The Columbus journal., 1909-06-02
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NJ FARM
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Slack coal is good for the hogs.
Spray or whitewash the henhOuse
this spring.
Good pasturage is essential to sue
cessful hog raising.
Cold winds and sudden rains cause
many a loss to the chicken raiser.
1t takes 81 days to hatch goose
eggs. ten days longer than with those
of the hen
Heavy roads make hard pulling for
the horses. Remember that. and 90
easy on them.
Don't touch the land when IT is vet.
It will practically ruin it il it is a
clayey loan il you do.
Spoiled grain and dirty water are
poo: encouragement to the COW to
give either quantity or quality milk
Calling the unreasonable weather
names and going around with a thun-
der cloud on your brow and anger in
your heart never changed the weather
or made crops grow.
Don't think you know more than the
maker of the separator you use. Fol
low the directions which came with it.
and follow them explicitly il you want
to get good results.
The farmer who is cOnsiderate of
his teams during the early work of the
spring Is the farmer who is going to
get better and better work out Of them
as the season progresses.
All the tools and machinery in good |
repair? Use the bad days to look |
after these things. il you have not |
already done so. Such work should |
have been done months ago. |
1t is a good plan to rub the horses |
of at night: to wash OF the shoulders |
under the collars with cold water, and
to let stand for half an hour or SO be-
fore giving the grain feed.
Turkeys like secluded nests. A
nook in the brush heap or thickets
is much to their liking But they will
re. or to an inverted V-shaped coop.
1t must be of ample size. of course.
to give the turkey easy entrance.
Preparation of the soil is the first
step towards the raising of a good
crop. but it is of no avail unless you
plant good plump. healthy seeds that
possess q strong vitality and are free
from all hereditary diseases. All
small grain seed. such as oats. bar-
ley. rye and wheat. should be run
through a tanning mill and all weak
and light seeds and all dirt and weed
seed separated.
Manure is one of the by-products of /,
he dairy which should be figured in.
n estimating the profits. AS farming
and becomes more scarce and high 9
priced. farmers in general are coming
o realize the importance of making I
heir land as fertile and productive as
possible. The large. final profit of the Z
larry to the man who owns his own
and Is tine manure by which he is not Z
My able to grow larger crops. but TO y
Increase the fertility and actual mon 6
y value of his farm. 2
Look after the collars. A majority
4 the shoulder troubles arise from S
sing collars too large. These move d
nd shift with every motion of the
Orse. Even cellars that fit reasOna v
ly we'll at first sometimes stretch and Y
nlarga with use. while the necks. as n
hey harden, grow smaller, even if the k
Orses keep in good condition hence s
hating soon wears the neck, or Gre 8
ties shoulder bOils. and the suffering Il
hat follows increases the stress and n
rear upon the animals vitality. often C
o such an extent that great loss OF u
esh follows. Frequently. even il
here is NO break in the skin. it is n
ractically impossible for an animal to u
o its best in q collar that bears chief
y on the outside front of the saoul-
ers, or against the points of the "
,wer shoulder. rather than close up I;
II around the neck. S;
The rolling of winter wheat in the
pring has never failed to increase III
,e yield in experiments by the Ne te
raska experiment station during "
,ur years, 1t showing an average of to
I bushels per acre increase. The 81
bling was given early in the al
pring, soon after frost was out and "a
bout the time growth started. Har- Ok
,wing after rolling was not rs good q
, rolling alone, probably due to loos- tn
hing up the plants again after the III
,ller had pressed them firmly into HI
le soil. Early spring rolling of win in
r grain. pressing the earth as it dOes OF
rmly about the plant roots. produces di
,od results When frost comes out al
the spring it is very apt to leave M
le soil filed with small cracks or m
lecks. especially around the Slants at
these checks are examined closely W
will be seen that large number of OF
'ots are thus exposed, and if the te
Gather continues dry they are killed m
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