Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-22

Do not ruin your horse by CON- .
pelling him to pull too hard when
young.
Crocus grown In grass dies dosn so
easily that 1t does not interfere with
the lawn y
Shippers Of cattle that show any
Itness for a fat stock market have no
cause to complain.
A value in hogging down corn at
In the fall Is the enriching Of
the soil with the droppIngs Of the
animals. oo
Select medium-d1ed, full hps toma.
toes for seed. No crooked or SmAll.
sized fruit should be taken II the best
seed Is wanted.
sunnower seed is good poultry food.
and a few rows Of the plants near the
poultry yards are also good for sum-
mer shade and protection.
To keep the boy on the farm, enlist
his interest, give him something that
he can call his own, and let him have
the profits realized from IT'S sale.
Do not keep either the young or old
horses stabbed for several days In sue
cession, because they need daily OK.
ercise for bone and muscle develop.
ment.
A Kansas farmer makes practice
OF hogging down corn by the use Of q
portable fence. and last year made his
corn thus fed net him Al IL cents q
bushel.
One man claims that for the cost Of
harvesting a 40-acre field Of corn a
hog-tight fence can be built around the
field where a cattle fence, barbed
wire. is already there.
Raw farm land should have q dress
Ing OF long manure plowed under In
the fall, and thick dressing Of fine
rotted manure spread broadcast in
the spring and we'll narrowed IN.
The custom Of hogging down corn In
the fall Of the year has been practlced
for a great many years on American
farms, but 1t is only Of recent years
that farmers have come to know It's
definite value.
The value Of humus Is emphasized
where an old barn, or house has been
left standing In the middle Of a field,
as the crops are usually much superb
or to those on the surrounding Dor.
lions Of the field.
Feeding animals need exercise, but
not so much as should be given breed.
ing animals. 1t is best to promote the
tendency toward laziness, allowing
just enough exercise to maintain the
health Of the body.
II the pasture Is short in the fall
the lambs may be turned In the corn
field to pasture. They will eat grass
along the fence rows and the lower
blades of the corn, but they will not
injure the corn In the least.
Land intended for fruit or vegetable
garden should have a heavy dressing
of long stable manure spread evenly
over the ground and deeply plowed
under. This should be done in Octo.
Der. or before the fall rains set in.
Where there are bare spots in the
lawn sod, SOW a little new crop grass
seed and rake II In. Before winter sets
in a thick dressing Of fine, sifted, rich
manure should be spread over the
grass; rotted manure is the best fer
tilizer.
In selecting stock to be bred for
layers the male birds are quite as
important. One must be careful that
the males are descendants from pro-
life layers. The best layers are also
obtained where the sires and grand
sires are also from stock noted for
their exceptional laying.
The apple maggot Is a larvae which
matches out into a moth during a De-
riod after the apple has fallen to the
ground with a maggot contained with
in It. The presence Of hogs in the or.
chard In sufficient numbers to con.
sumo the fruit as II falls means the
determination Of the pest.
In the eastern half Of the United
States black rot has proven q serious
drawback to grape culture. Humidity
is favorable to this disease. More
than 20 years ago spraying was intro
duced as means Of combating this
and other fungus diseases Of vines and
fruit trees, and bordeaux mixture has
been the standard fungiclde from the
first.