The Lamar register., 1909-05-05
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uncertain pedigree.
The scrub calf will not make good
cow, no matter how you push the feed
into her.
Dip all the stock this spring. Per-
l0ps they have lice on them and you
do not know 1t.
In buying hogs or any other animals.
always put in quarantine before put
ting with your other animals.
n The high price of butter fat makes
It expensive business raising calves
that are allowed to suck their dams.
Begin early to teach the colt to lead.
1t is a simple task when he is small
but not 80 easy II left until he is
year or two old.
Be careful about the feed for the
horses this spring. Get them onto
full grain diet gradually. Begin the
hard work gradually, too.
Give the horses water when return
ing from the field, then before feeding
them their grain ration let them chew
on hay for half an hour.
Turn the cows onto the pasture half
a day at time to start with. and then
only after a good feed Of hay. This
will prevent serious trouble with
scours.
A gnnny sack and a piece of paper
make good materials to rub the plow-
share on with after the days work is
done, and they will keep it as bright
as mirror.
Plant few trees around the house
II there ia a lack of them now. In a
few years you will not only have shade
but will find that the appearance Of
the place has been improved.
An orchardist whose apple trees
were badly girdled by rabbits during
the winter tried with good results
= bags filled with fresh cow manure and
Dtied snugly over the girdled spots.
Kindly handling of the young stock
will make them more tractable when
full grown. The animal whose early
recollections tell of blows and harsh
words will never feel that confidence
in mankind which the one will have
that has only known humane treat
ment.
big head" in stock is first manifest
by loss of vitality and irregular appe-
tite. followed by shifting lameness: an
other is hook lameness and symptoms
of rheumatism. Later the bones and
jaw together with the nose begin to
swell. The bureau of animal industry
recommends that lime and phosphor-
us be administered in an assimilable
form, and that the rations should con-
tain beans, cowpeas. oats, cottOnseed
meal and other materials rich in min
eral salts.
Here's to the poor farmer. How can
he have a merry time when he has
nothing to live in but big house.
nothing to shelter his horses but a
warm barn. nothing to eat except
everything that grows out of the
ground or can be bought at the stores,
no way to get his mail except having
1t brought to him every day by
smiling mail carrier who will soon be
wearing Uncle Sans uniform with
shining brass buttons, no way to get
to town but with rubber-tired buggy
or auto. no way to make money but
by selling 50-cent corn, 35-cent butter,
n$5 hogs. 27-cent eggs and have his
farm double in price once in a while?
While you are enjoying your Sunday
dinner don't forget to drop a tear for
the poor, down-trodden farmer man.
There are several varieties of trees
which make good windbreaks. The
government experiments have proved
that white pine, Norway spruce, Aus
trian and Scotch pines and American
arborvitae have no superiors. These
kinds all grow rapidly and are not
lacking in vigor or adaptability to thin
soils, exposed situations and other ad-
verse conditions. But do not plant ev-
ergreens exclusively about the home.
Deciduous trees occupy place in any
scheme for identifying lawns which
conifers alone do not and cannot fill.
When surrounded and completely en-
veloped in a dense growth of ever
green's, a style of planting somewhat
prevalent a few decades ago, and of
which examples are even now occa-
sionally seen, residence becomes
dark, gloomy, damp and sometimes
dangerous to health.
Here is some good advice to remem.
Der when buying a farm: Three
things should be high, the house. the
orchard and the spring; three should
be low, the hay barn. the taxes and the
price Of the farm. says American Gull
tivator. Three things should be thick,
the top soil. the mowings and the wood
lot; three thin. the insects. pests and
foul plants. Three things should be
near, the neighbors. the markets and
The schools. three should be distant,
saloons, tramps and borrowers; three
should be scanty, rocks, droughts and
early frosts; three should be infre-