The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-07-08

Try the happy cure for your troub
les. Don't see the latter and be cheer
full though you don't feel that way on
the inside.
Small seeds when planted during
warm weather should be shaded, as
the ground is apt to crust over them
and prevent the tender shoot from
growing.
The alfalfa raiser should be pro
vided with canvas caps to put over the
stacks to protect against rain. for a
wetting is apt to prove disastrous tc
the crop.
Ditch construction is a business ir
itself, the same as carpentry and ma
sonry work. Keep this in mind when
letting work of this character and be
sure and get man who is onto
his job.
The heavy hen is poor one to put
on eggs. as she is more than apt to
break many of them, and will make q
clumsy mother and kill many of the
chickens she may be fortunate enough
to hatch.
The poor COW is apt to remain poor
no nf h,pf COnd
COW can be easily ruined under care
less treatment. Good animals need
good feed and care if they are to
prove profitable.
A butter tub painted green and set
upon post in the front yard makes a
fine receptacle for such flowers as
petunias, vincas, coleus. ETC., with mas.
turtiums and other climbers around
the other edge to trail dOwnwards
over the sides.
One of the most fruitful causes OF
tuberculosis in cows is the lack OF
proper ventilation of the stables. II
has been found that very few animals
that run loose outdoors have the dis
ease. The matter of stable ventilation
must be considered by every dairy
man.
Oats make a valuable feed for grow
ing chicks as they provide the bone
ingredients. The best form in
which to feed them is in the ground
state. The oat has a hard covering.
and the young chicks find it hard to
grind them up. Do their grinding for
them.
The infertile spots on the farm
should be SO treated that they will
average up with the rest of the farm
and pay their share of profit. If it is
tile drainage which is needed, put the
tiles in. If it is fertilizing which is
needed, study to learn just what is
and then apply it.
Six pounds of timothy seed, five
pounds of white clover, three pounds
of Kentucky blue grass and one pound
of red top per acre has been found
to be an excellent mixture for sowing
in northern sections. If the ground
is inclined to be wet, the red top will
soon take the place of the timothy.
You are raising boys and girls as
well as crops. See that you are as
careful to provide for the wholesome
growth Of the former as you are of
the latter. Many successful farmer
who keeps his farm free from weeds
lets the weeds grow up in the lives of
his children which prove a curse to
them all their lives.
Chickens suffer from crooked breast
bones sometimes. This defect is gen.
orally caused by the heavy birds roost-
ing on poles or fences. The bones of
the young birds are soft and are turned
to one side by pressing on the roost.
If you have heavy fowls, let them
roost on the floor covered thickly with
straw. and you will have no crooked
breast-boneS.
The trouble with a good many or
chards is that the farmer labors I'M
der the impression that as the fruit
trees are a sort of side issue they
need no special attention. What a
There might just as we'll be
a good profit turned from the orchard
as from the field. if the same cultiva-
ton and care were given which are to
the ordinary grain or corn crop.
The first principle in the breaking
of a balky horse is in bringing the
animal to understand that you will not
ask an unreasonable thing
of him. OF course the old and chronic
baker may be amenable to treatment,
for probably abuse and fool handling
have confirmed him in the habit be-
yond the hope of curing, but with the
young horse of intelligence that has
manifested disposition to balk it is
possible to overcome the bad habit.
By careful handling bring the animal
to understand that you are his friend,
and not his enemy. Physical suffer
ing never yet cured, but rather con-
frmed, balkinesS.
George Aitkin, successful manager
of big dairy farm in Vermont, out
lines the system he has practiced as
follows: When he began on the farm
% years ago he laid down the rule
that no COW should be kept unless she
could produce two hounds of butter