The Columbus journal., 1909-06-09

Lucky Il the farmer now Who has
wheat to sell.
Owls are vermin destroyers. En-
courage their presence on the farm.
An improbable farm hand II the
fellow who IL brutal with the stock.
The people who are looking for
trouble are seldom disappointed-ever
notice that?
An occasional day Oh does dad and
the boys lots of good. even II it's only
fishing trip to the creek.
You would find q portable forge On
the farm will save you many q trip
into town for small repairs.
Charcoal Is good for the pigs and
the chickens. Be sure that there 10 q
supply always accessible for them.
It is poor economy to pasture the
grass too close. Don't try to keep
more stock than you can successfully
pasture.
A Jersey man has discovered that
box kites flying over his chicken runs
protect them from the attacks Of
hawks. Worth trying.
Look after the horses teeth care
fully. II defects have developed 1t is
easier to fix at once than to let them
develop into serious conditions.
Cheer up says the robin. There Is
always q bright side to even cold.
backward season. and many q back
ward season has q good ending. re-
member that.
What would the merchant be who
did not plan ahead and have the stock
he is going to need ordered ahead. So
with the farmer If he is going to be
successful he must plan far In ad-
vance.
The condition of the horses neck at
this stage of the farm work Is pretty
good evidence as to whether the collar
was made to fit when the hard work
was begun in the spring. and whether
it has been kept adjusted as the
shoulders have settled to the hard
work.
Handle the colt Just as you would
the growing boy In your home. Who
would think of leaving the boy until
he was q before teaching him what
it meant to obey and perform certain
duties? So with the colt. He should
not be allowed to get his growth be
fore being what is called broken. 1t
is much easier to begin from the first
to accustom the colt to being handled
and to lead and drive. Try 1t.
Many a farm can be made to yield
a larger profit by laying out the fields
differently and planning q rotation OF
various crops. The government will
be glad to send pamphlets to farmers
suggesting how this may be done.
and will furnish special information
for individual cases where desired.
Farmers ought to avail themselves
more fully of the splendid services Of
the government agricultural experts
than they do.
To throw a horse easily try this
method. Take a three-quarter-inch
rope about 40 feet long. double it at
the center and at this point tie a loop
about two feet long. This forms q
sort of collar which Is slipped over the
horses head. The free ends of the
rope are then brought down and be-
tween the front legs and each passed
| under the fetl0ck joint of hind leg
preferably from within OUT. passed
once around itself and the end then
run forward through the collar. AS
sistants now pull backward on the
ropes while the horse is backed. This
draws his legs well forward and up on
| his sides. AS soon as the horse Is
down the feet can be tied In this posi-
ton with the rope.
The large cities are becoming more
and more strict as to the conditions
of the diaries from which their milk
supplies are obtained, and this fact is
an indication of the raising Of stand
ards of production which dairymen
must recognize If they are going to