The Columbus journal., 1908-10-14
Get good and give good is q good

hui R0y N0ClI way.
The butter flavor can be improved
by adding a tablespoonful of granu-
lated sugar to ten pounds Of butter.
1t is good plan to put finely cut
hay with the grain to compel the
horses to masticate their feed prop
erly.
Make up for the scantiness of the
pasturage at this time Of year Is made
up with corn stalks or other succulent
feed.
Make your farm a veritable gold
mine by careful managing SO that
everything that is raised Is turned
into gold.
Spray the stables occasionally to
drive out the flies A good fly spray
is good disinfectant. and will purify
the air Of the stable.
Melting is hard on the poultry.
Feed well at this time so that they
may come through the period strong
and ready for the winter laying sea-
son.
Sort the chickens at this time and
dispose Of all the superfluous ones.
Don't winter over the old hens, except
such of the trusty ones as you want
to keep for setting next spring.
A poultry keeper of New Jersey has
found a new use for the box kites.
He flies them over his memories and
says they scare the hawks away.
Worth trying.
It is the gentle. steady rainfall as
well as the even-tempered man which
does the most good. Violent thunder
storms and violent tempers do lots of
damage.
Mango is a germ disease. Hogs
thus afflicted should be washed clean
and then dipped. Any dip sold by re-
liable firms for the purpose will do.
More than one application may be
necessary.
Keep a level head when the work is
crowding. Think quick and do the
most important thing first, then the
next. Don't get ratified, but do one
! thing at a time
Liquid manure is the most valuable
part. often containing as much as SO
to Is per cent Of fertility. Plenty
of bedding will help to save it. il you
have not a cistern into which the
liquid manure is drained.
No two horses any more than two
people require the same amount OF
feed to keep them in condition. You
must study your animals and feed
with judgment to secure the best re-
suits.
Do you know how to ground your
fence wires to prevent lightning do
ing damage to stock? Simply thrust
a length of heavy wire several feet
into the ground down the side of &C.
casional posts. and staple to the fence
wires where they cross.
Boys should learn how to sharpen
their own knives, hang up their caps.
hunt up things that are lost, be faith
full to a trust, brave in the face OF
danger. plucky when pain or hurt
would make them cry. helpful to every
body human, and kind to beast and
bird.
1t does not pay to let the cows get
down in their milk because pasturase
is short If you want them to go
through the winter with a good milk
flow. keep them well fed, for it is al
most impossible to bring the cow up
to full flow when once shrinkage has
taken place.
Tent caterpillars are becoming more
numerous every year. There ought
to be laws enacted in every state for
their determination. If every farmer
would see to it that his own premises
are kept free from them it would be
the means of much benefit to fruit
trees, young and old.
Dccayed and liberated teeth or teeth
which have worn uneven will put
horse out of condition quickly. for the
animal cannot chew his food properly
and indigestion follows. Look to the
horses teeth, doctor the sore gums.
draw out the decayed teeth, even up
the good ones, and you will put your
horse into the way of returning health.
The worst thing you can do to the
horse that refuses to pull Is to beat
him. Be kind to him. caress him,
allay his excitement by speaking and
stroking his neck. and leave the team
alone for 10 or Is minutes. Then urge
them on again. turning the horses
little to the right and left. 50 As to get
them in motion, before they feel the
presence of the load behind them.
Drive about 20 PAGES and stop again.
before the balky horse stops on his
own account. Then caress and start
again.
A writer in the Century Magazine
on The Future Wheat Supply Of the
United States" declares that wheat