The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07

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Protect the meadows when they are
soft. Trampng Injuries them
For healthy growth of chicks, a
warm. dry and sunny room will com
pensate for a lack of sunshine.
There is absolutely nothing in COM
mon between dirty cream separator
and a gilt edged butter product.
In training a horse to walk fast he
is not injured in the least for any other
gait and can be taught to trot and
gallop just as well as before.
The very first symptom of kicking
should lead us to dispose of the animal
that does it. Life is precious. Never
risk it with a horse that kicks.
When a horse gets to gnawing at
manger the best thing to do is to cover
everything gnawable with tin. Better
do II before the habit is formed, how
ever
1t will he very likely the same chap
who failed TO test his seed corn before
planting 1t who will be bemoaning his
hard luck and cIssing the weather and
/ Providence next election time.
When an egg containing live germ
/ IS surrounded by lot Of eggs contain
ing dead ones, it is IN TO condition 10
get the proper heat. and will have to be
/ a very vigorous germ if it matches out
I at all.
In proportion to contents, there is
more shell surface in small egg than
q large one, so that TO run an incubs TOP
to suit the small egg will be too damp
/ for the larger ones, where moisture is
used, and vice versa.
Begin to work the horses carefully
/ I'm the spring time They have been
standing about till their muscles are
4 all soft, ard to get right down to hard
work all at once may make them sick.
/ Feed carefully, too, for n few days.
! Better underfeed them TO give too much
on the start.
Flax undoubtedly has a place as
subduer of newly broken soils. but ~
a curse when used anywhere else. In
European countries, where this plant Is
raised year after year and primarily
for its fiber, an intensive system of az
riculture is followed, together with
heavy fertiliZing of the soil.
Because some farmers are not getting
rich after having had telephones in
stalled for some years. is no argument
against the phone. The telephone has
simply put him in a position TO meet
competition of other business men WHO
have taken advantage Of the service
| which may be gained over the wires.
4 d. Il In, bo, n
cially ducks and geese. Ducks havs
very weak joints and it always Injuries
| them more or less to catch them by
the legs. Overlooking, overcrowdin2
and lack of ventilation cause much loss
among amateur poultry keepers. A
large per cent of the chicks die and
those that survive are runty and I'M
dersized.
Give the boy two or three acres Of
ground to farm this year. Allow him to
send to the State Agricultural College
for some seed corn and assist him in
preparing the ground and planting this
seed The work will be good for him.
the information obtained will be inval-
liable and the profits will be ample for
him to provide his own clothes for the
coming year.
Don't forget in starting the incuba-
tor TO clean out the heat or flue pipe
into which the lamp chimney extends,
to put in q brand new wick, to clean
all the parts Of the lamp thoroughly,
having the burners as near as possible
as bright as when they are new. Use
good sewing machine oil on all the
bearing parts of the machine after first
carefully removing the dust and dirt.
As q measure Of economy, plan to
grow plenty of vegetables for the family
table throughout the year-potatoes,
meas beans beetS sugar corn tomatoes