The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-11-03
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NJ FARM
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Don't let the garden go ragged.
1t is not a question of whether VIC
can afford a silo. but rather can We
afford to do without one. Better piaI
now for one.
This husking. bundling and storing
should be done as early as possible
as the fodder will not have lost any
of its feeding value.
The general appearance OF a ship
ping package aids greatly in making 9
sale in the market. Use only new
cases and place only uniform sized
fruit in these packages.
The colt may be weaned at from
five to seven months of age. according
to its habits of eating and its physical
condition. The sooner 1t learns to cal
grain and other nutritious feeds. the
sooner it may be weaned.
A number of tests to determine
which is more Notwithstanding oats
with disk drill, or broadcasting. has
recently been made. The results were
all in favor of drilling. A study OF
the root systems of young oats gives
us the reason why drilled grow much
more uniformly and therefore yield
more bushels per acre than broadcast
oats.
AS a soilins crop cowpeas are very
satisfactory. AS they should not be
planted till the soil and weather are
warm the crop is not available for
feed until the latter part of summer.
when they fill a place in a well.
planned system of soiling and furnish
an abundance of succulent green feed.
although. perhaps. less palatable than
alfalfa.
1t is a fact that sheep can do on
less water than most other domestic
animals, but they cannot do entirely
without it. 1t is lack of good man
agement to allow them a shortage Of
water during the dry season. Those
who allow their sheep to exist on
brush and weeds without water dur
ing the dry months will find that their
animals will be in thin flesh and in low
physical condition for entering the
winter
The cowpea is sometimes sown in
combination with other crops. such as
corn, Kaffir corn and sorghum for hay.
When planted in these combinations
there is danger of the cowpeas becom-
ing stunted in growth if the crop with
which it is combined is planted too
thick. Sown broadcast, cowpeas often
make little growth with these crops.
but when planted in rows with corn
and cultivated the growth is quite sat-
isfactory.
Now that the seasons rush is over,
take a vacation and 60 camping or
fishing for two or three days. Take
plenty of feed along for the horses and
let them rest while you are resting.
The value of an outing is in the change
of surroundings and forgetting to
think about your business. With
pole and fishing line. thinking Is easy,
and the mind becomes rested and re.
freshed. Camp life soothes the nerves
and makes the whole being stronger.
Wheat Is selling at the highest
prices for many years, and farmers
are glad of that. But the grain is
not the only value in the wheat crop.
The straw is worth much If properly
1t makes fair rough winter
feed for variety of live stock, and
1t is the best of bedding for all kinds
of farm animals. Straw should be
stacked SO that it will not spoil and
SO that 1t will be good for bedding
during the winter and spring, when
most bedding is needed.
With all plants the setting out in
the fall, while the soil yet contains
some stored heat from summer. en-.
ables them to start a new root growth.
which in turn enables them to make
an earlier. more sure and more vieor.
Gus growth the following season. Re
CARELESS of early or late setting the
fall work will usually give better
roots of the plants for more perfect
moisture and food contact to carry
them successfully over the first sea.
sons growth.
Cowpeas make excellent hay. which.
II properly handled. is equal to alfalfa
In nutritive value. although, as a rule
cows do not eat covpea hay as readily
as they do alfalfa When sown for
hay 1t Is usually preferable to plant
It in close drills. requiring about one
bushel to the acre. and when SO plant.
ed the plants have a tendency to grow
more upright, which makes the cron
more easy to cut with the mower r.
grown in rows. although the produc-
ton Of forage may be as great, II Is
more difficult to harvest. and as the
ranker growth of the Individual plants
often makes the hay more weedy.
Every farmer will spend hours
his horses. because he is
ashamed to have the public see them
dirty. 1t would be much more reason
able to spend less time cleaning his
horses and more time cleaning the
animals that produce the milk his
children are to drink. 1t is time for
the consumer to demand that every