The Columbus journal., 1909-04-21
Any sood garden soil is good soe

Any sood garden soil is good 1os
beets.
Be sure that the hogs and pigs have
access to charcoal and salt.
Treat the cows kindly. You will
get more milk in this way than by
brutal methods.
Kindness is good investment to
make In stock. Costs no money, but
1t gives a money return.
Don't crowd the chicks in the brood.
er. From start to finish chickens
never do well when crowded.
A comm0dious tool shed Is an equip
ment which every farm should have
but which in too many cases is alb
sent.
Slick up around the place this year
and see il the neighbors don't catch
the fever. A good example goes a
long ways.
In handling young chicks be careful
not to overfeed. There is as much
harm in this way. IL not more. than by
under feeding.
Sheep keep the land looking trim.
Have you never noticed how slick the
lawn pastures and roadsides look on
the farm where sheep are kept?
Remember that there is scarcely a
spot on the farm but that can be
made to return a profit. Study its
characteristics. If not good for one
thing it may be good for another.
In the hog yard put a few short
posts. around which fasten some old
bagging securely. Saturate with kero-
sene and the hogs will do the rest to
any stray lice wandering over their
anatomy.
Raise your own timber. Plant trees
every year. Put them in every avail.
able place. They will not only provide
desirable shade il well placed. but
will grow timber which will prove
valuable in the years to come.
Do your work neatly. If 1t is
greasing the wagon. don't get the
grease all over the wheels as well as
on the axle. or on your clothes. eth
er. Some men think hurry means
sloppy methods. It's a mistake.
If you have net already provided
separator for the handling Of your
milk it will be well for you to con-
slider the proposition. for it not only
makes the handling of the milk and
cream easier. but gives you sweet
milk to feed TO the hogs.
Garden all planned for? Surely you
are not going to let another season
pass without that promised luxury. 1t
is a little work. but you will be more
than repaid next summer when you
are enjoying the fresh things you can
grow on the little patch near the
house.
The surest method of killing all YER
mine and disease germs in the chicken
house is to fumigate by burning sui.
phur. No living germ or animal can
exist in the presence of sulphurous
acid gas. 1t finds its way into every
crack of the room and makes complete
in its path. When fumi |
eating, remove all of the fowls, make !
the room perfectly tight. and burn the |
sulphur with live Goals or on redhot
shovel.
Treat the seed oats II there Is any
danger of smut. Get a half pound Of |
formalin, add 30 gallons of water. |
Spread the oats out on the barn floor |
and sprinkle the solution over them |
making the grain quite damp. Then |
shovel together into a pile and cover |
with sacking and leave for about two |
hours. II not sowed at once. spread |
out and dry thoroughly. Thirty gal
onsof the solution will treat $50 bush |
els of oats.
Chickens troubled with gapewOrms
AN be successfully treated by putting
nto box or barrel containing guam
.ity of air shaked lime. The dust of
he lime will cause the birds to sneeze
md the worms be thrown out in the
ime to die. Violent sneezing will al
most invariably dislOdge the worms
md give instant relief. Fumes of to-
,acco may be used for this purpose.
Burn some tobacco dust or stems In .
,ox and set the chickens in basket
,ver it. II sneezing takes place. relief.
{ not cure, will result. Care. of course.
must be taken not to smother the
hicks in the fumigating process.
Drilling In oats Is much to be pre-
erred to broad casting. The seed is
much more evenly covered and more
venly distributed throughout the
ields. From one to two pecks per
ere may be saved in the amount of
eed needed. At the Iowa station for