The Columbus journal., 1908-03-11

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smoother II you think out the tasks
| ahead.
Keep the barn clean. the COW clean.
feed clean food and then see that the
mixer Is clean.
Dairying Is the one branch in which
no man should engage who has not 4
real liking for COWS.
The COWS are entitled to as good
care as that given the horse, and are
just as appreciative of such treat
ment.
AS far as is possible seeds and nur-
sery stock should be produced in the
localities where they are to be planted
and grown.
The best breed for you Is the one
which will do best under the cOndi-
tons your place affords. and which
will find the readiest market
Clean milk means more than the
handling Of the milk after it comes
from the barn. All the care in the
world cannet atone for carelessness
by the mixer.
The successful pOultryman is the
man who knows his flock SD well as
| to be constantly wedding out the culls
and drones. and marketing them to
pay their overdue board bill.
Pure water on the farm. Have you
got It? 1t may look clear and good
but are you sure the we'll is SO lOcat-
ed that it is not being contaminated
by surface water or some other
agency:
Some peoples chicken yards would
not make respectable hog pens. II it
is 30 low that the water remains there
fill in with sand. gravel. ashes or other
material until it is above the level
Of the surrounding land. Chickens
must have a dry yard if they would
thrive.
|, 1t Is the opinion Of one farmer vic
has raised hogs for 80 years that the
animals do best on a free range. He
claims that the exercise they get. to-
yether with the nourishing grasses
they eat. makes them stronger all
around and more able to Withstand
disease.
There is . good deal Of reason in
the declaration of q successful dairy
woman of Wisconsin that women are
better adapted to look after q COW
barn than are men. for says she:
There's bond Of sympathy between
the bovine mother and the woman.
The excitable American husbandman
has bred this terror into the COW. and
it will take years to get il out. You
can fatte:' a calf just As easy as YOU
can man. and cattle should be
petted."
Getting even with the autOmObil-
lists: Seems to me q man of your
standing in the community ought to
drive a better-lOOking horse" criti-
cally remarked the Cleveland Plain
Dealers funny man to the old farm
er> Il wont trade him for the fast
est roadster in the hull country" said
Farmer Huckleberry That hOss knows
just what to do when he meets an
auttymobile. He cavOrts around an
topples over an breaks up a dollars
wuth q buggy shaft an mebby 30
cents wuth of harness. an Ill bet I've
collected much as 'leven hundred dol
lars from the auttymObile owners. The
old hOss is all right
The National Corn Growers assOcia-
tiOn will work during the coming sea
son for the encouraging of the i'm
provement of corn by breeding. dis
seminating information regarding the |
best methods of soil culture and farm
management for corn. encouraging the |
holding of a national corn exposition |
annually by stimulating interest in !
corn culture in undevelOped territory, |
unifying methods and standards of !
corn judging so far as possible, secur |
ing the adoption Of uniform classifica- !
tiOn for corn exhibits and rules gov
erning exhibits, encouraging the de-
velOpment and uses of corn products |
and opening up home and foreign mar
kets through education regs riding the |
use of Indian corn and corn products |;
az foaas tDr man and beast.
Experimental farms of one acre each |
in every section Of four of the western
agricultural states is the plan which
has been proposed by Congressman
Scott OF Kansas. chairman of the
house committee ON agriculture. His
proposition involves the establishment
Of 100 experimental farms of one acre
each in every county in four western
agricultural states to give the farmers
practical demonstration of the best
methods of growing different kinds Of
crops. 1t is proposed that the lands
for this purpose be furnished by the
farmers themselves and that they do
the work of cultivation under the d.
ree.iOn of the experts of the depart
ment of agriculture. No additional aP-
DS.)priatiOn from congress will be re-
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