The Columbus journal., 1909-12-22
NJ FARM
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Keep chick free from mites.
Be sure that the hens are provided
with dust bath.
A lazy hen will soon be q 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 \ 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 solce are
better.
When pigs are growing grazing is
important. and ID conducive to health
and profit.
Time in live stock breeding 10 one
Of the most costly factors that enters
into the business.
New corn ID not safe iced for fowls
Of any kind. Let 1t get fairly seasoned
before you begin on 1t.
Style and finish count in the market
value of draft horses as well as In
coach or driving horses.
There 10 no short cut to success In
poultry raising any more than there Is
to success In anything else.
The improvement that Is now being
made in the cattle herds of the coun-
try has never before been equaled.
The water used In the barn and for
cleansing the milk utensils must b
absolutely free from contamination.
A decrease of from 10 to 50 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 q mash and fed
warm.
II there is anything about the farm
worth all its costs, it is a windmill
and pump pumping water just where
it is needed.
Be careful of the brood mare as
foaling time draws near. Light farm
work will not hurt her II you use
good judgment
Sheep despise a low, muddy place.
They will not thrive there. but will
soon have sore feet and will be all
wrong every way.
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 il sufficient
cause for the exclusion of the product
from the market.
II 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 win supply q large portion
Of is 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. II the egg don't hatch, 1t
isn't the fault OF the egg but OF the
duck that laid Il. or perhaps the man
that failed to care for the duck that
laid It
There is more feed In the shock on
some farms than there viii be stock
to eat II, while in other instances
stock may 90 hungry before spring
Any farm produces more feed Of the
rough nature than the usual amount
Of stock kept can consume. ut least
in the corn belt. but soms just refuse
to put It in shock. We bought q corn
binder this year just to keep US from
getting tired Of corn cutting before
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 much
honey except that from honeydew.
win do well to Be very
cautious In Offering such honey for