The Jasper news., 1909-05-27
On the OF days for the horse, iight
en- up on the grain feed.

amount Of food. ,<1s
Take care OF the grass lands. All
things considered they are the best
Investment on the farm.
II the nIsing pigs are troubled with |
looseness Of the bowls put the. SOW on
a dry feed of oats for day or two.
A little rosin coated on the pounding
face of the hammer will stop It's tend
ency to slip of the nail when struck.
April hatches do better than those
which are brought off later. The
get a good start before the hot
weather.. e
If the hangers are deep there is
danger that old feed will lodge at the
bottom and cause a filthy condition.
Keep them cleaned out
Look over the fences this epring.
The young stock will quickly learn to
be breechy ifthe weak places in the
fences invite their escape.
The calves will early learn to nibble
at bran or other feed IL 1t is placed
conveniently before them. Alfalfa or
clover hay Is fine for them, too.
When doing the heavy spring plow!
ing lift the collars of the horses oc-
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cool off. Bathe at night in cool water.
Two seasons of profit for the sheep:
At lambing time and at shearing time.
And for the two crops year the
sheep are comparatively little trouble.
Sore shoulders on the horses In the
spring are bad thing. Nine cases
out Of ten 1t is due to carelessness
Watch the collars. A horse with a
sore shoulder will not pull.
Make long, straight rows in the gar
den. Plant the rows far enough apart
| so that the horse cultivator can be
used. Such methods will make the
garden an easy proposition.
| Cement Is coming more and more
into use on tine farm and many are
learning to use it In all manner of
ways. A nice cement walk from the
front door down to the gate makes
place look tidy. and the farmer can
do all the work himself.
Try this with the paint brush which
has dried up on you. Lay 1t on a
hard, smooth surface and pound 1t
gently with a hammer The dried
paint will crack and scale off and leave
the hairs loose to perform further
service for you.
Wood ashes supplies potash to hogs,
but large raiser of hogs In a western
state says his method of supplying
the needful element Is to take fourth
of box of lye, and mixed with bar
rel of soaked corn, slops or shorts
when feeding. He says that wormy
coughing, stunted hogs will soon make
marvellous change for the better.
The plan followed by one successful
breeder of sheep has been to keep his
choice eve lambs every year and dis
card the less desirable old ewes, as
the young ewes were old enough to
take their places as breeders. 1t Is
another case of building up by selec.
tion and is the only way to make any
kind of stock raising pay.
Turn your wood ashes into fruit by
sprinkling them in the orchard. Do
: the farm work on a schedule and give
} the women folks a chance to have the
meals at stated hours. Everything
will run more smoothly in and out OF
, the house II you do, and you will also
be surprised how much more work you
| get done in the allotted time than you
did before on the old putter, endless
, chain plan.
Forcing cows for big record and
feeding COWS to the limit for the best
results are two different things. In
, reference to the former a professor has
:. we'll said: I'VE are driving the Amer
II ican show COW at terrible rate OF
speed. At some of our great contests
we have experts in charge, who with
watch and thermometer in one hand,
/ and an open bag Of grain in the other,
, crowd their animals with rich foods,
and then determine the approach of
the danger line by the thermometer
and their movements"
.
Dandelion salad is favorite early