The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
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VI FARM
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1t is a mistake to raise the calf of
uncertain pedigree.
The scrub calf will not make good
COW. no matter how you pnsh the feed
into her.
Dip all the stock this spring. Per
haps they have lice on them and you
do not know it,
In buying hogs or any other animals.
always put in quarantine before put
ting with your other animals.
The high price of butter fat makes
1t expensive business raising calves
that arc allowed to suck their dams.
Begin early to teach the colt to lead.
1t is a simple task when he is small
but not SO easy il left until he is a
year or two old
BE careful about the feed for the
horses this spring. Get them onto
full grain diet gradually. Begin the
hard work gradually, too.
Give the horses water when return
ing from the field. then before feeding
them their grain ration let them chew
on hay for half an hour.
Turn the COWS onto the pasture half
a day at time to start with. and then
only after good feed of hay. This
will prevent serious trouble with
scours.
A gunny sack and a piece of paper
make good materials to rub the plow.
share off with after the days work is |
done, and they will keep it as bright |
as mirror.
Plant a few trees around the house
If there is a lack of them now. In a |
few years you will not only have shade |
but will find that the appearance of |
the place has been improved.
An Orchardist whose apple trees |
were badly girdled by rabbits during |
the winter tried with good results |
bags filled with fresh COW manure and |
tied snugly over the girlled spots.
Kindly handling of the young stock |
will make them more tractable when
Iull grown. The animal whose early |
recOl!ectiOns tell of blows and harsh
words will never feel that confidence
N mankind which the one will have
hat has only known humane treat
nent.
big head" in stock is first manifest
by loss of vitality and irregular appe-
lite. followed by shifting lameness: an
)ther is hook lameness and symptoms
If rheumatism. Later the bones and
Jaw together with the nose begin to
swell. The bureau of animal industry
recommends that lime and phosphOr-
IS be administered in an assimilaOle
Orm. and that the rations should con-
neal and other materials rich in min
,ral salts.
Here's to the poor farmer How can
he have merry time when he has
lOthing to live in but big house,
Nothing to shelter his horses but
warm barn. nothing to eat except
that grows out of the
ground or can be bought at the stores.
10 way to get his mail except having
t brought to him every day by a
smiling mail carrier who will soon he
wearing Uncle Sans uniform with
hininS brass buttons. no way to get
o town but with a rubber-tired buggy
" auto. no way to make money but
" selling 5O-cent corn. 35-cent butter.
b hogs, 27-cent eggs and have his
arm double in price once in a while?
While YOU are enjoying your Sunday a.,
Inner don't forget to drop tear for
he poor. dOwn-trolden farmer man.
There are several varieties of trees
which make good windbreaks. The
experiments have proved
hat white pine. Norway spruce. Aus
rian and Scotch pines and American !.
rborvitae have no superiors. These
inds all grow rapidly and are not
acking in vigOr or adaptability to thin ,
oils, exposed situations and other ad- ,
erse conditions. But do not plant ev.
oh nj, /
'eciduous trees occupy place in any
cheme for identifying lawns which
onifers alone do not and cannot al.
When surrounded and completely en- ,
eloped in a dense growth of ever.
reens. style of planting somewhat ,
revaient few decades ago. AMI of !.
hitch examples are even nov occa.1 ,
ionafiy seen, residence becomes
ark. gloomy, damp and sometimes
angerouS to health.
Here is some good advice to remem.
err when buying farm: Three .
lings should he high. the house, the |;
richard and the spring; three should 9
e low. the hay barn. the taxes and the :
rice OF the farm. says American Gull =
vator. Three things should be thick
he top soil. the mowings and the wood q
It: three thin. the insects, pests and a
'ul plants. Three things should be n
ear. the neighbors. the markets and
lie schools. three should be distant. q
aloons. tramps and borrowers; three G
Mould be scanty. rocks, droughts and u