Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-12-17
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feed into scrubs.
Keep posted on the market prices of
cereals and produce.
The pigs need exercise An sx1O
yard will not give it to them.
See that your crops do not suffer
from cold, wet feet. by draining the
land.
The good farmer is not always the
good business man. How is it with
you?
The manure that is allowed to &C
cumulate in the pile will lose about
so per cent of its value.
Cool the milk as soon after draw
ing as is possible. This applies to
winter as well as summer.
The curried horse is healthier, and
utilizes more of the feed given to him
than the uncared-for animal,
The early Matched pullets ought to
be laying now Feed them up and
get them into the earning class as
soon as possible.
Protect the young trees in the or
chard from rats, mice and rabbits. A
shield of tar paper will prove quite
effective If well put on
Variety is the spice of life" and
that is a good rule to apply to crops.
Rotation is the thing Work out some
plan to begin on next year.
Shutin poultry should be provided
with plenty of exercise. Feed the
grain in deep litter and make them
scratch for every bit they get They
will enjoy it better
The completion Of the 100000 agri-
cultural building by the Missouri
state college next September viii
mark another advance step in a farm
education in that state
OF course all the farm machinery
has been properly cleaned and housed
before this, and yet we cannot help
but fear that some negleetful farmer
has forgotten This is by way of re-
minder
Now is the time OF year to take ac-
count of things, and see where you
stand. Figure out what your crops
and your stock are worth try and es-
! innate the expenses Of the year and
| then strike a balance, Such figuring
will make of you more careful farm
/ err. and will make YOU search out
many q leakage In farm methods
The easiest and cheapest way Of
supplying nitrogen to the soil is by
/ The growing of legumiuous crops
/ without this element YOU cannot pro
duce good crops of any kind Re
/ member This and lay out a system Of
crop rotation which includes the grow
ing of clover or other leguminous crop
upon the land once In every four or
five years.
II depends entirely upon the soil
and its condition as TO what kind Of
fertilizer 1t needs. Some soils need
| lining. Others DO not Some need to
be built Ug In humus, some need phos-
phate. others are sadly deficient in
nitrogen BY the application OF manure,
special fertilizers and the growing of
leguminous crops there is no soil but
which can be built up 70 a high state
of productivity,
It's the farmer that's got the money
Here is what a western banker says
Il don't know what we will do with
their aceumulations when the corn
I crop is gathered few years ago
nearly all the money loaned by the
banks TO farmers was 20 live on or
to carry over their mortgage interest
At that time, hardly any money was
borrowed by business men. To-day
the business interests are the borrow
ers. and II Is the farmers surplus
wealth which Is loaned TO them"
Here is the conversation which took
place between certain farmer and
his friend over COW which was val.
ued very highly aud illustrates what
false notions some men have as 70 the
real money value of q good COW
What is that COW worth g. was asked
as they were looking the animal over
Five hundred dollars" with q look
OF establishment In his face the other
replied II wouldn't give that fer the
best COW on earth" Now last spring
we happened 10 know that he paid
$500 for nice team OF horses. That.
he said, was all risht" Then We
told him the history of that COW how
she had earned In calves 500 In the
SIX years she had been MIXED. be
sides about $500 more In milk. Then
we asked him IL ne had not better
raise his ideas about COWS 1T beats
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