The state herald., 1908-08-21
Water sprouts should be kept cut

Don't delay longer the marketing Of
the old surplus stock.
Dip for the ticks. Sheep infested
cannot be fitted for market.
Know your commission man before
consigning him shipment of goods.
Cows that are permitted-sometilpes
forced-to drink stagnant water will
give stringy or ropy milk
Plow the poultry runs. 1t will wake
them look better and will giv- the
hens new ground to scratch in.
Clean cool water at this tsne of
year is needed by all kinds Ct farm
stock. If they would keep IN prime
condition.
In picking out the hens tb. are to
be sent to market be sure thrt you get
the ones that will no longer prove
profitable to you.
The irritable man mafts a poor
driver of horses, for hir i'll temper
makes the horses nervous and he is
never able to get the best work out of
them.
The Indiana couple whose friends
made them presents of live poultry
on their wedding day ought to feel
that they have calling to the poul-
try-raising profession.
One farmer who has had trouble
with mud wallows around his hog
troughs and who had tried clay and
sand without effect used sawdust as
last resort and found 1t worked ex-
cellently.
Sometimes sheep get deep wounds
in which after a time maggots hatched
from the eggs of flies find lodgment.
In such case inject kerosene TO drive
out the maggots. Treat every day
until the wound is healed.
The poultry interests of the farm
are growing. Time was a few years
ago when the farmer was content to
market FIVE dollars worth of eggs a
month. now he thinks nothing of ship
ping 60 cases a week, and he counts
it a sort of pick up.
Ten hours a day on the farm will
count for more where the work is
well planned. than 10 hours where the
hit and miss method is followed. 1t
Is the farmer who never plans any.
thing who is out after nightfall with
the lantern finishing up the tail end OF
the chores.
About the best thing you can do
with your common stock rams is to
sell them. Then add n little more to
the selling price and go of and buy
full bred animal to head your flock
for the coming year. II may seem like
extravaganza at the time but you Will
see the wisdom of II as you look over
the lamb crop OF next year.
Turn the farm waste and neglected
spots into wood lots where you can
grow your own posts, poles, fences and
saw logs. 1t is decidedly worth while
TO keep all OF the farm at work. The
owner pays taxes on all his land, and
is out OF pocket for whatever is not
earning him something. Further by
growing tree crop on land that II
too poor TO plow the quality of the
land Itself Is improved. Forests add
humus TO the soil, bettering Its char
acter.
In the early stages OF the disease,
heaves may be cured by turning the
afflicted animal upon pasture or keep
ing ON cornstalks or other dustless lax
atlye food Hay should not be allowed
except nt night. and then In small
amount and shaken free from dust
The bowels must never be constlpai
ed, the stable must be kept wen aired.
and the use OF water for drink, Into
which few drops of oil OF pine tar
have been put. is recommended. DO
not use too much OF the tar. as II VIII
nauseate.
Here Is n recipe for sailing meat
which has proved satisfactory: For
100 pounds OF meat take ten quarts of
saltpotor: one pound OF pepper and
two pounds OF yellow sugar Mix
well. put In tub or some suitable
vessel. and then apply the mixture
well to the meat. Care should be
taken to apply II thoroughly In the
cracks and around the edges. After
the meat has taken all the salt pos.
aiblo. hang II M and powder II with
powdered borax. Then smoke the
moat This Ia said to be the most
successful method OF sailing meat
there IN. both from n standpoint OF
purity and favor
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