The Columbus journal., 1908-06-17
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III FARM
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Cream which is ripened without
securing gives good favor to butter
1t is d poor excuse which tries t.
excuse the presence of the poor COW
In the herd.
Sunfiower seed is one of the bes,
feeds for chickens. especially during
the molting season.
Increasing the egg production Of
hens is accomplished by saving only
the best layers for breeders.
You cannot keep your flock of sheep
free from ticks unless you dip them
at least once a year; remember that
Be sure you have got the best out
OF your farm before you allow dis
contents to encourage you to sell out
and move.
Four ounces of molasses, one pint OF
water and nickers worth of Quassia
chips mixed together and boiled
makes cheap fly poison.
If you allow the weeds to take the
moisture and nourishment needed by
the crops you need not wonder at the
small u,.au,th onA v-;nlA
A thrifty apple orchard is the best
kind of insurance. 1t will pay you
dividends in few years and will be-
stow valuable legacy upon your fam
lily when you are gone.
When planning for better machinery
for the farm work, machinery that
will save labor. don't forget that there
are many things you can provide for
the kitchen and dairy which will
tighten the work of the wife also.
Set the few poor acres on the farm
into trees and start wood lot Any
of the quick growing trees will return
a profit in a few years on land that
would otherwise not yield enough to
ray the taxes and the interest on the
money invested.
Do not wait until the hay crop is
ready to cut before looking over the
mower and seeing whether repairs
need to be made. You may be put to
aggravating loss by having to wait for
new parts. Find out what you need
and send for the parts desired at
once.
After fowls have been kept for
some time on soft food, whole grain
cannot form a considerable portion of
their ration without a loss. The or
gans for grinding and digesting hard
food have been SO long in disuse that
they are quite untitled to perform the
office required of them when hard or
whole grain is provided.
good for the stock but it proves handy
for the men folks when the sudden
storm comes up. Not much work to
erect a framework and put roofing
paper over the top. but it means a
mighty sight of comfort in an emer-
gency. And think of the time you
save in not having to run to the
house for shelter.
1t is poor management which tries
to do the work of the farm with the
young growing horses and then mar.
keting them as soon as they are ma.
ture. In the first place. young horses
that are worked too hard cannot be
developed properly, and, secondly, the
work of the farm is bound to suffer.
Raise your horses, but don't EXPECT
too much work out of them while they
are maturing.
One reason why spraying gives such
unsatisfactory results oftentimes Is
because the materials out of which
the sprays are made are adulterated
To check this evil Senator Kittredge
of South Dakota has introduced into
congress a bill prohibiting the manu-.
facture. sale or transportation of adul.
terated or misbranded funeicides
paris green, lead arrsenates and other
insecticides.
Here is a stock breeders method
OF training horns to graceful growth:
He bores small gimlet hole in each
horn about one-fourth inch from tin
of horn. Take small wire, such as
is used. for baling hay, run this
through the hole in each horn. wind
the wire once around each horn back
OF the holes; then twist each end
around main wire and fasten in GEN.
ter. Leave wire on until horns are
well started to curve.
Plain English is good enough for our
able Secretary Wilson Of the aericul-
tural department. The story goes that
the other day he called into his Office
at Washington the architect OF the
new agricultural building and asked:
Goddard. what is the meaning of that
word. 'Fructus.' which you have carved
out there on a pillar?" why. Mr.. Sec.
retary. said Goddard. that means
fruit. oh. does it! And you pay by
the letter for that carving!" YES, l
believe So. Well. why not carve the
word fruit instead of fructifusffuss 80
"Oh. but that is not classic!" But It
is understood" Certainly" We'll, l
now request you to cut out the words
fructus. cereales, forestes, flores and
carve instead the words fruits, grains,
woods and flowers in their places.