The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-23

ton Tor the corn.
Musk melons picked green win b
lacking In favor.
i Select large sheep for breeding
ewes. for size tells in the offspring.
Skim milk and clover pasturage
will make profitable pork out Of your
pigs.
Corn should be cut out of the "a
tons for the chickens during the hot
weather.
| Turn the horse that Is not given
regular work loose In the paddock for
part OF each day.
| II you have never tried a field OF
alfalfa. get the ground in shape and
plan to make the start next year.
| Make the trees OF the orchard send
their roots deep into the soil by hav
ing the soil well-drained, and by deep
blowing.
Select land which Is well drained
| for the orchard, for 1t is drier in wet
spells and moister In dry spells than
| other lands.
Nitrogen promotes growth and for
this reason should be used with eau
ton In the orchard where fruit rather
than wood is desired.
| How are the roads In your section?
Set good example and put them in
| good condition alongside your place.
1t will encourage others to like ser
vice.
Don't try to make the weather. just
keep busy trying to fit your work into
| the weather an all wise providence
provides and ell will come cut right in
| the end.
In the warm weather II Is good
/ plan to churn every day. This avoids
the necessity of mixing the different
days cream and insures better fla
| yored butter.
Look out for the farmer whose
chickens scatter and run every time
he passes through the barnyard. He's
ill.tempered and is pretty good man
to leave alone.
During the hot days of the summer
be particular about the barn and
barnyard. Keep both scrupulously
clean. Make the breeding places for
flies as scarce as possible.
Sod-bound orchards cannot be ex-
pected to be productive. Break up
the ground and give a covering of ma
lure. You will be surprised at the new
vigor which your trees will display
another season.
Sod is sometimes allowable In ap-
/, pie and standard pear orchards. but
never In other fruit plantations; but
even then it should be pastured close
! ly with sheep or hogs. If the stock
Is fed at the same time, the land Will
fare better.
Clean quarters for the chickens pay.
Never allow droppings to accumulate:
change the bedding on the floor and
In the nests often: go among the birds
carefully. not soaring them by quick
movements. Look at things from their
: standpoint: 1t pays to sympathize
even with hen II you want to make
her pay.
!, Join the boosters club and give
your neighbor a good boost every
chance you get. You will be sur
prised how many boosts you will get
? in return for the favors you bestow
| upon others. That is a poor motive
A nevertheless such service always
brings its rewards.
Late cultivation in the orchard is
d apt to be injurious for the reason that
p 1t induces late growth. At all events
S it can be of small utility when the
h tree begins to mature and rains be,
n come frequent. This season of res
I pite gives the grower the opportunity
II of raising a green manure. and of add
). ing fertility to his land at trifiing ex
pense and with no harm to his trees
e Fall blowing may be advisable fol
p farm crops. but it should generally
S be discouraged in orchards. The land
: in orchards should be left compact in
l. the fall. and it Is advisable to coveI
e it with some close heritage.
e The San Jose scale is distinguish
l, able from other scale by the small size
e of the scales. which measure com
II monty about one-sixteenth of an inch
!. in diameter. though rarely specimens