The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-10

There is no sentiment about hen
She is an egg and meat machine, and
nothing else.
Pigs will fatten rapidly when fed
corn alone, but the fattening will be
at the expense of health and growth.
Poultry manure is worth not less
than So n ton. But If you store it
where it will get wet. 1t will not be
worth much Of anything.
You can't count the wrinkles on the
horns of the COW that has been de
horned so as to tell her age. so il is
good plan to keep record book of
your cows.
Hercules cleaned the Augean stables
by flooding them with water from the
river You can clean and sweeten the
atmosphere of your stables by flooding
them with sunlight.
II is an excellent plan TO whitewash
the trees, filling the cracks In the bark
with lime, SO as to fill up many hiding
places of fruit pests, as we'll rs to de
stroy many which are in hiding
Ii is claimed on reliable authority
that corn-fed horses are more suscepti-
BILE to weak eyes than those given other
grains. Corn may enter into the ration
without any serious results, but it
should not be made the entire ration.
Kindness will accomplish more with
the horse Il N whipping When he
SHES at anything whipping will only
scare him and make him shy worse the
next time. Never yell at nor jerk
horse. Treat him gently and kindly.
| 1t is always better to give medicine
TO swine in food. But If one wants to
drench, fasten 4 piece of rubber hose
medicine. Throw the pig, put a stick
In its mouth and allow the fluid to
slowly run down the throat
Next to the contamination spread by
the stock bull, TO which good many
cow keepers send their aborting COWS
without any disclosure of the fact, the
fraud of selling the aborted COW with
the calf OF another at foot is the chief
means for the extension of the disease.
Automobiles will never take the place
OF the heavy draft horses. There will
always be n place for this class Of
work animals and just at the present
time there is a shortage. 1t will pay
any farmer to raise some good draft
colts. but they must be good.
Beginning thing Is easy, but it is
| the stick to 1T that is difficult. The
ability to 60 on and finish thing be-
gun is the real test of character. In
farm work OF in other stations in life
1t is the man who sticks to the things
he has begun that is ahead in the
race.
The present cotton output of Brazil
Is estimated at $4,000 tons, and, &c
cording to reports received from Uni
ted States consuls living in that coun-
try, the industry is increasing rapidly.
Primitive methods are still in vogue
however, and the quality of the prod
uct Is poor.
We are now cutting timber from the
forests Of the United States at the
rate of 800 feet board measure a year
for every man, woman and child. In
Europe they use only GO board feet
At this rate in less than thirty years
nll our remaining virgin timber will
be cut Time to change our methods
The government reports the hay CROP
10 be 1.52 tons, compared with LA ten
year average Total production, esti
mated, 67,743.00O tons, compared will
63.677 600 last year. Average quality il
DAD, against 9O4 last year. Rye esti
mated production, S0,921,000 bushels
against 31,566,0OO last year. Quality /.
better.
How hard should the ground freeze
before covering up the strawberry
vines? Well, il it will hold a wagon
up when driven over II you may con
clude that IL Is time TO put OH the
mulch. Don't put on too much at first
J however. Increase the amount of GOV.
ering as the weather increases in Sc
verify.
III 1&,f~ II
type of agriculture will prevail thar
is general to-day when every quarter
section farm In the country supports
herd of from thirty TO sixty sheep
They are large consumers Of waste
vegetable growths--the byproducts OF
the farmland for this reason every
landowner should keep a flock.
Again let us urge you not TO leave
the tools out to warp and rust In the
winter storms. One winters exposure
will hurt them more than two or three
years use. Clean them up and put
them away In the dry. If you have
no tool house put them In the packing
shed. A coat of paint applied now viii
add several years to the life Of the
woodwork of tools.
4 the farmer is in such straits finau
cially that he must economic, let him
go without socks and undershirt rather
than scrimp on the price Of seed corn
or oats that he has to buy this season
He would be far better off at harvest
time or husking If he got good seed
oats at IS cents and seed corn at So
than he would to take poor seed OF
either grain as gift. Economic II
one must, but let 1t not be in seeds oil
any kind.
The Chicago health commission has
forbidden the sale of milk from ordi
nary tin cans. All milk must nov be