The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
AROUND THE FARM.

Any good garden soil is good for
beets.
BE sure that the hogs and pigs have
access 70 charcoal and salt
Treat the COWS kindly. You will
get more milk in this way than by
brutal methods.
Kindness is a good investment TO
make in stock. Costs no money but II
gives a money return.
Don't crowd the chicks in the
brooder- From start 10 finish chickens
never do we'll when crowded
A commodious tool shed is an equip
ment which every farm should have.
but which in too many cases is absent.
Slick up around the place this year
and see IL the neighbors don't catch
the fever. A good example goes a
long way.
In handling young chicks be careful
not 70 overfeed There is as much
harm in this way, if not more, than bv
undertaking
Sheep keep the land looking trim.
Have you never noticed how slick the
lawn pastures and roadsides look on
the farm where sheep are kept?
Remember that there is scarcely
spot on the farm bur that can be made
TO return profit Study its character
istics. IL not good for one thing II
may be good for another
In the hog yard put a few short
posts. around which fasten some old
bagging securely. saturate with kero.
'ene and the hogs will do the rest 10
any stray lice wandering over their
Raise your own timber. Plant trees
every year. Put them in every avail
able place. They will not only provide
desirable shade II we'll placed. but will
grow timber which \ III prove valu.
able in the years to come.
DO your work neatly. III il is greas-
ing the wagon. don't get the grease
all over the wheels as wen as on the
axles. or on your clothes. either. Some
men think hurry means sloppy meth.
DDS It's a mistake.
II YOU have not already provided a
separator for the handling Of your milk
IL will be well for you TO consider the
for II not only makes the
Of the milk and cream easier.
but gives you sweet milk 10 feed 10
the hogs.
Where fodder Is shredded a basket
OF the sheds scattered on a clean. dry
spot will be greatly relished. then
clover shatterings are excellent and
both the above are fine help toward
egg production.
IL is getting out of the rut that Is
the trouble after the effort Is once
made. and the old way Of throwing
only one grain. and that corn. 10 the
hens. II done away with. the rest OF
the work will not be so difficult
The fodder must be fed on dry and |
clean spot. when one
wishes 10 gather up the sca,terings for
the hens. but in this advanced day OF
feeding. the clean, dry way is the usual |
one. II is cheapest. at any rate for IL |
saves the feed.
Doubtless il is more bother TO go 10 |
The oats bin for grain than II Is 10 the |
corn pen, but this bother is well paid. |
Ihen, IL one will take dry empty |
barrel and place oats. wheat and |
'helled corn therein. I'm equal quaint /
les. even the children can feed the
hens without personal supervision.
Your laying hens should be fed va
-iety OF food. IL Is absolutely needed
N the production Of eggs. If a variety
s not supplied they will soon become
lroody and will not produce one.haIf
he number Of eggs that they would
I properly fed on a balanced ration OF
properly mixed feeds. Moreover. n
,osts not more than a onegrain feed
which will not be more than one.half
Is productive as the balanced ration
These balanced feeds can be purchased
II any OF the supply houses or feed
torres. You are losing money every