The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-06-04

lHlHninB lTult gives larger anu Uet-
ter fruit, and means greater profit.
Grow more silage corn and then get
1t into the silo SO that 1t will keep
Stable manure reinforced by hard
wood ashes makes the best orchard
fertilizer.
1t pays to spray Is the declaration
Of those who have tried 1t. Do you
begin this year?
Give the horse his heaviest feeding
at night after the days work is over
and when he has time to digest 1t.
Where alfalfa Is not grown cowpeas
make excellent substitute for fall
pasturage for sheep. Plan for such a
crop
There are thousand and one ways
OF waste on the farm. Be on the
watch for them. Stop the little
leaks.
The farmer who Ia making the bust
ness OF hog raising matter for scion
tific study is the man who is max
ing certain of his profits.
The dirt road becomes a good road
under the faithful application of the
| split-log drag. What kind of a road
have you alongside of your place?
| A cows digestive system is never
improved by drinking from the mud.
| puddles In the pasture. Drain all
such places and provide clean, pure
water.
Ideas, like seeds, are no good when
laid up on the shelf of the mind and
not used. Sow your ideas in the soil
Of farm experience and reap the har-
vest of better things.
Crab grass which proves so trouble
some in the corn fields during the late
summer may be pastured off by the
sheep or rather the lambs, for the
latter are not likely to trouble the
| corn.
The matter of first consideration in
planting an orchard is that Of per.
Other matters which must be consid-
cred are soil and location. Select
trees which will thrive under the
conditions you can provide.
Partial paralysis in pigs may be
successfully treated in some cases by
dosing with epson salts, one ounce to
each animal, following this physic with
one dessertspoonful Of cod liver oil
ten grams phosphate Of lime and two
drops nux-vomica given twice a day
for several weeks.
Like the gun that isn't loaded the
bull that isn't dangerous Is the one
that generally goes off and does dam
age to some one. Don't trust too fai
the most docile appearing animal. II
an instant some time his temper may
change and some one be killed or in
jured before he can escape. or the
bull be conquered. Take no chances.
1t Is reported that State Senator
Russell of Oklahoma is pushing {
movement for the organization o
acre clubs" in every community II
the state. The plan Is that each mem
Der of the club is to plant an acre o
some product, and the scheme is likel!
to prove a practical school for thu
education of prospective farmers
Here Is a good idea for other states.
Matching muskmelon seeds under {
sitting hen is the method of a New
York market gardener in getting earl,
melons. for says he ut is all in getting
the seed to sprout." He puts the seet
to soak over night In rag and the
next day puts them under the hen
where the heat starts the seeds II
three or four days and they are ready
to put In the ground In the cold frame
The medium-sized hog at the pres
ent time seems most in favor. Hog!
weighing from 300 to GOO pounds OF
more were once thought to be ideal
but 1t became apparent to swine grow
ers that every day hog lived owe
one year it was losing money for it!
owner. Now hogs are SO managed
and fed that in eight or ten month!
they are large enough to meet thu
popular demand.