The Columbus journal., 1908-06-10
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5NIi FARM
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Sheep like pasturage where the
grass is short and tender.
Keep the milking stools up OF OF
the barn floor. Bad things to stumble
over.
Good blowing. followed up by good
seeding and cultivation insure the
good harvest by and by
1t Is good plan to turn the sheep
out to pasture as early as possible SO
that they may get after the weeds.
Ii is the farmer who understands
farming who makes it pay 1t is folly
to think that any one can make a sue
cess Of agriculture
A separate pasture for the yearlings
and other young stock is good thing
They do better than when run in the
same pasture with the cows.
1t is as important in hog breeding
as with cattle to be particular of the
sire used. Go miles to get thorough
bred boar if you have to. 1t will pay
YOU.
Keep close track of the flock. Count
the lambs every DAY. Easy for them
to stray and unless you discover it at
once you are certain TO lose a lamb
occasionally.
Perhaps you cannot help the quail
ity Of cows you have at the present
time. but as you breed and raise new
stock you can see to ii tina; you breed
and raise only the best
Many fruit growers advise that the
new growth of raspberry and black
berry canes which is to furnish the
fruit next year, should be pinched off
at the tips when about IS inches high.
The gamboling lamb is the healthy
growing lamb. When you see the lit
tie fellows with bumped back and
dropping head you may be sure you
have sick animal to look after. and
do not delay doing SO. Be sure that it
is getting enough to eat Perhaps the
eve is failing to supply the necessary
nouriShment.
The chicken yard can be too shady |
Do not plant too many trees. Shade !
is good for chickens in hot weather. |
but sunshine is necessity. Do not !
have the trees so close together or
SO arranged. that all of the lot will be !
shaded by them at any time of the |
day. Be sure, especially. to give the |
early morning sun a chance to get !
in. Remember, too. the trees are H. |
able TO make very vigorous growth |
if the soil is at ali suitable
One farmer who has been troubled |
with crows getting his corn has made |
his fields immune from the birds at
tack by sprinkling pint of kerosene
over each peck of corn and shoveling /
IL over until each kernel is tainted by
the oil. He says when the Job is
done right there is no trouble with
the corn going through the planter.
Another method used by some farm
ers is TO smear the corn slightly with
coal tar
Watch the horses shoulders after
they begin heavy work A little pre-
liminary care will obviate irritating
which will reduce the work
ing capacity of the animals to a seri-
Gus extent 1t pays to wash the shout
derS with cold water every evening
after the harness has been removed.
The bath removes the fever and har-
dens the skin SO il will stand a greater
strain. BE sure the collar fits the
shoulder perfectly. A good pad will
do much towards preventing sore
shoulders if all the dirt and hair is
washed OF under the surface at least
once each week.
While the oyster-shell and scurvy +,
scales are not so injurious as San
lose scale, still they are not desira-
BILE boarders to have on apple. pear or ,
other trees. Oyster-shell scales are ,
brown in color. and shaped something ,
ike an elongated oyster-she!l Scurfy ;
scales are obloug. whitish and look
ike tiny flake of cotton. Both of ,
.hese enemies can be easily seen with ,
,ut the aid of a magnifying glass;
Treatment: This month watch for .
Eoye around on the bark When seen, ,
spray the trees with whale-oil soap So ,
ution made as follows: Dissolve one I
,ound Of whale-oil soap in a gallon {
If hot water. and dilute with six gal
ons of cold water Use a pump and I
lozzle that will apply the spray in a G
inc mist. like steam. q.
= Much has been said and written
bout grading up with mongrel fe- c
males of cows. sheep, hens. etc. with !
! thoroughbred male Better sell them s
or what they will bring. and buy a t
ew thoroughbreds with the money OBJ I
aimed. Many of the morgrelbred fe-
males are only fit for the butchers e
art" This is the advice of an old a
armer. but it is rather radical. The e
afest rule is to start with what you b
ave and patiently, but with per Fl
istency and intelligence. improving n
our stock by breeding to blooded e
males. Not many men who have had o
stock would know lust how e