The state herald., 1908-07-24
Little or no grain should be fed the
brood sow when not sucking pigs.

Little or no grain should be fed the
brood SOW when not sucking pigs.
Cleanliness in the hen house is the
price of freedom from lice and mites.
Good idea to buy the ram now
which you will need for use next fall.
Keep the boar in separate pen far
enough away from the sows to keep
him from fretting.
The wet land will grow alsike clover
when other clovers will fail. Try 1t.
1t is high in nitrogen content.
There is no reason to suppose that
the Plymouth Rock egg is harder to
break than that of any other variety.
Don't be discouraged. Corn often
more than makes up In July and Au.
gust what 1t has lost in May and June
from unfavorable conditions.
In climates where low temperatures
are constant during the winter a
hillside site for the orchard is to be
preferred to the low.lylng places.
The grain from two-rowed barley is
usually OF better quality than that
from the six-rowed variety although
the production is not quite so heavy.
The right start with work in the
morning makes things run smoothly
all day. Try planning out the work
the night before. so that each one Of
the hands has definite work assigned
1t Is coming to be more generally ad-
dairy type of COW and the beef pro-
ducer must hold himself to the beef
animals. In other words, the dual.
purpose idea is on the wane.
Tile drainage is subject which is
receiving more intelligent considera-
tion of the farmers than ever before.
1t is costly improvement. but repsys
the out.c' many fold in Increased pro-
ductivity of the land thus treated.
The trap nest is the only sure way
OF finding out the best layers, but the
observant farmers wife can pick out
the best layers and by keeping them
for the breeders next season she will
be on the road to improving her flock
and increasing her egg money.
Too many poultry yards are un-
slightly mud puddles after rain. One
farmer eliminated such condition by
enlarging his yard space so as to take
In a big patch Of green and by the
poultry house door laying wide strip
of cement and around this cinders up
TO the point where the green sward
began.
New ideas are all right II they are
carefully digested and wisely used
The man who plunges, blindly ahead
into something which sounds good but
which may have weak and impract.
cable points connected herewith. is
the man who is constantly making
serious mistakes and is making fail
ure OF farming and stockraising.
Have you put In that patch OF corn
for summer use for the cows? Re.
member that the pasturaae gets pret.
ty dry and thin during the hot weeks
of July and August and you need
something to piece out and prevent
serious shrinkage In the milk yield.
II is n great mistake to let the cows
run down In their milk.
Secretary Wilson defines the pro.
gressiye farm as one who rotates his
crops. tile-drains his land. keeps dairy
cows or mutton sheep or both. breeds
draft horses. does farm work with
brood mares and growing colts. and
improves the power OF the soil by
growing legumes. How In IT, DO you
come into the class thus deiinedg
A mason who is onto his job and
VIM buiiub III tur iu'cr'rNs VI Hih stu.
pioycr says II chlmneys are plastcred
up inside as they are built with q
mortar 10 which one.fourth common
salt Is added II will have glazed
finish to which the SCOT will not stick.
and hence there will be no chimncys
catching fire from the SCOT aocumula.
tons.
A good oil or vinegar barrel cut In
half and placed over the pasture
spring will make good drinking place
for the stock. without the barrel the
water sof,cns nil the soil about which
IL trampcd by tho stock until II be.
comes n mud hole. II tho land slopes
away from the spring tho other half
Of barrel can be sunk Into the ground
and u pipe run from the half barrel a,
the spring.
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