Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-24
NJ FARM
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Be sure that the hens are provided
with a dust bath.
A lazy hen will soon be a sick hen.
Make her stir around.
Warm milk is better for fowls than
that which is very cold
The Groom of the thresher is part of
the worlds popular music.
Get as much painting as possible
done before winter sets in.
Too heavy feeding is apt to cause
breaking down among the poultry.
Truck teams used in the large cities
are mated as carefully as coach teams.
There is good in all breeds; but 1t is
true that while all are good some are
better.
When pigs are growing grazing is
important, and is conducive to health
and profit.
Time in live stock breeding ia one
of the most costly factors that enters
into the business.
New corn is not safe feed for fowls
Of any kind. Let it get fairly seasoned
before you begin on it.
There is no short cut to success in
poultry raising any more than there is
to success in anything else.
The water used in the barn and for
cleansing the milk utensils must be
absolutely free from contamination.
A decrease of from 10 to SO per cent.
in milk yield follows exposure at this
season, or any other, for that matter
The dairy industry is one of the
large industries, and in valuation
when dairy cattle are included, ranks
first.
Potatoes are good for swine, but
they are best when cooked and mixed
with some meal into a mash and fed
warm.
Be careful of the brood mare as
foaling time draws near. Light farm
work will not hurt her if you use
good judgment.
No person having any communicable
disease, or one caring for persons who
have, shall be allowed to handle the
milk or milk utensils.
The use of any preservative or col
oring matter In butter or milk is an
adulteration and its use is sufficient
cause for the exclusion of the product
from the market.
If you wish to kill an evergreen
tree, girdling will do it. II you wish
to avoid the labor of girdling there
, is an easier method; let the poultry
roost in the branches.
There is no better time than before
you'll need it to build feed floor for
that bunch of shoats. 1t certainly
will not pay to shovel corn into a
muddy feed yard, this winter.
More hogs are being raised in Colo
RADIO than for some time and it is pre-
dicted that 1t will not be long before
,, the state will supply large portion
Of Us own consumption of pork.
Old, over fed, under fed or neglected
breeding stock can never profit the
owner. The eggs are few and weak
!. or infertile. If the egg don't hatch, II
, isn't the fault of the egg but of the
duck that laid it, or perhaps the man
that failed to care for the duck that
laid 1t.
There is more feed in the shock OF
some farms than there will be stock
= to eat it, while in other instances
stock may go hungry before spring
ANY farm produces more feed of the
rough nature than the usual amount
l. of stock kept can consume, at leas
in the corn belt but some just refuse
to put it in shock. We bought a corr
binder this year just to keep us from
:, getting tired of corn cutting before
u enough was up.
Owing to the extreme dry weather
which has prevailed throughout many
sections of the country this season
- bees were unable to secure mucl
u honey except that from honeydew
. Beekeepers will do well to be yer!
cautious in offering such honey fo
u sale, or they may get into trouble fo
}, violating the pure food laws. AS thi
u honey is likely to be of fair quality
and bees short on stores for winte
due to the protracted drought. 1t vii
!, be well to feed this product back Il