The state herald., 1908-10-23

The ram should be pastured away
from the ewes. M
The good horse will sell himself
Why raise any other?
Leaks in the barn and the hsnse
roofs should be fixed right away.
Before taking the colt from the am
be sure he has learned to eat grain.
If you have not already done so.
do not delay to cut the asparagus tops
and burn.
The crop of children is just as i'm
portant looking after and cultivating
as the field crops
Think of the fruit season next year
and give the bushes and trees the at
tention they need
Provide the dust bath for the hens
before the ground freezes and II is
impossible TO get the dust.
In deciding what fruits TO groa ON
the farm be governed by those vade-
ties which do well in your locality.
Pin money for the farmer and his
family would be more plentiful If the
chickens were managed more in,rlli-
gently.
Now is the time to go through the
orchards and vineyards and picf co.
coons and egg clusters from the trees
and vines.
Good care of the work horses al
ways pays, The seasons hard work
should be Offset by better care and
better feed.
The old corn crib can be made rat
and mice proof by lining with wire
Eetiing. The cost OF netting Is more
than offset by the saving In corn.
The manure from n COW is worth
about 50 n year II hauled out to the
field at once; about 81 as handled or
the average farm. Do you see the
point?
! The suspicious noise In the len
house may he n weasel at work. Find
out. rout out and kill IL you possibly
can. II you don't, rest assure Mr
Weasel will.
Dirt hauled on the roads means
muddy roads next spring Do mad
hlllng and dragging In the spring
Then In the fall. supplement the work
by good drngginr again.
improvements continue TO he mad,
in the milking machines, 80 that nov
several seem TO be doing satisfaetor,
work. Whore 20 or more cows ar,
kept the machines prove profitable.
Clean M the orchards, burn all rub
bish and you will not only destroy
many inject pests. but will remove
lurking places for mice who would
do injury to the trees during the win
ter time.
Knowing how much the COWS IRE
giving In nilk. and knowing how mpch
II costs TO produce Il. are two dll.r.
ent things Hut the second Is NOR
Important than the first In carrying
on profitable dairying.
An allafound good fertilizer II
made IN OF 600 pounds OF nitrate of
soda, 800 of good bono. 200 Of acid
phosphate. 100 Of mnfiaie Of potash,
apply at the rate Of 200 10 500 pounds
per acre. This il Prof Voorhees, for.
mnln
parnlyslF In pigs II not Of long
standing may be- helped aud even
overcome by giving three drops of The
fluid extract ~ nuS yomlca In 10
drops of tho OIL Of Rnulthcrln. and a
tablespoonful OF codiiycr oil twie. a
day for several weeks
Store onions In n loft rather than
In cellar. aa In the latter place they
are apt 10 Hprout A few parHnipn
can be well k-p, In the cellar by put.
ting In moist sand Don't pull them
ell. thunrh. Tor freezing sweetona
them. Potatoes should be stored In
bins.
u you do not want TO keep the cab
hnge IN the cellar tfy this method,
Select the drlost place In the patch,
pnll NJ the cabbagea and stand close.
ly together, heads down, Cover with
sell from ilye 10 sis inches. ihiniy at
flfst. 20 they viii not heat, covering
only enough 10 prevent freezing M
the season advances. The buryinE
beds may be made from four To sis
feet Wide, cAbbases In quantity