The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-04
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 Keep the feed yards clean
 Pure water for the animals must be the rule.
 A dull sythe is poor encouragement to rapid work
 Breeding from the best is the surest way of having the best
 Clean up the hen house and then keep it clean by regular attention.
 When pastures are short give the sheep a small grain ration. It will pay you.
 The time to harvest the onion crop is when the tops wither and turn vel low and fall over.
 Sponge the back of the horse after removing the saddle and you will have no swellings or sore spots.
 One pound of tobacco steeped in two gallons of vinegar is said to be most excellent remedy for lice on cattle.
 Scatter the fertilizer we'll away from the trunk of the trees, for it is there that the feed roots will be found
 A balky horse may offer good op- portunity for the cultivation of pa tience, but that is about all. It won't pay to keep him.
 The early frosts are the foretaste of the weather which will soon be upon us. Take a look ahead and be sure that you are ready for winter Sudden changes in diet are harmful to all farm animals, especially the horse. With the lull in the hard work be careful how you turn the horses on grass.
 Success in dairying is determined by the wisdom and care which is dis played in breeding better cattle, by selecting the right feed, and increas- ing the fertility of the soil Next the fair, then the fall blow | ing and sowing and finishing up upon the harvesting and then the winter time of reading, studying and plan nirg for the next years work. What you put into your farm rather than what you take out determines how good a farmer you are. Ex-Gov. Hoard of Wisconsin put it about right in a recent speech when he said: '4he way we look at farming is all wrong. Our philosophy is false. We do not see that we must build up rather than destroy if we hope to add to our fortune in the end. I must do two things on my farm and do them constantly: l. Build up my soil; spend money, time and labor on it. 2 Build up the efficiency and productiveness of my herd by wise breeding, feeding and care"
 Average milk of good quality should contain about s7 per cent. of water and 13 per cent. solids. Milk con- tains bacteria of many kinds and in varying numbers. They cause the souring of milk as well as the ripen- ing of cream and cheese and produce many other changes in the appear ance and flavor. The number pres ent in freshly drawn milk varies enor- mously with the conditions of milk ing, and, as trey are greatly in creased with dirty and careless hand ling, cleanliness In all matters per. taining to the milking and marketing of milk and keeping it In the homo cannot be too strongly insisted on Disease germs, notably those of ty- phoid diphtheria, scarlet fever and tuberculosis, may also be carried in milk, so that the purity of the sup ply is of vital importance to every family and community
 Early and late blight on potatoes are common in most sections. Effec- tive treatment is preventive rather than curative and must be begun early. If your fields have suffered this year either from early or late blight study the conditions carefully and then plan an ther season to spray thoroughly. The vines should be sprayed every two or three weeks or oftener if rains have come and washed the coating of Bordeaux off Late potato blight is often respon, sible for wet rot of tubers in the bin It's progress on stored potatoes is checked by dusting them with air slaked lime. The cost of spraying potatoes is about s1 per acre and the gain from five to six sprayings amounts to an average of about $25 per acre. When potatoes are thor oughly sprayed they not only pro duce much more of superior tubers bat the tubers are less liable to rot