The state herald., 1908-12-18
There is an increasing demand for
medium-sized hogs.

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to stint them on feed
Set standard for the farm work
and then strive to maintain it.
Not a question as to keeping live
stock but rather what kind of live.
stock.
Salt should be kept where the
horses and other stock can help them.
selves.
Never allow any dustraising opera
tiions in the barn Just before milk
ing time.
Corn-fed cattle are likely to be
scarce the coming season. owing to
the high price of corn
The pig pen has given place to the
pig pasture on farms where pig.rais.
ing is conducted for profit.
To get the best out OF any soil a
leguminous crop should be grown at
least once in four or five years.
Keeping up the milk flow is the
problem which now faces the farmer.
You can't do II except you feed for 1t.
The curtain front TO the poultry
house provides fresh air without per
mitting draft upon the chickens
Try II.
Keep close eye on your flock OF
chickens and mark the ones that are
the best layers for breeding purposes
next spring.
Lots of dirt is firted into the milk
pail from the tail. BE sure and do not
neglect to brush and clean it with the
rest of the animal
Care must be taken In breaking the
colt that proper bit Is used Many a
horses mouth has been ruined by the
use of the wrong bit
Think OF the folly of trying TO build
up good dairy herd with scrub
bull And yet that is what many n
farmer is trying to do.
Tillng not only draws OF the sur.
plus water from the land but IL helps
to aerate and warm the soil. Crops
need air and warmth.
Winter the calves well You Will
see the wisdom OF II next spring when
you turn them out TO pasture and see
the rapid gains they make
II were almost better to turn the
stock out into the open air as to
make them stand in the draughty
stable. Close up the chinks.
Fortunate indeed Is the farmer
whose cows freshen In the fall and
winter. Try and manage so that this
Will be the rule In your herd.
Don't let your horses drop suddenly
from hard work Into days Of idleness.
The radical change will work to his
hurt Bring into the slack season OF
winter gradually and let down on the
full grain ration gradually also.
Cows that are trained TO milk from
either side Is Kansas idea, 4 farmer
from that state reports that his cows
are broken thus and that when one OF
his young folks gets through milking
and there are no more whole" cows
10 be MIXED. they take II two TO n
COW. one ON each side Kansas nl'
ways was strenuous state,
Farmers above all others are inter.
asted IN the work Of the conservation
commission. and scarcely a single
farmers organization meets but tina,
Il adopts resolutions indorsing thu
commission and urging cooperation IN
the work It's good thing What are
you doing 10 carry out the Idea OF con,
scryation upon your own farm
II Is n mistake 10 think that amy old
place u good enough for tho hog. His
layer OF fhi may mnk" Il possible ia
stand n deal of cold but II will not
help him 10 make good return for the
feed you arr putting into him. H."
member that the animal that IL IA
give a good nceount u itself must be-
provided not only with good food and
rleniy of II but with comfortable
quarters.
Cats In the orchard In the summer
time Will tend To lessen the mice
there In the winter time One farmer
who has large orchard keeps n
dozen or two u eats feeding them new
milk each morning In The center NJ
the orchard, This keeps their actiyi'
Ties contefod In the orchard and the
farmer declares there are few mice,
s1nirrolH. rabbits ~ rats on his farm.
kNa 49,. a. iittlr afraid that the ent 4