The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-02
NIH FARM
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SOi0 nights ana frosty grass never
put a pound of flesh on any animal.
Well groom the horse and he will
H work well for you; neglect him and
he will prove an Indifferent servant.
Go slow with the new variety OF
fruit tree, the new breed of stock, the
seed of the new variety of grain. Test
them out first
Growing crops on the land in the
summer should be followed in the win
ter by the growing of crops of beef
and pork and mutton in the barns.
Oil meal is good for the horses. 1t
keeps them in good condition and
makes their coat soft and sleek. Give
a handful, to each horse once a day.
While sheep do not need as warm
housing as other stock, they must
be kept dry, both under foot and over
head Keep the sheep stables well
cleaned.
An excellent plan in handling sheep
is to provide well-prOtected yards into
which they may be turned on fine
days, and have a shed for the stormy.
blustery weather.
Put the unthrifty- appearing ewes by
themselves and give q little extra
feed. Perhaps they are suffering from
The greed of the bosses in the flock
and are not getting a full ration.
Sweet potatoes are packed In ven.
tilated barrels for shipment just as
are apples. They must be packed
snugly and the cover pressed on SO
as to make sure that there will be no
shifting in the barrel.
The need of the establishment of
county agricultural high schools is be-
ing urged, and the success of the
Dunn county wis., school is an Illus
tration of what such a school may do
for farming communities.
A cheap field shelter for sheep and
cattle can be made by erecting
framework of poles supported by posts
set in the ground. over and around
which straw stack can be placed,
leaving the south side open.
II is not enough to know how much
each COW is producing. but how much
the production has cost To do this
YOU must not only weigh and test the
milk. but keep account of the feed
and estimate its cost to you.
There is more clean money in win
ter dairying than in summer dairying.
With a silo to provide succulent feed,
and COWS freshening in the fall and
winter. the highest returns can be
counted on from the herd. No flies to
bother in the winter time.
Don't let pals of milk stand in the
barn while all the COWS are being
MIXED. Remove it at once and get
the separator at work upon it while
il is warm. Cool the cream as soon
as possible. Never mix warm cream
with that which has been cooled.
Green scum which collects on stand
ing water and in stock tanks is caused
by thread like plant called spirogyra.
Cleaning tanks once a month will
keep them free from the trouble.
Some use a spray on the tanks made
up of a six per cent. solution of copper
Sulphate.
The use of molasSeS as a ration for
cattle is not so new as some would
suppose, having been SO fed as early
as 1911, Germany being perhaps the
first country to SO use ii. Farmers in
this country are coming to understand
its value. finding that it increases the |
milk flow and keeps COWS in good con- |
,lition.
A farmer who has seen wash water |
and dish water impregnated with soap |
and dirt fed to hogs raises the ques-
ton as TO whether such diet is health |
full. Such water is the best kind of |
fertilizer, but we doubt whether il
does the hogs any good. Stops which
contain food scraps and the liquid
leavings from the kitchen are of .
course different and provide the hogs
with food elements which are good.
that is II the Stops are not allowed |
to sour and spoil before feeding.
The president of Bowdoin college
declares that the county fair as at
present conducted has outlived its
usefulness and has degenerated into
an immoral exhibition at which crooks
and gamblers play the star parts. We
wonder what fair he attended this
year. There may be county fairs
which come within the scope of his
criticism. and if there are such it is
indeed high time that a reform was
instituted, but the fairs We have come
in touch with have been of a decided
ly educational character, the exhibit
tons of fine stock, farm garden and
orchard produce, and of farm machin-
cry being better than ever. Amuse.
ments of a clean, wholesome sort have
their rightful place at every fair and
provide the farmers and their families
with the stimulating recreation that
they need However, too much care
cannot be exercised by fair officials
in seeing that Objectionable features
do not creep in unawares. Be sure