The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-02-17
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III FARM
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Skim-milk's the thing for the pigs.
See that they get it.
Regularity in feeding should be one
of the rules of the farm.
Many colt has been ruined by slip
ping on a bare, wet floor.
Variety of feed, with large proper
ton of protein, should be fed to the
brood sows.
On the pleasant days it should be so
that the pigs can get out into the yard
for exercise.
We like a variety in diet. SO do the
hens. Look after the matter if you
want the eggs.
If you hang the brides in the kitch-
en- over night there will be no trouble
with frosty bits in the morning.
Don't use short cuts across the lawn
in winter. The grass growth will be
| injured next summer if you do.
If trees are properly pruned and
formed during the first three or four
years after planting, little subsequent
pruning is necessary.
There is money in butter making in
| the cream is easier to handle than
during the hot months of the summer.
If red spider gets on the house
plants pick off the worst affected
leaves. Then lay the plants on their
sides and hose or syringe them thor
oughly; then take soapy water and a
sponge and hand-wash every leaf, and
while they are yet wet dust the under
sides of the foliage with powdered
| sulphur
Because pigs are the farmers waste
savers, the impression prevails with
some that they need no care. This is
| one of the greatest mistakes ever
| made. Pigs are sensitive to the cold.
They need warm, dry quarters, and a
clean place to exercise in on bright
days if they are going to return a
profit to their owner.
Some people have the bad habit OF
doping medicine for every little all
ment. And some farmers have the
equally bad habit of doping their
horses. 1t is good thing to let the
veterinarian do the medicine giving
| if necessary. but such occasions will
be few and far between if you provide
the right kind of care and feed.
In an experiment to determine the
! effect of basic lime nitrate and cal
| cium cyanamid On barley and oats by
| the agricultural school at BerthOnval.
| France, Prof. L. Malpeaux reports that
| the results obtained with the first
were somewhat superior to those OBJ
tanned in case of nitrate of soda. The
second gave results about equal to
| those obtained with sulphate Of am
monia.
| Do not let the mill, stand in open
| topped pals or cans in the barn un-
| til the milking is all done. Try this
| plan: Take big can to the barn.
Use a large piece of cheese cloth
through which to strain the milk as it
is poured into the can. then throw the
dry end of the cloth over the wet part
lying across the mouth of the can un-
til you are ready to pour the next
| drawing of milk into the can.
| The best results are obtained where
the COWS are fed after milking, for I'M
der this method they generally give
| down their milk cheerfully, for they
| know that milking is a prelude to
| feeding. A COW is much smarter than
she looks, and more grateful than
most persons would believe. So long
as the COWS know they are not going
to be struck or beaten. they will
neither kick nor hook. An experienced
milkman will never allow any loud
talking or excitement about his barn
or stable, for the quieter the cows are
kept the greater the quantity of milk
given, and the easier the work is per-
formed.
| Livestock OF the farm not only re-
turn to the soil much of the fertility
taken in growing the crops, but they
provide the most profitable medium
of using the stuff raised. In this way
everything grown on the farm can be
made to yield marketable product
and. besides. large portion of 1t re-
tanned in the form of manure to be
| returned to and enrich the land The
! system gives a maximum amount of
gain with a minimum amount of actual
| waste. or matter removed from the
SOIL 1t insures chances for perman-
ent and continued success, and gives
the farmer wider scope for regular in
| telligent work
| Here is the prediction of one agri-
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