The Columbus journal., 1908-07-01
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The rapid mixer is not apt to strip
clean.
Little deeds of kindness, like chick
ems, come home to roost.
Butter to be of prime quality must
not be subject to too rapid or too slow
churning.
Get that set Of low wheels for the
wagon this year. They will save you
much heavy lifting.
Elbow grease and good stfh broom
used daily in the dairy barn will help
a long ways toward sanitary milk.
The best breed of cows for the dairy
is that breed which will most nearly
meet the special purposes and needs
of the owner.
Three trees which are peculiarly
adapted for fence posts are the catal,
pa speciosa, the Usage orange and
the Russian mulberry.
Keep your plans ahead Of your work.
1t is the farmer who thinks out his
work in advance who raises the big
gest crops and has the easiest time.
Sunlight is essential to success in
chicken raising. See that the hen
house is constructed with a view to
as possible.
Vermin on the hens will keep them
from laying. With the coming OF
warm weather, clean and whitewash
the henhouse, and provide a good dust
bath. il hens are kept confined in a
yard.
The time to wash out the butter
milk from butter is when 1t has
reached that granular state. Dairyine
has this advantage over other
branches of farming in that the farmer
has a continuous income.
When fresh whole milk is not avail
able the little pigs you have to raise
by hand will thrive on boiled milk
which has been thickened with a cur
of flaxseed to each gallon. Add hall
pound of brown sugar and little
salt.
A farmer in central Michigan faces
the problem of making four-ceIt pork
and three-cent beef out of 6O-cent
corn, with common farm labor $3t
a month with board; hay SIC. and
$40 a ton and corn stalks five cents
a bundle Can you figure out his
profit?
It may be very interesting specu
lation as to why weeds came to be
but the practical question for the
farmer is how quickest and most eff
fectually to be rid of them. Tht
farmer is not interested in any scien
tific discussions which will not serve
any practical purpose.
The producing capacity of tn
farm is measured by the humus an,
nitrogen content of the surface soil
and if these cannot be fully supplie'
by the manure made on the farm, thel
lesumes should be grown to supple
ment the manure, and for this purpos'
and a profitable seed crop mammoth
clover. over a large part of our coun
try, heads the list.
A good way to char cobs for thu
hogs is to dig a round hole, say three
feet across. build a good fire will
wood in the bottom of this. fill in will
corncobs, and when they are properl!
Charred through but not burned t,
ashes, put on a lid of some kind t,
exclude the air. Then add any Woo
ashes that may be convenient, an,
salt. When the mass is cool put it il
a box with a seif-feed. where thu
hogs can reach it, and let them ca
what they want.
1t is so easy to neglect the groom
ing Of the horse during these rusl
days. but it is not good for the horse
Too bad to let the dirt and dust, drie'
with sweat, remain upon the horse
coat. clogging the pores and spoilin
his appearance. Look after his fee
when evening comes, and see, tina
there is no gravel or sand to tormen
him. You know how trying it is t
wear a shoe that hurts your foot. Yo'
lose no time in hunting up something
more comfortable in footwear. Blu
the poor horse can't tell you when tn
harness chafes or the collar bruise
| his shoulder. It is your place to Sc
| that the harness is we'll fitted. Thin
| of the horse as of yourself.
Go slow in double cropping the OF
chard land. A good crop of apples o
| other fruit removes about as nue.
plant food as crop of wheat. 1t
poor policy to try to get both. Tn
! orchard should be cultivated If Dos
sible up to bearing age. II the sit
! is so billy that cultivation is liable t
cause serious washing Of the soil, tn
| young trees should be mulched.
good mulch Of straw or grass serve
much the same purpose as clean cult
walton, in keeping the ground mcis,
There is danger from mice, which ar
liable to shelter in such mulch, how
ever, unless measures are taken t