The Lamar register., 1908-06-10
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Sheep like pasturage where the
grass is short and tender.
Keep the milking stools up off OF
the barn floor. Bad things to stumble
over.
Good plowing. followed up by good
seeding and cultivation insure the
good harvest by and by.
1t is good plan to turn the sheep
out TO pasture as early as possible so
that they may get after the weeds.
1t is the farmer who understands
farming who makes it pay 1t is folly
TO think that any one can make a sue
cess Of agriculture.
A separate pasture for the yearlinss
and other young stock is good thing.
They do better than when run in the
same pasture with the cows.
1t is as important in hog breeding
as with cattle to be particular of the
sire used. Go miles to get thorough
you.
Keep close track of the flock Count
the lambs every day. Easy for them
TO stray and unless you discover it at
once you are certain TO lose a lamb
occasionally.
Perhaps you cannot help the quail
ity of cows you have at the present
time, but as you breed and raise new
stock you can see to it that you breed
and raise only the best.
Many fruit growers advise that the
new growth of raspberry and black
berry canes which is to furnish the
fruit next year should be pinched OF
at the tips when about is inches high.
The gamboling lamb is the healthy
growing lamb. When you see the lit
tie fellows with bumped back and
dropping head you may be sure you
have sick animal to look after, and
do not delay doing so. Be sure that 1t
is getting enough to eat. Perhaps the
eve is failing to supply the necessary
nourishment.
The chicken yard can be too shady.
Do not plant too many trees. Shade
Il good for chickens in hot weather.
but sunshine is a necessity Do not
have the trees so close together. or
so arranged. that all of the lot will be
shaded by them at any time of the
day. Be sure. especially. to give the
early morning sun chance to get
in, Remember. too. the trees are H.
able to make a very vigorous growth
II the soil is at all suitable.
One farmer who has been troubled
with crows getting his corn has made
his fields immune from the. birds at
tack by sprinkling a pint of kerosene
over each peck of corn and shoveling
1t over until each kernel is tainted by
the oil. He says when the job is
done right there is no trouble with
the corn going through the planter.
Another method used by some farm
ers is to smear the corn slightly with
coal tar.
Watch the horses shoulders after
they begin heavy work. A little pre-
liminary care will obviate irritating
conditions which will reduce the work
ing capacity of the animals to a seri-
nus extent 1t pays to wash the shout
ders with cold water every evening
after the harness has been removed
The bath removes the fever and har-
dens the skin so 1t will stand a greater
strain. BE sure the collar fits the
shoulder perfectly. A good pad will
do much towards preventing sore
shoulders If all the dirt and hair is
washed on under the surface at least
once each week
While the oyster-shell and scurvy
scales are not so injurious as San
Jose scale, still they are not desira-
BILE boarders TO have ON apple, pear or
other trees. Oystershell scales are
brown in color. and shaped something
like an elongated oyster-shell. Scurfy
scales are oblong. whitish and look
like a tiny flake of cotton. Both of
these enemies can be easily seen with
out the aid of magnifying glass.
Treatment: This month watch for
the tiny lice as they hatch out and
move around on the bark. When seen,
spray the trees with whale-oils soap So
luton made as follows: Dissolve one
pound of whale-oil soap in a gallon
of hot water. and dilute with six gal
Ions of cold water, Use a pump and
nozzle that will apply the spray in
fine mist. like steam.
Much has been said and written
about grading up with mongrel fe-
males of cows. sheep. hens. etc. with
a thoroughbred male. Better sell them
FOR lwhat they will bring, and buy n
few thoroughbreds with the money OBJ
tanned. Many of the mongrelbred fe-
males are only fit for the butchers
cart This is the advice of an old
farmer. but it is rather radical. The
safest rule is to start with what you
have and patiently. but with per-
isistency and intelligence. improving
your stock by breeding to blooded
males. Not many men who have had