The Lamar register., 1908-11-25
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out the hard problems.
Care must always be taken in feed
ing new oats after old dry oats. The
change should be gradual.
The last call to clean out all the
stock which will not pay their way
through the winter season.
Feed all stock so that there will be
a gain. 1t is losing business to feed
SO as to just keep them even.
Ask the wife's advice and follow 1t
after it is given. You cannot go far
wrong when you trust her judgment.
Keep the skim milk on the farm.
You cannot afford to let it go. Get
separator, sell the cream and feed the
milk to the pigs and calves.
A windbreak for the orchard would
prove a good thing and evergreens are
about the best for this purpose. Plan
to set some out in the spring.
Plan to improve the long winter
evenings by some course of study or
reading and in planning out the work
for next season. Try each year to
have new ideas worked out.
One method of feeding molasses to
horses or other stock is to mix 1t with
water and dampen the hay which has
been cut into short lengths. Then to
this the ground feed may be added.
Fall blowing of the ground is good
both because 1t exposes many insects
to the killing frosts of winter, and
also because it puts the ground into
condition for early planting in the
spring.
II you have kept a record of your
field operations and made note of soil
and crop conditions during the grow
ing season you will have valuable
memoranda for comparison with the
actual results obtained and will thus
be able intelligently to determine what
are the best methods for you to follow
in your farm operations.
good Job for the days when the wealth
er shuts you in is that of going over
the harness. oHing and repairing 1t. A
majority of farmers are very slack In
the way in which they care for the
harness. Cleaning and oiling and re-
pairing weak places will make harness
last twice as long as 1t will under
conditions of neglect.
The department of agriculture has
estimated that the crop values will
mount up to eight billions of dollars
five hundred millions more than last
year. Who. dares to say that this
has been a poor year? 1t has been
trying one in some respects and some
sections have suffered, but taken as a
whole the farmers have done better
than ever before. Praise God from
whom all blessings flow.
To have good silage one must have
a good silo. If you are going to
build one and want to get the best in
formation regarding the best types
of silos, send to the Iowa Agricultural
college for its recent bulletin on silo
construction. This bulletin gives in
condensed form the advantages and
disadvantages of all the various types
of silos, together with practical hints
on their construction. Profuse illus
trations aid in making the meaning
clear. 1t is a pamphlet that will be
invaluable to any farmer or dairyman
who is contemplating the erection of
a silo.
Farmers who are in any way en-
gagged in fruit raising will be inter
ested in the program planned by the
Illinois State Horticultural society for
its annual convention at Champaign.
1t proposes to give a course of lee
lures and laboratory work along prac-
teal horticultural lines in addition to
the usually interesting program,
which includes instruction in the prop
agation of plants by seeds. cutting
and grating, the grading and packing
of fruits and the selection and judg-
ing of exhibition fruits. Three whole
days will be devoted to the subject of
spraying, in its various phases. Three
sessions will be given to the study
and demonstration of pruning fruit
landscape gardening, Horticulture and
vegetable gardening.
All the uncultivated, unproductive
lands are not to be found in the greet
arid west, nor in the swamp lands OF
some of our southeastern states. They
are to be found in small patches on in
Vulnerable farms throughout the coun-
try. And why so? Because our
farmers are thoughtless and careless
and do not by the best methods get
the best out of their soil. By special
treatment there is scarcely square
foot of ground on any farm which can
not be made to pay profit. How
much of your farm is practically
worthless? Study it up. Don't let
it lie idle any longer. If it needs
/ draining, tile it. If 1t needs building
up. put stock on 1t and fertilize it.
Find out what is the matter with it
and then apply the remedy. Your state
agricultural college stands ready to