The Lamar register., 1908-06-10

profit by way of the pigs.
Head the persistent fence breaker
toward the slaughter house.
II you have not already done so put
the cultivator shovels and teeth in
good condition.
To make dairying pay you must
keep improving your herd and i'm
proving your methods.
A cultivated orchard offers less cp-
portunity for harmful insects to prep.
agate than the one in sod.
Look out for garlic in the pastures.
If the cows get 1t it win flavor the
milk and sroil your butter.
| BE sure and work your thinker as
hard as you work your muscles. Many
pull can be saved by timely think.
One poultry raiser who claims to
have never lost a chick says he feeds
nothing but cracked corn all bread
crumbs both wet and dry.
Clean out the mows thoroughly after
they are emptied so as to be ready
for the new crop which before many
weeks will be waiting for the mower.
If the little chicks show lack of
thrift or are inclined to NOPE about
| in a lifeless sort of way. look for head
! lice. and treat with kerosene oil and
lard.
Not only is linseed meal a valuable
feed for all stock, especially pigs. but
it has a manurial value which is said
to be equal to 80 per cent. of the cost
| of the meal.
As rule the poultry keeper is re-
sponsible for the diseases which de-
velop in his flock. Good care. good
feed and clearly housing are essential
to healthy chickens.
May and June are the little chicks
best growing months. Put them right
ahead as fast as you can and your
profits will look big when market day
comes for the early broilers.
Good plan to have enough cherry
trees so as to have enough to spare
some for the birds. Remember that
the cherries are not the only things
the birds eat. and that while they
are feasting at your expense they are
protecting you from myriads of in
sect enemies Surely the laborers is
worthy of his hire.
Not only is the horse entitled to
comfortable quarters and good feed.
but his harness should be made to
fit, especially the collar. In buying
collar. select one pliable enough to
conform to the shoulder; do not make
the shoulder conform to the collar.
If it does not choke. it is long enough.
When doing heavy work in hot. muggy
weather. loosen the collar often and
let in the air.
On land that is hilly and inclined
to wash fill up the washy places with
corn stalks and rubbish of similar char
acter. Later this rubbish may be
plowed under and made to become
productive humus. When blowing
weather comes do not burn corn stalks
and weeds, but pillow them under to
become a part of the soil. They will
not only furnish available plant foods
but will enhance the physical quality
of the soil. making it open to the
disintegrating action of air and soil
bacteria, and thus liberating more
plant foods from previously insoluble
soil particles.
The orchard has its place on every
farm. The average stock and grain
farmer who has farm of 160 acres
or more ought to grow enough fruit of
all kinds to supply the needs of his
family. If he undertakes to do more
than this he will find that either the
fruit or the farm work will be neg
lected, and when IL comes to a choice
between the two it will pay him better
to neglect the fruit than his farm
work. For the health and comfort of
the family grow enough fruit TO supply
its needs, but If you undertake much
more than this there is trouble and
annoyance ahead unless there is
some one in the family who can do
the puttering work necessary without
interfering with the general work Of
the farm.
Improving the corn crop should be
| the aim of the farmer. To start with
the farmer needs to select the seed
corn which does best in his locality.
and when the corn is ready to cut, he
IL, 4 thr fr,rr
when you can see 1t well and all of
its surroundings number of stalks
which are stout and bear good ear.
one or two, near the ground. Do not
select stalks with ears as high as
you can reach. Keep these stalks sep
arate. and when the corn is shucked,
pick out from this lot about 20 of the
very best ears. those of good size,
well filled at butt and tip and with
regular rows and with long peg shaped
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