The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-26
III FARM
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Keep the little chicks growing.
Cleanliness is absolutely essentia
for successful poultry raising.
Now is the time to begin the figh
on lice and mites in the henh0use.
Make up your mind you will TAX
better care of the tools and machiner
this year than last.
1t is easy to use one Of the various
types of road drags, all modelled OF
the King idea.
Oats require a well-prepared seet
bed. II is time well spent in pulver
izing the soil. Use the harrow freely
Animal for animal, mules bring +,
higher price than horses. Why no
raise few?
Have you kept the road drag busy
alongside of your place? Not mucl
work, but it improves the road 6
heap.
Test your seed corn. You will ther
know whether You are planting corr
that will grow or not.
Begin the grain ration with the lit
tie chicks early. Many do not be
lieve in feeding soft mashes to little
chicks at all.
If your seed corn is not what II
ought to be, don't plant it. 1t will pay
you to buy of some one who has good
seed corn to SELL
Seed corn in the ear brings q high
er price than that which is shelled
but it is worth more. Pay the differ
ence and get the best.
Make 1t the rule to constantly i'm.
prove the stock on your farm. If you
start with scrub stock don't be con-
tent to continue with that grade. but
use pure bred sires and breed up In
a few years you will be in possession
of fine grade of animals.
In the opinion of some who have
tried it, the best crop to precede the
sowing of alfalfa is cowpeas. After
the vines are removed or plOwed un-
der, the ground should be well broken
and kept clean of weeds and grass by
surface cultivation until it is seeded
in alfalfa the following fall.
II you made proper selections of
seed corn last fall and have kept it
we'll You are among those to be con-
graduated and undoubtedly are the
envy of improvident farmers who by
hit and miss methods are now forced
to use most anything that is left for
planting.
1t is a foolhardy policy to sell the
good cows when wishing to reduce the
size of the herd. just because yoI can
get little better price for the good
ones than the, poor ones. Sell the
poorest every time. even though they
do not bring nearly SO much Such
policy will help build up. not tear
down, your herd.
If your neighbor seems to get along
better than you do; If his farm, which
is right alongside yours and ought to
be no better soil than yours. raises
better crops than yours does; if he
seems to get along easier than you
do. watch him. study his methods.
There is reason for it. and you can
learn from him if you will.
A tired horse just in from the hard
work of the field is in no condition to
fill up on grain. Water, and rub down.
and let stand fer while before feed.
ing. In this way the digestive organs
will be ready to begin their work with
vigor. and the rest and the feed dur.
ing the night will put him in vigorous
condition for the work of the next
day.
One of the coolest, rawest days this
spring when l went out to look over
my acres and was grumbling at the
conditions the notes of q
bird from the southland reused me
and l said: IF they can sing while
the north wind blows and snow is in
the air. and are not worried over the
SO can I, for He who careth
for the birds careth for me-" And that
ended my crouch for that day. at least.
With a separator on the farm. Won
can feed the sweet warm skim milk
to the nogs and calves when it has its
highest feed value. 1t saves handling
It two or three times, as under the old
saves the innumerable cans
and pans in which you used to set
your milk to raise the cream, and II
gives you the cream to either take at
once to the creamery or save for max.
Ing into butter on the farm The SCI,
Rrator is time-saver and a money.
Try and be better dairy farmer
than your neighbor. Give thought to
your business. II you have been keep
ing cows just because you happened
10 have them on your hands, change
FOUR tactics. Remember that the
herd is an exceptionally poor one II
there are not a few cows in it that
will make pretty good returns II ven