The Jasper news., 1908-10-15
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I'LL FARM
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For the farmers use the drafter is
The best animal to own.
dS;Have the poultry house light and
airy and, above all, clean.
;.,c Spraying is absolutely useless un-
less done OF the right time.
The best milk pail is the one with
the fewest number of seams.
Hens compelled to sit upon the
ground are apt to develop rheumatism.
Don't let the harness get stiff and
hard. Money out Of your pocket If
you do.
The orchard is no place for live
stock, save perhaps pigs and the
chickens.
Well-kept machinery will make the
work of the farm easier, both for the
farmer and his team.
= Never mix fertilizer or manure with
lime. Work the lime into the surface
before applying the fertilizer.
The sore neck and shoulder upon
the horse Ia more easily; prevented
than cured. Keep close lookout.
Do a little forestry work on the
farm this fall. Plant patch of trees.
The nursery catalogue Of the forest
service of the agricultural department
may help you. Send for it to Wash
ington, d. c..
Who would think to look at the
Bcrubby teams some farmers are con-
tent to drive that there was one bit
Of personal pride or ambition In them?
1t pays to have good team and 1t pays
to keep them right.
On fields where the clover crop was
almost failure, the Ohio experiment
station tried lining with good results.
The lime was burnt and then ground
and spread over the ground at the
rate of one ton per acre.
The man to be successful breeder
OF livestock must have true love and
interest in his work, and he must also
have thorough knowledge of the
pedigree Of his animals, that Is, he
should be certain that there Is real
basis for the qualities which he thinks
his stock possess.
Do you know that II 10 poor econo-
my to save the cost OF building at the
expense of heavy loss Of feed stuffs?
Do you know that the hay stack win.
tered out doors loses in value many
times what the interest would be on
the money invested in building suit,
able to house It? Figure 1t out for
yourself.
You study to provide just the right
conditions for growing the biggest
crops. Are you doing as much for
your boy? Remember he needs the
right kind. of soil to grow in and the
right kind of cultivation TO develop
the best in him, and who but mother
and father should give the matter
most thought and attention?
The wagon or buggy that Is left out
of doors in the hot sun is more than
certain to develop case of rattles
about the wheels, and when far from
home some time you may roll tire
~ nd "a a
tires become loose run the wheel
through boiling linseed oil and, after
letting stand for several days, paint.
This will give them new lease Of
life.
Come now, be honest. Do you know
Just what your cows are doing for you?
Ten chances to one that there are
some robber cows in your herd and
you don't know 1t, because you have
never kept any record of their milk
yield, neither have you tested their
milk as to butter fat content 1t is
Just guess work with you. What
would you think of the merchant in
: town that was content to handle goods
year in and year out without knowing
whether 1t was at profit or loss? And
yet that is exactly what the dairy
farmer is doing who does not know
each Individual cow and what she is
doing for him. Make up your mind
you begin at once to find out what
each COW lie doing and weed out the
Improbable ones.