The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-04-15
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Keep the stock of of soft pastures.
Alfalfa is too valuable to pas
ture.
What do you think Of sheep as a
manure spreader? :"
Bells on the sheep will save you lots
of time in looking for them.
The chicks that are crowded will
not make good, vigorous growth.
The right kind of a COW expects the
right kind of treatment and gets it.
The sows appreciate clean drinking
water as much as any farm animal.
Clean cultivation Of the apple or
chard will bring most profitable re-
turns. =.
Remember the best ground for the
garden. and make it better still by fer
tilizing literally and cultivating assid-
uously. co.
Look up but always have the wealth
er eye out for the stumbling block in
the road. .,..s.'.
The good horse is his own best
salesman. and this is true of every
other farm animal. -
A good road along the side of your
place makes good impression ON the
stranger as he drives by.
Set the first eggs the turkeys lay
under. the chicken hen and thus en-
courage them to lay second clutch
Begin in a small way and grow as
fast as you can is safe rule in any
branch of farming or stock-raising.
Some breeders claim that chickens
fed sulphur are liable to rheumatism
in damp weather. What has been
your experience? a.
The land intended for alfalfa should
be plowed and narrowed. then disked
and narrowed again. and then it would
do no harm to harrow again.
The good idea is good to use. not to
be slowed away and forgotten. For
this reason get busy after you have
read MeadowbroOk Farm Notes.
Don't keep the kicking COW. And at
the same time that you get rid of her
get rid Of those methods of yours b.
which the bad qualities tn her were
developed. e. ..-..
The cry has gone forth that soon
famine of hickory will be upon the
land. Why not plant few such trees?
Young trees can be obtained from
many of the nurseries. 49,
No wonder you don't have good
roads in your township if politics is
mixed up in the business. Deal with
the road question strictly. on a bust
ness basis. Cut the politics out.
One cannot always prevent being
crowded by the seasons work. but one
can keep from fretting over it. Fret
[ulness of this kind leads to hurry, and
hurry often entails much work that is
needless. =....... g -. -
A good tobacco dip for sheep is
made by soaking 20 pounds of tobacco
IN sufficient water to cover: boil for
IN hour, strain. and then dilute to 100
gallons. Twenty pounds of sulphur
will improve the Dip
Underfeed may save food but it is
more than Offset by the unthrifty con-
1ition of the animal. Overfeed wastes
the food and hampers the animal in
making the best growth. Irregular
feeding causes nervous irritability in
the animal which interferes with diges
tive processes. Improper feed of
course must with animals as with man
fhvy
Here is fox trap which will work,
lays an experienced hunter: Find a
,ood-sized stump 21s feet or more
rom the ground. Get a set of small |
'ticks two feet long and nail them
lround the stump one inch apart. let
ing them project above the stump IS
inches. Put rooster in this coop and |
cover the top with brush SO he can't
get out. Set your traps around the
stump, being very careful about COW
,ring them. -.
The gasoline motor on the farm is
coming to fill a most important mis-
sion, the uses to which it can be put |
being almost unlimited. One farmer
who has a ten-horse power engine had !
It mounted on four wheels so that it is |
able to propel itself from place to
place by means of driving gear.
When in the field it. was harnessed to !
! cOrnstalk cutter by means of belt.
and later, when run to the barn. it
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