The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23
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Civ, the boys a course at the asrt'
No Ill Of coloring matter for the
butter nov that the COWS are ON pas
ture.
Alfalfa makes good food and nest.
ing for field mice. This is no reason
Why you should not raise alfalfa. but
Is q hint for you to be on guard
against the mice.
Sheep on the farm are a profitable
Not farm SO small but
that there Is room for a few, and
where a few are handled the proper
ton Of profit is larger than with the
urge flock.
Don't be SO anxious to increase your
acreage as you are to increase the
yield its quota of profit. Some use
ready own. Intensive not extensive
farming is giving the best returns
nowadays.
Flies will bother cattle in spite OF
anything you can do. but the pest can
be mitigated by spraying the cattle
each morning with the following mix
ture before they go to pasture: To
one gallon of kerosene oil add three
ounces of creolin and five ounces OF
oil of tar. Stir these ingredients
thoroughly before using.
Three methods may be followed IN
growing strawberries: In hills. In mar
row matted rows. or in wide matted
rows. We prefer the second method.
Arrange the first strong runners by
hand, spacing them properly and Sc
curing each one in place with little
soil or q small stone. Then. when
each row is full. cut OF all additional
runners that may grow. Keep the
ground hoed and cultivated until late
fall. The finished row should not be
wider than Is or Is inches.
This is the convincing way In
which an agricultural editor pleads
the cause of the calf: when you get
to the calf remember patience. He
doesn't understand your deal-wheth
er you want to veal him. torpedo him
or nurture him. Have q prayer
learned at the maternal knee-on
your lips as you proceed. Tickle his
Shiny, avaricious nose with the tips
of your fingers. AS you become more
deeply absorbed and things are dom
don't forget the prayer. Hypnotical
.ly. your calm state of mind will Lead
bossy to the light. and humping his
timber spine, he will 60 for his mess
like a Jap after a Russian cruiser. ris
ing at intervals to blow the token o.
his happy dip on the rim of your bill
oyeralls. But remember, he's a cal
the same as you used to be-.
In starting in the poultry bushes!
remember that no one can succeed
with 500 birds who cannot make ion
| profitable and one who cannot MAKE
| ten fowls pay a good percentage o
profit can rarely make 100 birds do n
| well. It is the old story of intensive
and extensive farming. The method
applicable to the ten-acre market gar
den do not fit the farm Of hundred
of acres; nor is the proportionate prof
of the latter as large though the ri
innate income Is greater. The pOu
trynan who cannot Ovith a few hen
and a cock secure about. 50 per cent
profit on the investment the first yea
and 200 per cent the second year car
not expect to make the average II
come on a large flock which Is con
puted to be about $1.OO a year prof
On each bird. There are many pou
nv plants throughout the country tina
average that. good years and bad. bu
here are also many expensive plant
hat are run on so small q margin {
croft that one year Of losses put
hem out of business. Practically a
he big poultry plants in the countr
started in q small way. Severs
:hinzs are necessary to insure SUI
.ess. The first is the proper locatio
IS to soil and climate. market an
shipping facilities. The right kind {
birds must be kept and in this ais
pcation must decide.
The practice Of taking the calf ava
from its mother after the second I
third day is growing in favor. bein
deemed better for the calf and afIor
ing larger profit from the COW. II
rule followed On the Hoard dairy far
In Wisconsin in feeding the calf aft
weaving is to continue to feed 1t Il
milk from its mother and from thr'
to four pounds at q time. dependil
upon the size and condition Of Il
calf. It is far better to underfe'
at this early period than overfee
Some feed the young calf three tim
. day but We feed but twice. II
milk allowance Is increased as Il
calf grows and is able to take mon
At the end of three Or -four weeks
the calf has made good growth, son
skim milk may be added to the allo
} ance. The whole milk may be grad
. ally decreased and the skim mi
increased until the calf is receivil
! all skim milk at the end Of the four
or fifth week. When the calf reach
} three months old it should recei
} eight pounds Of skim milk night a
: morning and some ground feed. AT
} very early age the calf will beg
to eat some. II hay Is put before 1t
the very beginning. A. little rack shor
be put up in one corner Of the cal
J pen and filed with good clover