Free press., 1908-04-04

Salt should be kept where the sheep
can heip themselves.
Is your barnyard a mud hole after
each rain? 1t ought not to be.
| Use the pumpkins up before they
freeze. Good for the cows. you know.
Push the porkers along. a pound is
easier made now than two pounds
later on.
Put rings in the hogs noses and pre-
vent their roofing up the meadows
and pastures.
1t is often the horse which cannot
trust its owner who Is the animal
who cannot be trusted.
With the prevailing high prices for
foodstuffs, let the farmer ask himself
whether he is getting his share.
Be sure and see that all the vege-
tables are properly housed so that the
J freezing weather will not spoil them.
Good management and hard work,
with generous seasoning Of patience.
will win out ON the farm that Ia worth
working.
well-equipped work shop on the
farm will prove the most serviceable
and satisfactory of any other one de-
partment OF the farm.
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The horse which has not been brok-
en- during the first year is never as
trustworthy as the animal whose
training Is begun earlier.
Apple or plum trees are better for
the poultry yard than the peach tree,
for the latter is apt TO make too much
growth and too little fruitage to pay.
Are you running a lantern brigade
on your farm. Chores after dark is
| a poor system. The good farmer gets
most Of the work out of the way be-
/ fore dark.
Clean out the COW stable long
enough before the actual milking op-
4 % dhASA6 0C6AA CO Give Tic OuSI a
| chance to settle and the atmosphere
to become sweet.
| A little pine tar placed we'll down
| the throat Of the pigs afflicted with the
! spasnodic cough or teaspOonful OF
| tincture OF assafetida given in little
milk will give relief
The horse whose shoulders have too
| great q slope so that the collars press
against the points OF the shoulder are
| not built for heavy draft work. This
explains many sore shoulder.
THE young man In love seems to
| know q lot about fruit growing. He
| is constantly referring to his girl as
peach, thinks her the apple Of his
eye and yearns to pair with her."
Says a sheep owner: 1T did not
cost me any more to feed my sheep
which produced over IA pounds OF
wool than it did to feed those which
clipped only seven pounds, and that
is above the average.
Butter fat Is too valuable to be fed
| to pigs and calves. The separator is
the only method by which all the fat
can be removed. This leaves the skim
milk which can be balanced up with
corn meal and fax seed meal.
Some or the FARMERS down IN Arkan-
sas who neglected the crops on the
farm to go diamond hunting are sad
der and we hope wiser. Better stick
to a sure thing, If 1t does mean hard
! work, than to go nosing around for an
uncertainty.
Raising healthy calves by hand de-
mands absolute cleanliness. The meth
cd Of a good many farmers TO let the
calves give the feed pals all the
cleansing that they receive is danger
GUS The pail should be washed and
scalded at least once day. a calf
cannot lick a pail clean enough to be
germ proof
Look after the teeth OF the horse
that bolts its grain. 1t may be that
there are sharp points which render
proper mastication difficult or impos-
sible. Discourage boiling, also, by feed
ing the grain in a box with a very
wide bottom, so that it will be thinly
distributed and prevent the animal
from grabbing a full mouthful.
Selling eggs by weight Is possi-
bility of the far distant future. A
large egg brings no more than the
small one when sold by count. which
the producer of large eggs does not
think is right, but all hands would be
suspicious Of selling eggs by weight
By count il Is easy to know the exact
quantity sold. but by weight there
would be a chance for the old cry OF.
he cheated me on the weight Of those
eggs"