The Meeker herald., 1908-02-08

CHARCOAL will be appreciated oy the
hens.
Give the ,sows kept for breeding
plenty of exercise.
Sows can rear two litters = year
Keep them working for you.
A good place for the hog which eats
chickens 10 In the hog barrel.
Give the sheep plenty of pure water.
Snow IL not = good substitute.
You can get rid Of the mites In the
chicken house Il you just keep after
them.
Man eats oysters during oyster
months, hens enjoy oyster shells the
year round.
The man with 4tAo cheap land has a
sure thing In futures" II he sets out
the land to trees.
Are you getting some proportion Of
the high prices which are being paid
for milk in the large cities!
The badly-shod horse Is the one
which has. its. efficiency materially cut
down. Be particular on this point.
There are three kinds OF cows-the
special purpose. the dual purpose and
the no-purpose. Which kind do you
keep?
Study your neighbor's failures as
we'll as your own. They teach valu-
able lessons. more 10, often times.
than the successes.
A small stack Of wheat or oats in
front Of the hen house will give you
. happy family OF chicks this winter
and fill the egg basket as well.
Some farmers like the .dual-purpose
COW, some believe in the special or
one purpose COW. but where is the
farmer who believes In the no'purpose
c6w? ss
Keep . sharp lookout on the stock
this time of year to see that they are
growing satisfactorily. Change Of
feeding system from pasture to stable
often acts as check.
Now don't let the manure accumu-
late around the barn this winter as
you did last. 1t is worth more on the
iield than in the barnyard. Plan to
haul It out every day or two.
Did you eat an apple, plant an apple
tree and care for the old apple tree on
National Apple day. October 16f II
not, mark the date on your calendar
for next year and do better next time.
One successful stockraiser says his
methods are to buy his calves in the
fall and carry them over two winters.
the nrst winter the feed being milk
and grain and hay as soon as they will
eat II.
Mashed turnip Is not the only way
to serve them. Give wife this recipe:
Cut the turnip in small cubes and
cook in as little water as possible.
then add fve or six spoonfuls Of
cream and well beaten egg and serve
at once.
In some recent tests made by the
Indiana experiment station 1t was
found that in the northern section the
average yield per acre Of winter wheat
ranged from 26.3 bushels for Mealy to
30.l for Rudy. Two lots of varieties
tested in the southern section varied
In yield per acre from 27.3 to 32.1
bushels for the one and from 26.8 to
g9.4 bushels for the other.
The extra good milk COW 10 scarce
animal to find. She is not picked up
at every sale and cannot always be
had at private sale. Wherever or
whenever she is found, the price, COM
pared with that Of common stocker
cows, IL calculated to scare one. Yet,
as cows go, 1t is often cheaper to buy
the COW that costs $40 to SIS more
money, for she soon puts that differ
ence In the cream can.
We are going to again insist that no
milking should be done except through
sterilized cheese cloth cover. Just
strip of cheese cloth big enough to
cover the top of the pail and sag down
in the middle SO as not to make the
milk splash when 4 strikes the cloth
is all that is necessary. Tie a string
around the bucket to hold the cloth in
place and there you are. When the
milking is done you will be surprised
to see how much fine fllth you have
prevented from falling into the pail
to be taken up and absorbed by the
milk. Perhaps you will say that you
strain the milk through cloth after
milking. but that will not accomplish