The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-23
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g.. The. neglected calf becomes the
stmted cow.
90. Prosperous farmers make a prosper
- Gus community.
Feed costs money. Don't let the
aEiMaIs waste it by careless methods
OF feeding.
Study your flock from now On with
view OF sorting over for mating in the
early spring.
The satisfied farmer is the farmer
who finds satisfaction and stimulus
in doing everything we'll
if you want to improve your farm
land put it down to clover, field by
field. and pasture hogs on il.
Hens 90 not relish scratching in
damp. heavy litter See that plenty
of straw or leaves that are perfectly
d,y is supplied.
Keep the henhouses clean. Great
piles Of frozen manure underneath the
perchcs is not a very good testimonial
O. for til" owner and not much encOur-
agement for the hens to do their best.
Leaks in old shingle roofs can be
more surely fixed by the use of strips
OF lin than by using shingles. as the
latter are apt to raise the edges of
those about il and make the leak
worse.
Cows that are to calvc in winter or
Early spring should have about six
quarts Of some vegetable every day
Tor TWO weeks before calving If this
course is pursued there will be no
milk fever nor any other of the many
troubles incident to calving time
One must understand their incu-
baror. and must keep close watch of
II. II SOt0 I'd
II is so easy to be careless and lay
failure of eggs to hatch upon the incu-
5ator The best of machines require
intelligent handling
Don't let your farmers meetings
drift into a mutual admiration society
i'm which nothing better is talked
about than neighborhood gossip. which
pats those present on the back and
criticiseS the absent reishbors. Make
such meetings profitable By taking up
real farm problems and discussing
. them.
Have You taken an inventory of the
farm YETI No business house of any
size in the world but that takes an
accounting of its stock at the end of
the year preparatory TO the new years
business. Does not the farmer need
to know what he has on hand and
what amount OF business he has done
during the year before he is in shape
IN intelligently begin another years
work?
II 5 not Drawn alone which makes
for successful farming Brains are
needed on the farm as never before
The man who is going to reap the re-
wards which the farm can be made
10 yield must be equipped for the task
He must not only hare pretty COM
prehenSige knowledge of the PRINCIPLES
governing agriculture. bat he must pos
sesS practical business qualities which
viii enable him to market his crops
at'e. t. has raised them.
\ Car adam inventor is said to have
devised blow which cuts two slices
&c soil as il passes through the earth.
one from the surface soil and one
from the suhSoil. The first layer is
turned over into 4 ditch cut by the
previous TUn, while the second LAYER
OF SuhSoi iS turned over on the first
layer. In this way seeds and weeds
are completely buried. while the rich
su5soI is brought ID The surface. The
rlow is formed with Two shares. one
placed IN front Of the other and the
rear enc makes a deep cut. The for
wand snare is Of such form as 10 force
the layer Of sell il cuts 10 one side.
and a The same time turns it over.
Just how effective such plow would
prove could only be demonstrated By
actual use II sounds good. but would
lis work?
The foot and mouth disease. or
aphthCus fever. which has heen caus-
ing so much concern in the east. but
which has been held in check by the
vigorous and prompt quarantine meas
ures of tie government. is a highly
contagious fever. characterized BIZ
erupiionS of blisters in the mouth.
around the crown of the feet and be-
tween the toes. Ii is SDread by con-
tact with the diseased animals. or
. with manure, hay or anything else
they have touched. or the buildings or
cars that have harbored them Though
ordinarily considered a disease of cat
Tie. il affects hogs. sheep. goats.
horses, dogs, cats, and. sometimes. hui
mans. The disease is seldom fatal
10 humans, and is confined chiefly to
children who have used unboiled milk
from injected cattle. In animals the
disease makes its appearance in from
three 10 six days after exposure to in
fecticn- The first symptom is a chill.
followed by q high fever. In day or
two small bliSters about the size Of a