The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-11-18

Feed variety to the hogs.
The farm is no place for the lazy
Growing pigs should not be confined
to small pens and yards.
An animals. especially the horse.
relish change In their feed.
Cover the rhubarb and asparagus
beds with q heavy coating Of manure.
For every tree cut out q new one
should be planted. Only In this way
can you keep up the supply.
The plank drag will prove Of great
value on any farm in crushing clods
and making land fit for the seed.
Alfalfa hay Is good for the horse as
1t contains more nutriment than tim
othy hay. but be careful as to how you
feed 1t.
DO you know that your hens come
over into my garden?' Il thought
they WERE" why so?" Because they
never came back"
Leaks in the roof and cracks in the
walls Of the hen house will lead you
to conclude before the winter il over
that chicken raising does not pay.
Without comfort how can you ex-
pect that your dairy COW Is going to
I'LL the milk pail. SILVER and shake
and a poor food ration never yet
secured q profit from q COW.
Good ventilation is needed in the
sheep barn, but don't let that ventila-
ton be through the roof which lets
the rain in. Fix up the barn now II
you have not already done SO.
Canadian thistles can be cleaned out
of a field by a thorough cultivation
of the ground for a few years, making
sure that none of the thistles go to,
seed. Not an easy job, but it can be
done.
One farmer who has had success
raising calves takes them from the
mother after the third day and feeds
skim milk with q handful Of rolled
oats to a quart of milk. The oats
before using are boiled up with a
little salt in the water.
Every farm in the land should have
its flock of sheep. Twenty are none
too many. They will keep the pas =
lures free from weeds, and while
living on forage which the other ami
mails would not touch will enrich the,
ground with their droppings.
Protect the young fruit trees before
the snow comes and drives the rab-
bits and mice to eat the tree bark. An
excellent way of doing this Is to wrap
laths, building paper or strips of wood
veneer around the base of each tree.
reaching two or three feet up from the
ground.
Investigation has proved that the
greater part of the impurities found in
milk get there within q short time
after 1t has been drawn from the
COW and before it leaves the shed.
This fact should set the farmer to
how he can improve the
in his barn.
Take care of the threshing engine
Clean the boiler, then fill it with cold
water. pour in quart Of good oil
md get up steam. then blow 1t out
When it gets cold clean the CRATES
,ood and all around them. then take
some axle grease or thick oil and
crease the inside of the firebox all
Oil the fiues with good oil
md put two or three shOvelfuls of dry
in the firebOx to take up the
lampness.
The government commission on
country life is anxious to obtain all
he suggestions possible from farm
rs. and pursuant to that end have
ent out circulars containing various
uestiOns covering nearly every phase
# farm life with the request that
hey be answered and returned. II
Ou have not received one, write to
he commission at Washington, d. c.,
nd one will be promptly sent. Such
elp will prove of inestimable value
0 the commission.
Save your coal ashes for mixing
Nth heavy soil in the vegetable gar
en-. They have almost no fertilizing
alue, but help to loosen up some
oils. SCOT should always be saved
then fues and chimneys are cleaned,
Or it is invaluable. especially for
oses. 1t is beneficial as a fertilizer
nd drives away insects. For radishes,
mons and cabbages it is helpful, for
discOurageS the cutwOrms and
rubs Wood ashes are especially
as fertilizer and should al
-ays be saved.
The jairy division of the United
tates department of agriculture will
,nduct milk and cream contest open
, all dairymen in the United States,
/ the third annual dairy show, Chi