The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14

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Early growth helps early maturity.
Regular feeding makes animals more
content.
To make success of farming avoid
expenses.
feeding Is a waste of food and of time
Japan raised last year the largest
barley crop in the history of the coun-
try.
Owing to the scarcity of crops in
Turkey. American -four is going to that
country in larger quantities than ever
before
Any system of agriculture which Ell
courages grain selling rather than
dairying and stock raising is open to
serious criticism
Give the boys a lamb or two to care
for as their own. All the rest will
share with those you place under the
keeping of the boys.
Chicago men have established a milk
factory at Enosburg Falls, VT, with a
capital of 100000 1t will have a
capacity for using the milk of 5000
cows.
wheel scraper TO teach team to pull.
team that has been used one season
on a grader simply does not know how
TO get stuck"
Growth is profit in anything or any
kind of business. Land as well as
live stock and grain can be made TO
advance in growth and value. in rich
ness of soil as well as in price.
Halter-pulling is a bad trick in a
horse. Often it is brought on by care
less usage in the stall. Never do any
thing that would frighten a horse i'll
his stall. Look TO it that no one else
does, either.
We hare better laws for regulating
the sale Of grass seeds now than form
erly, but do not forget to take masni-
flying glass along when buying seeds.
Weed seeds will sprout and grow in
spite of the law.
The farmer who plants tested seed
corn knows that it will grow, while the
one who plants seed that is not tested
has no way of knowing whittier his seed
will grow or not. Success usually goes
with the man who knows.
Half the bad habits of horses may be
laid at the door of the men who han
die them. l have seen mare cured
Of pulling at the halter just by the
change of q master Kindness always
brings the best kind of returns.
The old method of the haphaZard
feeding of swine and the lazy mans
method of throwing out corn to the
hogs in quantity are fast becoming OBJ
solcte. The feeding of swine has be-
come a science Rations are prepared
with n definite end in view.
According 20 recently published fig
ures. lard is the most valuable single
packing house product exported from
the United States. 1t is even more val
liable than the cattle exports and goes
to q greater number of markets in lar
ger quantities than do other meat prod
ucts.
Many man going to an auction sale
of pure-bred stock never intends to
buy. Before he knows il. however, he's
in the game; and thereby many have
found a road that has led to fortune
The microbe for better stock Is n per
sistent animalisn. Ii OvercOmes persons
unfit as well as those fit to conduct the
business.
There are two plans for keeping
farm in order. The one is to set aside
n date as an annual clearing house
event, as the housewife does. and let
things slide the rest Of the time. The
other is to aim TO keep up the little
ends of things from day To day. The
latter plan is by far the most prefer
able. as no doubt most careful farmers
will agree.
Sanitary Milk for Calves.
BE sCrupulously clean as to pals,
troughs and the food used in feeding
young calves. 1t will save a lot of the
trouble that comes with carrying calves
through the scours. There is no surer
cause of scCurs than dirty feed pals.
Where Hogs Follow Cattle.
Even if in addition TO corn other con-
centrates richer in protein and ash
than is corn are fed TO steers, the corn
in the drOppings is much more readily
found, and the benefit derived by the
not very great, although it is believed
that some benefit may be derived.