The state herald., 1909-06-04
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Spray or whitewash the henhouse
this spring.
Good pasturage is essential to sue
cessful hog raising.
Cold winds and sudden rains cause
many 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 go
easy on them.
Don't touch the land when 1t is wet.
clayey loan II you do.
Spoiled grain and dirty water are
poor encouragement to the cow to
give either quantity or quality milk.
mother and treat her with special re-
gard, She will prove a spendid part
ner in the farming business.
Calling the unreasonable weather
names and going around with n 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. II you have not
already done so. Such work should
have been done months ago.
II is a good plan to rub the horses
OF at night: to wash on 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
also take kindly TO an overturned bar.
rel or 10 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 good
crop, but II is OF no avail unless you
plant good plump. healthy seeds that
possess a 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.
II is the opinion OF some corn grow.
ers that corn planted In drills will
make larger growth and yield than
that which is planted In hills. but more
work will be required In cultiyating
and hoeing the same. Best results
are obtained where the drill attach.
ment is used on a twohorse planter.
Use bushcl of seed for six acres
which will make plant every eight
10 i2 inches In the rows. A wccder
will aid very much In controlling the
weeds where corn Is drilled. Some
growers OF drilled corn plant two ker-
nels every is to "a inches and hoo the
crop.
The rolling OF winter wheat In the
spring has never failed TO increase
the yield In experiments by tho Ne.
braska experiment station during
four years. Il showing nm average OF
81 bushels per acre Increase. The
rolling was given early In the
spring. soon after frost was out and
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rowing after rolling wnS not M good
as rolling alone. probably due TO loos,
cnlng up the plants again after the
roller had pressed them firmly into
the soil Early spring rolling OF win
ter grain, pressing the earth aH Il does
firmly about the plant roots. produces
good results. When frost comes ou,
In the spring II II very apt TO leave
the soil filled with small cracks OF
checks. especially around tho plants
II these checks ARE examined closely
It will be seen that a large number oi
roots are thus exposed. and n III,
weather continues dry they are kllo,
or at least injured. ". have takcf
up plants IN the spring where half %
tho roots were injured In this manner
n the soil In not wet at the time %
roiiing-and Il should never be role,
when wct-rolling aids In no Rmal