The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-23

is said. b. administering a large table
spoonful of powdered alum Try it.
are apt 10 grow too much to tree. at
the expense of its fruiting qualities.
Be sure your pigs are housed warm
ly. They are sensitive to the cold
and will not do well if kept in a cold
drafty pen.
Every year in which the garden is
fortified and the ground worked It be-
comes richer and more capable of
growing crops.
To free cattle from lice. sprinkle
with wood ashes, rub with sulphur
ointment CT whale-oil. or with petro-
leuia emulsion
Some farmers who have tried it
think that the best way to get land
in condition for alfalfa is to grow a
crop or two of cowpeas.
Now is the time to make up your
mind what kind and how many trees
you will set out in the spring. OF
course you are going to set out some
If the wound left by the removal
of the large limb is not covered with
fn1s,
years and cause bad place in the
tree.
Not so much danger of overlooking
the poultry at this season OF the year
as there was during the summer.
Feed literally if you want to get the
eggs.
Heavy draf; teams are not for fast
road travel. See that your hired help
does not run them on returning home
from town after the delivery of the
load.
Too much earth in sacked potatoes
is judged as adulteration by Kansas
officials We've heard of sand in
sugar but sand with potatoes is a new
adulteratiOn.
Be sure Of the clover seed you buy
Some farmers in Ohio have suffered
the past season through sowing Eng
fish clover seed which was sold them
for red clover.
The cheap cotton gloves are a boon
for the farm work folks. Buy them
by the dozen pairs. They're cheaper.
and in this way you always have a
supply on hand.
Tile the land and drain off the sur
plus water which. if allowed to re-
main. will sour the land. and when
evaporatcd leave the land hard and
unfit TO grow a crop.
Every thing pertaining to the dairy
business will ind place at the dairy
show at Chicago in December. Some
of the finest stock ever before shown
will be on exhibition.
Doctoring stock is seldom satiSfac-
tory or profitable. Better see that by
proper care and feed they are kept
healthy. An ounce Of prevention is
worth pound of cure.
Live steam is the best thing with
which TO scald milk utensils, but
where such is not 10 be had scaldinS
water will do, bat be sure that it is
hot TO the scaldirE point.
An expert butter maker declares
that cream should not be kept ever
four days before churning either sum-
mer or winter. Cream a week old
makes butter week old
The farmer who is content to work
his horses with ill-fitting collars, is the
farmer who is always doctoring sore
shoulders. and finding that his horses
can only pull half load
In your feeding arrangements have
it so that each animal has an equal
chance at the feed. Percent crowding
by feeding the sheep in racks With
partitions for each animal
As soon as any animal shows signs
of sickness separate from the rest and
put on short rationS and watch close.
Sometimes a day or two on short
rations will straighten them up.
A dog with only a bark and a big
appetite has no proper place on any
farm. but a good dog trained to be of
service will prove himself a valuable
adjunct 10 the farm equipment.
When the chemists of the depart
ment OF agriculture succeed in manu-
featuring paper from cornstalks the
farmer may find them too valuable to
feed as roushage Who knows?
II never pays to buy cheap harness
You cannot afford to take the risks
which go with such goods. Many a
serious accident is caused by the har-
ness giving way at critical time.
One farmer who. during the sea-
son has vegetables and fruits to sell.
has adopted the plan of advertising