The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-06
MOTIFS mnoor
NJ FARM
r. AzAs.,, III

Glover is q good orchard crop.
Cut out the old cane from the rasp-
berry bushes and burn.
Lambs need plenty OF clean cool wa
ter. See that they get II.
The fence corners often tell what
kind OF farmer is running the farm.
portant considerations when consider
ting a horse.
Treat the surplus runners on the
strawberry vines as weeds. Dent for
get to cultivate.
Good tillage not only increases the
available supply of food of the soil,
but 1t conserves the moisture.
Look after the young trees you set
| out this spring. Keep them growing
right. Care now will prevent troubles
later.
| Pasture the cows at night and
keep In the barn during the heat of
the day. Needless to say the barn
should be screened.
The profitable orchard must be the
well-kept orchard, for nothing is apt
/ to prove profitable on the farm II II
Is not properly managed.
The garden Is now yielding Its daily
offering to the table and how good
things taste! My. aren't you glad you
took the time to get 1t started?
Feed the young chickens well. Al
most impossible to overfeed. How
ever. do not waste the feed by Civ
ing more than they will eat up clean
Sheep return more fertility to the
soil than any other animal, and when
you consider that they distribute the
fertilizer without additional cost you
can give the sheep an extra credit
mark.
Make II a point to leave the farm
machines under cover after finishing
the days work. A storm may come
up and a few days of exposure to bad
weather cuts short their days OF use
fulness.
Rape sown in the cornfield at 1t.
last cultivation, using about foul
pounds of seed per acre. will provide
an immense amount of good sheep for
yember or later.
Provide shelter for the sheel
where they can take refuge from th'
rain, or bring them to the barn an,
feed them there. In this way yo,
will prevent colds which cause diar
rohea and consumption, and caus,
loss to the farmer.
When We were at the state fai
last year an auto did the lively stun
of dragging the race course before ey
cry race. This suggests the idea o
setting the autos to work on the coun
try roads and letting them pull tn
log drags. They can do the worl
quicker and better than team
Might be a good idea to penalize som
, of these speeders by making then
drag n stretch of road instead of pay
ing a fine.
To keep butter in good condition
} while driving to market take -roc
, of sufficient size to hold the butter
, | Place the crock in a box deep enoug
, to come up quite to the top of tn
crock and big enough to leave Sc,
, eral inches of space between tn
crock and the sides of the box. Pac
wet sand In this space and after pla.
ing your butter in the crock plac
, over the top a wet cloth and cove
with another cloth wet or dry. Tn
= heat will not bother your butter thcr
and 1t will be in good condition whe
delivered to your customers.
a In feeding the calves cleanliness
, essential to thrifty growth. Togethe
, with a proper supply of skim mil
and a little grain the growing ca
should have access to a good gras
plot. one that provides in plenty
!. variety of grasses and elovers II pc!
!, sible. II two or more pastures ca
be used, SO much the better. for the
the growing grass can be kept
, the thriftiest and most palatable CO,
dition for the youngster. Shade {
some kind should always be hand
for the calf. He will not do well
obliged to endure the fortunes Of tn
sun. Bodily comfort has much I
do with thrift in any animal. 1t r,
quires care and attention to detail
B to properly grow a calf by hand. Blu
! when properly done. hand feeding wi
: keep him In a thrifty growing cond