The state herald., 1909-12-31

whftewashed at least once year.
Removing diseased branch at once
when discovered will often save the
tree.
The horse that shuns whole grain
usually has something wrong with his
teeth.
II the cows are fed crimson clover
hay the cost of the milk will be re-
duced.
Apply manure to currants. goose
berries. raspberries, etc. Now is a
good time.
The longer you keep sheep the more
fine, white clover you will have in
your pastures.
Cattle winter well on little ration
of whole cotton seed and plenty OF oat
straw or other roughage.
The hands and teats should be kept
dry during milking. Moistening the
hands with milk is condemned.
Poultry manure, which has been
carefully preserved. commands good
prices from suburban gardeners.
An orphan lamb may often be given
eve that has Just lost lamb II the
dead lamb is rubbed over the strange
| lamb.
Keep all your turkeys roosting at
home or some one else may feast on
the big gobbler you are fattening for
Thanksgiving.
The old.time pig sty should be ban.
ished forever 1t has given the hog his
reputation for filth-and has no place
now on the modern farm.
The roots of the cowpea penetrate
rather deeply into the subsoil and en-
aales the plant to feed upon the min
eral food that is not readily extracted
by other crops.
The great problem of the age Is to
instil into the minds OF young men
that there are as good opportunities
on the farm for the man OF talent as
there are elsewhere.
A COW in milk needs more salt than
steer or dry COW. because milk
contains chlorine. one OF the constit.
uents of salt. She needs extra salt
us source of this chlorine.
There is much OF value written
these days about work on the farm
which will never benefit some farm
ers. because they have the notion
that they are too busy to read.
In many sections rye is grown for
the straw During the past summer
rye straw has brought as good a price
In the New York market as timothy
hay. When grown for the straw n lib
eral quantity OF seed is sown. from
two to two and one-hali bushels.
No money invested In hog raising Is
better spent than that used for port
able houses and pens. They make II
possible to distribute the brood stock
over the farm in clean. fresh quarters.
thereby utilizing grass and forage To
the largest degree aud ut the same
time reducing the danger OF disease to
n minimum.
Oats is crop II pays TO get In early.
and often one or two weeks time can
be saved by blowing In the fall. Where
corn ls put In with n lister II IL not
necessary to harrow the ground In the
spring. MS the lister win make the
soil ilnc around the seed. and MS soon
NJ the corn Is planted the cultiyator
can be put TO work and the ground
put In fine condition.
Save all the cabbngcs, whether
heads or not: hens dearly love to pick
nj the leaves and heads Cabbage Is
OF value for supplying the missing
green stun. chiefly. but II tends TO
keeping the poultry In good health.
Turnips are good m mn appetizer. and
are well worth saving. They should
be chopped rather iino and fed raw.
or else cooked done. and mixed with
the mash. or with table scraps
The young farmcrforcstor should be
experienced In the art Of stimulating
the growth Of trees In natural groves
by cultivation when We come TO
think how hard the ground IN In some
woods II IN really strange that trcep
get enough moisture 10 support them
selves The difference In the amount
Of rainfall absorbed by leycl pluwct
field and the hard baked hillside =.
very great. and Il h wonderful he
mn oak or hickory gro, fr NAH
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