The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-07
NLI FARM
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Poorly prepared land is sure to be
followed by a poor crop.
Flowing, like every other depart
Laent OF farm work. can be sighted.
Never SO hurry the milking as to
make the COW nervous by your haste.
Time spent in making things look
tidy about the farm is time we'll
spent.
Clover hay is best fed to hogs by
chopDins up fine scalding with steam
and mixing with the slop.
Mites and lice are tiny things but
they are great robbers of the profits of
the hen house. Get rid of them.
II yen have kept the manure spread
during the winter, the spring work is
going to prove easier than it other
wise would.
Founder in horses is caused by too
nuci. food. 4 sudden change in food,
or too much water when the animal is
warm and then left to stand
Where only a few hogs are kept a
dipping tank is not needed but 4
good job can be done by washing them
thoroughly with cloth or sponge.
Now is the time to get the hen hous-
IS cleaned out and the fight upon lice
and mites begun. Such work cannot
be begun too early or kept up too
faithfully.
Don't rush your cattle On the pas
tire too sooD. 1t is bad for the pas
ture and the cattle once having tasted
The fresh grass will not be content IL
Indictment weather compels their being
kept in the barn.
Feed the oats whole to the horses
except in cases where the teeth are
bad or you have not sufficient time to
feed and have the horse chew its food.
In case the trouble is with bad teeth,
have the horse looked after.
Any farmers in Your neighborhaad
who are always laying their failures
on the weather? II is the farmer who
fits his work into the weather that
succeeds. The farmer who stands
around and complains is the one who
makes a muddle OF it,
Ii is a good plan To wean the pigs
ct seven to nine weeks of age. Turn
the sows into pasture and feed very
i:;!c for week After that time bran
and shotts mixed in thick slop can
be fed with perhaps a pint of corn
twice day. This will keep them in
good condition until bred for the next
litter.
4 Sood way to interest the boys and
girls On the farm is TO place the gar
den patch in their care and agree to
pay them market prices for the vege-
tables they will raise. You will be
surprised 10 find how much interest
they viii take in the enterprise and
how much the bill for the crops will
amount to.
Peach trees badly affected with the
bark beetle should be severely
trimmed back and a generous applica-
ton OF manure and commercial fer
tiliZer applied to the soil around the
trees. The trunks of the tree should
be treated to thick coating of white
wash three times a year, as follows:
The latter part OF March. the middle
of .Inly and the first part of October. |
Iil-hting collars and names will
cause gals on horses. and il is useless
10 treat and attempt to cure unless the
defects in the collars and names are
remedied. Remove the cause of the |
calls, and then treat with what is
known as the white cure. which is
compounded as follows: White Wit |
riol. three-QuaTters Of an ounce: sugar
of lead, one ounce: water enough to
make one pint Apply to the gall spots |
morning, noon and night. with a wash |
Goth or sponge. after first washing of |
all dirt with cold water.
Locate the hot bed with a southern
exposure. Make the frame at the back
two feet high and that at the front one
foot Bank UP around the outside
Dig out enough on the inside to have |
room for six inches to a foot of horse |
manure IL dry. wet down and let |
stand until it begins to heat, Then /
spread two to three inches of rich.
sandy soil over the manure. and IL too /
much heat Is generated sprinkle cold /
water over IL With your sash in
place to cover it you are ready to put |
in Your seeds. Watch the frame care
fuzzy and give ventilation to prevent
100 high \ temperature cooking the
plants.
The women folks like the cream
separator. even when they have to
run ii. because there are no crooks
and pans to wash or to be bothered
with: this is all done away with. The
milk, after being separated, is made
pure, as the foul matter that is in the
milk is purified when it is separated
as in the old way it remains in the
milk and cream. A cream separator
will reduce your dairy work to almost
nothing compared with what it was
before you used the separator. Every
time you separate your milk it means