The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

Young ewes should as a rule never
be bred under IA months.
When through using tool, or ma
chine. put it up.
Feed the horses regularly. Irregu.
lar feeding encourages boiling of food.
leading to indigestion.
1t is no longer a question: Does the
silo pay? Rather. what is the best
method OF handling the silo?
Don't forget that charcoal is good
for the hogs. salt, also. Have it where
they can help themselves.
The road horse stuffed with hay
makes poor traveller Feed light on
hay and heavier on oats when using
the horses much.
Good bacon brings good prices. See
that your breed of hogs is right, and
then feed for the best results.
Large animals consume less pounds
OF dry material per 1000 pounds live
weight per day than do small ones.
The bull that isn't dangerous and
the gun that isn't loaded both belong
In the same class and should be given
a wide berth.
Be sure the chickens, young and
old. have plenty of gravel. Much
bowel trouble is caused by lack Of
good grits.
Intelligent feeding of live stock re-
quires not only a knowledge of the
food constituents, but a knowledge of
the animals fed.
sure 1t has south exposure and good
window space. II will make it bright
and warm this winter and will make
the hens feel like laying.
1t is a good thing to have the horse
so gentle as to be able to crawl I'M
der him. and then it is a good thing
not to do it. 1t Is a poor place to be
il the horse should suddenly startle.
1t has long since been demonstrate
ed by experiments that corn alone
Hnnc 10 h~ hac
nOmical fattening ration. The corn
must be balanced by feed containing
more of protein.
The board silO can be given a ce-
ment lining by Cheating with lath and
applying the cement SilOs thus lined
should be thoroughly cleaned each
year and then washed with thin .ce-
ment to fill the cracks which may
have formed in the thin lining.
Cream that has been allowed to
stand too long will break or become
watery and will not make the best
favored butter. The secret of good
butter making is knowing just when
the cream has reached the right stage
of acidity.
The horse with a long
case of worms should be given a pur-
gative before any tonic treatm.At is
begun. Administer four drains of
alOes before breakfast Or on an empty
Also give a warm enema Of
four quarts of strong soapsuds. Fol-
phate of iron, two drachms; gentian.
four drains, and columbia, two drains:
twice daily, for a week or two. Give
ut the same time sound, nourishing
diet and gentle regular exercise.
Successful dairymen plan a system
Of crop rotation which enables them
to have one market or cash crop, be-
sides the profits from the dairy. The
increased fertility brought on to the
farm from the use of concentrated
iced stuffs more than offsets the
amount of fertility removed by the
sale of the dairy produces. Another
factor is that the same help required
to conduct a dairy can find
line, outside of the regular routine
If dairy work, to care for a profitable
market or cash crop.
tuberculosis symptoms vary accord
ng to the location of the disease.
the lungs are more or less
involved. The disease is character
Zed by dullness, tenderness of with
,rs, back and loins, occasional dry
hess of the nose, heat of the horns
md ears, want of pliancy Of the skin.
accelerated pulse, bad breath, slight,
nfrequent, dry cough, blue watery
milk II you are alarmed at the ap-
,earance of your herd write for ex-
,ert opinion to your state experiment
station.
Here is the experience of one farm
r with potatoes which showed a ten
lency to blight. In a patch of about
lalf an acre he dug one-third just be-
ore the tops were dead, dried and put
hem in the cellar. Not one of these
otted and all seemed to keep in per-
ect condition. At the same time he
,ulled the tops on another third Of
he lot and burned them, leaving the
,otatoes in the ground until the mid
lie of October, when he dug and
tut them in the cellar These also
;ept perfectly. The other one-third
le did not disturb until the first of