The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-08-27

''u surplus stock
oa up ior the ticks Sheep infested
cannot be fitted for market
hnow your commission man before
consigning him shipment of goods
No"s mat are permitted-sometim
iorced--to drink stagnant water viii
give stringy or ropy milk.
Piow the poultry runs. II will make
.hem look better and will give the
mems new ground TO scratch In.
Clean cool water at this tima u,
year is needed by all kinds of farm
STOCK, II they would keep in prime
condition.
In picking out the hens that are tc
De sent to market be sure that you get
the ones that will no longer prove
profitable to you.
The irritable man makes a moor
driver of horses, for his i'll femme,
makes the horses nervous and he is
never able to get the best work out O.
them.
Inc Indiana couple whose friends
made them presents of live poultr,
on their wedding day ought to fee
mat they have a calling to the poul
try-raising profession.
one farmer who has had trouble
with mud wallows around his hos
troughs and who had tried clay and
sand without effect used sawdust as
a last resort and found 1t worked ex
cellently.
Sometimes sheep get deep wounds
in which after time maggots Matched
from the eggs of flies find Judgment
In such case inject kerosene to drive
out the maggots. Treat every day
until the wound is healed.
The poultry interests of the farm
are growing. Time was few years
ago when the farmer was content to
market five dollars worth of eggs q
month, now he thinks nothing of ship
ping 60 cases week, and he counts
1t sort of pick up.
Ten hours day on the farm will
count for more where the work is
well planned, than 10 hours where the
hit and miss method is followed. II
is the farmer who never plans any
thing who is out after nightfall with
the lantern finishing up the tail end OF
the chores.
About the best thing you can do
with your common stock rams Is to
sell them. Then add little more to
the selling price and go off and buy
a full bred animal to head your flock
for the coming year. 1t may seem like
extravaganza at the time but you will
see the wisdom of 1t as you look over
the lamb crop of next year.
spots into wood lots where you can
grow your own posts, poles, fences and
saw logs. 1t is decidedly worth while
to keep all of the farm at work. The
owner pays taxes on all his land, and
is out of pocket for whatever Is not
earning him something. Further, by
growing a tree crop on land that is
too poor to pillow the quality Of the
land itself is improved, Forests add
humus to the soil, lettering its char.
acter.
In the early stages of the disease,
heaves may be cured by turning the
afflicted animal upon pasture or Keep
ing ON cornstalks or other dustless lax
alive food. Hay should not be allowed
except at night, and then in small
amount and shaken free from dust
The bowels must never be constipat
ed the stable must be kept well aired
and the use of water for drink, into
which a few drops Of oil of pine tar
have been put, is recommended. NC
not use too much of the tar, as 1t VIII
nauseate.
Here is recipe for sailing meal
which has proved satisfactory; Fol
100 pounds of meat take ten quarts OF
saltpeter; one pound of pepper and
two pounds of yellow sugar. My
well, put in tub or some suitapie
vessel, and then apply the mixture
we'll to the meat. Care should Dc
taken to apply 1t thoroughly In the
cracks and around the edges. After
tho meat has taken all the salt pos
sible hang it up and powder 1t with
nowdered borax. Then smoke the
meat This is said to be the most
successful method of sailing me"'
there is, both from standpoint OF
purity and flavor
Where hay is stacked in the held d
bav derrick is almost necessity YOU
can make one for yourself as follows:
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