The state herald., 1909-12-24


Salt should be kept In the managers.
1t is purifier and mild tonic.
Truly speaking, the turkey is the
only true American bird we have.
Get around to new hen house this
fall If you can. 1t will pay you to do 1t.
No owner of work animals can af-
ford to let their shoulders get sore.
When soft-shelled eggs are laid you
are feeding a ration too rich In pro.
TEN.
The hog having clean place to
wallow is rarely troubled with lice or
mango.
he old-timers of the range are rap
idly thinning, but we still have quite
few left.
Good, substantial shelter not only
adds comfort to the sheep. but money
to the purse.
Hard wood ashes are valuable to
spread around the grape vines and in
the strawberry patch
In Norway and Iceland fish meat is
used as cattle food. Such diet
gives the milk a fishy taste.
In marketing, eggs should be grad
ed before they are offered for sale.
Put them in boxes according to size
and color.
Because hogs utilize grain products
so efficiently and economically. the
mistake of feeding grain exclusively
is too often made.
The subsistence ration Is an expen-
sive one: plenty of wholesome food
is necessary to farm animals well.be-
ing and good service.
Many farmers never attribute the
failure of their orchards to produce
good fruit to lack of plant food in the
soil but Just let their trees drift along
until they die.
Where there is still plenty of native
burr oak timber growing the farmers
do not know what the fence post
problem is, but the prairie farmer is
not SO fortunate.
The greatest menace TO hog raising
has always been disease. but now the
Missouri experiment station has found
real cure for cholera there will be
little loss in the business.
The feeding of late corn fodder to
dairy COWS should be continued Just
as long as the corn is at all green. II
IL n splendid supplementary feed with
the short autumn pasture grass.
Wrapping OF timber Is caused by the
movement OF its fibers In adjusting
themselves to the moisture within
the wood and in the atmosphere"
based upon the external conditions.
A New York man who has an or
chard OF 1000 trees planted 20 feet
apart each way. plants currant bushes
Ave feet apart each way except In
every other space running in the long.
est way OF the field.
When one has purchased bull OF
the conformation and breeding de-
sired the main Idea will be TO so use
ard care for him that he will be u
sure breeder and will reproduce In his
offspring the desirable characteristics
possessed by himself.
The difference between aged sows
and gifts seems to be that SOW two
years cid or more is fully matured and
easily kept In good flesh. usually far
rowing much larger pigs than gilt.
She IL n much better suckior and
gives so much more milk that the pigs
get better start earlier In life and
thus grow very rapidly. making gains
younger In life.
Good sanitation Ia more and more
coming into practice In modern dairy.
ing. Build sanitary barn II you can.
aud II you cannot. then remodel the
cow stalls and make them ms com.
Portable and sanitary ms possible.
Floors that can be kept dry and clean.
and walls and ceilings that do not
catch dirt. or are easily cleaned. and
plenty OF light and ventilation aro
essentials for good dairy stable SAM.
tation. The work may be done little
nj time.
There are all sorts Of arguments
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