The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-12-01
NJ FARM
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Cash is a good buy word.
New wrinkles in farming show new
life.
The milk must not be adulterated in
any way.
Fork done ON the highway proves
good by-pay.
Cabbages should be pulled and hung
up BY the roots,
Be sure the whole bodies of dis.
eased fowls are burned.
1t is imperative that sheep quarters
be dry at all seasons of the year.
The guinea hen is much relished on
account of the gamey flavor Of the
Aesh.
The ram intended for use this fall
should be pushed along as fast as he
will stand it.
A regularity of good feed and kind
treatment will mako it unnecessary to
drive the cows In a night.
The gasoline engine is doing more
to keep the boy on the farm than q
course Of lectures. oral or printed.
Spasmodic sailing is injurious to
any animal Keep plenty of salt
where they can get it when they want
It.
Apple pickers should remember that
the least puncture In the skin of an
apple results sooner or later In a rot
ten spot.
Keep the water in the troughs pure
and fresh and see that the loft is we'll
ventilated and your pigeons will not
be troubled by canker.
Ducks and geese may be raised just
as easily away from a pond or run
ming water as with it. Plenty of
drinking water Is sufficient for their
needs.
When a team of horses stand up to
the bit in the same way it will be
found they do more work with less
friction than horses that do not work
in harmony.
With milk above three cents per
quart to the producer in most of the
larger cities, and good fall pastures,
it would seem that the dairyman's
lot is not so hard after all, especially
at this time.
Give the chickens plenty of range,
plenty Of water, and plenty Of nitro
genous feeds during the moulting sea.
son and get them into the laying habit
before cold weather. Starving them
will not promote growth of feathers.
cows are kept, during cold weather,
in buildings where the temperature is
high. the milk yield will be greater
than If they were kept in buildings of
comparatively low temperature.
Laborsaving devices are appreciat-
ed more on the farm than ever be-
fore. It seems almost impossible to
get help to do the necessary work.
and we are obliged to farm different
~ and to use mechanical means in
stead of hand labor.
Az pasture grass becomes short and
killed by frosts. begin to give the cows
extra feed. SO they will hold up in
milk. Taking the cows into winter
In good condition. other things being
equal, will mean q steady, high milk
f0w all through the winter.
Alfalfa meal Is very good feed pro-
vided it is made from a good quality
CT hay. In composition 1t ia nearly
equal to bran. In 100 pounds there are
IL pounds Of digestible protein. 1876
pounds digestible carbohydrates and
IL pounds digestible fat
When scraping out the decayed cav
ity of q large tree to be afterward
filled with cement, as much care
should be taken to remove every par
ticle of decayed matter as a good
dentist does to remove the dacayed
matter in a tooth before filling. Other
wise your labor is lost. |
Nothing Is better for poultry build.
ings from q sanitary point Of view
than a good coat of whitewash. Espe-
cially is this true when getting the
poultry houses ready for winter. All
may not be aware there IL quite q SCI
ence in whitewashing. There are Diff
ferentz kinds. and each Is adapted for
q different use.
The lack of high-class dairy cows,
the high price Of grain and mill prod
ucts and the difficulty of securing COM
petent farm labor have brought great
hardship on the New England dairy
men who have been neglecting the pro-
duction Of gardens, fruits, poultry.
ETC., which should find a place on
every well-organized farm.