The state herald., 1909-08-27
NlrD FARM
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a good road brings the town nearer,
and market day more frequent.
Lousy pigs will not thrive. Get rid
OF the lice by dipping.
Shade for the hogs. as well as other
farm animals.
The repair in season saves the un.
seasonable delay caused by an un-
loked for breakdown.
First select the proper place for
thing and then see that 1t is put in
its proper place.
More hawks and owls mean less
field mice and rats. Which do you
prefer? Well. take the former
With hogs as with all other stock,
no single breed can rightly claim to
possess the only good qualities.
Every farm should be miniature
experiment station. Every farmer
should be investigating and testing
out some proposition which will i'm.
prove conditions on his farm and
make 1t remunerative.
II is a good rule in fattening hogs
never to feed quite as much as they
want, or not enough so they will
waste any. They will take the next
feed better and do better At the
same time be sure to keep pens and
sleeping quarters well cleaned out
Brood sows should have plenty of
exercise. that they may get strong lit
ters of pigs, full of vitality. 1t is best
to keep the same sows for several
years II they have proven good breed.
ers and careful mothers: they will
raise more and better pigs than the
young gifts.
In caring for the sheep remember
that the feed lot must be dry. with
plenty of clean, dry bedding: the ami.
mails must have plenty OF clean, pure
water. and the feed troughs should be
kept clean. These should be arranged
so that the sheep cannot foul them
with their feet. Another point is to
keep them from becoming excited or
frightened. To this end II is better
that one person feed them all the
time
One-sided feeding isn't good for the
pocket book or the animals. Alfalfa
is n one-sided feed In the other direc.
ton from corn. and should not be fed
exclusively any more than corn. Al.
falfa cannot be balanced by feeding
bran. but can be balanced by feeding
corn or cornmeal, In roughage, tim
othy hay is balancer TO go along
with the alfalfa. One-sided foods are
good II they are properly combined
when being fed. The great number
of these foods make II imperativcly
necessary that the feeder educate him.
self on the constituents OF the difrer-
ent kinds of plants and grains that
are used in stock feeding.
II the farmer wishes to be his own
repair man. and he can do so In most
cases II he is at all handy. he viii find
that vice and n set OF taps and dies
VIII come in handy. Get sizes one
quarter, fye-siSteenths, three.eighths.
Beven.sixteenths and one.hali.inch
bolts. These sizes will cover almost
everything common on n farm. You
can buy blank nuts and you can cut
the rods any length you want with nn
ordinary cold chisci You can put
nut on each end OF the bolt. This an.
swers Just as well as to have head
ON the end and nut on the other A
great many farmers try TO keep bolts
OF different sizes. but II IL much bet
ter to buy the round rods and make
your bolts aS you want them.
Winter radishcs may be sown the
latter part of August II sown earlier
they lack the crispnoss so desirable
To n vegetable OF this kind and do no,
keep well. II sown much later they
mny not hay. time " mature before
cold weather, No special treatment
is required. The seed iH sown like
other rndiHhoA and the cultivation h
not essentially different hut n the
ground Ii dry I, should be well mols,
tened A good way TO do IL to make
trench six or eight inches deep and
MI II With water. repeating ms II
soaks AWAY until the ground In SUN.
cicntiy moist; then MI with moist
earth and SOW the seed In row soli
10 treated will remain moist for sew.
.rni days. The roots will endure n
light freeze without injury. but they
ought TO be dug and stored before
winter sets In. They can be kept by
burying In pits like potatoes or tur.
nips. or they may be packed In boxes
of sand and kept In cool dark cellar
~ stored In leaves little water
should be poured In the box occasion
atty 80 aH TO prevent the roots from
.h,iyaiiny tfnlpta they arp niumn