The Columbus journal., 1909-12-08
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A clean horse is soonest curried.
Better q poor horse than q poor
auto.
Chickens kept confined should be
fed q noon meal
Cheap harness often proves an ex-
rensive investment.
A little axle grease applied where
It belongs saves horseflesh.
Lots of people have automobile aspi-
ratiOns and OK team efficiency. q.
Good ventilation is one of the first
essentials to good health Of dairy anil
mails.
Good management is the only thing
which will make hens pay q profit
every month.
A cold roast for dinner and a hot
roast between meals turns the mills OF
the divorce courts.
It should not be one great breed OF
horses against another SO much as
the well bred against the scrub.
Whenever a large limb is sawed
from the tree the wound should at
once be covered with wax or thick
paint.
Fall blowing that Is well done cuts
the labor of preHaring the seed bed
mex: spring-cuts 1t squarely in two
in my opinion.
Diversified intensive farming is the
only kind that will pay the money
which buys autos and other conve-
niences for the farmer.
A few hours work with q steady
team and a road scraper will save dol
lars worth of manure and leave the
barnyard in dandy shape for the win
ter's chores.
When the consumer can rest assured
that his milk won't have dirt and filth
settled in the bottom of the glass
from which he drinks. he will pay
high for his milk
There is a mistaken notion among
some breeders as to the value of old
sires among horses and other live
stock. It has been noted that good
stations If kept right are valuable for
very many years.
Best soil for alfalfa is one with q
surface sufficiently heavy to retain an
abundance of moisture and furnish a
good storehouse for plant food; one
with a fairly deep subsoil sufficiently
POROUS to allow good underdrainage.
Some of the corn shocks will twi-t
and go down before you are ready to
use them. If such shocks have already
been damaged by rain, husk them out.
place the corn and fodder in small
piles, let dry for two or three days and
then store. If they are left In the
shock both will mould and rot.
Ground limestone is better than
burnt limestone. Two tons per acre
may be applied IL the soil is rather
acid, but If extremely acid three. four
and even five tons per acre. once in
three or four years. 1t may be thrown
upon the ground broadcast, and more
of it should be applied on the hills.
It is not necessary to inOculate the
soil for cowpeas, but it is necessary
for soy beans. It is much easier to
inoculate the soil for soy beans than
for alfalfa, but it is just as necessary.
Inoculating once is sufficient; it may
be done by putting pint of the soil
containing the bacteria in the drill box
and letting it sift out with the seed.
On the majority of soils it is safe
to spread manure in the fall. either
for fall or spring blowing. If
manure has been accommodating around
the barn yard or in the manure shed
it is a good time now to draw It out
and spread 1t upon the land. In no
way does manure give as large re-
turns as when spread on grass land.
and there is no better time than fall.
The fall rains and winter SHOWS will
soak it well into the soil where 1t
will be available for tie grass roots
when they start in the spring.
Many plow sod in the fall for po
tatoes. sowing the field to rye. which
ia turned under in the spring. This
freezes out and kills many of the
grubs which are always found in old
sod. AS it is not necessary to plant
potatoes early the rye gets consider.
able growth and chokes out all weeds.
1t also protects the soil during the
winter. This method makes two pillow.
ings for one crop. but the advantage
Is that the sod rOts and the humus is
thoroughly mixed with the soil. The
rye also adds to the fertility and
makes the soil loose, giving the 20
tatoes chance to grow to q large
size.
Look well after the water supply.