The state herald., 1909-03-05
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avety day.
Prnne the vineyard at once il you
layc not already done so.
Muslin fronts for the chicken houses
are winners. Try one.
Alfalfa or clover hay is good for the
brood SOW. Give her all she will eat
up clean.
Sheep will feed together better and
fatten more evenly if they are uni
form in character.
During the winter months be sure
that your poultry have all the grits
they need.
Guess.work methods are the great.
est curse to the farm. and explain
more failures than any one thing.
Better prices do not make better
butter. but better butter will always
tend TO boost prices. Try it.
Spring is upon us. Get all the odd
jobs out of the way before the regular
spring rush begins.
Hens do not like 10 scratch in wet
litter See that everything is dry
Is bone and snug as you can
make IT,
Put wheat bran and middlinFs in
box where the calf can get at II. She
will soon learn TO eat 1t and it will
be better for her to get II in this way
than to give 1t TO her in the milk.
The increase in the average yield OF
corn per acre last year amounted TO
only thTee-tenths OF a bushel per acre.
but in the aggregate it meant an in.
crease OF hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars to the farmers.
Handle the cream and do your but.
Ter making away from the odors of the
kitchen, Nothing absorbs the odors
50 quickly as cream and butter. and
the poorly favored butter does not
sell well or bring a good price.
Make n chicken roost out OF the dis.
carded wagon wheel. after removing
the iron tire which would prove too
cold thing for the hens feet. Such
rO0si Is economical OF space. Il
can be suspended from the roof
The squealing pig is entering pro
test about something. Find out what
II Is, II cold, provide better shelter
II hungry, Increase the feed The
squcaling pig brings small profit to
lis grower.
Caustic potash rubbed well upon the
little knobs where the horns of the
calf will grow will prevent develop
ment and will save dehorning later
The treatment must be- given during
the first TWO weeks, however.
For some reason thick sour skim
milk seems to have greater value for
hens than sweet milk This may be
due 10 the milk sugar not being digest.
ed and assimilated by fowls. or. pos.
slby, the tactic acid which is present
IN sour milk may have an especially
beneficial effect, More experimental
work is needed to clear mp this
matter
Alfalfa is a crop worth striving for
Plan for a start this year Alfalfa
wants dry, sweet, rich soil and I'M.
derdrainlng seems to help any land
Tor this crop, as does also the applica.
ton Of lime. Four tons TO the acre
has been found none too much, and II
viii not giow on land destitute Of
lime The land must be clean. so mid.
summer sowing on land that has been
narrowed over and over to XIII weeds
brings best results Some have made
the mistake OF cutting II too soon and
too often. The crop has been killed
hy cutting too soon. and cutting
should not be done until after the
young suckers are well started froln
the crown,
II ~ wcllknown fact that fruit
tree will set more fruit than II IL Gu.
pnblr Of supporting and bringing to per.
fcciion Prof SnndBten of the Wis.
consln experiment station suggests
that 10 aid nature In lts work grow,
"rs Bhould take away the extra fruit
The vitality Of the tree IL used up
by the B,lmbcr Of seeds II IL permit.
ted 10 ripen. not by the size OF the
fruit II IL readily seen that by r.,
moving some of the fruit We con
serve the fertility of the land aS we'll
m aid the tree to properly mature the
remaining fruit A tree that has thus
been thlnncd will bring forth more
fruit In bushels than other trees and.
besides this. the fruit from thlnned
treeb IL superior In color size and
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