The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-16
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Regret follows on the heels of
neglect.
1t is a fatal mistake to attempt to
winter more stock than YOU can feed
comfortably.
Why not have a horse the wife and
daughter can drive? 1t would please
them, and You, too.
Keep the boys interested in the
farm by making them your junior paIs
ners in the farming business.
Cold rains of autumn are more try
ing on stock than the colder weather
of winter. See that they are shelter
ed in some way.
About the only way to clean a plat
of ground of blue joint or bromus is
TO pillow it under, pull out the turf and
rake the roots out of the soil.
No danger that you will keep the
stables and the dairy room too clean
Be on the alert that the dirt does
not creep in on you unawares.
Did poor seed corn spoil your crop
for you this year? See that you pro
vide this fall against the possibility
of such a sad experience next season.
Turn about is fair play-the horse
does work for you you cannot do for
yourself, now do the work for him
which he cannot do for himself
namely, brush and curry him.
In killing milkweed a thorough job
can be done only as the roots are
grubbed out. OF course if the shoots
are kept cut the roots will die in
time, but that is a tedious process.
OF the two ways OF blanching celery.
namely by earth and by boards, the
latter is to be preferred, because the
use of the boards keeps the celery
cleaner and makes it less liable TO be
affected by rust or rot, and is ready
for use or the market at least two
weeks earlier than when earth is
used. In both processes the work
must be done when the soil and celery
plants are perfectly dry, as handling
in a moist condition produces rust or
rot, or both.
Nineteen trials with separator skim
milk, fed in conjunction with corn.
meal at the Wisconsin experiment sta,
ton, show that where not over three
pounds of skim milk are fed with
each pound of cOInmeal. that 327
pounds skim milk are equal in feeding
value to 100 pounds of cornmeal
When feeding one pound of cornmeal
with three to five pounds separator
skim milk, 4i6 pounds skim milk say.
ed 100 pounds cornmeal. When feed
ing as much as seven to nine pounds
skim milk with each pound cornmeal
it required 552 pounds skim milk tC
equal 100 pounds cornmeal.
Keep more livestock and produce
more manure Give careful attention
to the use of absorbents so that the
liquid as well as the solid eXcrements
may be saved. Keep box of dust
in the stable and sprinkle where il
will catch the liquids. Cut the straw
UP small and use il in the same way.
Upon many farms there is a large
amount of straw which should be
turned into manure Too frequently
this is allowed to waste and much
fertility is thus lost. 1t is a crime
against agricultuTo to burn straw, as
is so frequently done in many part
of the west. With the burning of the
straw large amount of the fertility
which should be added TO the land T.,
destroyed.
With reference to dry and wet fed.
ing of poultry, A. D. Melvin. chic IT
the bureau of animal industry, SAYS:
~ The beginner is advised to adopt the
method he thinks he would prefer or
would find more Convenien, and fol.
low it until he has a good reason
for modifying or changing it. Goose
the one or the combination # the
two most suited to your circum.
stances. There are various IT nthods
of dry feeding, just as there are vari.
!, Gus methods of feeding ratios com.
posed in whole or in part of moisten.
ed mashes or cakes. The gr& MS may
be fed whole or cracked, or a part
ground and mixed together. making
what is called dry mash The feed
may be kept before the chicks all
the time in hoppers or troughs, or a
part of it may be scattere in litter
to induce them to take e. rcise. Be.
ginners are usually more successful
with dry grain chick feed, for the
reason that moistened mashes are
thrown down carelessly in considera.
BILE quantities and soon become soiled
with the droppings and begin to fer.
ment