The Columbus journal., 1909-10-20
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mares OrC0 IN N0vcWO6E WILL uAOR
their, colts the following October.
What q great debt the world owes
the farmer for the many good things
ne produces.
Never keep more hens than you can
accommodate comfortably. because
they never do well when crowded.
The sale of saddle horses in New
York city has been 20 per cent. more
during the present year than 1t was
last.
Give fruit trees plenty Of light and
root feeding room. There is always
more danger of setting trees too close
together than too far apart.
1t may be necessary to have severa!
pens and follow a system of line.
breeding SO that there may not be
too much inbreeding or loose breed
ing.
Coaxing a little loneliness into what
have been waste places is modern
mission, which is expected to have an
influence in extending the reaction
toward country life.
Hay farming is sometimes called
mining the land because 1t Is sup
posed to gradually remove and ex-
naust the fertility of the farm in the
same way that mining removes the
ore supplies.
One of the most common methods
of blanching is by means of boards
placed on edge along each side of the
row of celery. This method is also
in general use for blanching large
fields of early celery.
A horse that has been worked IL
to Is hours during the day is entitled
to good feed. Twelve quarts of
oats. divided into three meals. and
from eight to ten pounds of hay, given
at night, make q good ration.
The apple maggot Is one of the
greatest menaces to the apple culture
and Is one of the most difficult pests
to eradicate. 1t inhabits the interior
Of the fruit and to destroy 1t means
the destruction of the apple itself.
II hens are made comfortable In
every way and have only thee grow
ing of a normal crop of feathers, and
are fed literally with nutritious pro-
tein' feeds. they will come through the
m0ulting period in good condition and
will be ready in q short time to lay
eggs for the high market.
An experiment with milking ma
chimes by the Nebraska experiment
station shows that the majority of
COWS yield their milk as freely and
fully when MIXED with q machine as
when MIXED by hand. but with some
Individual animals the use of the ma
chine Is not entirely successful.
Fall is good time to give the
farm a general overhauling. Espe-
cial attention should be given to haul
ing and repairing. The roads are
good and the fields solid where the
hauling must be done. 1t is a better
time than spring to fix up the fences,
as the ground is not wet. Building
Of sheds and general repairing is best
done when the material and ground
are dry.
Glover in wheat or oat stubble in
tended for hay next year should not
be too heavily pastured this fall, Cut
ting over the field once or twice with
the moving machine will give the
young plants a better chance to light
and air. and the weeds and stubble
moved of will help form a mulch TO.
holding moisture during the dry
weather and keep the plants from
freezing in cold weather.
1t Is not an easy matter to cure cow
pea hay. the vines. being SO large and
so full of sap. cure slowly. and with
unfavorable weather the hay Is apt to
damage badly, if not spoiled before it
fs cured enough tQIstack or put in the
NOW. The difficulty of harvesting and
curing cowpea hay. its tendency to be.
come woody and the lower yield per
acre. make this crop for hay produc-
ton less valuable than alfalfa where
alfalfa can be successfully grown.
Following the feeding of rye before
other soiling crops mature, an unused
pasture should be kept in reserve and
the COWS turned on when the grass
in the arly pasture is eaten short II
q field of the farm is in winter wheat
and another field in oats, and these
fields are sown in clover in early
spring and the wheat and oats re-
moved az soon as possible after har.
vest these fields may be used as dairy
pastures for a short time to good eff. |
feet. while the other pastures are
recuperating.
From early in the fall until the first
of the year when the severe weather
sets In. . fairly good storage house for
the farm can be found In any tight
building that is provided with proper
ventilation. Fruits and vegetables can
be stored In such building and be |
kept In good condition for many weeks |
with proper care. The manner In |
which this can be done is to place the !
vegetables and fruits in the building, |
keeping the doors and windows closed |