The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-03

experience say about incubators.
Large boned but smoothly built mares
bred to good sized jack of good blood
will produce the best mules.
The fellow who plows clean
straight furrow is quite likely to be
straight i'm some other respects.
The farmer who does not sell off tho
fertility of his land through the mllch
cow seldom signs a note at the bank.
Some people enjoy talking about their
physical ailments great deal mora
than they would enjoy perfect health
A cement walk costs but a trife
more than a substantial plank walk OF
the same dimensions and will outlast Ii
many times.
No ensilage should he allowed to
stand in the stable and no hay should
he fed just before milking or dust
will be raised.
You may be sure that if you pack
three grades of fruit in one box or
barrel you will get only the price for
the lowest grade
There is one advantage in teaching
horse to walk well. and that Is he
is not injured in the least in any way
fo,. onx- othar Oaif
A ration Of good wheat bran once
week is a fine change for horse. Wet
ii up good and he will relish it and it
will act nicely on his bowels.
A pretty accurate lineup IN the abll-
fly and financial standing of farmer
can be secured by n glimpse at the
kind of fences be has on his place.
To the shambles with the cow that
cannot produce enough to pay fox her
keep. Keeping this kind of an animal
is like pouring water into rat hole.
The anonymous letter writer and the
dog poisoner belong to the same COW
ardly company, both engaging in enter
rrlses for which they do not care TO
assume responsibility.
The silo has certainly come to stay
No better proof of this assertion IN the
fact that in the older dairy districts Of
New England many new silos have been
4bic no 81 caaSon
Poultry that is confined should be
provided with an abundance of char
coal, oyster shell and grit. When run
mig loose the fowls will get these Gle
ments or their equivalents of their own
accord
There is such a thing as being more
nice than wise" and the successful
dairyman will be one who can draw
the line in the right place and accom-
plish the most satisfactory results with
minimum expense.
United States Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wilson charges the farmers of this
country with being soil robbers. The
charge is rather sweeping. but if placed
on trial good many of them would
have 10 plead guilty.
| A New Jersey man who owns twelve
White Leghorn hens, all over five years
Of age, says they laid an average Of
ten eggs per day during April. He
thinks it is mistake 10 kill hens
under three years old
Being behindhand is more largely Il
matter of mere habit than necessity
being much more easily encouraged
than discouraged when once formed
With many it is to quite an extent re-
sponsible for the fact that they meyer
get ahead in the world.
Massachusetts has a new law which
makes n uniform milk standard OF
1925 per cent total solids and 325 PEI
cent of which must be butter fat This
reduces the butter fat for summer
slightly and increases the winter stand
ard by fraction.
When n dealer buys unsorted apples
he turns them out on the floor cf his
them. BY this process he sometimes
I gains as much rs so per cent on tLe
price If the whole lot. Why not Dc
this at home or in the orchardi
One beauty about good system OF
thing is the fact that while It make:
the land through which it runs aracle
IL a wet season, ii does not dry 1t OllI
too much i'm n dry season, as a mellow
condition Of soil prevails that tends tC
prevent baking of the surface.
The difference between poor csN
anG u good one in n dairy is tire sif
ference between success and failure.
poor COW is estimated by the pounds o.
;,csh she carries-a good one by tht
amount of milk she gives. Cows Ire
purchased ut $50 that are expensive
und others for 500 that are cheap, a.
their work i'm the dairy will show.
The children In the home enjoy ;
balanced ration as well as do the AMI
mails In the feed lot or stable. Suck {
ration is pork and beans, boiled pcta
toes and brown bread, poached egg OF
toast, good graham bread and Jereey
milk; roast pork, dressing and baket
potatoes and apple sauce; roast beef
mashed potatoes a. d Pc.
Where one understands the proIel
recipes for making the different kinds
of cement for the various farm use.
any enterprislng farmer or farmers
boy can manufacture his own cemen
blocks, make water trough, hogEei
floor or construct the walks about TN
house provided only that n supply o