The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-11
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Why guess at things when it is
safest to be sure?
The road drag is q good thing to
keep going the year round.
Give your neighbOr a lift occasional
ly. You'll feel better and SO will he.
Be sure you lay in sufficient rough.
age for the stock for their feed dur
ing the winter.
Grain ration every day for the grow
ing lambs. That means early market.
ing day and cheap mutton.
The right brand of gumptiOn mixed
with the best quality of common sense
is sure to make the old farm pay.
A well-balanced ration is that kind
and quantity of feed which will pro-
duce the best results at the least pos
sible expense.
One way of cultivating the orchard
is to fence them and then turn in the
hogs. and after they have cleaned
things up pillow and cultivate.
The rainy days are gOdsends to the
farmer not only because of the grow
ing crops but because 1t affords him
time for repairs and inside work which
he would otherwise neglect.
A trip through the fields and around
the place for the purpose of inspection
rather than driving away at some par
ticular task will help you to see many
things which you would not otherwise
notice.
What kind of watering places have
you in the pasturee Look after them
during the hot weather. COntaminat-
ed water supply means contaminated
stock. Especially is this true of the
cows. and the milk supply.
Mature brood SOwS can safely raise
two litters a year and can be carried
from year to year after weaving their
filters, quite cheaply. with little or no
grain after the spring litter is weaned
until the fall litter comes. if they can
have fresh grass or other succulent
feed. We should learn to produce as
much of the feed as possible
New grape vines may be propagated
by layering. Select fairly well-matured
branches of this seasons growth near
the ground. place them on the ground
and cover with five or six inches of
soil at joint. If the runner is long it
may be covered in more than one
place Roots will spring aut at the
joints covered with cart, within a few
weeks and later in the season these
new grape plants may he separated
from the parent plants
The well cultivated corn field will
always give better yield than the
one that is neglected. Give the boy
good team and all improved sulky
cUltivatcr. and he will do more and
better work than half dozen men
with hoes and will take pleasure in
having the work well done. When
corn Is half grown. put wire muzzles
on the horses. use narrow single trees
and set the teeth to cut about four
inches in depth. by using the shovel
teeth to throw slight furrOw to the
hills at the fourth working. and the
cultivator teeth at the fifth working.
The corn can then be thoroughly
worked and the iron. pig and rag
weeds cut out before they are deep
rooted and the field put in nice con-
dition for fall seeding.
Nothing will upset Calls digestive
system any quicker than batch
of cold milk when it has been
accustomed to warm milk The prop
er temperature of the milk for young
calves is between 80 and 100 degrees
F.. according to Mr.. Woodward. As
the calf becomes older and its diges-
tive organs stronger the feeding tenn
perature may be reduced. But in any
case milk should be of uniform tenn
use . thermometer occasionally to be
sure that you are giving milk some
where near the proper temperature.
What has been said in regard to cold
milk will also apply in part to sour
milk. The milk for young calves
should be sweet, but as it grows older
sour milk or butter milk may be sub
stituted without bad results. Milk
sheald be sour all the time or sweet
all the time.
The American farmer has yet to
come to full realization of the value of
leguminous crops. Prof. G. c. Creel-
man. recently returned from q trip
abroad, and in giving his opinion of az.
riculture as it is carried on in Italy. be
has this to say: In looking about to
find out how tho fertility of the soil
was maintained in districts where live
stock was not common, and hence
farm manure was for from plentiful.
noticed that everywhere leguminous
crops Tor pulse) were the rule. also
discovered that in some form it was
eaten every day by rich and poor alike.
All the time l was in Italy I never
once sat down to q dinner without be.
ing served with peas. or beans. or lem
ills. or some other variety of legumin-
Qua annual. I found also that the
poorer classes consumed large Quanti-