The Columbus journal., 1909-03-24

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Successful farming is the product
of intelligent, well-directed energy.
The records show that more chick
ems are lost ON vet mashes than those
kept on dry feed.
Never mix warm cream with cold.
Cool the fresh cream to the tempera-
ture of the rest and then stir well to-
gether.
Corn ground cob and all together
with oats makes . splendid feed for
COWS as well as horses.
Intestinal worms do not trouble
hogs when they have access to q box
containing hardwood ashes, charcoal
and salt
II chickens are forced in the early
stages they will not make as rapid
growth as they approach maturity as
those fed a more moderate ration.
If in the droppings of the horse you
notice that there is much whole grain,
look to the animals teeth. Have them
filled SO that he can grind his feed
properly.
One farmer who started with . &C.
ment trough for his pigs has extended
the use of cement to the building of
a silO, barn, and the next thing will
be a cement house.
The use of separator gives YOU
Warm, sweet milk for the calves, pigs
and chickens, and it is worth a good
deal more as feed at that time than
when cold and sour.
It is said that hogs weighing 275
pounds require double the amount OF
feed to produce 100 pounds of gain as
do those weighing 35 to IS pounds. You
can easily figure where the most profit
lies.
For the first few days after farrow-
ing feed the SOW lightly. a thin, warm
slop of middlings and oatmeal. given
q little at time, will prove all that
is needed. Then begin feeding oats.
peas, middlings and barley. and don't
forget the roots.
Soon the cows will get out onto the
grass again. But don't be in too much
of a hurry. The grass ought to be
given a good start and the ground al
lowed to become firm, otherwise the
stock will cut it up and do more dam
age ten times over than the value OF
the feed they will pick up.
Eggs for Matching should be kept
at an even temperature. Take special
care that they do not become chilled
A room in the house that is moderate
ly warm is the safest place for them
Remember every day to turn the eggs
that you are going to set. The easiest
way to turn the eggs is to put them In
a patent egg-box where each egg fits
snugly into compartment, and ther
all that has to be done to turn a dozer
eggs is to turn over the box.
Soft lunches on the knees of thu
cows sometimes appear as a result o
abrasions on the hard stable foo
when the bedding is scant. They cal
be treated in the following manner
| Mix one ounce of lard and two dram:
of biniodide of mercury and apply i
as strong blister to the swelling re
| peatedly until it disappears. Some
times simple pressure with bandages
| applied an increasing length of tim.
daily for some weeks, will do It.
There are honest and dishonest com
mission men. This is the story of ;
dishonest one. and is reprinted from
Rural New Yorker that readers o
| Meadowbrook Farm Notes may be Of
their guard: A farmer sent some good
to a New York commission man ant
failed to get returns. Finally a checl
came, which was refused at the banh
Then the farmer came up here AM
hunted up the man. He found tn
dealer, who pleaded that he was 'har'
up" yet" says the farmer, he wa
smoking a fine cigar!"
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Dressed poultry" means birds Wit
the feathers OF, but with head ant
feet on, although some marketmen II
smaller cities want these OF also. bu
do not want the entrails removed IN
til the bird has been purchased by tn
consumer. Experienced buyers refus
to purchase bird In a market II 1t
exposed for sale with the head an
feet removed, as it is very easy to de
tect whether the bird was affected b.
roup, chickenpox, or any kindred dis
ease at the time of death. II the hea
is left on. The legs are often remove
to keep the purchaser from noticin