The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-11-24
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Alfalfa makes dairying profitable.
1t is useless to plant clover on wet
soil.
The life of the honey bee is very
short
Few plants will grow without air in
the soil.
Clover and legumes do not succeed
on lands that are sour
The fall of the year is the best time
for setting peony plants.
Gasoline has recently gained con-
siderable reputation as a vermifuge.
The peony is one Of the best and
most popular OF all our carly Towering
plants.
1t is not a good plan to plant the
in succession.
The wise farmer wants assurance
on the soil Of any land that he may
contemplate buying.
When the timothy crowds the clover
entirely out the following crops of
timothy are usually very large.
Farms where the soil Is thin, and
practically must be bought over by
the cost of fertilizing. are not good
investment.
Acidity may be overcome by apply
ing from 500 to 1000 pounds of lime
per acre. or by the use of floats Or
ground shells.
Reports have been received that
about 5000 homestead entries were
filed in Montana during the first six
months of 1909.
No other people set SO high a value
on good soil as the Hollanders, and We
are learning that not many acres, but
rich ones, make the profitable farm.
Glover fields that are thin may be
seeded to timothy for a crop next
summer by sowing the clover field
now to timothy and narrowing in the
field.
Never breed to a horse that will
not work or is manageable, for in
subOrdinatiOn is as easily transmitted
as any other fault.
A common variety of intestinal
worm which is a source of much an
noyance to horses and which calls for
special attention just now is popularity
known as the pinworm.
An effectual remedy for potato
blight has been found in bordeaux
mixture, which consists of four pounds
of copper sulphate and five or six
pounds of fresh lime in 60 gallons of
water.
All milk must be cooled to a tenn
perature not above IS degrees within
two hours after being drawn, and kept
thereafter below that, and must be
cooled to so degrees or less II not de-
lvered at the creamery twice a day.
Live stock farming does not always
mean diversified farming, and some
forms of live stock farming may be-
come as Objectionable in many ways as
. form of farming In which q single
crop. is grown for sale.
One Of the most serious objections
to a single-crop system of farming is
the effect 1t has on the fertility of the
land. Our best agricultural lands will
stand exploitive farming-that is,
without any attention to fer
about two generations.
Agricultural teachers have urged d.
versified farming for many years, but
with little effect until the appearance
of the boil weevil. This insect made
cotton farming very precarious and
has led to radical notifications in the
systems of farming prevailing in that
section.
The brood sow that is mature can,
with safety. raise two filters a year
and be carried cheaply and easily
from the weaving of the spring litter
tc the coming of the fall litter with
out much grain ration, If given plenty
Of sGceulent feed.
The soy beans make the best hay II
cut when the pods have formed and
the lowest leaves have turned yellow:
but for seed the cutting should not be-
gin until half the leaves have turned
yellow. Even the soy bean straw is
4 valuable feed. Animals relish the
hay and thrive upon it
To insure the best health, vigor, fe-
cundity and profit in hogs the herd
should be handled as largely as pos
sible in the open field and pasture. and
during q period of six or seven months