The Dolores star., 1909-01-15

Aoddsr end other sosious seeds.
Kespiss thp boar away from ~
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th4 ONLY way os knowing just what
yop are shout in raising hogs. and ig
the best IN the loag run.
IL ypp cannot AFFORD . manure
sprsader. Why not Join with three or
four Of your peighbors and buy ons1
The spreader win do the work for al
Of yea and the cost tp each ppe Eill
be merely nominal. ~
The nate colt can be permitted 70
suck ITS dam all winter WITHOUT harm.
Many well-meanins farmers injure
their mares by trying to dry them Oh
when they are giving q full hoV Of
milk. It 10 contrary to nsturs. Il
: The clipped horse should be al
ways carefully bianketed when left
standing. There Is no particular
objection to depriving the horse OF
his natural coat II another IL pro.
vided fof him. =,
mo horse was ever born balky. but
may be made 80 by the driver" is
what . horseman says who has made
business Of dealing In vicious ami.
mails and then BY patient effort re-
forming them.
The horse that starts of with a
Jerk and breaks into a fast gait at
once Is not the safest animal to
drive, Better train to start with a
walk. Many serious accident 10
caused by the quick starting Of a
horse,
y Diarrhea In horses. brought nn by
overfeeding or exposure to incIement
weather.. is . common trouble and
should bo. checked at once. Parched
flour. rice meal cruel and boiled milk
are all excellent correctives for this
affment.
4ave all the poosts IN the poultry
house A. nearly on q level as pos
sible and 10 prevent providing of the
fowls on the upper perches. Instinc-
lively the hens will seek the highest
perchss and hence suffer from over
crowding where the perehes are not
all on the same level.
The secret OF success In dairying ID
to know what a COW ought to do, and
then make her do 1t. il the way
Hoard's DairymaH puts 1t. And we
might add that the COW that won't DO
It ought to make room for the COW
that will. Fime 10 wasted on trying TO
increase the YIELD Of some cows.
On orchard soils only moderately
rich Il is nece4sary ts keep up the sup
ply OF fertility. What the crop Of fruit
takes of should go back each year
in the form either Of harnyard manure
or of chemical fertilizers, 70 that the
roots pf the trees need not seek In
vain for the material out Of which to
make new products.
Never ALLOW fiax which 10 to be used
for seed to become wet, for the damp
nsss causes disease spores to germin-
ate and the mold filamsnts grow into
the seed coats, and seed treatment
will fall to destroy this internal
fungus. The young plants from such
seeds must eventually sicken and die,
and will Introduce the disease into the
soil wherever they fall,
The beat means for protecting the
orchard trees from mice 10 to keep the
orchard free from weeds, particularly
at seeding time. A moving machine
will not do this. It takes cultivation
and a hoe. II . spade az or feet
about the tree is kept absolutely clean
Of weeds little II any damage will be
done by mice. Remember this next
season, - ~
In planting an orchard the soil fer
tility should determine to some ex-
tent the distance between the trees,
the rule being that the stronger the
land the greater the distance between
trees as the trees will attain greater
growth than they would in poorer soil
Twenty-eight by thirty-two or 2Sx34 Is
about right. Where desired a filler Of
some early variety can be planted In
between the trees the wider way.
The business Of farming includes
three distinct departments: Produc-
tion. selling and purchasing. Farmers
must study their markets to deter
mine what to grow; they must grow
a frst-class article and prepare 1t for
market in the best possible shape;
they must sell the product for the
highest possible price: and they must
buy their supplies for the lowest pos
sible figure, II they are to make .
success Of the business Of farming.