Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-10-15


Do not ruin your horse by COM
pelling him to pull too hard when
young.
Crocus grown In grass dies down so
easily that it does not interfere with
the lawn.
Shippers of cattle that show any
fitness for a fat stock market have no
cause to complain.
A value in hogging down corn at
maturity in the fall is the enriching of
the soil with the droppings of the
animals.
Select medium-sized, full ripe toma.
toes for seed. No crooked or small
sized fruit should be taken IL the best
seed is wanted.
Sunflower seed is good poultry food,
and 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 its sale.
Do not keep either the young or old
horses stabbed for several days in sue
cession, because they need daily ex-
ercise for bone and muscle develop
| ment.
A Kansas farmer makes practice
Of hogging down corn by the use of a
portable fence, and last year made his
corn thus fed net him Al 1-2 cents a
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 dress
ing of long manure plowed under in
the fall, and a thick dressing of fine
rotted manure spread broadcast in
the spring and well narrowed in.
The custom of hogging down corn in
the fall of the year has been practiced
for a great many years on American
farms, but 1t is only of recent years
that farmers have come to know its
definite value.
The value of humus is emphasized
where an old barn, or house has been
left standing in the middle of field
as the crops are usually much superi
or to those on the surrounding por
tions 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.
If the pasture is short in the fal
the lambs may be turned in the corr
field to pasture. They will eat grass
along the fence rows and the lowe
blades of the corn, but they will no
injure the corn in the least.
Land intended for fruit or vegetabl,
garden should have a heavy dressing
of long stable manure spread evenl!
over the ground and deeply plowet
under. This should be done in Octo
ber or before the fall rains set in
Where there are bare spots in tn
lawn sod, SOW little new crop gras
3 seed and rake it in. Before winter set
3 in thick dressing of fine, sifted. ricl
9 manure should be spread over tn
. grass; rotted manure is the best fei
l tilizer.
a In selecting stock to be bred 70
layers the male birds are quite a
important. One must be careful tina
e the males are descendants from prt
S life layers. The best layers are ais
s obtained where the sires and grant
J. sires are also from stock noted fo
G their exceptional laying.
e The apple maggot is a larvae whic
VI iidlShSo oot tilo q llolh a ~
riod after the apple has fallen to tn
ground with maggot contained will
# in it. The presence of hogs In the o
y chard in sufficient numbers to col
g sumo the fruit as 1t falls means tn
D. determination of the pest.
Fl In the eastern half of the Unite
l. States black rot has proven serior
1, drawback to grape culture. Humidit
is favorable to this disease. MOI
than 20 years ago spraying was intr
" duced as means of combating tn
,s and other fungus diseases of vines al
e fruit trees, and bordeaux mixture hi
1t been the standard fungicide from IL
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