do with
heir accumulations when the corn
.rop is gathered. A few years ago,
nearly all the money loaned by the
banks to farmers was to live on or
o carry over their mortgage interest.
At that time, hardly any money was
borrowed by business men. To-day
he business interests are the borrow
RS. and it is the farmers surplus |
wealth which is loaned to them"
Here is the conversation which took |
lace between a certain farmer and |
lis friend over a COW which was val |
led very highly and illustrates what |
alse notions some men have as to the |
cal money value of good COW
What is that COW WORTH" was asked |
s they were looking the animal over.
Five hundred dollars" With a look
4 establishment in his face the other
eplied: Il wouldn't give that for the |
est COW on earth" Now last spring
re happened to know that he paid
500 for a nice team of horses. That"
"a said, was all right" Then we
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