The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12

Now IL the time to get . line a
some fall feeders.
Cleanliness is essential in hog rails.
ing as it is In the dairy.
When the sows are sucking their
young they should be fed some grain.
Raising mules ought to be profitable
when young team win sell from $500
to $500.
Feed all the corn and oats to the
lambs you would force to marketable
condition.
The successful farmer must be jack
Of all trades and complete master Of
the art of farming.
Be not weary in fighting the lice, for
In due season they will get your fowls
If you do not get them.
The good reputation is not gained
by pretense, but by being and doing
what you desire to appear to be.
Paint the ringworm spots on the cat.
tic with tincture of iodine, or smear
with sulphur and lard. or other good
oil.
The horse that has worked hard all
Gay has earned a good feed, q good
currying and good bed. See that he
gets them.
Is 1t right? is the only correct basis
Of settling every question. Will 1t
pay! should only be asked after the
first is answered squarely.
II you let the cows shorten up on
their milk yield during the hot months
because of short feed, they will not
regain their maximum yield until after
they come fresh again.
Let your mistakes become stepping
stones to better things. Experience
Is dear teacher, sometimes, but q
lessen thoroughly learned under his
discipline often proves a lifelong
blessing.
too often: Do things look tidy about
the premises? Is there a place for
everything and Is everything in its
place? Do I realize the value of the
manure and am getting it out Of the
land as fast as possible?
Good alfalfa seed should be yellow.
with faint tinge of green: the seeds
are mostly pointed at one end. al
though many are kidney-bean shaped
and few are nearly round. The latter
are difficult to tell from seeds of sweet
clover or trefoil. But clover seeds are
much larger than alfalfa seeds, al.
though of the same shape.
Ticks leave sheep after they are
sheared and go to the lambs on ac-
count of the better protection offered
them by the long lambs wool. 1t is a
good plan to dip the lambs. using a
good commercial or tobacco dip. To
make sure they are free from ticks
they should be dipped twice. as a new
lot is apt to come on. The second dip.
ping should be given about two weeks
after the first.
American farmers will be interested
In the international competition for
motor machinery for viticulture to be
held at Palermo, Italy, the coming au-
tumn. A royal decree sets forth that
the machine adjudged the best will
be awarded the diploma and about
81 900. and that the minister of agri-
culture will purchase two of this class.
The second prize consists of a gold
medal and about $500. Application for
admission must be sent to the minis
ter of agriculture at Rome not later
than August Is, and the machines or
apparatus must reach Palermo by the
10th of October.
We have not yet learned how to
take care Of good roads after we get
them. There are many expensive high.
ways throughout the country that are
rapidly going to pieces because the
through which they run is
too stingy to employ men to keep them
in proper condition. A slight depres-
sion holds water which makes mud
and every passing tire throws little
muddy water out of the sink, and this
soon makes hole. A hole opens the
way for water to percolate through tc
the foundation where it freezes and de-
stroys the road to the very bottom.
A shovel full of broken stone applied
At the proper time would have pre-
vented heavy loss.
The trap nest has revealed some In. |
eresting and suggestive conditions. |
)ne man reports 215 eggs from IA
,irds for last January. As they were
III trap-nested. he knew the eggs Of
'ach. One hen laid 1856 eggs in her
Irst laying year: IS Of them were laid
Turing the Matching season and all in
only five we're infertile. One
Juliet, whose egg record was about
he same, did not lay single fertile
gg the whole season. She was put
nth different males in an effort to
ct some fertile eggs from her. but
he effort was not successful. The
uestion arises. do we breed out fer.
ility by breeding for large egg yields.