The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-06

700 common. with common sense treat
nent will produce good returns.
A man may he wise and still not he
lware OF it. hut the fellow who thinks
10 knows ii ali is always mistaken.
High-priced feeds will return a prof
II if put into a good COW, mol poor
one No kind of feeding pays in he
Ease of the poor cow.
Concrete construction on the farm
receiving more and more attention.
Strength and rermanence in anything
,uilt on the farm is G. move for econ
omy.
One farmer who started with Co
m.nt trough for his pigs has extended
the use of cement to the building of n
kilo. barn. and the next thing viii he
cement house.
Look carefully after the COWS that
are to calve this spring. Don't let the
bright warm days that we get occa-
,ionally delude you into thinking that
.here is no longer need of shelter ana
ARE.
Before sheep are admitted to the
fattening pen they should be carefully
examined by an experienced person.
and If any evidence of skin disease OF
| vermin is found they should be dip
ped thoroughly.
Inst one bare fact ought to he neces-
sary TO prove to the person OF open
mind that It pays TO keep the mems
nests clean and in good order. Watch
hen cluck nice things when she be-
holds a freshly strawed nest.
The best dairy barns are long, with
| low ceilings. Ventilation Is enhanced
IL the ceilings are low. To keep the
stable free from flies at milking time
burlap curtains should be hung III the
windows and the windows should be
plentiful.
Some time ago Ohio established
local agricultural school as an expert
nent in a certain section OF the state.
II has proved a splendid success Ohio
farmers are all stirred up over 1t, ana
II is said that fifteen counties have
made applications for such schools.
1
ing method of getting rid or quacK-
grass: pillow the ground in the fall
and SOW rye; the rye and quack-grass
will come up together and look nearly
alike: then sell the land" This sounds
like the advice formerly sold at 81
per.
Some people said when the phone
was introduced that neighborhood
gatherings of two or three families or
more would be discouraged. This re-
suit has not been alarming. On the
other hand dates" for such gatherings
can be so conveniently and shortly ar
ranged that at homes" are more COM
mon than ever.
II your hired man happens to ask for
raise in wages don't snub him OF
by telling him that he ought to be
mighty well satisfied to get what he Is
getting and that II he were working In
Italy. for example. he would have TO
be satisfied with So or 81 month, per-
/ tS t,,cf m
| that makes gooc men tired OF working
out.
| There are several kinds Of mean men
10 ne dealt with. but the man stands
pretty high in the list who will try all
kinds of lodges and will lie or even
commit perjury In order to keep from
having taxes on all his property. then
complains becsuse the county does not
| furnish good bridges and roads for him
10 travel on.
| The German proverb that the ma
| nure pile IL the farmers bank, de
ponds for :ts truth good deal upon
| the way the banking is done. Such
banks dong pay interest II every rain
Is allowed u wash away the best part
| Of the manure The surest way to get
| full value for all the manure made
on the farm is to get 1t out on the
land as soon as possible.
This idea of figuring and figuring to
| find how many bushels of corn you can
| raise TO the acre if You can get each
hill to yield so many ears is foolish be
| yond description. Give your seed the
right care. give ii the right prepare
| ton. plant properly. and when the time
| comes to harvest the crop You can SO
| out and count the number of ears "a
| the hill and save all the figuring.
| The moldboard pillow must be recon-
| mended as able to do the best work in
| oil places where the moisture c0ndi-
| tions are favorable. In nearly all irri-
| gated and humid sections, and often in
dry farming sections. this type of pillow
is mach better than the disk. The
! disk pillow is capable Of handling
| ground that has become too dry and
hard for the moldboard plOw. Ii is o.
| somewhat lighter draft. does not re.
| quire sharpening SO often, cuts through
trash better and does not clog Sc
| easily
| Origin of the Potato.
| In consequence Of the outbreak CT
| the potato disease in the nineteenth
century, botaniSts have for years beer
seeking the original wild species Of
this most useful plant, in order that
| by crossing it with She cultivated
] forms fresh vionr mirht be infnSad LIZ.