The Lamar register., 1909-06-09
N.Y. FARM
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Dogs and sheep raising do not gen
orally harmonic very well.
Rape is good for fattening lambs.
The seed can be broadcast or drilled
in.
Twenty-four hours after Matching is
plenty early enough to begin to feed
the little chicks.
When working in the soft ground
with the horses this spring try work
ing them without shoes.
After the sleeps wool overcoat is
removed be sure that they are not
exposed to sharp, chill winds.
Keep the young stock growing right
from the start. A set back is always
hard to overcome, and proves expen-
sive.
Dwarf fruit trees are large bearers
generally in proportion to their size.
Fruit is easy to gather and the trees
do not take up much room.
Sugar peas, which are edible pods
and all, are nice thing to put in the
early garden. Cooked with pork they
make most appetizing dish.
Remember that the newborn colt
must have milk during the first half
hour after It is born, and must be fed
artificially If it is not able to suck the
dam.
Crushed oats. wheat bran and oil
meal makes a good mixture for the
young colts to MUNICH on, and they will
learn the trick early If given the
chance.
Have limit set to the period of the
days work. No farmer can expect to
keep good farm help II the labor in
the fields runs from sun to sun, and
a dozen cows to milk after dark.
Farmers invite attacks of cholera in
their swine herds by the filthy way
in which they keep the hogs. 1t has
long since been conceded that It pays
to keep the hogs in wholesome sur
roundings as well as 1t does the other
animals on the farm.
A drag which will do good work
firming and leveling the soil can be
made by boring holes IS inches from
each end of five or six round poles
six feet in length, then stringing them
on chains by passing the chains
through the holes and letting them
come together in front where the team
is hitched. This drag will crush cIods
as II passes over them, firm the soil
and leave 1t level and smooth.
You need pillow shoe to take the
pillow to and from the field. A piece
of planking two or three inches thick,
eight inches wide and two feet long
will answer the purpose. Now nail a
strip on one side near the middle and
bolt block on in n slanting position.
having first rounded the lower corner
off SO that the plowshare will slip
under 1t. Round of the nose of the
plank on the sides and bottom and the
shoe is all ready for use.
The suggestion has often been made
that the bull is improved where he
is worked. With nothing but idleness
It is no wonder that they so often be-
come vicious. They have nothing to
do but to study deviltry. For some in
applicable reason. they are considered
too good for any sort of labor. In this
age of rapidly-doing things, we do not
expect to see an increase of the use
of oxen on the farm. But we have the
bulls, and II working them will make
them more harmless, why not put
them under the yoke?
A man needs ordinary horse sense"
and a willingness to learn from the
horse IL he is going to make a good
hand at handling the animals. A man
to be successful must be with horses
and be a close observer of their
moods. manners and makeup. colt
should be trained from the first mo-
ment that he is helped to his feet. If
taught to yield early to mans re-
straint and guidance he will never
need breaking" To follow his mas
ter's wishes will be second nature. |
Never speed a colt too young, and
when he is given speed, permit 1t for
short spurts only and as he can
bear 1t.
Ropy milk is caused by a ferment |
and develops after the milk is drawn
and is due to bacteria, but 1t is not |
considered an unhealthy condition, for
cheeses are nearly all made from milk |
which has undergone this fermenta- |
ton. The peasants of Norway con-
slider ropy milk desirable beverage !
Most people. however. object seriously
to milk with any tendency to form |
threads. This trouble frequently af- |
fects the milk of dairy day after day, |
and IS removed only by the most dras-
tic measures. Outbreaks of this nature |
frequently occur in the cold months, |
because the bacteria of this group |
thrive better at low temperatures than |
the lactic-acid bacteria which hold
them in check under normal condi- |
lions. In one case 1t was found that |
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