The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-10-01
NH r"' FARM
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the best animal to own.
Have the poultry house light and
airy and, above all, clean.
Spraying is absolutely useless un-
less done OF the right time.
The best milk pail is the one with
the fewest number OF seams.
Hens compelled to sit upon the
ground are apt to develop rheumatism.
Don't let the harness get stiff and
hard. Money out of your pocket If
you do.
The orchard is no place for live
stock, save perhaps pigs and the
chickens.
Well-kept machinery will make the
work Of the farm easier, both for the
farmer and his team.
Never mix fertilizer or manure with
lime Work the lime into the surface
before applying the fertilizer.
The sore neck and shoulder upon
the horse Is more easily prevented
than cured. Keep close lookout.
Fruit trees that are worth q place
on the farm are worth caring for.
Without care you will not get salts.
factory results.
You feed and water your horse with
thoughtful care so as to keep him in
prime condition for hard work. Are
you as careful of your physical condi.
ton. and that of the hired help?
Do little forestry work on the
farm this fall Plant patch of trees.
The nursery catalogue of the forest
service of the agricultural department
may help you. Send for 1t to Wash
ington, d. G.
scrubby teams some farmers are con-
tent to drive that there was one bit
Of personal pride or ambition in them?
1t pays to have good team and it pays
to keep them right
On fields where the clover crop was
almost a failure the Ohio experiment
station tried lining with good results
The lime was burnt and then ground
and spread over the ground at the
rate OF one ton per acre.
Young trees in new ground should
be the rule, for when you set out
! among old trees or in ground from
which old Aees have just been re-
moved. they are apt to find many enc.
mics that will prove destructive.
The next international livestock ex.
position will be held at Chicago. No.
vember 2S to December 10, the classiH,
cation of exhibits being practically the
same az last year. You owe It to
yourself and the boys to go. Make
up your mind you will, and Law your
plans accordingly.
Inc man TO be a successful breeder
OF livestock must have a true love and
interest in his work, and he must also
have thorough knowledge of tho
pedigree OF his animals, that is. he
should be certain that there Is real
basis for the qualities which he thinks
his stock possess.
DO you know that it is poor econo.
my to save the cost of building at the
expense of heavy loss of feed stuffsq
DO you know that the hay stack win.
tered out doors loses in value manv
times what the interest would be on
the money invested in a building suit.
able TO house it? Figure 1t out for
yourself.
You study to provide Just the right
con7tons for growing the biggest
crops Are you doing as much for
your boy? Remember he needs tho
right Kind of soil to grow in and tho
right kind of cultivation to develon
the best in him, and who but mother
and father should gi,e the mater
m%st thought and attention?
Come now, be honest. Do Won know
just what your cows are doing for vor9
Ten chances to one that there NO
some robber cows in your herd and
you don't know it, because Won bava
never kept any record of their MN.
yield, neither have you tested thoin
milk as to butter fat content II T.,
Just guess work with You WIZ
would you think of the merchant ~
town that was content to handle gooa,
year In and year out without knouiua
whether it was at profit or lossP hnS
yet that Is exactly what the dair,'
farmer is doing who does not -,
each individual COW and what sha T..
doing for him. Make up your IT.
you begin at once to find ont nh.
each COW iC doing md me-, N'