The Lamar register., 1908-11-18
Feed variety to the hogs.

The farm is no place Tor the lazy
man.
Growing pigs should not be confined
to small pens and yards.
All animals, especially the horse.
relish a change in their feed.
Cover the rhubarb and asparagus
beds with a heavy coating of manure.
For every tree cut out a new one
should be planted. Only in this way
can you keep up the supply.
The plank drag will prove of great
value on any farm in crushing clods
and making land fit for the seed.
Alfalfa hay is good for the horse as
it contains more nutriment than tim
othy hay, but be careful as to how you
feed 1t.
do you know that your hens come
over into my garden?" 81 thought
they were.' why so?" Because they
never came back"
Leaks in the roof and cracks in the
walls of the hen house will lead you
to conclude before the winter is over
that chicken raising does not pay.
Without comfort how can you ex-
fill the milk pail. SILVER and shake
xTnt
secured a profit from a COW.
Good ventilation is needed in the
sheep barn, but don't let that ventila-
ton be through the roof which lets
the rain in. Fix up the barn now If
you have not already done so.
Canadian thistles can be cleaned out
Of a field by thorough cultivation
of the ground for a few years, making
sure that none of the thistles go to
seed. Not an easy job, but 1t can be
done.
One farmer who has had success
raising calves takes them from the
mother after the third day and feeds
skim milk with n handful of rolled
oats to quart of milk. The oats
before using are boiled up with
little salt in the water.
Every farm in the land should have
its flock of sheep. Twenty are none
too many. They will keep the pas
lures free from weeds. and while
living on forage which the other ami
mails would not touch will enrich the
ground with their droppings.
Protect the young fruit trees before
the snow comes and drives the rab-
bits and mice to eat the tree bark. An
excellent way of doing this is to wrap
laths. building paper or strips of wood
veneer around the base of each tree,
ground.
Investigation has proved that the
greater part of the impurities found in
milk get there within a short time
after it has been drawn from the
COW and before it leaves the she'd
This fact should set the farmer to
studying how he can improve the
conditions in his barn.
Take care of the threshing engine.
Clean the boiler, then fill 1t with cold
water. pour in quart OF good oil
and get up steam, then blow II out.
When 1t gets cold clean the CRATES
good and all around them, then take
some axle grease or thick oil and
grease the inside OF the firebox all
around. Oil the flues with good oil
and put two or three shovelfuls of dry
shavings in the firebox to take up the
dampness.
The government commission on
country life is anxious to obtain all
the suggestions possible from farm
ers, and pursuant to that end have
sent out circulars containing various
questions covering nearly every phase
of farm life with the request that
they be answered and returned. If
you have not received one, write to
the commission at Washington, d. O..
and one will be promptly sent. Such
help will prove of inestimable value
to the commission.
Save your coal ashes for mixing
with heavy soil in the vegetable gar
den. They have almost no fertilizing
value, but help to loosen up some
sells. SCOT should always be saved
when fiues and chimneys are cleaned,
for it is invaluable, especially for
roses. 1t is beneficial as fertilizer
and drives away insects. For radishes.
onions and cabbages it is helpful, for
it discourages the cutworms and
grubs. Wood ashes are especially
valuable as fertilizer and should al
ways be saved.
The dairy division of the United
States department OF agriculture will
conduct milk and cream contest open
TO all dalrymen in the United States.
at the third annual dairy show, Chi
cago, December to 10. The object of
this contest is educational and entire
" for the benefit of the dairymen. The
milk and cream will be carefully an
olvzad and scored nv expertS from the