The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-06-16

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Keep the cultivator going in the
corn. The yield will be increased.
and when the drought comes it will
not easily affect the crop.
With the garden well started. the
outlook is bright for the family table
this summer. Glad now of the work
you put in ON it, amt you?
In the presence of high-priced wheat
it is comforting to remember that
rye and Injun meal isn't at all bad
and makes good bone and muscle.
Have a place for the tools and see
that they are put in their places after
you have done using them. Many
precious moment is wasted on the
farm by failure to observe this good
rule.
Make successive paintings Of corn
up to the last of June to keep supply
of green food for the cows. and SO you
will not have to break into the silo
supply until the winter is fairly on us
again.
If the little chicks appear mopy,
look for head lice II you find them
infested apply coal oil to the head
not too much-and you will find that
your chicks will brighten up and
prove more thrifty.
Tile-drained soil is more profitable,
being more quickly gotten into condi-
ton for crops and insuring better
condition all through the growing sea-
son. 1t is also true that crops in
drained soil do not suffer as much
from drought as do crops in un-
drained soil.
II you have much clover hay to
handle. provide yourself with sup
ply of hay caps made of canvas and
use them in covering the hay during
the curing process. This will enable
you to put the hay into the barn in
perfect keeping condition and will
more than save you the price OF the
hay caps.
Smear tie noses of the sheep with
<I,o nff If
which lays the eggs from which the
grubs that cause all the trouble are
hatched. The sheep will tar their own
noses if you take log and bore two
inch auger holes in it. Place in the
holes salt and smear the edges with
tar. When the sheep go after the salt
they will get the tar ON their noses.
You can get rid of plant lice that
suck the juices out of the plants by
Swinging or sprinkling them with to-
bacco water. made by soaking the
stems or leaves till about the color OF
strong tea. Apply it just as the buds
are coming. Dust the rose leaves on
the under as we'll as the upper side
with ashes or air-shaked lime, to de-
stroy the green worms which skeleton
ize the leaves.
Manure on the udder and hind
quarters of the cows is not only un-
slightly but unsanitary both for the
COWS and for those who use the milk
produced from such animals. There
are several devices for preventing a
cow from lying down in her own filth
The most common is the gutter be-
hind the animal for receiving the
droppings. Another plan is to place
a twO-by-fOur plank across the stall at
the rear about even with the cows
hind feet. When she lies down she
will always lie in front of this board
where the droppings fall. The floor
should slope from front to back.
The Tennessee experiment station
is the latest institution to make a
test of what the milking machines
will do, and the following is the sum-
mary of its investigation: 1. Under
the conditions existing during the
test at the station, machine-milking
has been at least equal. If not slightly
superior, to handwriting. 2. Under
average conditions a COW is MIXED as
clean with the machine as by hand.
An expert operator can milk cleaner
with the machine than the average
man will by hand. 3. II the teat-
cups and mouth pieces are properly
adjusted, the machine is not injuri-
GUS to the teats and udder or Objec-
tionable to the cows, some even pre-
ferring it. 4. The machines are not
difficult to keep clean and high
grade of milk is secured when ma
chimes are used. If neglected, how
ever. they soon become filthy and are
a serious source of contamination. S.
One man running two machines is
nearly equal to two handmillers.
There is a great difference between
the number of cows different men
will milk per hour. To secure thor
ough milking and rapid work, the
operator should follow the machines
closely to see that each COW is milk
ing properly. s. Successful milking
with machines depends upon the prop
er fitting of cups and mouthpieces,
the operator being sure that each teat
is milking before going to the next
COW, and thorough manipulation of
the udder before removal of the ma
chine In many cases it is necessary
to use q smaller sized teatcup during