The Columbus journal., 1909-10-13

fat,ener.
Do not ruin your horse by com
peliing him to pull too hard when
young.
Crocus grown In grass dies down 20
easily that it does not interfere With
the lawn.
Shippers Of cattle that show any
fitness for a fat stock market have no
cause to complain.
A value in hogging down corn at
maturity in the fail is the enriching of
the soil with the droppings Of the
animals.
Select medium-sized, full ripe toms-
toes for seed. No crooked or small
sized fruit should be taken II the best
seed Is wanted.
Sunflower seed IL good poultry food.
and few rows of the plants near the
poultry yards are also good for sum.
mer shade and protection.
To keep the boy on the farm. enlist
his interest. give him something that
he can call his own. and let him have
the profits realized from its sale.
Do not keep either the young or old
horses stabbed for several days In sue
cession. because they need daily ex-
ercise for bone and muscle develop
ment
Of hogging down corn by the use Of
portable fence. and last year made his
corn thus fed net him II IL cents .
bushel.
One man claims that for the cost of
harvesting 40acre field of corn q |
hog-tight fence can be built around the
field where q cattle fence. barbed
wire. is already there.
Raw farm land should have q dress
ing Of long manure plowed under In
the fall. and a thick dressing Of, fine
rotted manure spread broadcast in
the spring and well narrowed in.
The custom of hogging down corn In |
the fall of the year has been practiced |
for q great many years on American |
farms. but 1t is only of recent years !
that farmers have come to know its |
definite value.
The value of humus is emphasized |
where an old barn, or house has been |
left standing in the middle Of a field. ]
as the crops are usually much superb |
or to those on the surrounding por-
tons of the field.
not so much as should be given breed |
ing animals. 1t Is best to promote the |
tendency toward laziness, allowing |
just enough exercise to maintain the |
health of the body.
II the pasture is short in the fall |
the lambs may be turned in the corn |
field to pasture. They will eat grass |
along the fence rows and the lower |
blades of the corn, but they will not
injure the corn In the least.
Land intended for fruit or vegetable |
garden should have q heavy dressing
Of long stable manure spread evenly |
over the ground and deeply plowed |
under. This should be done in Octor |
Der, or before the fall rains set In.
Where there are bare spots In the |
lawn sod. SOW a little new crop grass |
seed and rake 1t in. Before winter sets |
in thick dressing of fine, sifted. rich |
manure should be spread over the
grass: rotted manure is the best fer
tilizer. /
In selecting stock to be bred for
layers the male birds are quite as |
important. One must be careful that |
the males are descendants from pro- |
life layers. The best layers are also |
obtained where the sires and grand
sires are also from stock noted for
their exceptional laying.
The apple maggot is larvae which |
matches out into moth during q pc.
Rod after the apple has fallen to the
ground with a maggot contained with
in it. The presence of hogs In the or.
chard In sufficient numbers to con-
sumo the fruit as 1t falls means the |
determination of the pest.
In the eastern half of the Unite. |
States black rot has proven a serious
drawback to grape culture Humidity
is favorable to this disease. More
than 20 years ago spraying was intro
duced as a means of combating this
and other fungus diseases of vines and
fruit trees. and bordeaux mixture has
been the standard fungicide from the
first.
The age of farm abandonment is
practically at an end. for the farm
er has solved the problem of how to
make living for himself and family,
and at the same time accumulate q
good bank account from the products
of small tract of land. New condi
tons require new methods, and this
applies with greater force to farming
than to any other form of productive
industry.