The Lamar register., 1908-07-01
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clean.
Little deeds of kindness, like chick
ms, come home to roost.
Butter to be of prime quality must
not be subject to too rapid or too slow
churning.
Get that set of low wheels for the
wagon this year They will save you
much heavy lifting.
Elbow grease and a good stiff broom
nsed daily in the dairy barn will help
long ways toward sanitary milk.
The best breed OF COWS for the dairy
Is that breed which will most nearly
meet the special purposes and needs
of the owner.
Three trees which are peculiarly
adapted for fence posts are the catal-
pa speciosa. the Usage orange and
the Russian mulberry.
Keep your plans ahead of your work.
work in advance who raises the big
gest crops and has the easiest time.
Sunlight is essential to success in
chicken raising. See that the hen
house is constructed with view to
admitting as much air and sunshine
as possible.
Vermin on the hens will keep them
from laying. With the coming of
warm weather. clean and whitewash
the henhouse, and provide good dust
bath. IL hens are kept confined in a
yard.
The time to wash out the butter
milk from butter is when it has
reached that granular state. Dairying
has this advantage over other
branches of farming in that the farmer
has a continuous income.
When fresh whole milk is not avail
able the little pigs you have to raise
by hand will thrive on boiled milk
which has been thickened with cup
of flaxseed to each gallon. Add half
a pound OF brown sugar and a little
salt.
A farmer in central Michigan faces
the problem of making four-cent pork
and three-cent beef out of 60-cent
corn, with common farm labor $50
a month with board; hay SIG. and
$50 ton and corn stalks FIVE cents
bundle. Can you figure out his
profit?
1t may be very interesting specu-
lation as to why weeds came to be,
but the practical question for the
farmer Is how quickest and most eff
fectually to be rid of them. The
farmer is not interested in any scien-
tific discussions which will not serve
any practical purpose.
The producing capacity of the
farm is measured by the humus and
nitrogen content of the surface soil
and If these cannot be fully supplied
by the manure made on the farm. then
legumes should be grown to supple
ment the manure, and for this purpose
and a profitable seed crop mammoth
clover. over a large part of our coun
try, heads the list.
A good way to char cobs for the
hogs is to dig round hole, say three
feet across. build good fire with
wood in the bottom of this, fill in with
corncobs, and when they are properly
charred through but not burned to
ashes, put on lid of ONE kind tc
exclude the air. Then add any wood
ashes that may be convenient, and
salt. When the mass is cool put 1t in
box with a self-feed, where the
hogs can reach 1t, and let them eat
what they want.
1t is so easy to neglect the groom
ing of the horse during these rush
days. but it is not good for the horse
Too bad to let the dirt and dust, dried
with sweat, remain upon the horses
coat, clogging the pores and spelling
his appearance. Look after his feet
when evening comes. and see thai
there is no gravel or sand to torment
him. You know how trying 1t is tc
wear a shoe that hurts your foot. YOU
lose no time in hunting up something
more comfortable in footwear. But
the poor horse can't tell you when the
harness chafes or the collar bruises
his shoulder. 1t is your place to sec
that the harness is well fitted. Thinf
of the horse as of yourself.
Go slow in double cropping the or
chard land. good crop of apples oil
other fruit removes about as much
plant food as crop OF wheat. 1t is
poor policy to try to get both. The
orchard should be cultivated If pos
sible up to bearing age. If the site
is SO billy that cultivation is liable te
cause serious washing OF the soil. the
Young trees should be mulched. A
good mulch of straw or grass serves
much the same purpose as clean cult
walton, in keeping the ground moist
There is danger from mice. which are
liable to shelter in such mulch, how
ever. unless measures are taken te
protect the trees. For this purpose
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