The state herald., 1908-05-08
NlI FARM
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SOW only cleaned seed.
Selected that name for the farm
yet?
The radish maggot can be eradicat.
ed with tobacco dust.
Bury the shriveled tree in moist
soil and it will soon become plump.
Keep the machinery oiled. Oil is
cheaper than repairs or new machin-
e1y.
When the lambs are weaned turn
them on fresh pasture. If it is a pos
sible thing.
The farm dairy can by proper man
Garner on the farm.
Put curb on your appetite. Farm
ers are more subject to digestive
troubles than any other class OF peo-
pie.
Outdoor exposure of farm machin-
cry is one large item of loss TO many
farmers. 1t pays to take care OF
farm tools.
The farmer who is making fail
ure OF his business is generally the
last one to discover II, when he should
be the first.
Formalin is cheap and effective
remedy for grain smut and potato
scab and is working revolution in
these branches OF farming.
Much OF the herbage of the earth
that is inedibie to man. is made edible
for him through the medium OF the
animals which man uses for food
Soil exhaustion is as great a men.
ace TO this country as forest eNhaus.
tion. What are you doing to prevent
either or both caamities from fall
ing?
To break colts OF kicking or biting.
begin before they have acquired the
habit, In other words treat them
right In the days Of their youth and
they will behave right
When you sit down TO your table
groaning under the good things which
your farm has produced remember
tits n good thing TO eat what the body
needs. but hurtful TO eat Just because
Il tastes good.
Dust is bad for hogs The season Is
now approaching when the hog yards
are apt TO he dusty, Provide green
sward for them when possible Change
their quarters occasionally so that the
ground does not get all powdered up.
DO not let the weeds, brlars and
brush grow along the fences and wa.
tor courses. II you have such ON your
farm. Year after year they extend
their borders and render much of
your land unproductIye. Utilize all
your space and keep the fence corners
cleaned out.
Planting inferior seed II the rankest
kind OF folly. Some farmers do Il
under n mistaken idea OF economy.
some do II because they are too care.
less TO do anything right. and some
farmers do II because they nre fool.
ish enough to believe that they eau
4 raise good crops from inferior seed
A splendid fertilizer for young
peach trees In said TO be thrcc-quar.
terr of n pound Of nitrate OF sodn. one
pound OF Stag phosphate. and ~
pounds suiphaie Of potash. This
amount applied last May 10 young
trees by George T. Powell OF New
York made the trees grow four times
A. much ~ similar trees In adjoining
rows not fer'ilised.
Why keen n hundred average cows
when 90 picked ones will return ms
much profit as the hnndr~d7 v. r.
Winahip. n rnoceaafnl Minnesota dairy.
man. by testing and keeping an exact
record Of every COW IN his herd. now
br'nh ohlN e"' "h"nh W many M
formerly. and makes more money.
takes less risk. has less invested. uses
less stable room and hires less labor
A successful raiser of blackb.rriea
explains how he gets a crop when
others fail In dry season, ~. h-sinH
before the bushes are Het out, having the
Sround deeply plowed and then heavily
feftilifed. After the bushes arc fully
grown and dry season comes. he
Keeps tho cuitiyator going iill he IL
sure that no moisture II getting away
from the ground except through the
leaves of the plant The fact of the
heavy fefiiiislnr makes the bushes
send down theit roots 10 the layers of
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