The Columbus journal., 1909-01-06

ne horses feet should b elea.sa
out every day.
Get your manure out on the land rs
soon - you can.
Use the hen manure on the garden
plot 1t win give you big returns
there. -
Are you willing to be estimated BY
the same standards as those by which
you measure others?
Generally the fellow who is always
suspicious Of the other man is the one
who needs watching. &
II possible provide water In every
stall. This saves crowding around the
water trough in the yard
Too much guessing in dairying is
sure to result in too little profits
Know what you are doing.
Watch the methods of the man who
raises the most grain per acre. Per-
haps you can learn how does 1t.
It is unreasonable to expect that the
0verWOrked and rundown mare will
produce q colt of great strength or
quality.
A mixture Of lime. carbolic acid and
c0pperas is said to make a good wash
to prevent rabbits from gnawing fruit
trees.
Have charcoal where the poultry
can get at 1t. Good plan to put some
powdered charcoal in the mash occar
sionally.
Teach the heifers to stand and get
them used to being handled. A little
attention helps wonderful.
ly when the first calf comes
Warm the drinking water for the
cows. The animal that fills up on ice
cold water will slow up the milk-ma-
king machinery, and give less milk.
Properly cared for and then prop
erly fed, cOrnstalks are worth more
to the farmer than they would be II
sod t. make paper by the alleged new
process.
You will find it will be cheaper to
keep the horse in flesh during the win
ter than to try and bring him into con- |
1ition next spring after the pull down
by neglect during the winter
When Pig Is Pork.-Passer-by--Is
hat your pork down there on the
-Oad, guv'nor?" Farmer-"Pork! What |
Eye mean? There's pig o'mine out
here" Passer-by-"Ah. but there's a
notOr-car just been by
Paint judiciOusly used on farm |
buildings and farm machinery is a
money saver. One farmer who paints |
MS buildings every three years. and
he farm implements every fall. fig |
lres that he saved about 500.
Take an occasional walk through |
he orchard and keep an eye out for
.ocoons. egg clusters. etc. Pick them
,ff and destroy them. You will find
he insect pests next season will be
greatly reduced If you follow this
)lan.
Some one who has tried it says pine
ar will drive away the rats. His
Method Is to smear the holes all
using plenty of it. SO the 70
Tents will get their coats well smeared
Is they pass through. The first one
o pass informs the others, 1t is said.
md If all holes are treated likewise
hey will socn desert the premises.
Look out for the swill barrel As
maintained it is not only a
menace to the health of the family
tut of the hogs as well. A better
method is to keep a couple of good
lied galvanized pals which can be
asily emptied when full and then
calded before they are used again.
n this way the danger of providing
reeding place for all kinds of germs
Vill be done away with.
The Old-fashioned farmer still lin
ers, and declares that there is no
money in raising hogs. And this is
Thy he thinks so: He keeps ten
ows. sets the milk in open pans and
eeds the hogs butter fat worth 25 to
0 cents per pound. He's losing the
rice Of q good hand separator every
ear, and the discouraging feature is
hat he knows it, but is too set in his
Id ways to shake OF the moss and
lake change.
Why says it does not pay to spray
richard trees? Read this report of re-
ults obtained by the Vermont expert
rent station, and then resolve to try
little spraying yourself next sea-
On: "All the sprayed trees were cas-
> recognized by the cleaner and
Fighter color of the bark. The buds
larted earlier and more vigorously. +
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