The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-19

Pine tar generously applied to the
noses OF the sheep at shearing time
will prevent grub in the head.
Little things done in season will
tighten the big tasks and make farm
Ing more pleasant and profitable.
Preaching economy doesn't amount
10 much. You must practice 1t, but
here is such a thing as being too
economical.
DairyiDg is a ready money business,
and no other branch of live stock keep
ing can compare with ii for enriching
he farla.
Three common faults in butter max
ng are overripe cream, overchurning
and .overworking The first means
strong butter, the second and third soft
butter.
The man who starts in the dairy
business with the idea that he is going
TO make q success simply because he
has some particular breed, is Oh the
wrong road.
Many lovers of fine horses are am
| bilious TO breed their own driving
horses, breeding high class trOtting bred
mares to Hackney or Coach stations
Tor beauty and action.
Do not buy a horse with narrow
Or shallow chest, or whose forelegs are
close together He has but sufficient
COON for rest of strong lungs and
will Dot be long winded.
A two-inch hole bored foot deep
INTO the stump and filled with salt
peter to which water is added, and left
10 stand q couple of months will has
zen the burning of the stump.
One farmer recommends as pre-
ventive of ravages on the sheep hocks
by dogs that the sheep owner place
with his flock billy goat that will get
along very we'll with the sheep and de
TEND them from the dogs.
A Mississippi steamboat which car
ried away a cows calf was followed
thirty miles by the bereaved animal,
swimming all the time When the COW
was about to be drowned from eX-
haustion she was rescued by fisher
| men.
The onion crop Of Texas is becom-
ne an important factor in the large
eastern markets. Texas onions are
providing out Bermudas and prices CT
The latter are steadily falling. 1t is
said that the quality of the Texas
onion is almost If not equal to that of
he famous Bermudas.
Be careful to furnish good dust
bath for fowls, for it is the only nat
ural means the bird has of Kidding it
self of lice and mites. Provide n
house free from vermin. then provide
the birds with a good dust bath, and
the question of lice and mites will be
reduced to minimum.
1t Is estimated that the farmers CT
Colorado finished more than a million
sheep and lambs last year, mainly on
alfalfa II was a bad year for the
sheep business, and il is said that the
oss will lie about 81 per head. How
ever, 10 credit is given for the great
amount OF fertility returned to the
and.
1 On, .f No
souri,. missed several choice pigs recent
" and began to suspect his neighborS
until he discovered that the youas
animals were being pecked to death
by IA flock of crows. A flock Of 20c
Of these black pirates actually killed
pig aud stripped It's bones clean in
less thar thirty minutes.
More i.orses are injured by enforced
ldleness than by work. Days that
| horses are not at work they should
run in box stall or yard. Their hair
may not lie quite as close and even be
4 little longer, but they will keep
healthier and be In much better shape
for next seasons work for having thelI
regular exercise every day. either ini
the harness or out I'm the yard.
There were fifty-six calls upon the
| Wisconsin dairy school last lear for
men to fill good positions in cheese
factories. and fifty-three bu.ter-mak
FRS wee wanted. In addition to these
| there tTere numerous requests for meE
skilled in the operation of creameries
| The college was unable. to supply all
The demands. and yet some farm boys
prefer TO sell neckties I'm a city store
Oh salary of So per week rather than
to take a course at the agricultural
sollees
An English stock journal tells of
fam0 veterinary surgeon who was
once called on to Ge[ide a question
| Of blindness In a horse, concerning
which two London vets differed He
enter ed the yard where the horse stood
and. without examining the animals
eyes. ordered halter to be put on hin,
and an empty bucket to be placed IN
! the riddle of the yard. Then taking
the halter he led the horse in direct
line for the bucket. The horse went
forward and Numbered over IL with
his i)relegs. Blind, without doubt
was the verdict.
Hints to Mushroom Growers.
IL turning up portion Of a bed
maerOts may be discovered i'm tho
manure. few may do no perceptible
harp, but a large number will eat vi.
the spawn, leaving not even a thread
to develop single mushroom. Many
kinds of insects are apt to swarm in
warnl cellars, together with the egg
laying varieties which cause the mag
COTS. regardless of foul air which may
Otter accumulate and which Is an in
jury TO the mushrooms. In each sue